| [ studyingabroad ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): wwoo (우 운택) 날 짜 (Date): 1994년11월03일(목) 12시35분26초 KST 제 목(Title): [FAQ] G.S.I [4] From usc!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!aae1001 Wed Nov 2 09:49:58 PST 1994 Article: 7360 of soc.college.gradinfo Path: usc!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!aae1001 From: aae1001@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ashraf El-Hamalawi) Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo Subject: soc.college.gradinfo Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Part 4/5 Date: 2 Nov 1994 01:23:36 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge, England Lines: 945 Message-ID: <396pmo$ock@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk _____ _ _ ______ ___ ____ / ____| | | | | | ____/ _ \ / __ \ | | __ _ __ __ _ __| |_ _ __ _| |_ ___ | |__ | |_| | | | | | | |_ | '__/ _` |/ _` | | | |/ _` | __/ _ \ | __|| _ | | | | | |__| | | | (_| | (_| | |_| | (_| | || __/ | | | | | | |__| | \_____|_| \__,_|\__,_|\__,_|\__,_|\__\___| |_| |_| |_|\___\_\ PART 4/5 FAQ: soc.college.grad/gradinfo (Frequently Asked Questions) ----------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.00 17 October 1994 COPYRIGHT & DISCLAIMER : (ADDED FOR SAFETY) ------------------------------------------- THIS FAQ MAY BE DISTRIBUTED FREELY TO ANYONE WHO REQUIRES IT AS LONG AS IT REMAINS ====== INTACT, AND NO CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE WITHOUT MY CONSENT. ALL COPYRIGHTS ARE RESERVED BY ME. THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN COMPILED WITHOUT ANY PROFIT OR MATERIALISTIC THOUGHTS ! CONTRIBUTORS AND/OR I CANNOT/WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCURRED BY THE MATERIAL IN THIS DOCUMENT. (THEN THE USUAL LEGAL DISCLAIMER) HOPEFULLY I WILL UPDATE THIS DOCUMENT AS NEW MATERIAL ARRIVES OR CHANGES OCCUR. ============================================================ CONTENT ------- 1. Introduction to soc.college.grad/gradinfo 2. Canadian School Rankings 2.1 Comprehensive Universities 2.2 Medical/Doctoral Universities 2.3 Primary Undergraduate Universities 2.4 Class Contact, Rsearch & Value Added to a Student's Life 2.5 National Reputational Ranking 2.6 Unemployment Rates of Recent Graduates 3. UK University Rankings 3.1 University Ranking 3.2 Top Scottish & Welsh Universities 3.3 Top 20 subjects in the UK chosen by Students 4. US School Rankings 4.1 Law Schools 4.2 M.B.A. Programs 4.3 Business Schools 4.4 Medicine & Primary Care Programs 4.5 Top Graduate Programs of Engineering 4.6 Arts & Architecture Rankings 4.7 Social Work & Public Health Programs 4.8 Best Schools in Artificial Intelligence and its branches 5. E-mail General List of Schools 6. E-mail Computer Science Schools' List 7. Standard Tests 7.1 GRE (Written & Computerised) 7.2 GMAT 7.3 MCAT 7.4 LSAT 7.5 TOEFL 8. Scholarships & Financial Aid 9. General Questions & Advice About Grad School 10. Further Sources of Information 11. Some Useful "snippets" of information & Humour ! ============================================================== 6. E-mail Computer Science Schools' List ---------------------------------------- If you find any errors in this list, or additions or modifications, please send me a message at one of my above addresses ( ie aae1001@cus.cam.ac.uk or ae@eng.cam.ac.uk) : Computer Science E-mail List Last Update 28 October 1994 USA --- USA --- USA --- USA --- USA --- USA --- USA --- USA --- USA --- USA --- Alabama Grad Info CSDEPT@UA1VM.UA.EDU Alabama at Birmingham Grad Info gradinfo@cis.uab.edu American Larry Medsker medsker@auvm.bitnet Arizona Wendy Swartz wjs@cs.arizona.edu Arizona State David Pheanis pheanis@asuvax.eas.asu.edu Auburn Kai H. Chang kchang@eng.auburn.edu Ball State Clinton Fuelling fuelling@bsu-cs.bsu.edu Boston University Grad Info csdept@cs.bu.edu Bowling Green Grad Info computer-science@andy.bgsu.edu Bradley Kathie Strum kathie@cs1.bradley.edu Brandeis University Myrna Fox maf@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu Brown Grad Info gradinfo@cs.brown.edu Buffalo Ellie Benzel benzel@cs.buffalo.edu California-Chico Orlando Madrigal OSM@csuchico.EDU California-Berkeley Grad Info gradadm@hera.berkeley.edu California-Davis Grad Info gradinfo@cs.ucdavis.edu California-Irvine Nancy Leveson gcounsel@ics.uci.edu California-Los Angeles Verra Morgan verra@cs.ucla.edu California-Sacramento Grad Info gradinfo@csus.edu California-San Diego Grad Info gradinfo@cs.ucsd.edu California-Santa Barbara Grad Info grad-advisor@cs.ucsb.edu Carnegie Mellon Martha Clarke Martha.Clarke@cs.cmu.edu Case Western Reserve Lee White leew@alpha.ces.cwru.edu Chicago Janos Simon simon@gargoyle.uchcago.edu Cincinnati Grad Info compsci.gradinfo@uc.edu Clemson Grad Info cs@cs.clemson.edu Colorado State Grad Info csgradinfo@cs.colostate.EDU Colorado, Boulder Grad Info csgradinfo@cs.colorado.edu Columbia Grad Info gradinfo@cs.columbia.edu Cornell Grad Info phd@cs.cornell.edu Dartmouth Grad Info csphd@dartmouth.edu Delaware Kathleen McCoy mccoy@cis.udel.edu Duke Sue Jarrell grad-admissions@acpub.duke.edu Eastern Washington Steve Simmons rhamel@ewuvms.bitnet Emory Grad Info dgs@mathcs.emory.edu Florida Ms. Marlene Hughes marlene@cis.ufl.edu Florida Atlantic Grad Info office@CS.FAU.EDU