Did anyone else take the GRE math subject exam today? If so, what were your feelings on it?
Personally, it kicked my #!*$... I have a feeling that I did much worse than on my practice exams.
From the random chatter on other forums, it seems that most everyone had trouble with this exam (couldn't answer as many questions as previous and/or practice exams), and that there were too many rote calculations...
..however, I imagine that is usually the consensus after any GRE exam, no?
On Nov 7th, 2009 at 5:07 PM CT, Narcoleptic_Insomniac wrote:
> Did anyone else take the GRE math subject exam today? > If so, what were your feelings on it?
> Personally, it kicked my #!*$... I have a feeling > that I did much worse than on my practice exams.
> From the random chatter on other forums, it seems > that most everyone had trouble with this exam > (couldn't answer as many questions as previous and/or > practice exams), and that there were too many rote > calculations...
> ...however, I imagine that is usually the consensus > after any GRE exam, no?
> On Nov 7th, 2009 at 5:07 PM CT, Narcoleptic_Insomniac > wrote:
> > Did anyone else take the GRE math subject exam > today? > > If so, what were your feelings on it?
> > Personally, it kicked my #!*$... I have a feeling > > that I did much worse than on my practice exams.
> > From the random chatter on other forums, it seems > > that most everyone had trouble with this exam > > (couldn't answer as many questions as previous > and/or > > practice exams), and that there were too many rote > > calculations...
> > ...however, I imagine that is usually the > consensus > > after any GRE exam, no?
> Anyone?
I took a few years ago and I did reasonably well, in part by using a strategy suggested to me: do all the problems within an area first, then jump to another area, e.g., start by doing all the algebra problems, then the calculus problems, etc. The reason for this strategy is that it is pretty exhausting to switch gears between the different areas. Still a pretty intense test that sucked the life out of me ; I was left at a level of barely being able to suck my thumb until the following day.
My preparation strategy was: do problems (and the necessary research if you don't understand something) during the day, then write them down (problems and the new material, if any) carefully at night. Then review it for some 10-15 minutes the following morning. Leave sundays for a quick review of the weekly material.
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