ne queries regarding gre???

[vikaskundu]

hi all folks .....

i recently took gre in oct nd got a decent score 1410, the most imp thing i thnk in the whole affair i thnk is go thru the right stuff (edu material)nd be true to urself...

so i thnk if neone here have ne query regarding gre exam we kud discuss here... so bang on guys :)

[anilsangwan]

Good community service Vikas... keep it up.. hope we have many young Jats here planning for GRE...!!!!

[vikaskundu]

tks anil bhai

fyi --the pattern of gre is gonna change from may b oct 2007 so if neone is plannig to take it shud plan accordingly..

[vikaskundu]

What is the GRE ? What are the important things that I need
to know about GRE ?
The GRE or Graduate Record Examination [1], is a standardized aptitude
test offered by a private educational testing and measurement organization
known as ETS (Educational Testing Services) [2]. This examination
is designed to measure the candidate’s aptitude for graduate study. It is
the most widely used test in the United States2. There are two forms of
the GRE:
• GRE General Test [3]: The general test specifically measures the
candidate’s verbal, quantitative and analytical writing aptitude. The
test is now most commonly offered in a computer-based format instead
of the older paper-based format. (See next question for a more
detailed description)
It is also used in other parts of the world but in this document, we are only talking about
American universities.
• GRE Subject Test [4]: The subject tests are designed to test a candidate’s
knowledge of the subject matter in a particular discipline
extensively. Subject tests are offered in the following 8 disciplines:
Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, English
Literature, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology. Some
universities require these subject test scores in addition to the general
test when applying to the Ph.D. program. Even if the test is not
required, getting a good score in this test will definitely strengthen
your application.

2. What kind of questions do the different sections of the GRE
general test carry ?
All questions in the general test are multiple-choice questions. The detailed
descriptions are available at the GRE official site as referenced in
the last question, but for the sake of completeness, I reproduce them here
with little modification:
(a) Verbal: The verbal section measures your ability to analyze and
evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from
it, to analyze relationships among component parts of sentences, to
recognize relationships between words and concepts, and to reason
with words in solving problems. There is a balance of passages across
different subject matter areas: humanities, social sciences, and natural
sciences.
(b) Quantitative: The quantitative section measures your basic mathematical
skills, your understanding of elementary mathematical concepts,
and your ability to reason quantitatively and solve problems
in a quantitative setting. There is a balance of questions requiring
arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis. These are content
areas usually encountered in the 9th-12th standard curricula.
(c) Analytical Writing: The analytical writing section tests your critical
thinking and analytical writing skills. It assesses your ability
to articulate and support complex ideas, analyze an argument, and
sustain a focused and coherent discussion. It does not assess specific
content knowledge.

3. When should I take the GRE ?
The answer to this question, as you would expect, depends on what
semester you want to apply for. Going by estimated deadlines, if you
are applying for the Fall, I would recommend that you write GRE at the
latest by October. I say this because this gives you enough time to concentrate
on the other parts of the application which are almost equally,
if not more, important than GRE scores. If you are applying for Spring,
you should have finished with the GRE by June at the latest.

4. How long does it take for ETS to report to the GRE scores to
the first 4 universities ? What about after that ?
According to ETS’s official policy, score reports are mailed to you and
the 4 institutions, if you designate them on the day of the test, approximately 10-15 days after you take the test. I think we can safely assume the same duration for reporting the scores to new institutions as well, since it is completely electronic now.

5. Can I apply for admission anytime during the year ?
No. Most universities in the U.S. accept applications only two times in
a calendar year. Before we discuss that, let me give you a brief breakdown of the academic year as. The academic year is usually divided into 4 semesters - Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. The semesters are usually 13 weeks long but this is not a hard and fast constraint. The Fall
semester starts somewhere between August and September and ends in
late December or early January. The Spring semester starts in January
and ends in May. The Summer semester starts in late May or early June
and ends just before the Fall semester begins. Not all universities have a
Winter semester but if they do, it is a very short semester squeezed between the Fall and the Spring semesters. The semesters correspond very roughly with the eponymous seasons.

Now on to the actual answer of this question. Most universities will accept
admission applications for the Fall and the Spring semesters of the
academic year. Please beware, the some universities only entertain applications for the Fall semester.

6. What are the deadlines for applying in Spring? In Fall ?
This is one of the silliest questions that I see asked around. Let me answer
this one final time: Each university has its own deadlines for applications
for the two semesters. There is no one deadline. If you want to find
deadlines for specific universities, please consider using a very well known
invention called Google. Find the website of the university, go to the
section for prospective students and you will find all the deadlines listed
there, along with almost all information that you could ever require. In
general, please consider doing a little bit of research yourself before asking others.
If you still need a very general idea of the deadlines, Fall semesters usually have an application deadline of mid December or early January, whereas Spring deadlines are usually in August or September.

7. Is there any difference between applying for the Fall semester
and the Spring semester ?
Yes, there is absolutely a difference between those two semesters. The academic year in all United States universities begins with the Fall semester.
Therefore, most assistantship and fellowship positions also begin at around
the same time. In fact, some universities (line mine, for example) do not
even entertain Spring applications unless you can demonstrate mitigating
circumstances or you are an existing student. In short, if you are applying
for the Spring semester you have the following disadvantages:
• You are applying in the middle of the academic year when the number
of admits granted is definitely lower than in the Fall.
• Financial aid for the Spring semester is very rare.
• This is relatively unimportant but since the academic year starts in
the Fall, all the core courses are offered mostly in the Fall. This may
cause a little problem with planning your coursework.
Therefore, my advice is to apply in the Fall unless there are some exceptional circumstances and you cannot help it.

8. What will I need for my application, besides standardized test
scores ?
Every university has detailed and specific guidelines in their application
brochure about the documents that they will need you to submit with the
application. However, it is good to have a general idea of the sort of documents that are usually needed for an application to be deemed complete. Here is a list:
• College Transcripts: A transcript is another name for a marksheet
provided by your college or university at the end of each semester,
that lists in detail the courses taken and the grades obtained in these
courses. You are allowed to send notarized copies of your transcripts
with the application. The admission will then be contingent upon
your providing the original transcripts when you join. Another point
is that since you will usually send out your applications before you
have graduated from your college, it is okay to provide the marksheets
only up to that semester. However, you will need to provide the rest
when you join.
• Letters of Recommendation: Most universities require you to
provide three letters of recommentation. The faculty members in your department are the best people to ask for these letters. However, if you did an internship at another institution or corporation, getting a letter from your mentor or supervisor would be a big plus. Some universities will provide actual recommendation forms that you may get filled out by your references, in lieu of letters. In general, a good letter of recommendation would touch upon not only your academic achievements but also your analytical and problem-solving skills and preferable provide some anecdotal examples.
• Statement of Purpose: This will possibly turn out to be the most
important document in your application. A statement of purpose
can best be described as a document for your academic past and
the future. It should clearly describe why you chose your particular
acadmic discipline, why you are interested in pursuing graduate study
in that discipline ir why you are interested in a different discipline
than the one you did your bachelor’s degree in. It should also clearly
outline the ideas you have about what you would like to do and what
you are interested in researching. It is very important that these
ideas and interests mesh with the interests of a group of a faculty
member at that university, which you should find out and mention
in the statement. You should also read some of the research that
the group or the faculty member has published in conferences and
journals to find out more about the kind of research that they do and
the direction that it is headed in. This will help you immensely.

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Financial Support Statement: Another important document is
the financial support statement. This is usually in the shape of a
form provided with the application. In this document, you will usually
provide declare your financial assets to show that you will be able
to support the first year of your graduate education at the university.
You will probably need to provide notarized bank statements along
with this statement. However, it is entirely possible that you may
not need to submit this until you have been granted an admission
to the university. It usually depends upon the university admission
policy.