Florida State Grad Info info@cs.fsu.edu George Mason Grad Info gmucs@gmuvax.bitnet George Washington Grad Info EECS@seas.gwu.edu Georgia Thiab Taha thiab@csunl.cs.uga.edu Georgia Tech Grad Info inforequests@cc.gatech.edu Harvard Harry Lewis lewis@das.harvard.edu. Houston Grad Info gradinfo@cs.uh.edu Illinois-Chicago Christopher Schejbal chris@bert.eecs.uic.edu Illinois-Urbana Grad Info academic@cs.uiuc.edu Indiana Grad Info admissions@cs.indiana.edu N. Iowa Kevin O'Kane okane@cs.uni.edu--w Iowa State Grad Info grad_adm@cs.iastate.edu James Madison Diane Spresser FAC_SPRESSER@JMUVAX1.bitnet Johns Hopkins Grad Info admissions@cs.jhu.edu Kentucky Grad Info gradpro@ms.uky.edu Kansas State Grad Info gradinfo@cis.ksu.edu Kent State Grad Info gradinfo@mcs.kent.edu Louisiana Tech Grad Info csinfo@engr.latech.edu MIT N. Lyall lyall@lcs.mit.edu Maine Grad Info gradinfo@gandalf.umcs.maine.edu Maryland - College Park Grad Info csgradof@cs.umd.edu Maryland - Baltimore Prof. C. Nicholas gradinfo@cs.umbc.edu or : Maryland - Baltimore Prof. A. Norcio ifsm-gradinfo@umbc.edu Massachusetts, Lowell Charlie Steele charlie@cs.ulowell.edu Massachussets Sharon Mallory mallory@cs.umass.edu Michigan Dawn Freysinger dawnf@eecs.umich.edu. Michigan State Grad Info gradcoor@cps.msu.edu Michigan Tech Grad Info csdept@cs.mtu.edu Minnesota-Minneapolis Grad Info dgs@cs.umn.edu Minnesota-Duluth Grad Info cs@ub.d.umn.edu Mississippi-starkville Grad Info office@cs.msstate.edu Missouri-Columbia Gordon Springer springer@umvma.bitnet Missouri-Rolla Grad Info csdept@cs.umr.edu Montana State Denbigh Starkey gradappl@cs.montana.edu Nebraska Joseph Leung jyl@cse.unl.edu Nevada-Las Vegas Roy Ogawa rho@jimi.cs.unlv.edu New Hampshire Daniel Bergeron rdb@unh.edu New Mexico Bernard Moret moret@cmell.cs.unm.edu New Mexico State Grad Info csoffice@nmsu.edu New Mexico Tech Hamdy Soliman hss@nmt.edu New York Cynthia Mazzant mazzant@cims.nyu.edu N. Carolina State Grad Info teel@adm.csc.ncsu.edu N. Carolina-Chapel Hill Grad Info admit@cs.unc.edu N. Carolina-Charlotte Ken Chen chen@unccvax.uncc.edu N. Dakota Thomas O'Neil UD128865@ndsuvm1.bitnet Northeastern Grad Info gradschool@corwin.ccs.northeastern .edu Northwestern Grad Info grad@eecs.nwu.edu Notre Dame Grad Info cse@cse.nd.edu Ohio J. Farrar farrar@ace.cs.ohiou.edu Oregon Betty Lockwood betty@cs.uoregon.edu Oregon Grad Institute Grad Info csedept@cse.ogi.edu Oregon State Bernadette Feyerherm bernie@cs.orst.edu Pacific Lutheran Grad Info csci@plu.bitnet Pennsylvania Grad Info cis-grad-admin@cis.upenn.edu Pennsylvania State Vicki Keller vicki@cs.psu.edu Pittsburgh Loretta Shabatura loretta@cs.pitt.edu Portland State Leonard Shapiro len@cs.pdx.edu Princeton Melissa Lawson mml@cs.princeton.edu Purdue Grad Info grad-info@cs.purdue.edu Rensselaer Poly. Inst. Sandy Charette charette@cs.rpi.edu Rice Grad Info compsci@owlnet.rice.edu Rochester Grad Info admissions@cs.rochester.edu Rutgers Valentine Rolfe rolfe@cs.rutgers.edu SUNY-Stony Brook Grad Info graduate@sbcs.sunysb.edu South Alabama David Feinstein FCSD@USOUTHAL.BITNET South Carolina Manton Matthews matthews@cs.scarolina.edu South Florida Kate Johnson kj@sol.csee.usf.edu Southern California Grad Info csdept@pollux.usc.edu Southwestern Louisiana Michael Mulder mulder@cacs.usl.edu Stanford Sara Merryman merryman@cs.stanford.edu Stephen F. Austin Craig Wood CWOOD@SFAUSTIN.BITNET SUNY Binghamton Sudhir Aggarwal sudhir@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu SUNY Utica/Rome Grad Info cs@sct60a.sunyct.edu Syracuse Barbara Powers barb@top.cis.syr.edu Temple Jackie Harriz harriz@cis.temple.edu Tennessee-Knoxville David Straight straight@utkvx.utk.edu Texas A&M Grad Info csdept@cs.tamu.edu Texas Tech James Archer jea@cs.ttu.edu Texas-Arlington Bill Carroll carroll@evax.arl.utexas.edu Texas-Austin Grad Info csadmis@cs.utexas.edu Tufts Grad Info masters@cs.tufts.edu Tulane Fredrick Petry petry@cs.tulane.edu Tulsa R.L. Wainwright rogerw@tusun2.mcs.utulsa.edu Utah Grad Info graduate-coordinator@cs.utah.edu Utah State Greg Jones greg@cs.usu.edu Vanderbilt Grad Info csdgs@vuse.vanderbilt.edu Vermont Grad Info csgrad-info@uvm.edu Villanova Don Goelman goelman@villanova.edu Virginia Grad Info csadmissions@uvacs.cs.virginia.edu Washington at St Louis Jean Groethe jean@wucs.wustl.edu Washington-Seattle Grad Info grad-admissions@cs.washington.edu West Virginia Donald Butcher dfb@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu Western Kentucky John Crenshaw crenshaw@wku.edu Western Michigan Grad Info csadmin@gw.wmich.edu Western Washington Gary Eerkes eerkes@wwu.edu Wichita State Mary Edgington edgington@wsuiar.wsu.ukans.edu William and Mary Vanessa Lynch vanessa@cs.wm.edu Wisconsin-Madison Grad Info admissions@cs.wisc.edu Worcester Polytechnic Grad Info graduate@cs.wpi.edu Wright State Grad Info csdept@wright.edu Yale Grad Info gradinfo@cs.yale.edu Australia -- Australia -- Australia -- Australia -- Australia -- Australia -- Adelaide Andrew Wendelborn andrew@cs.adelaide.edu.au Australian National Brendan McKay bdm@cs.anu.edu.au Canberra Mary O'Kane mok@ise.canberra.edu.au Flinders Chris Marlin marlin@cs.flinders.edu.au James Cook Grad Info compsci@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au Monash Lloyd Alison