Friday, August 19, 2011

First and Future Lectures for PGRE

Yesterday was the first meeting at ISB 235 by Paul Graham. He discussed what he felt are great test taking tips for this test. We went over a few problems from the '86 test and showed us his techniques for problem solving along with some interesting tangents related to each problem.

The next meeting is Tuesday from 5-7 at ISB 235 again.

  • 1992 and 1996 exam will be reviewed at Davis Boot Camp.

  • We are saving the fourth exam (1984) for a last check.

  • Graham believes that the purple book is good for content review, but not representative of GRE problems.

  • Actually solving GRE problems is not the best line of action and there are often other, faster techniques recommended for achieving a strong score.

  • Particle physics questions on the GRE are often very easy, but often overlooked by students who have not taken particle physics courses (the majority). A one-hour crash course (summary of the standard model) is sufficient to get students up to speed on such questions.

1 comment:

  1. Honestly, I've read hardly for GRE exam in one month. I feel myself well in undergraduate physics courses, But I there's something which deserve to mention.
    First I think the coverage of courses are mostly different in universities and the second the time you spend to solve question isn't enough. maybe they want you to find the answer in a technical way but I think that means insulting to physics, due to losing the analysis.
    Is it possible to help me about the required GRE score for Subject and General ?

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