9. How do I prepare the financial support statement ? Why is it
important ?
The financial support statement is a declaration of your financial assets to
prove to the admissions committee of a university that you will be able to
support yourself during your graduate study program. However, it is not
the case that you will necessarily have to declare enough assets to cover
the entire cost of the first year. It is actually up to you what you want to
do here. There is usually a question on the application asking something
along the lines of “Will you be able to attend this university if you are not
provided any financial aid ?” If you answer that question in the affirmative,
you should show as many assets as possible in the financial statement
so that they will see that you can support yourself during your stay there.
However, if you say “no” to that question, then they know that your acceptance of the admission offer is contingent on provision of financial aid
and they will not put as much emphasis on the financial statement.
The reason the financial statement is so important is because it is essential
to procure what is commonly known as the I-20 form. The Certificate of
Visa Eligibility for Nonimmigrant F-1 Student Status is commonly known
as the I-20. This is the document issued by a university through the
internet-based Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
for presentation at the U.S. embassy to apply for an F-1 Student
visa; it must also be presented to an immigration official upon entry into
the U.S. In short, you will not get a visa without an I-20 and you will only
get an I-20 if you satisfy the financial constraints. Therefore, the financial
statement is critical to the application process.

10. How do I decide which universities to apply to ?
This is one of the most frequently asked questions and the answer is not as straightforward as you would like it to be. This is one of the highly subjective questions that you will be encountering as your proceed through
the application process. Before we talk about the factors that should in-
fluence your decision, let me provide a few useful sources of information
about Graduate Schools in the US:
• US News Rankings: Every year, the periodical US News & World
Report comes out with their rankings of US Graduate Schools categorized
by the various disciplines. These rankings are based on
factors such as the number of graduating PhD students, the number
of permanent faculty members, and the amount obtained by the
faculty in research grants etc. It is important to note that these
rankings are not the only rankings out there. These are just relatively
more comprehensive and more trusted rankings than the other
ones. Only the general rankings are usually available for free. If you
want detailed rankings in your own discipline, they are usually just
a google-search away. If you cannot find them, email me and I will
try and get them for you3
• PhDs.org: This is a very useful website based on the graduate
school statistics provided by the National Research Council. The
one really good thing about this website is that you can actually use
the interactive rankings form to generate rankings according to your
Not each discipline is ranked every year. For example, Computer Science was last ranked in 2002 and has not been ranked again since then. This comes in handy when you want to weight things
like financial aid much higher than other factors.
• USEFI Centers: USEFI(United States Education Foundation in
India), also known as the Fulbright Commission, is an organization
that was started in 1950 for the purpose of promoting academic
exchanges between India and the United States. They are headquartered
in Connaught Place in New Delhi and have offices in the other
metropolitan cities as well. They have detailed guides about all US
Universities and also hold various seminars about finding fellowships
and scholarships for your graduate study in the US. I would definitely
recommend doing some serious research in their offices for coming up
with a preliminary list of the universities.
OK, now that we have resources for you to find out information about all
the universities, let’s talk about what all should factor in your thinking:
• Research interests: It is important to understand that the programs
of graduate study in the US that we are talking about here -
M.S and Ph.D. - entail research. You should have a clear idea of the
areas in your discipline that intrigue you and that you are interested
in exploring further. If the only reason you want to do an M.S. is to
get a more lucrative software engineering or programming, this might
not turn out to be important for you during your M.S but you will
certainly need it to get admitted. Your statement of research (also
known as the statement of purpose) should be very well focused and
plainly describe your reasons for pursuing graduate study. You might
be able to secure an admission with a weak SOP, but certainly not
financial aid.
Once you have your research interests decided, find the universities
that do good research in these areas, get lots of grants for the same
and also hire a lot of students in these labs. Use the above resources
and also try and contact other students from your college that have
gone to the US, since they may have a better idea about these things.
• Test Scores: Test scores are not the sole deciding factor in your
admission, as most people think. They are certainly important as
they indicate your aptitude for graduate study, but that’s all they
are - an indication. If you get too low of a score, you will certainly
have problems getting into the relatively higher-ranked universities.
Getting an extremely good score will help. However, If you are in the
relatively upper percentile range of, say 1400-1500, your exact score
does not matter. Yes, that’s right. Once you are in that range, it is
all the same.
The only part TOEFL scores play is to determine your English speaking
and comprehension skills. If you test in the right range, their work
is over. If you test too low, however, universities may admit you only
on the condition that you will attend some English classes once you
get to the U.S.
• Alumni: I would suggest that you strongly consider universities
where students from previous batches of your college have secured
admission and financial aid. Chances are that if they have admitted
students from the past and have been generally satisfied with their
quality, they will almost certainly admit you as well.
• Geographic factors: Sometimes it is also important to consider
the location of the university that you are considering applying to.
Industries concentrated in particular states tend to hire heavily from
the universities around them. For example, Dell - which is based in
Austin, Texas, hires a lot of engineers from Texas A&M University,
University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Arlington.
If you are interested in automotive engineering, consider applying
close to Detroit, where the Big Three (Ford, General Motors and
Chrysler) are based. Similarly, Maxtor - a hard-drive and storage
appliance corporation based in Denver - hires engineers from University
of Colorado at Boulder.
I think that about sums up the not-so-short answer to this oft asked question.

11. How do I prepare for that infernal Verbal section of the GRE ?
Another very common question for Indian students and also another very
subjective question. Each and every one of us has a different way of learning
new things and so there can’t be any one way for all of us to prepare.
I think the best thing I can do here is to outline the way that I prepared
for this section and hopefully a lot of you will get some good pointers and
direction.
(a) It’s all about the roots: Blindly stuffing the meaning of words into
your brain by going through some list is the worst way to prepare
for this section. You will have to remember an unmanageably large
chunks of information. As engineers, you should realize that if you
can remember words together as groups, the storage efficiency will
be much higher. The easiest way to remember groups of words is
to via their etymology, or the way that the word originated. If you
remember the roots, you will be able to infer the meaning of even
a completely new word that you encounter for the first time. Let’s
look at an example. Consider the word euthanasia. If you learn the
roots of this word, you will learn that:

[vikaskundu]

• eu- is a Greek root, meaning “good”
• -thanasia is derived from the Greek “Thanatos” who was the god
of death.
Therefore, the complete word means “good death”, which is what we
know. Now, say you come across the word thanatophobic. Chances
are that you have not seen this word before. No need to panic ! Roots
will always help you out:
• We know that thanato- refers to “death”.
• Everyone knows (or should know) that -phobic means “someone
afraid of something”.
Therefore, this adjective refers to someone afraid of dying. Voila !
A very good book which emphasizes learning the roots of words is
Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis [9].
(b) Flash Cards: Another very popular and effective method is using
flash cards for writing down words and their meanings. I used flash
cards to write down not only the different meanings but also examples
of usage for particularly difficult words. I went through them
every night and every morning.
(c) Read, Read and Read: I know that most people begin GRE preparations
with a short window of time but if you are smart enough
to be starting a year or 2 years early, the one thing that I cannot
stress enough is the importance of reading. It may be newspapers or
periodicals, sports or automotive magazines, fiction novels. classic
literature or anything else with a relatively richer vocabulary that
you enjoy reading. Just reading will not help you prepare, however.
The point is that anytime you come across a word that you have not
seen before or do not remember, look it up right there and then in
the dictionary and enter it on a flash card along with the usage. At
the end of the day, force yourself to write a paragraph in which you
use every new word that you came across today. This turned out to
be very useful for me.
(d) Practice Makes Perfect: For certain questions like Reading Comprehension
exercises, all of the above will certainly help you but you
must keep practicing. You know what else helps with RCs? General
Reading !! If you are able to read, say, today’s editorial and understand
the premise behind and also the arguments the author makes
to support or disprove that premise, you will have no problems with
these kind of questions.

12. How do I decide on the list of universities to which I have to
send the GRE scores at the end of the test ?
Do not, by any means, consider this as a casual exercise. Ideally, you
should have already decided on your list of universities before you take
the GRE and so you can choose 4 from that list. However, we know that
since GRE scores are a big factor in selecting the universities, most people
do not have such a list. The straightforward solution is to have multiple
lists. Make 3 lists of universities - one that you really want to apply to
provided you get a great GRE score, one that you will apply to if you get
average scores and the last fall back list which you use only if you screw
up the test very badly. The US News and PhDs.org rankings explained
above should be instrumental in helping you create these 3 lists. Doing it
this way means extra work but it also means that you use test fees more
efficiently by applying to the right universities.