gradenq@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au Newcastle Bryan Beresford-Smith bbs@cs.newcastle.edu.au Queensland Brisbane Ian Holmes holmes@cs.uq.oz.au Southern Queensland M. McFarlane mcfarlan@zeus.usq.edu.au Western Australia J. Rohl jeff@cs.uwa.edu.au Wollongong John Fulcher john@cs.uow.edu.au Canada -- Canada -- Canada -- Canada -- Canada -- Canada -- Canada -- Canada Alberta Grad Info gradinfo@cs.ualberta.ca British Columbia Grad Info grad-info@cs.ubc.ca Calgary L. Storey cpsc@cpsc.ucalgary.ca Carleton Rosemary Carter carter@scs.carleton.ca Dalhousie Gretchen Smith gretchen@cs.dal.ca Manitoba Lynne Romuld romuld@cs.umanitoba.ca New Brunswick Dana Wasson WDW@UNB.CA Prince Edward Island Wayne Cutcliffe cutcliffe@upei.ca Saskatchewan Mostafa Abd-El-Barr mostafa@cs.usask.ca Simon Fraser Grad Info gradpgm@cs.sfu.ca Toronto Grad Info gradsec@cs.utoronto.ca Victoria Grad Info csgradn@csr.uvic.ca Waterloo Grad Info csgrad@uwaterloo.ca Finland -- Finland -- Finland -- Finland -- Finland -- Finland -- Finland -- Joensuu Martti Penttonen Penttonen@cs.joensuu.fi Jyv{skyl{ Kalle Lyytinen Kalle@jytko.jyu.fi Oulu Samuli Saukkonen Samuli@tolsun.oulu.fi #Helsinki Patrik Floreen floreen@cs.Helsinki.fi Vaasa Mats Jakobsson mj@uwasa.fi Turku Timo J{rvi jarvi@kontu.cc.utu.fi Tampere Pertti J{rvinen pj@cs.uta.fi Kuopio Jussi Parkkinen parkkinen@cs.uku.fi Abo Akademi Aimo T|rn atorn@finabo.abo.fi Helsinki U. Tech. Martti M{ntyl{ mam@cs.hut.fi Tampere U. tech Reijo Kurki-Suonio rks@tut.fi Lappeenranta U. tech Erkki Oja oja@ltkka.lut.fi New Zealand -- New Zealand -- New Zealand -- New Zealand -- New Zealand -- Auckland Bob Doran bob@cs.aukuni.ac.nz Canterbury Bruce McKenzie hod@cocs.canterbury.ac.nz Lincoln A. Mckinnon a.mckinnon@lincoln.ac.nz Massey John Hudson J.Hudson@massey.ac.nz Otago Anthony Robins coscavr@otago.ac.nz Waikato Ian Witten ihw@waikato.ac.nz Victoria Grad Info Grad.Enquiries@comp.vuw.ac.nz Ireland -- Ireland -- Ireland -- Ireland -- Ireland -- Ireland -- Ireland -- Dublin City Alan Smeaton SMEATON@dcu.ie Trinity Secretary ioneill@cs.tcd.ie Hong Kong -- Hong Kong -- Hong Kong -- Hong Kong -- Hong Kong -- Hong Kong -- Hong Kong Grad Info enquiry@csd.hku.hk Chinese U. of Hong Kong Grad Info gradinfo@cs.cuhk.hk Hong Kong (HKUST) Grad Info csdept@uxmail.ust.hk NORWAY -- NORWAY -- NORWAY -- NORWAY -- NORWAY -- NORWAY -- NORWAY -- Oslo Rolf Bjerknes rolf@ifi.uio.no For any changes or updates to the above list, please contact me at aae1001@cus.cam.ac.uk Ashraf El-Hamalawi Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ ENGLAND, UK ============================================================================== 7. Standard Tests ----------------- The GRE and the GMAT are required by most Universities around the world. The TOEFL is required for foreign students whose mother tongue is not English. It is however usually (with a few exceptions) not required if you are a non-English speaker but graduated from a University in an English-speaking University; you would however have to apply for a TOEFL waiver. The MCAT and LSAT are for the medical and Law entrance exams, but according to my knowledge, only US and Canadian Univs require them (there might be exceptions). 7.1 GRE (Written & Computerised) --------------------------------- For past exams and any further information, the address of the ETS (Educational Testing Service is : Graduate Record Examinations Educational Testing Service PO Box 6014 Princeton, NJ 08541-6014 USA They can also be approcahed through Internet via the E-mail address : gre-info@rosedale.org The following information, enclosed between two double-dashed lines, has been obtained from the World Wibe Web Server www.review.com (The Princeton Review Company www server). Previous reprint permission has been granted from The Princeton Review Company; any reproduction (electronic or other) requires prior approval from Mr Owen Davis (owen@review.com). ============================================================================ START OF MATERIAL from www.review.com Q: What is the GRE ? A: The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a group of standardized, multiple- choice admissions tests intended for applicants to graduate schools. The most important part of the GRE is the General Test, a three-and-a-half-hour "aptitude " test that is divided into seven sections: 1. two 38-question "verbal ability" (vocabulary and reading) sections 2. two 30-question "quantitative ability" (math) sections 3. two 25-question "analytical ability" (word problems and reading) sections 4. one experimental section Each of these sections lasts thirty minutes. You will receive separate verbal, quantitative, and analytical scores. The experimental section, which will look like a verbal, a quantitative, or an analytical section, won't count toward your score. It is used by the test's publisher to try out new GRE questions and to establish howdifficult your GRE is in comparison with GREs given in the past. Q: What subjects are there to take ? A: 1. Biology 10. Literature in English 2. Chemistry 11. Mathematics 3. Computer science 12. Music 4. Economics 13. Physics 5. Education 14. Political science 6. Engineering 15. Psychology 7. French 16. Sociology 8. Geology 17. Spanish 9. History Q: How are GRE scores Calculated ? A: Scores on the GRE General Test are reported on a scale that runs from 200 to 800 For reasons known only to ETS, the scale for each subject test runs from 200 to 980. You will receive only one score for each of the three sections of the General Test and for each Subject Test you take. Do nothing but fill out your name correctly and you will receive anywhere from 200 to 300 points, depending on the section or the subject. For every question you answer (or guess) correctly, you will receive about ten points.