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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Writing a personal statement/SOP
What are the main points should I cover in my personal statement?
What do people look for in an personal statement ?
Remember the admissions office receives ton of applications. So the SOP/personal statement is what distinguishes you from the others. Try to be unique. Tell your story. Make it interesting. Tell them about your passion and what you want want to do in life.
More tips at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/642/01/
http://books.google.com/books?id=ekV1JSxRDVcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Writing+the+personal+statement&hl=en&ei=dJ3UTdDRIsaDtgeKp9GACA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CFoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Writing%20the%20personal%20statement&f=false
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin
What do people look for in an personal statement ?
Remember the admissions office receives ton of applications. So the SOP/personal statement is what distinguishes you from the others. Try to be unique. Tell your story. Make it interesting. Tell them about your passion and what you want want to do in life.
More tips at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/642/01/
http://books.google.com/books?id=ekV1JSxRDVcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Writing+the+personal+statement&hl=en&ei=dJ3UTdDRIsaDtgeKp9GACA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CFoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Writing%20the%20personal%20statement&f=false
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin
Studying vocabulary for GRE a nightmare??
For many test takers studying long, hard to remember unending list of vocabulary is indeed a nightmare. Improving your vocabulary is more of an art than just cramming word lists.
Often in life you may be required to tasks that seem to be so tiresome and hard to get through. But always remember that you can find a way out the trouble no matter what. In here I would like to summarize a few ways of getting rid the vocabulary nightmare.
1. It is difficult to remember something a word that we dont use often. So incorporate the words that you learn in your speech.
2. Learning words should be a cumulative process. Let say you learnt 10 words yesterday. Before starting 10 new words today, revise the old 10 words and then begin the new words. The day after, revise the old 20 words and learn another 10. The increasing number of revisions help retain the information in your mind better.
3.Here is a small technique to remember words more easily. Break words, to tell a small easy to remember story. You can break it in any language as long as you can make a story. It is a nice and fun way to learn words.
Some examples
Afoot= make progress ( break into a + foot , you can think of walking by foot, and so making progress on a path)
abase = to lower the value of something ( break it into a + base, think of reducing something to the base level, so you lowered the value)
admonish = warning (split it into ad + money , so ads on money is like a warning sign to not spend more money loooking at ads)
accumen = Quickness of intellectual insight ( break it into accu + men, so something like men/women have good IQ and can and quickly and sharply solve a problem)
So get going. Plan your time well and make sure you revise every day.
A little effort everyday adds up to big results.
Often in life you may be required to tasks that seem to be so tiresome and hard to get through. But always remember that you can find a way out the trouble no matter what. In here I would like to summarize a few ways of getting rid the vocabulary nightmare.
1. It is difficult to remember something a word that we dont use often. So incorporate the words that you learn in your speech.
2. Learning words should be a cumulative process. Let say you learnt 10 words yesterday. Before starting 10 new words today, revise the old 10 words and then begin the new words. The day after, revise the old 20 words and learn another 10. The increasing number of revisions help retain the information in your mind better.
3.Here is a small technique to remember words more easily. Break words, to tell a small easy to remember story. You can break it in any language as long as you can make a story. It is a nice and fun way to learn words.
Some examples
Afoot= make progress ( break into a + foot , you can think of walking by foot, and so making progress on a path)
abase = to lower the value of something ( break it into a + base, think of reducing something to the base level, so you lowered the value)
admonish = warning (split it into ad + money , so ads on money is like a warning sign to not spend more money loooking at ads)
accumen = Quickness of intellectual insight ( break it into accu + men, so something like men/women have good IQ and can and quickly and sharply solve a problem)
So get going. Plan your time well and make sure you revise every day.
A little effort everyday adds up to big results.
do you know these words??
Words starting with the letter A
cumen, acclivity, admonish, agrarian, alacrity, amiable, asperity, augury, avid, awry, aver, assuage, arbitrate, abscond, attenuate, audacious, abate, arbor, abet, abut, accost, acerbity, acme, acquit, addle, advert, affable, aggress, aghast, agile, airy, amity, appall, archaic, ardent, arrant, atone, augur, augment, austere, avarice, allot, afoot, abase
cumen, acclivity, admonish, agrarian, alacrity, amiable, asperity, augury, avid, awry, aver, assuage, arbitrate, abscond, attenuate, audacious, abate, arbor, abet, abut, accost, acerbity, acme, acquit, addle, advert, affable, aggress, aghast, agile, airy, amity, appall, archaic, ardent, arrant, atone, augur, augment, austere, avarice, allot, afoot, abase
Monday, January 25, 2010
GRE verbal revison
How many of these words do you know??