13. I did not do as well on the GRE I had expected. Should I retake
the test or apply with my current scores ?
This is a tricky question. Assuming you can afford to retake the test
and the dates are available, there are a couple of other criteria that you
should keep in mind when making this decision:
(a) Do you have enough time ?
If the first time you took your GRE was already kind of cutting it
close (late October or so), you will have little time to do any more
substantial preparation.
(b) Will it help ?
If the reason your first test did not go so well was because of poor
time management or factors other than lack of preparation, retaking
the test might make more sense. However, you should take steps to
ensure that the same factors do not appear the second time you take
the test. So, if the cause was, say, lack of time management then you
should do more practice with actual timed tests to make sure that
you figure out how to best manage those precious minutes. If it was
silly mathematical mistakes, practicing will help there as well.

14. If I decide to take the test again, which scores will be reported ?
The official ETS policy [11] is to report all the scores that you have obtained in the past 5 years. Not the best of the bunch and certainly not
the average. Of course, the university you are applying to might have its
own policy on how to normalize scores for students who have taken the
test more than once and these policies are not known. If I had to guess, I
would say that they would consider the latest scores as the official ones.



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Feedback
I would appreciate any feedback on this document at the email provided above.
References
[1] Graduate Record Examination, http://www.gre.org (http://www.gre.org/)
[2] Graduate Record Examination, http://www.ets.org (http://www.ets.org/)
[3] GRE General Test, http://www.gre.org/gendir.html#general (http://www.gre.org/gendir.html#general)
[4] GRE General Test, http://www.gre.org/pbstest.html#description (http://www.gre.org/pbstest.html#description)
[5] US News & World Report, Graduate School Rankings, http://www. (http://www./)
usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/rankindex brief.php.
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org/rankings
[7] National Research Council, http://www.nationalacademies.org/nrc/ (http://www.nationalacademies.org/nrc/)
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[8] The Fulbright Commission in India, http://www.fulbright-india.org/ (http://www.fulbright-india.org/)
eas/eas-general.htm
[9] Word Power Made Easy, Norman Lewis, http://www.amazon.com/exec/ (http://www.amazon.com/exec/)
obidos/tg/detail/-/067174190X/002-9851277-6608034?v=glance
[10] admission 2006 GRE US Yahoo! Group, http://groups.yahoo.com/ (http://groups.yahoo.com/)
group/admission 2006 GRE US/
[11] GRE Cumulative Reporting Policy, http://www.gre.org/getscore. (http://www.gre.org/getscore.)
html#cumulative
[12] gre-toefl-tse Yahoo! Group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/)
gre-toefl-tse/

[dahbal]

Hi Vikas,

One of my friend is thinking about the GRE and TOEFL exam for MS Study.
Where he can get the whole prep. and practice test material for GRE and TOEFL Test?

Please update me what prep. material needed and where he can get?

Thanks,
Balraj

[brainspeak]

good work brother...keep it up...:)

[vikaskundu]

hi there,

the right material according to me is as:-

for gre
1.start with basic wordlists memorizing to increase ur vocab.(preferably from barrons book-available for 170 rs ithnk)

2. when done with wordlists u might want to practice with book of nova's
(also easily available)...basic math concepts and analogies , rcs etc

3. then u should be moving towards kaplan;s book( try to get hold of a xerox, diff to find)

4. in between your most trusted and authentic partner for vocab part wud be the big book of gre(also diff to find)**verbal part very near to actual gre**

5.as far as quant is concerned do the basicx from any gud cat material like carrer launcher::

6. then move on to computer aided test cats- sum gud ones are
KAPLAN, CAMBRIDGE, POWERPREP (DO IN LAST) , MAY BE TRY 800SCORE(TOO TUFF)

this wud give u a realtively gud prep of gre .. i wud try to post sum sftwares and e-books as sooon as i get time

FOR TOEFL
the test available now is only ibt- which includes speaking.....:cool:
so this cannot be done within a matter of days..for toefl watch eng news, moveez etc this wud improve your listening..you shud give urself fair time(judging urself) that wud make u comfortable with eng listening..

in speaking accent doesnt matter that much so dnt wry about that
what matters is
content, conclusion, clearity.......:)

[vikaskundu]

i found this while surfing i dont think u need anything else
1. GRE sample essays Arcos
http://linh.ript.edu.vn/gre/Acro_GRE_CAT_ans_to_real_ques(scanned_by_Huy_nana) .pdf (http://linh.ript.edu.vn/gre/Acro_GRE_CAT_ans_to_real_ques(scanned_by_Huy_nana) .pdf)


2. gre probability
http://www.takegre.com/index.php/category/gre-probability/ (http://www.takegre.com/index.php/category/gre-probability/)

3. Word Roots to imprv ur vocab
http://allaboutgre.blogspot.com/2006/02/word-roots.html (http://allaboutgre.blogspot.com/2006/02/word-roots.html)

4. Sample Issue Tasks
http://allaboutgre.blogspot.com/2006/01/sample-essays.html (http://allaboutgre.blogspot.com/2006/01/sample-essays.html)

5. AN INTRODUCTION TO GRE WRITINGhttp://fly2usa.yourfreewebspace.com/files/WritAssess.pdf

6. GRE VERBAL STRATEGIES
http://fly2usa.yourfreewebspace.com/files/Timewise%20GRE%20Verbal%20Section%20Strategies.pdf (http://fly2usa.yourfreewebspace.com/files/Timewise%20GRE%20Verbal%20Section%20Strategies.pdf )

7. kaplan prep mat
http://www.sendspace.com/file/cacvq8 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/cacvq8)

8. Free Test Practice
www.number2.com (http://www.number2.com/)

9. hang on game
http://www.greword.com/word/index.html (http://www.greword.com/word/index.html)

10. GRE Question of The Day
http://www.takegre.com/ (http://www.takegre.com/)

11. Memorise Words FREE With Picture
http://www.greword.com/ (http://www.greword.com/)

12. Dont know, open n c
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0m12gu (http://www.sendspace.com/file/0m12gu)

13. woogle search pictures by words
http://www.gujian.net/woogle/show.php?search=cmF2aSBpcyBteSBmcmllbmQ=&wap=1&show= (http://www.gujian.net/woogle/show.php?search=cmF2aSBpcyBteSBmcmllbmQ=&wap=1&show=)

14. GRE links
.

GRE Sites

re.org
toefl.org
ets.org
admissionguru.com
http://www.gistguide.com/ (http://www.gistguide.com/)
http://pllab.kaist.ac.kr/~gladius/gre/ (http://pllab.kaist.ac.kr/~gladius/gre/)
http://www.petersons.com/testprepchannel/gre_free.asp?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=248&WT.mc_r=180 (http://www.petersons.com/testprepchannel/gre_free.asp?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=248&WT.mc_r=180)
http://www.catprep.com/exams/gre/launch-win.html (http://www.catprep.com/exams/gre/launch-win.html)
http://www.grammatix.com/shop/cgi-bin/grammatix.cgi?pg=freeinfo#gre (http://www.grammatix.com/shop/cgi-bin/grammatix.cgi?pg=freeinfo#gre)
http://www.gorillatestprep.com/gre_resources.html (http://www.gorillatestprep.com/gre_resources.html)
http://www.indianchild.com/GRE/gre-practice-test.htm (http://www.indianchild.com/GRE/gre-practice-test.htm)
http://www.english-test.net/gre/vocabulary/meanings/330/gre-test.php (http://www.english-test.net/gre/vocabulary/meanings/330/gre-test.php)
http://www.minibikesonline.com/linkspages/Education.asp (http://www.minibikesonline.com/linkspages/Education.asp)
http://www.collegejournal.com/exams/ (http://www.collegejournal.com/exams/)
www.number2.com (http://www.number2.com/)
syvum.com
http://www.gre.org/pracmats.html (http://www.gre.org/pracmats.html)
http://www.onesmartclick.com/exams/gre-gmat-tofel-sat.html (http://www.onesmartclick.com/exams/gre-gmat-tofel-sat.html)
http://www.grebible.com/download.htm (http://www.grebible.com/download.htm)
http://www.computerbasedtest.com/download.html (http://www.computerbasedtest.com/download.html)
http://www.intelligentedu.com/newly_researched_free_training/GRE.html (http://www.intelligentedu.com/newly_researched_free_training/GRE.html)
http://gre.admissionconsultant.com/gretestprepmaterial.htm (http://gre.admissionconsultant.com/gretestprepmaterial.htm)
http://www.testmagic.com/ (http://www.testmagic.com/)
http://www.supervoca.com/ (http://www.supervoca.com/)