(Although virtually all GRE questions are worth ten points, the actual value ranges from zero to twenty points; the number of points is determined not by the difficulty of the question but by the number of other questions you have answered correctly.) GRE scores can rise or fall only by multiples of ten. The third digit in a GRE score is thus always a zero. You can't receive a score of 409 or 715 on the GRE. Your score on each part of the GRE will first be calculated as a "raw score," which is simply the number of questions you answered correctly. (There is no deduction for incorrect answers on the GRE General Test). We'll tell you more about this very important fact later in the book.) Raw scores are then converted to the 200-800 scale,according to a formula that takes into account the relative difficulty of your test. Your scoring report will also contain your "percentile score" for each section of the test. Your percentile score tells you (and graduate-school admissions officers) how many people did better or worse than you did on the test. If your scaled score on the test places you in the 70th percentile, you know that 70 percent of the people who took the test scored lower than you did. So cheer up! END OF MATERIAL from www.review.com ============================================================================== Q : How long are GRE scores valid for ? A: According to the information with the test registration packet, for tests taken beginning in 1985, ETS retains the scores for five years "from the date of your test." This suggests to me that you could have scores sent for an October 1989 test, but only for a little while longer. After that they will not report your scores. You would need to contact ETS to find out the actual cutoff. Prior to 1985, there were different policies at various times. When ETS reports old scores they go to great lengths to point out that the scores are old. They do not report the scores on either tape or disk, and the paper score report contains a notation that the scores are more than five years old. In addition, ETS includes a standard memorandum which basically says "Since it has been five years since the test was taken, you really can't use these scores to assess the testee's *current* capabilities.." Chris Parks | email: ccp2@csd.uwm.edu Admissions Specialist | voice: (414) 229-4982 UW-Milwaukee Graduate School | USMail: P.O. Box 340 Milwaukee, WI USA | Milwaukee, WI 53201-0340 Jim (huang@mwilliams.eche.ualberta.ca) also adds the official caption : "The following captions appear on the GRE additional score order form. EFFECTIVE SINCE OCTOBER 1985, GRE SCORES ARE REPORTABLE FOR FIVE YEARS (i.e., until September 15 following the 5th anniversary 0f your test date). IF YOU TESTED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1985, SCORES ARE REPORTED ACCORDING TO THE POLICY TAHT WAS IN EFFECT WHEN THE TEST WAS TAKEN." Q: What are the various GRE Subject Tests like ? A: I honestly do not know and I have not read anything specific about it but I can tell you about the Computer Science and Engineering ones. The Computer Science tests your basic concepts and if you have a sound knowledge of the courses you studied in your last 2 years of Univ, then you will probably do will on it. As for the Engineering Subject test, and in general for the case of the GRE Test, if you're not asked for it, don't do it, unless you're previous GPA/MPAs were not good enough - but then you have to be confident of getting a good score, otherwise you might end-up with a double disaster instead of one !! The Engineering Test consists of several sections with each section pertaining to a different discipline of engineering. The ones that I had my degree in were not that hard (they however tested basic concepts) so if you know your stuff second-nature, it should not pose as a problem. However for the rest of the sections, God help you !It basically requires you to have remembered everything that you studied in your first 2 to 3 years of compulsory subjects relating to engineering (+a little more extra), including thermodynamics, electrical engineering, vibrations, dynamics, etc. and with a good knowledge and not of "I recognise this equation, but how do you use it ?!" You will also notice that becuase of this wide variation, most good Engineering schools (eg MIT, CalTech, etc) do not require it, but there are others who might require it. However my advice would be "Do not do the Engineering Test" unless asked to do so and you can remember everything that you studied in your first 2 to 3 years ! Robbie Westmoreland (robbiew@inviso.com) also adds some information about the History test : I took the History subject test, and there are many differences between it and the CS and Eng. tests you discussed. It's 