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Hello Everyone,

I am new to the forum but in need of great help and guidance. I am in GREAT pursuit of attending school this coming May in a Direct Entry Program. I am already in NYU's College of Nursing by my hopes are set on attending one of the 3 schools: Columbia, Yale or Johns Hopkins. I am also currently working at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as a Research Assistant, have done extensive research in and outside of the hospital, and have a lot of volunteer experience. I graduated from a small state college with a bachelor's in Psychology with a 3.76..BUT...I just took my GRE today and got a 470 in the verbal and 490 in the math. I am very upset. :(

I only have two more weeks if I want to take this test again before the deadlines for school applications arrive. But along with school and work, I don't have much time to study. What should I do? Should I take them again? Are these scores good enough for these programs? Please help!!!

Thanks everyone and hope to hear from someone REALLY SOON!

K in despair

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The GRE is 800 possible, right? I would take it again, although unless you had testing anxiety, your score may not go up much with only 2 weeks to prepare. You can always call the school and ask what they recommend. Good luck~

Mel'

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Neo-Natal.

Hi Mel,

Thank you for your input. Yes, the highest possible is 800 for each section, but each school says that 500 or above is considered a competitive score.

I was looking more into the programs and, just my luck, the applications are due later than I planned (I usually do that to myself in case of situations such as this one) So it looks like I may have a month exactly to study.

Would anyone consider study and take it again? I am not sure what else to study, I guess I would just have to take practice tests over practice tests until I get the gist of it all. Would anyone suggest a tutor? That would be my only option for outside intervention since I would only have 4 weeks? ANY, ANY input would be much appreciated!!!

K

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If I recall, you have to wait 30 days to retake the GRE (their standards). If you have that much time, and have time to invest, I certainly would take it again. My husband and I both used a GRE study guide by Barron's - it not only gave practice tests and such, but really good tips as well. It helped us both tremendously.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Neo-Natal.

Thank you Live4rachel,

So you think one month of the barrons would be enough. I have kaplan's GRE prep program on the computer, too. I think i know enough of the formulas and vocab. What I need to learn are the tricks and how to apply them. Would barrons do this for me? Should I just take practice tests? What do you suggest?

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Sure... my husband only took it after 2 weeks of studying, it sure helped him. I had a couple of months to practice.

I haven't seen the Kaplan's one so I don't know how detailed it got. But the Barron's has practice tests both in the book and on the CD. Additionally, it gives tactics for each section - antonyms, analogies, comprehension, general math, discrete quantitative, quantitative comparison, etc. I found several of them really helpful. You could spend a day or two on each section and take a couple of practice tests in between, just as an example.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Neo-Natal.

Thanks, I will try my best! I feel like I'm running out of time though. It;s really making me anxious!

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