15. US univ rankings
http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/ (http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/)
http://www.phds.org/ (http://www.phds.org/)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc/tier1/t1natudoc_brief.php (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc/tier1/t1natudoc_brief.php)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php)
http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/is/ranking.html (http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/is/ranking.html)
http://www.ulinks.com/index.php?mode=view&pageid=5 (http://www.ulinks.com/index.php?mode=view&pageid=5)
http://students.washington.edu/takauw/rankUsa.html (http://students.washington.edu/takauw/rankUsa.html)
http://www.campusdirt.com/index.cfm?id=googCSrch (http://www.campusdirt.com/index.cfm?id=googCSrch)
http://citm.utdallas.edu/utdrankings/RankingWorldwide.aspx (http://citm.utdallas.edu/utdrankings/RankingWorldwide.aspx)

Also search the rankings in google.com

Also consult US Consulate for further details.

16. If you want to get admission in US Institutes during August/September 2006 (Fall) Session then you must give GRE within end September 2005.
All applications in most Universities for August/September (Fall) 2006 ends by mid December 2005 & some by mid Jan 2006.
If you are planning for January 2007 (Spring) Session then you can give GRE in by April/May 2006 & apply the Institutes by August 2006.
Try to target Fall (August/September) Session as many institutes prefer to take more international students in this time. Almost all institutes take international students in both the sessions

[vikaskundu]

26. Most IMP GRE s/wMost IMP GRE s/w 7/8/2006 10:00 PM
http://www.visualthesaurus.com (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/)

one of the greatest s/w developed so far, u cant expect something better that than that.

Bust small problem, login id wanted, sice its an online s/w,

CAN ANYONE BREAK THE LOGIN ID, please SCRAP BACK

Cheers

27. Big book
http://www.esnips.com/web/swapnilghan-gre (http://www.esnips.com/web/swapnilghan-gre)

28. Kaplan, dosent ask cd to install
http://rapidshare.de/files/25358588/Kaplan.rar.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/25358588/Kaplan.rar.html)

29. GRE HAngmanhttp://www.greword.com/word/index.html

30. Audio Wordlist : Reloaded
hi guyz, i guess many ppl need word list in the audio format. the sw that i hav mailed, many complained, isn't working.
so wt im doing here is putting the wordlist(audio ofcourse) in the mp3 format(u guessed right..huge files it'll be).
{thanks to loganathan rangasamy guy whose been putting these stuffs on net}
so here it is..

WL1: http://rapidshare.de/files/22955975/Wordlist1.zip.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/22955975/Wordlist1.zip.html)
WL2: http://rapidshare.de/files/23027367/Wordlist2.zip.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/23027367/Wordlist2.zip.html)
WL3: http://rapidshare.de/files/23026644/Wordlist3.zip.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/23026644/Wordlist3.zip.html)
WL4: http://rapidshare.de/files/23189391/Wordlist4.zip.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/23189391/Wordlist4.zip.html)
WL5: http://rapidshare.de/files/23190709/Wordlist5.zip.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/23190709/Wordlist5.zip.html)
WL6: http://rapidshare.de/files/23188841/Wordlist6.zip.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/23188841/Wordlist6.zip.html)
WL7: http://rapidshare.de/files/23387481/Wordlist7.zip.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/23387481/Wordlist7.zip.html)

other wls have not been uploaded yet. so will post them asa they r uploaded. the links, i have chked, r working.

alternatively u can dwld the .exe format(which i had till now) from http://grewordlist.groupfetch.com/ (http://grewordlist.groupfetch.com/)

i guess i don't need to mail u guyz the wordlist nemore. u can directly dwld it frm here.[im going out for training n stuffs so won't be able to mail u all]
i hope it'll be helpful to u all.

31. Word a day
hai this is word a day every day a word its meaning description usage will be given and it comes to ur mailbox every day

follow this link.subscribe the FREE EDITIOn

http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html (http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html)

32. Readind speed AnD Vocabulary TeSt
Readind speed AnD Vocabulary TeSt


http://www.blockreading.com/vocabularytest.php (http://www.blockreading.com/vocabularytest.php)



http://www.blockreading.com/vocabularytest.php (http://www.blockreading.com/vocabularytest.php)

33. Gre links
http://www.esnips.com/web/GRE?docsPage=1#files (http://www.esnips.com/web/GRE?docsPage=1#files)

http://grewordlist.groupfetch.com/ (http://grewordlist.groupfetch.com/)

http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=11 (http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=11)

http://www.testprepreview.com/gre_practice.htm (http://www.testprepreview.com/gre_practice.htm)

http://www.number2.com/ (http://www.number2.com/)

http://learning-its-easy.blogspot.com/ (http://learning-its-easy.blogspot.com/)

http://www.wayabroad.com/twe/bytopic.cfm? (http://www.wayabroad.com/twe/bytopic.cfm?)

34. Few more GRE links
http://www.esnips.com/web/GRE?docsPage=1#files (http://www.esnips.com/web/GRE?docsPage=1#files)


http://grewordlist.groupfetch.com/ (http://grewordlist.groupfetch.com/)


http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=11 (http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=11)


http://www.testprepreview.com/gre_practice.htm (http://www.testprepreview.com/gre_practice.htm)


www.syvum.com (http://www.syvum.com/)


www.vyomworld.com (http://www.vyomworld.com/)


http://grewordlist.groupfetch.com/ (http://grewordlist.groupfetch.com/) http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=11 (http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=11)


http://www.esnips.com/web/GRE?docsPage=1#files (http://www.esnips.com/web/GRE?docsPage=1#files)

35. Toefl tests and info abt toefl
Hey this i found in one of the communities....hope its helpful


1)http://www.ibtpractice.com/
2)http://www.testwise.com/review.html
3)http://toeflpractice.ets.org/
you have to fill in your email address and start
4)http://www.esl-pro.com/Members/Free_Workbooks.aspx

http://mickey.homelinux.net/~u-ryo/TOEFL/ (http://mickey.homelinux.net/~u-ryo/TOEFL/)
5)This is the link from where you can download all information required for toefl ibt test.
http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=c83e7239f81a5010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCR D&vgnextchannel=20e42ce292885010VgnVCM10000022f95190 RCRD (http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=c83e7239f81a5010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCR D&vgnextchannel=20e42ce292885010VgnVCM10000022f95190 RCRD)

36. Address of GRE KRUPA
1-8-719
NALLAKUNTA VEG MARKET ROAD
NEAR TEA DEN
HYDERABAD 500044
ANDHRAPRADESH

CELL:9849543981
HOME:040-27665084

[vikaskundu]