195 questions in two hours and 50 minutes. About two thirds of the questions are based on U.S. history, 30% on European history (all periods) and the remainding (small) part on "world" history. The questions are slanted toward recent history (>1800). Basically, it's a really long trivia test covering political, economic, artistic and social history, but with a concentration on the political. Recommended prep is going through the old test published by ETS and brushing up on U.S. history. Score range is theoretically 200-970, but the 99th percentile starts around 720. Sheldon Rowan (u9112801@muss.cis.mcmaster.ca) describes the Biochemistry test : Essentially the biochemistry, cell & molecular biology GRE test is exactly what it says it will be. Having recently taking the subject test during the latest administration in October, I think there are some strategies that will be useful, and others that will be a waste of time. Firstly the sample problems they send along with the registration confirmation is not horribly useful. There are only 44 questions while the acutal test was 180 questions. The best advice the GRE people give you is to review all of your undergraduate courses. I had to draw upon the resources of at least 8 undergraduate biology and biochemistry courses I have taken to be able to answer all questions asked. Don't dwell on the specifics in biochemistry too much. Most of the biochemistry you need to know will be covered in very good cell biology books like Alberts or Darnell. It might be worth your while to remember names of things. Much to my chagrin, there were few questions that involved scientific reasoning and extrapolation. It was basically: the structure of this is ...... The drug _____ does the following. Maybe know the names of a few key enzymes in biochemical processes eg phosphofructokinase, but don't go nuts. If your undergraduate education is lacking is some areas of the test, you might want to refer to certain sections in the biology GRE test. I think much of the cell biology and elementary molecular biology on the biology subject is quite relevant for the test. Overall, the test was as hard as they say. I still can't get over the detail they expected us to know things. GRE prohibits me from revealing any acutal test questions, but suffice to say I didn't every need to think about anything. It was either you knew it or you didn't. Know that second year cell biology really really well, and bon chance. In addition, Howard C. Huang (huang@husc.harvard.edu) gives a few typical scores of the Computer Science Test : The January, 1991 issue of Communications of the ACM has an article by Gary Eerkes called "Profiling Computer Science Master's Programs." One of the questions in their survey of schools was apparently "What is the minimum GRE and GPA you expect >from applicants?" The AVERAGES of all the responses were: Verbal: 473 (51%ile) CS Subject: 652 (66%ile) Quantitative: 650 (73%ile) Overall GPA: 3.0 Analytic: 592 (71%ile) GPA in CS: 3.1 V + Q: 1070 V + Q + A: 1603 The HIGHEST responses given for each category were: Verbal: 655 (90%ile) CS Subject: 807 (97%ile) Quantitative: 750 (92%ile) Overall GPA: 3.7 Analytic: 750 (96%ile) GPA in CS: 3.8 V + Q: 1400 V + Q + A: 2000 A few notes: 1) The numbers given are supposed to be MINIMUMS. 2) This was intended to be a survey of Master's, not Ph.D., programs. 3) Please check the actual article for more details and to make sure I didn't make any errors. >> Most schools do not tell you what their averages are. Berekeley (CS) >> *does* expect GREs > 90% on both the general and subject according to >> their lit. Many schools do report either the minimums expected or the average scores of people admitted. For example, I believe Illinois, Washington and Texas all give some information in their CS application brochures. Q: What would be a good score ? A: For Engineering, in general, From: ramaa@wasp.eng.ufl.edu (arun ramamurthi) If you are applying to engineering grad schools, a quantitative score of >= 700 is desirable. In general, a combined score of > 1300 (Verbal + Quantitative) is generally required for consideration for admission to the top 10-15 schools However, the impression I have gotten from talking to grad coordinators at various departments is this : if your GRE scores are extremely high, they are not of much help...if your GRE scores are abnormally low, they hurt you. Forget the GRE...make sure you get good, strong letters of recommendations - this is probably the most important thing (with GPA for the last 60 credit hours the second most important criteria). And make sure you have a good reason for going to grad school...nothing ticks off a grad coordinator more than having to review an application from someone who has no idea why he/she wants to pursue graduate studies. Another Set of Questions : rom: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) msv9203@tamsun.tamu.edu (Marshall Scott Veach) writes: >Does anyone know a way to find out the average acceptance scores >of various graduate schools in computer science? I mean knowing >what the average GPA/GRE scores of the last couple of classes >would make an *overwhelming* difference in being able to figure out >which schools I can get into and which I cant - which I can