Yale GEPN Fall 2010

U.S.A. Connecticut

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Okay, I know it's early, but Yale is my first choice, and I'm already terrified that I'm going to screw it up. My goal is New England (although I'm also applying to Pace because they have this Science Summer thing for those of us who haven't taken anatomy yet), and I want to be a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner.

I eventually want to either have a mobile clinic for poorer older folks who can't afford more traditional options or who are home-bound, or make home-calls in some other way.

I think Yale will help me get there, but I don't think I'll get in. I have a lower GPA (but still above a 3.0) from UC Santa Cruz, and I spent the last two years teaching in Taiwan, only to find out I don't like teaching very much. I'm taking my GREs in three weeks and I'm starting some prereqs this summer.

I'm also applying to Simmons, Pace, Northeastern, MGH and Boston College.

Before I ramble on any longer, anyone else applying?

Yeah, I did terrible on my GRE's. I was going to re-take them again, but the director of admissions said that it seems that in her experience they will not increase that much. So I'm relying on my GPA and experience. I didn't get over 1,000. I got 900 :/

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Oops, my mistake. I always get on people's cases for assuming I'm a man since I'm currently in real estate investing. Who am I to start assuming nursing students are women? Geez.

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haha I'm just kidding, it's no big deal!

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hey all! i'm glad to see that i am not the only one who began obsessing early! i plan on applying to yale, ucsf, jhu, vanderbilt, and maybe columbia. and of course each one wants vastly different personal statements!

has anyone gotten very far on yale's? succinctness is not my strength to begin with, but the amount of things they want covered in two pages is killing me! i thought the gre would be the hardest part of applying - but the essays are way harder. :uhoh3:

anyways, i am glad that we have a thread going - the threads for past years seem to have been really helpful.

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Hey there,

Dont think its impossible to raise your score. I studied pretty hard for the GREs and was able to raise my score about 200 points between my first practice test and the real exam. It really might be worth it to invest in one of those books- the cost about $70 bucks, but it might be worth it in the long run!

Good luck!

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About the GREs, I read that "competitive" is a score of 1200, although other factors Im sure can qualify or disqualify people on either end of the spectrum.

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About the GREs, I read that "competitive" is a score of 1200, although other factors Im sure can qualify or disqualify people on either end of the spectrum.

Do you remember where you heard that? Because I've been searching EVERYWHERE for information like that.

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I would agree that you should be able to raise your score. The GRE is not just about what you know, it also about speed and some study guides help by giving you strategies for increasing your speed and making educated guesses. I bought several of the ETS guides on eBay because the old actual GRE tests really help. I also got quite a few study guides from the library. Plus, now that you have taken it once you may have less anxiety. I usually am cool as cucumber during tests, but the I let the test section psych me out (it was a quant one and really hard).

You are pretty close to the average for nursing - it seems doable to raise it enough to be worth it!

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I think I found it somewhere unexpected on the website, or maybe I asked them in an email. But all of the schools that Im applying to- Yale, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins- say 1200 is "competitive" but again, no candidate gets in or does not get in strictly because of a number. I guess that means that if your score is 1200 plus then its an asset, and if its lower maybe you should pick up some volunteer hours or another bio course, yanno?

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hey guys I'm seriously debating re-taking the GRE's now, I'm just a terrible test taker thought and I don't want my score to go down eek!! Decisions Decisions :p. Great thread by the way, thanks for all the advice!

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If you don't mind my asking, were you particularly low in one section, or across the board? And did you run out of time doing the test? Also, were your scores a lot higher on the sample test that ETS provides? Why your scores were lower than you want will probably have a lot to do with whether you should retake it.

As far as the danger of retaking it, you may want to check the GRE policy with the programs that you plan to apply to. Some of the ones that I have looked at only take the highest score and one I looked into will take the highest section from multiple tests (so your verbal could come from one and your quant from another). So, you may be able to take it again with no pressure (other than the cost).

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Hi,

I was low across the board. I got exactly 450 on each section (and I was an English major! Go figure) I actually never took an ETS sample test, I used Barrons.

I know that when I talked to the director of admissions, she said that Yale looks at all the score that you get. I'm so indecisive on what I want to do ahhh

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