17. Some information regarding US institute
For MS in USA Institutes you need good score in Engineering, Good GRE Score & Good TOEFL Score (better if you score around 250 or more), Letter of Recommendation in sealed envelope with stamp of the signatory authority (professor or institute) from renowned professors (around 2 to 3 professors are required) & a very good Statement of Purpose. Class 10 & Class 12 standard results are also important.
Here are the following Institues in USA where to apply according to GRE Score (specially for those who opt for Computer Science, Electrical, Information Technology etc). All these institutes more or less rank in this order in overall performance for almost all subjects. Still you refer to the websites of these Institutes for detailed information -
GRE Score:
Above 1400
1. University of California, Berkeley
2. University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
3. Purdue University
Score: 1300-1400
1. University of Florida, Gainesville
2. University of Minnesota
3. University of Michigan
4. University of California, Santa Barbara
5. Boston University (Private--high Scholarships)
6. University of Texas, Austin
Score: Above 1250
1. University of California, Irvine
2. University of California, Riverside
3. Iowa State University
4. Virginia Tech.
Score: 1200-1250
1. New Jersey Institute of Tech.
2. Arizona State University
3. University of Arizona
4. Pennsylvania State University
5. Ohio State University
6. Oregon State University
7. Texas A & M University
8. University of Alabama
9. University of Connecticut
10. Cincinnati State University
Score: 1150-1200
1. NJIT
2. SUNY, Buffalo
3. University of Pittsburgh
4. Colorado State University
5. Mississippi State University
6. North Carolina State University
7. Indiana University, Bloomington
Score: 1100-1150
1. NJIT(chances less)
2. Indiana University, Bloomington
3. SUNY, Buffalo
4. New Mexico State University
5. California State University, Chico
6. Washington State University
Score: Below 1100
1. University of North Dakota


19. Download Wordweb - Free thesaurus and dictionary
.

Download Wordweb - The free thesaurus and dictionary for Windows from

http://www.download.com/3000-2079_4-10003201.html (http://www.download.com/3000-2079_4-10003201.html)
or visit
http://wordweb.info/free/ (http://wordweb.info/free/)

This is very helpful for all

20. GRE Wordlist
Download GRE Big Book Wordlist for Free
http://www.testsworld.com/gre-word-list.asp (http://www.testsworld.com/gre-word-list.asp)

Download GRE Wordlist from
http://rapidshare.de/files/4188541/GRE_Wordlist.zip.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/4188541/GRE_Wordlist.zip.html)

Tips for downloading from Rapidshare : -
Paste the link in the browser
Then click on the Free (account type)
Wait for few seconds for the link to come & then download it with either Flashget, Internet Download Accelerator or with your browser's download manager.

21. Powerprep GRE Software
.

Download the software from
http://rapidshare.de/files/4187286/Powerprep_GRE.zip.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/4187286/Powerprep_GRE.zip.html)

Paste the link in the browser
Then click on the Free (account type)
Wait for few seconds for the link to come & then download it with either Flashget, Internet Download Accelerator or with your browser's download manager.

Also visit
http://www.gre.org/pracmats.html (http://www.gre.org/pracmats.html)
Download the free practice materials

22. Download Princeton GRE
Download Princeton GRE from
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=40XEAFWL (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=40XEAFWL)

23. GRE Wordlist + Peterson GRE
.

http://dc1.4shared.com/download/269077/3daadde9/GRE.html (http://dc1.4shared.com/download/269077/3daadde9/GRE.html)


NOTE :
For dc1.4shared.com links paste the link in the browser (press enter) & scroll down the page to get the Download button at the bottom. Just click Download.

24. TOEFL E-Book Link
Cliffs TOEFL Preparation Guide
http://rapidshare.de/files/4681190/Cliffs_TOEFL_Preparation_Guide.zip.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/4681190/Cliffs_TOEFL_Preparation_Guide.zip.html)

Tips for downloading from Rapidshare : -
Paste the link in the browser
Then click on the Free (account type)
Wait for few seconds for the link to come & then download it with either Flashget, Internet Download Accelerator or with your browser's download manager.

25. Another set of links instead of Rapidshare
.

Cliffs TOEFL Preparation Guide
http://dc1.4shared.com/download/197958/74e90b39/Cliffs_TOEFL_Preparation_Guide.html (http://dc1.4shared.com/download/197958/74e90b39/Cliffs_TOEFL_Preparation_Guide.html)

To read the above file you need DJVU Browser, download it from
http://dc1.4shared.com/download/197967/cf7b456b/Djvu_Browser_45.html (http://dc1.4shared.com/download/197967/cf7b456b/Djvu_Browser_45.html)

Paste the link in the browser & scroll down the page to get the Download button.

[vikaskundu]

37. University Rank wise
http://www.esnips.com/web/USUNIVRANKING (http://www.esnips.com/web/USUNIVRANKING)

38. S/w for flash card like thinghttp://www.wordflashonline.com/

39. MS,MBA nything n eveything, all is here -sangeeta
www.ets.org (http://www.ets.org/)
www.testden.com (http://www.testden.com/)
www.testmagic.com (http://www.testmagic.com/)
www.testu.com (http://www.testu.com/)
www.edupass.org (http://www.edupass.org/)
www.number2.com (http://www.number2.com/)
www.petersons.com (http://www.petersons.com/)
www.usnews.com (http://www.usnews.com/)
www.usjournal.com (http://www.usjournal.com/)
www.fastweb.com (http://www.fastweb.com/)
www.infozee.com (http://www.infozee.com/)
www.embark.com (http://www.embark.com/)
www.gradschools.com (http://www.gradschools.com/)
www.princetonreview.com (http://www.princetonreview.com/)
www.rea.com (http://www.rea.com/)
www.kaplan.com (http://www.kaplan.com/)
www.gre.org (http://www.gre.org/)
www.tofel.org (http://www.tofel.org/)
www.studyabroad.com (http://www.studyabroad.com/)
www.visaofficer.com (http://www.visaofficer.com/)
www.budgetstudy.com (http://www.budgetstudy.com/)
www.universities.com (http://www.universities.com/)
www.google.com (http://www.google.com/)
www.educationmatch.com (http://www.educationmatch.com/)
www.4tests.com (http://www.4tests.com/)
www.cieglobal.com (http://www.cieglobal.com/)
www.800score.com (http://www.800score.com/)
www.f1study.com (http://www.f1study.com/)
www.usastudyguide.com (http://www.usastudyguide.com/)
www.mbajungle.com (http://www.mbajungle.com/)
www.studyusa.com (http://www.studyusa.com/)
http://learning-its-easy.blogspot.com/ (http://learning-its-easy.blogspot.com/)

40. words by pictures
http://www.achieverspoint.com/winoverwords.htm (http://www.achieverspoint.com/winoverwords.htm)

41. visual Thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?vt (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?vt)

42. thesaurus
http://www.download.com/3001-2279_4-10520851.html (http://www.download.com/3001-2279_4-10520851.html)
this is dictionary cum thesaurus!!!!! good one!!!

43. cd Softwares
http://rapidshare.de/files/23961930/GRE.Prep.rar (http://rapidshare.de/files/23961930/GRE.Prep.rar)


http://rapidshare.de/files/13773394/BarronsGRECD.rar.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/13773394/BarronsGRECD.rar.html)

44. kaplan
http://esnips.com/web/KAPLANGRE (http://esnips.com/web/KAPLANGRE)

45. gre mat
http://esnips.com/web/MaterialforGREtest (http://esnips.com/web/MaterialforGREtest)

46. gre collection
http://esnips.com/web/GRECOLLECTION (http://esnips.com/web/GRECOLLECTION)

47. cool - has everthing uploadedhttp://esnips.com/web/GREstuffs123

48. short gre
http://esnips.com/web/ebook9999-GRE (http://esnips.com/web/ebook9999-GRE)

49. other books
http://esnips.com/UserProfileAction.ns?id=c7449333-3ba6-40fc-8199-207120342dee (http://esnips.com/UserProfileAction.ns?id=c7449333-3ba6-40fc-8199-207120342dee)

50. online blog
http://greghost.blogspot.com/ (http://greghost.blogspot.com/)

51. good guide
http://fly2usa.yourfreewebspace.com/files/grebook.pdf (http://fly2usa.yourfreewebspace.com/files/grebook.pdf)

52. all about us admissions
i forgot... my conribution:

http://allaboutusadmissions.blogspot.com/ (http://allaboutusadmissions.blogspot.com/)

53. Play Gre Word Of the day with Friendshttp://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=170660&tid=5415780&start=1

54. guys exp:
1) www.number2.com- (http://www.number2.com-/) Very good site esp to start GRE prep. It also keeps track of your vocab progress.