count on >as safety schools etc... Well, you could try to call the university and find out. They might not tell you, but then, they might. > >Even if this information isn't available in a quantitative form does >anyone know in general what the requirements are like for the >top 5 vs. the second 5 vs. the 10 - 20 schools? It's preferable to be somewhere in the 90th percentile on the Subject test, which is roughly 45 correct questions out of 80, last I saw. Sample GREs should have a chart that converts your scaled score (number correct - 1/4 number incorrect) into a percentile. Q: I have already done the GRE and am thinking of retaking it - should I ? A: The Educational Testing Service's statistics show that most people who retake the GREs do better. Whether this is because testees are better prepared because of familiarity with the test format, or simply because people retake the test because they expect to do better, ETS does not speculate. 1.) Overall scores may be important, but faculty in different disciplines are likely to look at scores differently: High scores on the verbal measure are more likely to be important for admission to an English department than to a Chemistry department. High scores on the Quantitative measure are more likely to be important for admission to a Physics department than to a Philosophy department. In recognition of this, ETS is proposing (long term) a modular format for the GRE in which each institution which uses GRE scores would specify which modules need to be taken for applying to specific disciplines. 2.) Unless one is applying to the most competitive programs in the country (so that the applicant pool is composed primarily of persons with 80 or 90th percentile rankings), if one's rank is no lower than the 56th percentile in any of the measures, I'd say those scores were better than respectable. 3.) In most cases, GREs are one of several factors relating to graduate admission. I would be surprised if GRE scores alone in the top 50th percentile kept anyone out of a graduate program. Chris Parks | email: ccp2@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu Q: I have sent an application form in which I choose the General test only. Now I would like to apply for a subject test too, what can I do? send another form? A: You will have to fill out another registration from and pay the fee to take a subject exam. Once you have taken both the subject and general tests and the scores for both are officially reported, both general and subject test scores will appear on the official score reports that ETS sends to the schools you choose for the next five years or so. You will not need to request the scores separately. Chris Parks | email: ccp2@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu Computerised GRE ---------------- Q: Is the GRE Computerised version any different ? A: From: muffiew@edc.org (Muffie Wiebe) The real issue is that the test is now *very* different in the elctronic form, at least according to the ETS explanatory sheet I read about 6 months ago. I took the GRE computer test in Jan 1993. I loved it. It was exactly the same structure as the written test, only on a computer with a mouse-driven interface. Several of the features made it faster and easier. (eg: there was a hypercard like way to bounce between a list of all the questions, with their current status marked (answered, not answered, marked to return to, or not yet read.) From this list you could easily see where you needed to go back and could move to that question in a click.) Some made it harder. I found the logic problems hard to hold in my head, and ended up writing down the answers so that I could cross them off as I eliminated them. But - it has been radically restructured since then. The new computer test is touted as somewhat dynamic now. It judges how well you do on one question and uses that information to select the next queston. This has (at least) two ramifications, neither of which is good given the test taking strategies in various guides: 1.You have to answer the questions sequentially 2.You can't go back to a question once you've answered it. Q: Is there some guide to the computerised test ? A:From: jlmyers666@aol.com (JLMyers666) Here's the info on the GRE study book with the practice tests on diskette: CRACKING THE GRE WITH DIAGNOSTIC TESTS ON DISK, 1994 EDITION by Adam Robinson and John Katzman ISBN 0-679-74891-1 $29.95 7.2 GMAT --------- Some general information has been provided about the GMAT by Robbie Westmoreland (robbiew@inviso.com), which applies from Ocotber 1994 and in further administrations (since tests prior to this date were in a different style): two 30-minute writing samples, one an Analysis of an Issue, the other an Analysis of an Argument, topic given 10-20 minute break 5 25-minute multiple-choice sections broken down as follows: 2 math problem solving sections (16 questions each) 1 math data sufficiency section (20 questions) 1 verbal sentence correction section (22 questions) 1 verbal arguments section (16 questions) 1 25-30-minute multiple-choice section of reading comprehension (18-25 questions) 1 25-30-minute experimental repeating one of the above multiple- choice sections The total administration of the GMAT is now 3.9-4.1 hours, not including the break. Scoring is 200-800 for the multiple-choice sections (with the percentiles for verbal and quantitative separated, but only one three-digit score). Scoring for the essays is from 0-6 in half-point increments.Copies of the essays will be sent to schools that receive scores. 