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They math questions are math questions and the verbal questions are mostly an obscure vocabulary test with a dose of reading comprehension.
by SapphireSun 18y ago
They math questions are math questions and the verbal questions are mostly an obscure vocabulary test with a dose of reading comprehension.
- PAWebb 18y agoSounds easy. Why does everyone do so bad?
- SapphireSun 18y agoThe vocab is really obscure and even if you know a lot more words than the average person, you still get bitten. The only answer is to study very hard on a nearly completely useless subject.
- dissenter 18y agoWrong answer. (Though a true statement.) The tests are scaled differently. That's all there is to it. http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/GRE/pdf/gre_0809_interpretingscores.pdf http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/GRE/pdf/gre_0809_interpreting...
- aneesh 18y agoYou mean the math is intentionally "scaled up"? Or that the math is just easier & there is no effort made to rescale it? Given that these scores are used for comparison so often, you'd think they would normalize the scores so that a 700 means the same thing on both sections. For what it's worth, this is a trend on other standardized tests as well (including the SAT).