2) http://www.english-test.net/gre/index.html (http://www.english-test.net/gre/index.html) ( Lot of vocab tests)

3) www.greguide.com (http://www.greguide.com/)

Some sites to download the softwares:

1) http://www.gistguide.com/downloads/index.php (http://www.gistguide.com/downloads/index.php)

2)http://gmatgre.org/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=39&func=select&id=13

Some sites to download which I came to know later on but can be useful are:

1) http://www.testfever.com/index.php (http://www.testfever.com/index.php)

2) http://www.testfever.com/index.php (http://www.testfever.com/index.php)

3) http://18411.rapidforum.com/ (http://18411.rapidforum.com/)

Plus u can get more material through P2P torrent sites these days.

Also special thanks to Orkut for so much help through various people. Keep checking the forums related to GRE as people keep posting about useful links.


P.S.: Since I am working it may not be possible for me to mail any material individually(lack of time). The links which I have provided, there you can get some softwares to download and you may need to buy Kaplan. If you have any specific queries then you can post them here itself as I may miss in replying through scraps.

Hope these things be of any help to you.

Practice as many mock tests as possible before the actual test. delete

[vikaskundu]

. guys exp contd.
The materials which I referred for my GRE Prep.

Books:

1) Kaplan
2) Cracking the GRE by Princeton Review(A must one)
3) Barrons
4) Nova GRE
5) Big Book GRE(Couldn't solve it much, no use of its quant section)

Softwares:

1) Kaplan
2) Princeton Review
3) Tests by www.800score.com (http://www.800score.com/)
4) GRE Powerprep
5) Barrons

56. BIGBOOK 27 tests
Search big book 27 tests in this website:

http://www.esnips.com/_t_/GRE (http://www.esnips.com/_t_/GRE)


if u use these links, atleast contribute 1, but thats up to u, many dont, u decide u are in the "many" or "not in the many"

THE ONE

57. Latest Rankings Univs.
http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp-cont=usa_canada.htm (http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp-cont=usa_canada.htm)

58. GRE GMAT TOEFL iBT
Unlimited GRE GMAT TOEFL iBT Downloadable Material at

http://www.testfever.com (http://www.testfever.com/)

59. http://go4masters.googlepages.com/study.htm (http://go4masters.googlepages.com/study.htm)

For GRE CAT based Test Papers and softwares and flash card (in GMAT section)

60. Admission Scholarships and GRE , GMAT , and SAT
You can have real information for your Admission, Scholarships, and VISA. List of TOP Ranked universities. Grasp Higher Education
http://www.admissionglobal.com (http://www.admissionglobal.com/)

61. Admission Scholarships and GRE , GMAT , and SAT
You can have real information for your Admission, Scholarships, and VISA. List of TOP Ranked universities. Grasp Higher Education
http://www.admissionglobal.com (http://www.admissionglobal.com/)

62. Loads of material
get it here


http://www.gmatgre.org (http://www.gmatgre.org/)

63. good guide
http://go4masters.googlepages.com/study.htm (http://go4masters.googlepages.com/study.htm)

For GRE CAT based Test Papers and softwares and flash card (in GMAT section)

64. this good
check out this site, i found it while surfing the net..it contains some very useful files(master each section)..
download them and score well in GRE..

http://www.freewebs.com/allaboutgre/ (http://www.freewebs.com/allaboutgre/) 20 maths questions updated with answers
http://www.freewebs.com/allaboutgre/MASTER%20EACH%20SECTION/gremathproblems.doc (http://www.freewebs.com/allaboutgre/MASTER%20EACH%20SECTION/gremathproblems.doc)

65. Unlimited GRE, GMAT, TOEFL,IELTS Downloadable Mate
http://www.testfever.com/ (http://www.testfever.com/)


GRE Forum http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=11662537 (http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=11662537)

GMAT Forum
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=11673609 (http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=11673609)

GMAT Question of The Day
http://www.takegmat.com/GMAT-question-of-the-day.php (http://www.takegmat.com/GMAT-question-of-the-day.php)

GRE Question of The Day
http://www.takegre.com/GRE-question-of-the-day.php (http://www.takegre.com/GRE-question-of-the-day.php)

GRE Word of The Day
http://www.greword.com/GRE-word-of-the-day.php (http://www.greword.com/GRE-word-of-the-day.php)

courtesy : Achievers point

[vikaskundu]

66. TOEFL ESSAYS
"ANSWERS TO ALL TOEFL ESSAYS" E-BOOK.

Its a very popular book and a rare find...

download & Enjoy...



The link is:
http://rapidshare.de/files/27057671/Answers_to_all_TOEFL_Essay_Questions.pdf (http://rapidshare.de/files/27057671/Answers_to_all_TOEFL_Essay_Questions.pdf)

67. Nova's gre prep e-bookHere is a link for Nova's GRE Book...


http://rapidshare.de/files/27057987/Nova.Press.GRE.Prep.Course.ebook-LRN.pdf (http://rapidshare.de/files/27057987/Nova.Press.GRE.Prep.Course.ebook-LRN.pdf)

68. Cambridge
Use the link below to download CAMBRIDGE GRE...


rapidshare.de/files/27063136/CamBridge_Gre.zip

69. Full Vocab s/w
hi friends..

here is vocaboly 2.1

a great software to improve vocalulary.. and the best of all its full version.

download before the file gets deleted...


http://rapidshare.de/files/27067171/vocaboly.rar (http://rapidshare.de/files/27067171/vocaboly.rar)

70. Free Stuff available
Higher Education is NO PROBLEM Scholarships and visa
Free Preparatory material Download
http://www.admissionglobal.com (http://www.admissionglobal.com/)

71. SOPS uploaded
http://rapidshare.de/files/27100091/SOP_RECO.ZIP.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/27100091/SOP_RECO.ZIP.html)

sops for u

72. need to register first
Some sites to download the softwares:

1) http://www.gistguide.com/downloads/index.php (http://www.gistguide.com/downloads/index.php)

Here by downloading the Maths and Verbal part you can get 5 tests by www.800score.com. (http://www.800score.com./) The standard of the tests is really good.

2)http://gmatgre.org/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=39&func=select&id=13

Here you can download the Ebooks of Barrons and Princeton Review. From it you can get around 6-7 tests.

Some sites to download which I came to know later on but can be useful are:

1) http://www.testfever.com/index.php (http://www.testfever.com/index.php)

2) http://www.urch.com/forums/ (http://www.urch.com/forums/)

3) http://18411.rapidforum.com/ (http://18411.rapidforum.com/)

For these forum sites you need to register once and then download lots of material. I came across these sites after my GRE and later on wondered why I didn't come across them before.