( Must know words)
Set-1
reprove, reprimand, indurate, arcane, impugn, jest, dally, dissemble, flippancy, sere, friable, stoic, mirth, abade, reech, jejune, placate, assuage, erudite, Didatic, taint, fealty, torpor, hale, brazen.
( to be continued)
( Must know words)
Set-1
reprove, reprimand, indurate, arcane, impugn, jest, dally, dissemble, flippancy, sere, friable, stoic, mirth, abade, reech, jejune, placate, assuage, erudite, Didatic, taint, fealty, torpor, hale, brazen.
( to be continued)
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Why should i write the GRE ?
( click on the above image for a better view, Source: www.phdcomics.com)GRE stands for Graduate record examinations. Your GRE score is required for applying to the Master's or Doctoral programs in the United States. Some business school recently started accepting GRE scores instead of GMAT.
There is plenty of information on the internet about how to prepare for GRE. The missing information ??? Who should consider writing GRE?
Check list of qualities needed for a graduate student.
1. A passionate desire to do research- Research will not be interesting unless you have strongly desire to investigate why something is happening. Something that interests you than any other routine activity.
2. Patience- Research is not a rosy path. You don't stumble upon a new invention or get a new result overnight. You have to keep working until get what you want.
3. Persistence
4. Good writing skills-It is said that research not published is research not done. Your potential will evaluated in terms of the number of research papers you publish.
5. Ability to work in groups
If you are convinced that graduate school is the right option for you, go ahead and start preparing for your GRE.
With a planned preparation and proper revision you can definitely get a good GRE score.
All the best for your future endeavors.
Notable GRE sites
Notable GRE SITES ( check for updates )
1.www.testprepfinder.com- Lots of tips and resources. A must visit blog.
1.1 www.number2.com
This site has practice questions and also keeps track of your record
2.www.mygretutor.com
The practice tests are very good
3.http://www.freewebs.com/allaboutgre
Helps you to master all sections of GRE
4.Online vocabulary tests at http://www.wordflashonline.com/qz/qmain.php
5.Enter your email id and get a gre word per day ,only at
http://www.greword.com/GRE-word-of-the-day.php
6.Enter your email id and get a gre question per day in your mail box log on to http://www.takegre.com/GRE-question-of-the-day.php
7.ALL about ADMISSIONS http://allaboutusadmissions.blogspot.com/
8. www.greguide.com
9. http://www.english-test.net/gre/index.html has alot of vocabulary tests
10. Some words by pictures http://www.achieverspoint.com/winoverwords.htm
11.http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=11
12.Online GRE practice http://www.testprepreview.com/gre_practice.htm
13. http://learning-its-easy.blogspot.com/
14 http://grewordlist.groupfetch.com/
15.http://www.visualthesaurus.com
16.http://go4masters.googlepages.com/study.htm
17. http://www.greword.com/
18. https://www.msu.edu/~defores1/gre/vocab/gre_vocab.htm ( frequently repeated words of gre)
19. http://gre-spot.blogspot.com/ ( Recently appeared gre words)
1.www.testprepfinder.com- Lots of tips and resources. A must visit blog.
1.1 www.number2.com
This site has practice questions and also keeps track of your record
2.www.mygretutor.com
The practice tests are very good
3.http://www.freewebs.com/allaboutgre
Helps you to master all sections of GRE
4.Online vocabulary tests at http://www.wordflashonline.com/qz/qmain.php
5.Enter your email id and get a gre word per day ,only at
http://www.greword.com/GRE-word-of-the-day.php
6.Enter your email id and get a gre question per day in your mail box log on to http://www.takegre.com/GRE-question-of-the-day.php
7.ALL about ADMISSIONS http://allaboutusadmissions.blogspot.com/
8. www.greguide.com
9. http://www.english-test.net/gre/index.html has alot of vocabulary tests
10. Some words by pictures http://www.achieverspoint.com/winoverwo
11.http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=11
12.Online GRE practice http://www.testprepreview.com/gre_practice.htm
13. http://learning-its-easy.blogspot.com/
14 http://grewordlist.groupfetch.com/
15.http://www.visualthesaurus.com
16.http://go4masters.googlepages.com/study.htm
17. http://www.greword.com/
18. https://www.msu.edu/~defores1/gre/vocab/gre_vocab.htm ( frequently repeated words of gre)
19. http://gre-spot.blogspot.com/ ( Recently appeared gre words)
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