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February 24, 2020

Why Does Your GRE Score Matter So Much?

Why Does Your GRE Score Matter So Much?

There is a lot of stress that surrounds an impending test day. It’s not surprising, then, that so many students often wonder why this test matters so much in the first place. From a practical standpoint, it may not be particularly relevant. It does matter, and there’s really no getting around it. However, this asking […]

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June 3, 2019

Power Studying with GRE Instructor Katie Aiken: Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

Power Studying with GRE Instructor Katie

Perfect Practice Makes Perfect I don’t remember the first time I heard the saying “practice makes perfect.” However, I do remember my fourth-grade choir teacher. She had a habit of abruptly stopping us young songsters mid-verse and saying, “practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.” Halted mid-Michigan while singing the names of the fifty […]

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July 12, 2018

How to Approach the a Quantitative Problem Using Backplugging

  Try Out the Answers! Attempt the question; then read the explanation below. Textbook Approach or Solution Strategies? There are at least two possible approaches to every GRE Quant problem: It is always possible to attempt a direct “textbook” solution. This is the more conventional approach, the way you might wish to solve a problem […]

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August 9, 2017

GRE Now Accepted for Admission at Multiple Top Law Schools

New Options for Law School Applicants  It has begun: Northwestern and Georgetown Law to accept the GRE. https://t.co/Tn2D303m8M and https://t.co/0FkOlIxRSd — Dave Killoran (@DaveKilloran) August 8, 2017 The GRE General Test for law school admissions began as an experimental pilot program initially adopted at the University of Arizona and then expanded with Harvard’s announcement in Spring of 2017; now that […]

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March 9, 2017

GRE vs. GMAT: The Swiss Army Knife of Tests

The Swiss Army Knife of Tests With the news yesterday that Harvard Law School will join the pilot program of accepting the GRE for admissions, now is a good time to revisit the status of the GRE for business school admissions and the seemingly unstoppable expansion of the GRE into ever broader graduate admissions uses. For the purposes […]

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December 26, 2016

EdTech and the GRE

What is EdTech? While you may have never heard the term, you have almost certainly used “EdTech.” Short for Educational Technology, according to the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, EdTech is “the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.” Everything from trendy quiz apps to educational […]

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