75. some links which i can suggest
hey,thanx yaar for putting up such a lot of stuff...i'll put up mine.
here it is:
stuff for toefl ibt:
links:
here r some useful links for ibt 7/19/2006 5:32 PM
http://www.esl-pro.com/Workbooks.aspx (http://www.esl-pro.com/Workbooks.aspx)
http://www.ibtpractice.com/ (http://www.ibtpractice.com/)
http://www.utexas.edu/student/esl/computer/testprep.html (http://www.utexas.edu/student/esl/computer/testprep.html)
http://gmatgre.org/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=39&func=fileinfo&id=3-don’t (http://gmatgre.org/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=39&func=fileinfo&id=3-don’t) know if this link works-chk it out,anyway
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/viewtopic.php?t=5156&sid=92ceb060ea92ba0a4f615fb98608919e (http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/viewtopic.php?t=5156&sid=92ceb060ea92ba0a4f615fb98608919e)
http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=530d0c5a85d95010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCR D&vgnextchannel=0b862ce292885010VgnVCM10000022f95190 RCRD (http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=530d0c5a85d95010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCR D&vgnextchannel=0b862ce292885010VgnVCM10000022f95190 RCRD)
http://www.testden.com/students.htm (http://www.testden.com/students.htm)
http://www.free-english.com/ (http://www.free-english.com/)
toefl.ibttest@yahoo.com (toefl.ibttest@yahoo.com)
http://www.dethi.net/download.htm (http://www.dethi.net/download.htm)
http://www.free-english.com/TOEFL-iBT-practice-test.aspx (http://www.free-english.com/TOEFL-iBT-practice-test.aspx)
http://www.testprepreview.com/toefl_practice.htm (http://www.testprepreview.com/toefl_practice.htm)
http://www.toefl-success.com/ (http://www.toefl-success.com/)
http://www.toefl-tast.org/phpBB2/ (http://www.toefl-tast.org/phpBB2/)
http://www.stuff.co.uk/wicked.htm (http://www.stuff.co.uk/wicked.htm)
http://www.examenglish.com/ (http://www.examenglish.com/)
http://www.languagesystems.com/toefl4me/?gclid=CJ_Dm4bBg4YCFQ8FHgodGhfCjA (http://www.languagesystems.com/toefl4me/?gclid=CJ_Dm4bBg4YCFQ8FHgodGhfCjA)
http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/Humanities/EnglishG&C/default.asp (http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/Humanities/EnglishG&C/default.asp)
http://www.gettoefl.com/practice.htm (http://www.gettoefl.com/practice.htm)
http://www.gettoefl.com/toefl_essay_test.htm (http://www.gettoefl.com/toefl_essay_test.htm)
http://www.toeflcourse.info/quiz.php (http://www.toeflcourse.info/quiz.php)
http://www.4tests.com/exams/exams.asp (http://www.4tests.com/exams/exams.asp)
http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/students/improve/toefl.htm (http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/students/improve/toefl.htm)
http://www.grammarstation.com/servlet/SearchToefl (http://www.grammarstation.com/servlet/SearchToefl)
http://www.tefl.net/links/Examinations/TOEFL/ (http://www.tefl.net/links/Examinations/TOEFL/)
this is ibt software
http://rapidshare.de/files/26239068/PreparationTOEFLiBT.exe.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/26239068/PreparationTOEFLiBT.exe.html)
and here is d stuff of princeton...which i've uploaded via esnips........
http://www.esnips.com/web/toeflibt (http://www.esnips.com/web/toeflibt)


english:English
http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c3921509/?vgnextoid=553f57618f535010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCR D&vgnextchannel=bf26be3a864f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190 RCRD#ENGLISH (http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c3921509/?vgnextoid=553f57618f535010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCR D&vgnextchannel=bf26be3a864f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190 RCRD#ENGLISH)

[vikaskundu]

76. bible for greURL: www.grebible.com (http://www.grebible.com/)

77. chk it outcheck out www.freewebs.com/allaboutgre (http://www.freewebs.com/allaboutgre)
here you 'l get all the material you require to score well in gre..

78. Get 15 GRE books and softwares from herehttp://esnips.com/UserProfileAction.ns?id=c7449333-3ba6-40fc-8199-207120342dee

79. game: rem 100% vocab surehttp://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=170660&tid=2478180526187815708&start=1

80. ScholarshipsTop universities of the world. How you can get

admission with scholarships. All information you

need.... http://www.admissionglobal.com (http://www.admissionglobal.com/)

81. what to do after ur VISAhttp://destination-usa.blogspot.com/

82. cover letters for posting with application formshttp://rapidshare.de/files/27587472/Cover_Letters.rar.html

83. materials allwww.freewebs.com/allaboutgre

84. Test ur Vocabhttp://www.wordflashonline.com/qz/qmain.php

85. MS WORD - barrons , word familieshttp://rapidshare.de/files/27752407/TAISHA_EDITTED.rar.html
gre words , MS word format

http://rapidshare.de/files/27752468/WORD_FAMILIES.rar.html (http://rapidshare.de/files/27752468/WORD_FAMILIES.rar.html)

word families

86. check out..www.freewebs.com/allaboutgre

87. very good sopshttp://alumnus.caltech.edu/~natalia/studyinus/guide/statement/samples.htm

88. top 20 us versitieshttp://www.swatijaininst.com/gre.asp

89. word rootshttp://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/roots.html

90. oxford pocket dic.http://www.esnips.com/web/GRE+EXTRAS

91. online testshttp://www.majortests.com/gre/index.php

92. online testshttp://www.majortests.com/gre/index.php

93. here is da link for da gre material
h@@p://rapidshare.de/files/24755741/tests.zip

these tests wil ask for passwrd
password : dethi.com

h@@p://rapidshare.de/files/24818669/GREmathPractice.zip


h@@p://rapidshare.de/files/24830084/Nova.Press.GRE.Prep.Course.ebook-LRN.zip



and u mite wana try these books. they are damn good

h@@p://rapidshare.de/files/24741866/2_good_books.zip

Big Book GRE
h@@p://rapidshare.de/files/24712956/BB.zip

94. here is da link for da gre material
h@@p://rapidshare.de/files/24755741/tests.zip

these tests wil ask for passwrd
password : dethi.com

h@@p://rapidshare.de/files/24818669/GREmathPractice.zip


h@@p://rapidshare.de/files/24830084/Nova.Press.GRE.Prep.Course.ebook-LRN.zip



and u mite wana try these books. they are damn good

h@@p://rapidshare.de/files/24741866/2_good_books.zip

Big Book GRE
h@@p://rapidshare.de/files/24712956/BB.zip

95. USEFUL LINKS UPLOADEDHere are some useful links 8/20/2006 2:53 AM
This is a link to Big Book Test papers
http://rapidshare.de/files/29778086/C__BigBook.rar (http://rapidshare.de/files/29778086/C__BigBook.rar)

This is a link to CBT for GRE by Cliff's
http://rapidshare.de/files/29768188/Cliffs_GRE_tests.rar (http://rapidshare.de/files/29768188/Cliffs_GRE_tests.rar)

These are the link to Thompson's book and GRE CBT, they are really nice.
http://rapidshare.de/files/29859555/GRE_Thompson.rar (http://rapidshare.de/files/29859555/GRE_Thompson.rar)
http://rapidshare.de/files/30054168/GRE_Thompson.r00 (http://rapidshare.de/files/30054168/GRE_Thompson.r00)
http://rapidshare.de/files/29977385/GRE_Thompson.r01 (http://rapidshare.de/files/29977385/GRE_Thompson.r01)
http://rapidshare.de/files/29990098/GRE_Thompson.r02 (http://rapidshare.de/files/29990098/GRE_Thompson.r02)
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http://rapidshare.de/files/30015451/GRE_Thompson.r04 (http://rapidshare.de/files/30015451/GRE_Thompson.r04)
http://rapidshare.de/files/29874683/GRE_Thompson.r05 (http://rapidshare.de/files/29874683/GRE_Thompson.r05)

Password is gre

These are the link to Princeton Review CBT for GRE
http://rapidshare.de/files/30059887/The_Princeton_Review.rar (http://rapidshare.de/files/30059887/The_Princeton_Review.rar)
http://rapidshare.de/files/30063559/The_Princeton_Review.r00 (http://rapidshare.de/files/30063559/The_Princeton_Review.r00)
http://rapidshare.de/files/30063887/The_Princeton_Review.r01 (http://rapidshare.de/files/30063887/The_Princeton_Review.r01)

password is greprep


96. Hi all!

We have added a forum exclusively for GRE.

Please visit h@@p://freizeit.co.in and you can view/post messages after a simple registration process.

GRE Board currently contains:

Wordlist apart from Barren’s wordlist
Sorted Words List - Barron (PDF)
Word Power Made Easy (Software)
Top Universities (For all streams)
All Universities that come under GRE (Website details for every university)
GRE Word List (5000+)
GRE CAT Based Quants Test Papers (5)

and more ...!

Once you register with Freizeit Online forums, do add your name as reply to this message so that this stays on top...

We are adding more resources each day. This is a non profit site, i.e you’ll have an ad-free experience! Do check out our cool referral contest.