7.3 MCAT --------- ============================================================================ START OF MATERIAL from www.review.com Q: What is the MCAT ? A: The MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test) is a seven-hour test that American medical schools use to admit and reject their applicants. If you're planning on attending medical school, you have to take the MCAT. It determines where you go섟r whether you go at all. If you take it more than once (which most people don't), the schools will see all your scores, and they tend to think the first one is the most important. That's why you must try to get a very high score the first time you take the test. Q: Who Writes the MCAT? A: The MCAT is officially produced by a group called the Association of American Medical Colleges, which is abbreviated AAMC. AAMC is responsible for the MCAT. In exercising this responsibility, it contracts with American College Testing (ACT) of Iowa. ACT writes the MCAT. Q: What's the MCAT Like, and How Many Questions Does It Have? A: The MCAT has one component called Scientific Reasoning, another called Verbal Reasoning, and a third that requires you to write two essays. Scientific Reasoning The MCAT's scientific reasoning component is divided into two sections: "Physical Sciences" and "Biological Sciences." Physical Sciences means physics and inorganic chemistry. Biological Sciences means biology and organic chemistry. The physical science section presents ten to eleven reading passages, each pertaining to physics or inorganic chemistry. Every passage is followed by six to nine multiple-choice questions that supposedly concern the passage and the relevant science. In addition, the physical science section presents ten to fifteen questions that don't relate to passages. We call these questions "freestanding." Altogether the physical science section has about seventy-five questions, and you must answer them in one hour and forty minutes. The biological science section is similarly structured. You get ten to eleven reading passages, each pertaining to biology and/or organic chemistry. For each passage there are six to nine multiple-choice questions. The section also features ten to fifteen freestanding items. In total the section presents about seventy-five questions and you must answer them in one hour and forty minutes. Verbal Reasoning On its surface, the MCAT's verbal reasoning section resembles the reading comprehension tests you've taken in the past. You're given ten or eleven passages, and for each one you're asked five to seven questions. The passages concern the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The total number of questions is sixty-five, and you must answer them in one hour and twenty-five minutes. Essays The MCAT features two writing exercises. Each one presents you with a short statement and asks you to write an essay about it. For your first essay you might be given a statement like this: "A government cannot enforce a law if its citizens oppose it." You'd then be instructed to: Write a unified essay in which you perform the following tasks. Explain what you think the above statement means. Describe a specific situation in which you believe a government can enforce a law if its citizens oppose it. Discuss what you think determines whether a government can enforce a law that the citizens oppose. For your second essay you might be given a statement like this: "No false statement can live indefinitely."- Once again, you'd be told to: Write a unified essay in which you perform the following tasks. Explain what you think the above statement means. Describe a specific situation in which you believe a false statement can live indefinitely. Discuss what you think determines whether a false statement can or cannot live indefinitely. You're allowed thirty minutes to write each essay. In all, the MCAT features about 30 reading passages, 219 questions, and 2 essays. The prescribed testing time is 7 hours (including an hour for lunch). Q: How Is the MCAT Scored? A: Every MCAT candidate gets four scores one for verbal reasoning, one for physical sciences, one for biological sciences, and one for the two writing samples combined. The verbal and scientific sections are scored on a scale of one to fifteen, on which one is low and fifteen is high. Scores of ten or above ("double-digit scores") are very good. The writing sample is scored on a scale of J났, on which J is low and T is high. Here's a table that shows you how the MCAT is designed and scored. The MCAT Section Questions Time Score Verbal Reasoning 65 85 minutes 1께5 Physical Sciences 77 100 minutes 1께5 Essay Writing 2 60 minutes J-T Biological Sciences 77 100 minutes 1께5 END OF MATERIAL from www.review.com ============================================================================== 7.4 LSAT --------- ============================================================================ START OF MATERIAL from www.review.com Q: What is the LSAT ? A: The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a three-and-one-half hour multiple-choice test divided into five sections: 1. one 25-question Arguments section 2. one 24-question Arguments section 3. a 28-question Reading Passages section 4. a 24-question Games section 5. an Experimental section The number of questions may vary slightly from those just indicated, but the total number of questions on your test will fall somewhere around 101. Each of these sections lasts 35 minutes. The order of the sections in your test booklet will almost certainly differ from the order given above. You may have seen these sections referred to by names different from the ones we have given them. The sections have no official names; they will not be labeled in your test booklet. Q: When is the LSAT Given? A: The LSAT is given four times a year: February, June, October, and December. Application deadlines are strict and are set weeks in advance. Sign up as early as possible. Q: Where Does the LSAT Come From? A: The LSAT is written under the supervision of the Law School Admissions Services (LSAS), which is the operational arm of the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC). LSAC is an association of American and Canadian law schools. It is the law school equivalent of the College Board. Q: How Is the LSAT Scored? A: Four or five weeks after you take the LSAT, you will receive a report from the LSAS with copies of your LSAT, your responses, the answer key, and your score. The new scale of LSAT scores ranges from 120 to 180. A score of 180 is considered perfect, but you don't have to answer every question correctly to earn this score (something only one LSAT taker in a thousand achieves). Depending on the difficulty of the particular test you take, you could miss anywhere from one to three questions and still earn a "perfect" score. Every eight missed questions will cost you 10 points at the very high end of the scale, and 5 points everywhere else. Q: LSAT Scores and Percentiles A: Along with your LSAT score, you will receive a percentile ranking. This ranking compares your performance with that of everyone else who has taken the LSAT for the previous five years. Since 150 is the average LSAT score, it would receive a percentile ranking of 50. A score of 155 moves up to a ranking of 70. A 160 pulls you up to a ranking of 85. And any score over 166 puts you above 95 percent of the LSAT-takers. The following table summarizes how many questions you can miss and still reach your LSAT goal. Notice that 93 percent of those taking the test make more than 19 errors. Remember that when you think you should try to finish each and every question. (The last two columns are provided for comparison purposes.) When interpreting your percentile rank, keep in mind that you are competing against sophisticated test-takers. A score of 150, for example, means that you are an average tester among a crowd of some very strong test-takers. Q: How Much Weight Are LSAT Scores Given? A: A ton. It varies from school to school, but the bottom line is that your LSAT score is crucial. Some law schools weigh your LSAT score twice as much as your grades. The law school admissions process is mechanical: if you have good grades and a good LSAT score, you get in; if you don't, you don't. Most law schools do not conduct interviews. Most don't even have a full-time admissions staff. You might think that law schools should consider more than grades and LSAT scores. In some cases they do, but most of the time they don't. The vast majority of admissions decisions are made in just a few seconds. What About My Grades? Most of the law schools to which you apply will learn about your grades from the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). This outfit reduces the type and the difficulty of the courses you've taken and your grades to a single number: the GPA. The message is clear: Get the highest GPA possible. This GPA, your LSAT score, and some other pieces of information are then summarized on a single piece of paper so that part-time law school admissions officers can decide your fate more quickly than they would be able to if they had to look at several pieces of paper. END OF MATERIAL from www.review.com ============================================================================== IN ALL THE ABOVE SECTIONS FROM www.review.com, NOT ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE SERVER WAS INCLUDED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. YOU CAN TRY CONNECTING THERE TO SEE ALL THE INFO ON OFFER THERE ! 7.5 TOEFL --------- This is the Test Of English as a Foreign Language. It is only required by foreign students whose mother tongue is not English. However you should read the note at the beginning of Chapter 7. It is organised by ETS and details may be obtained from them. I will try and get some more info about it at a later stage, but for the time being, will leave it as it is and any info about it may be obtained from ETS and the TOEFEL booklet that they publish. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Woon-Tack Woo, SIPI, Dept. of EE-System, USC<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Email:wwoo@chaph.usc.edu<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Life is HARD, if you think it is hard...<<<<<<< |