97. Here are the links from where i got my material
h@@p://www.syvum.com/gre/

h@@p://rumahbeasiswa.com/english-preparation/gre/gre-preparation-material.html

h@@p://www.megashare.com/36873
( password : GRE_STUDY )

h@@p://supervoca.com/download.htm

The next one is for an approximate shortlisting of universities:
h@@p://i20fever.com/school.htm

http://www.download.com/Guru-s-GRE-Wordlist/3000-2279_4-10354036.html (http://www.download.com/Guru-s-GRE-Wordlist/3000-2279_4-10354036.html)


98.US university list
US universities rank list and more GRE resources are up here: http://freizeit.co.in/index.php/topic,92.0.html (http://freizeit.co.in/index.php/topic,92.0.html) (Requires registration)

99. GRE evaluation after exam- within 6 months
grediagnostic.ets.org

100. WORD HACKER
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Text_Viewers/WordHacker_Golden_Edition.html (http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Text_Viewers/WordHacker_Golden_Edition.html)

CRACK
http://www.wordhacker.warez.full.download.crack.serial.dd l2.com/full/download/warez/crack/serial/WordHacker/download.php (http://www.wordhacker.warez.full.download.crack.serial.dd l2.com/full/download/warez/crack/serial/WordHacker/download.php)

[vikaskundu]

101. THESAURUS , MAST PICwebsite is thesaurus.com


synonyms.

102. ETS AWA , POOL OF TOPICShttp is replaced by h&&p
www is replaced by @@@


issue

h&&p://@@@.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=b63ce7b9edfb5010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCR D&vgnextchannel=06a7e3b5f64f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190 RCRD

argument

h&&p://@@@.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=ef752d3631df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCR D&vgnextchannel=06a7e3b5f64f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190 RCRD

103. http://anupamarnold.googlepages.com/gre (http://anupamarnold.googlepages.com/gre)
104. http://esnips.com/web/vijaypilaniaGRECollection (http://esnips.com/web/vijaypilaniaGRECollection)
105. issue
http://allaboutgre.blogspot.com/2006/03/issue-task.html (http://allaboutgre.blogspot.com/2006/03/issue-task.html)


Sample Issue tasks:

http://allaboutgre.blogspot.com/2006/01/sample-essays.html (http://allaboutgre.blogspot.com/2006/01/sample-essays.html)

106. Mast Collectionif u want oxford picture dictionary....then,
u can go to that site:



http://jagooindia.com/index.php?board=26.0 (http://jagooindia.com/index.php?board=26.0)

107. MAST WEBSITESwww.testprepreview.com (http://www.testprepreview.com)

and

http://supervocab.com/ (http://supervocab.com/)

108. 9/6/2006 12:57 AM Thxx dudeGr8 work dude..keep it up

http://rapidshare.de/files/27766180/Oxford_The_New_Oxford_Picture_Dictionary.rar (http://rapidshare.de/files/27766180/Oxford_The_New_Oxford_Picture_Dictionary.rar)
password id pass:www.devilived.com (http://www.devilived.com)


http://www.oxyshare.com/dld/96684310044fe7cff92b641.25987976/COD.iso (http://www.oxyshare.com/dld/96684310044fe7cff92b641.25987976/COD.iso)

These are the link to Princeton Review CBT for GRE
http://rapidshare.de/files/30059887/The_Princeton_Review.rar (http://rapidshare.de/files/30059887/The_Princeton_Review.rar)
http://rapidshare.de/files/30063559/The_Princeton_Review.r00 (http://rapidshare.de/files/30063559/The_Princeton_Review.r00)
http://rapidshare.de/files/30063887/The_Princeton_Review.r01 (http://rapidshare.de/files/30063887/The_Princeton_Review.r01)

password is greprep

109. International EducationJagdish's Page for International Education


http://www.docjagdish.blogspot.com/ (http://www.docjagdish.blogspot.com/)


You will get a list of Universities and admission details

110. link to visualthesaurus 3h&&p://@@@.megaupload.com/en/?d=1F28S357

111. kaplan 2006http://www.phazeddl.com/dl577491/GRE_Kaplan_Premier_CD_2006/YoSite

112. gre september wordshttp://www.greword.com/index.php/september-gre-words/

113. http://www.freewebs.com/greonline/freedownloads.htm (http://www.freewebs.com/greonline/freedownloads.htm)
114. sample SOPhttp://www.esnips.com/web/RANKINGSacceptrejectinformationfromedulix

115. good test collectionwww.supervocab.com (http://www.supervocab.com)

116. Flash card softwareThis is the download link for GRE Vocab Builder FlashCards Software
This has 5000 words n covers almost full Barron's
This is very good for final revision may be a 2-3 days before the exam apart from the long term practice.That is what I did.It has one very good
feature which allows u to mark the difficult words n use them for future reference.
http://www.4shared.com/file/5045746/33ce30c6/flashcards.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5045746/33ce30c6/flashcards.html) delete


117. WordLists from ORKUT postsThese are the download links for word lists from various orkut posts especially those from spetember/october words.
Many of these may have some common words n were taken as it is from Orkut n coverted into PDFs
They were also very helpful to me especially for last minute revision.Must have it.Thanks again to ppl there in this community
http://www.4shared.com/file/5045918/a39fc48e/gre_october_word_list_from_orkut.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5045918/a39fc48e/gre_october_word_list_from_orkut.html)
http://www.4shared.com/file/5046054/d321d9c0/gre_september_word_list_from_orkut.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5046054/d321d9c0/gre_september_word_list_from_orkut.html)
http://www.4shared.com/file/5046053/4d454c63/gre_words_from_contd_october_thread_orkut.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5046053/4d454c63/gre_words_from_contd_october_thread_orkut.html)
http://www.4shared.com/file/5046122/74c18005/verbal_list_for_october.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5046122/74c18005/verbal_list_for_october.html)

118. NUMBER2.COM Vocab ScreenshotsThese are the screenshots(jpeg images) of some of the difficult words(for me) from Number2.com vocab builder.These were extremely helpful to me n i
guess many words for me came from these.These words may be found elesewhere as well n I was using them for last few months n these were equally

helpful for final revision.
http://www.4shared.com/file/5047980/d68f3f7e/number2com_vocab_screenshots_set-1.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5047980/d68f3f7e/number2com_vocab_screenshots_set-1.html)
http://www.4shared.com/file/5047979/28cb9b15/number2com_vocab_screenshots_set-2.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5047979/28cb9b15/number2com_vocab_screenshots_set-2.html)
http://www.4shared.com/file/5047978/5fccab83/number2com_vocab_screenshots_set-3.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5047978/5fccab83/number2com_vocab_screenshots_set-3.html)
http://www.4shared.com/file/5047982/38815e52/number2com_vocab_screenshots_set-4.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5047982/38815e52/number2com_vocab_screenshots_set-4.html)
http://www.4shared.com/file/5047981/a1880fe8/number2com_vocab_screenshots_set-5.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5047981/a1880fe8/number2com_vocab_screenshots_set-5.html)

119. Analytical WritingMy writing sections were ok n I basically used the guidelines published by ETS regarding the writing section with some sample essays n reader
comments/scoring guidelines etc. I was able to go thru this only few hours before the exam.Was extremely helpful.A must have.This is also available on
ETS website but stil I'm posting the link here.Make sure that u go thru this.

http://www.4shared.com/file/5046479/98af6f23/gre_analytical_writing_intro_from_ets.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5046479/98af6f23/gre_analytical_writing_intro_from_ets.html)

120. GRE 124 Issues solvedThis is the link for a PDF which has got 124 Issues Sample essays
this may be really helpful n requires some time to go thru although i couldnt go thru this properly
http://www.4shared.com/file/5048927/ea675201/gre_issue_essay_samples_124_solved.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/5048927/ea675201/gre_issue_essay_samples_124_solved.html)


http://www.majortests.com/gre/ (http://www.majortests.com/gre/)

[neels]

Hi Vikas, Very good effort and very vast information you have supplied.
I started preparation for GRE last year, but then postponed the idea for some time. Would like to contact you for guidance when start preparation again.
Congrats for the high score, 1400+ is really cool.

[pnauhwar21]

Hey Vikas..a very commendable effort..would be really helpful for ppl preparing for GRE..and congrats for ur score!!!