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Hello everyone! Who all is applying for next year's cycle? If you are applying (or reapplying), which schools are you interested in applying to?

Thanks
 
I'm just kidding, but i'd love to get an idea of who's applying where for this upcoming cycle too! 😉
 
I am planning to apply to all LA schools🙂.
 
I'll be applying/reapplying this year as well! Focusing on Florida schools.. Specifically St. Augustine.
 
Honestly guys, good luck! It's an extremely long and mentally draining process that will question your will to live (not really, but you get the point). Don't get too excited or discouraged about a certain school. Turn in your application and be able to say "I put forth the best application that I could!" and then immediately go to happy hour. You won't hear back from schools for a long while regarding interviews but when you finally get the "we would like to invite you to an on campus interview..." email your heart will skip a beat and it will make your day (STILL a better love story than Twilight). And when you finally get your acceptance you will realize it was all worth it. I can't believe it's been a year since I started the process. I start school in 2 months. Ask any questions you want on this forum (except the ones that start out "I have a 4.0 do I stand a chance?") Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor 😀
 
LOL! Nicole, thank you for your encouraging words and for giving me the laugh I so needed during this stressful process! I look forward to those positive emails and phone calls 🙂
 
I plan on applying to about 9 schools up and down the east coast!
 
MGH, Chatham, UMD-Balt, Shenandoah, Duke, Elon, Western Carolina, MUSC, and Miami
 
ems7 said:
MGH, Chatham, UMD-Balt, Shenandoah, Duke, Elon, Western Carolina, MUSC, and Miami
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I will also be applying to UMD-Balt, Shenandoah, and Elon! Here is my list of schools:

George Washington University
Howard University
Marymount University
Radford University
UMD-Balt
Shenandoah
Elon
Hampton
Thomas Jefferson
Clarkson University
UCA
USF
FGCU
USC
Western University

Will you be attending the Open House @ Elon on April 20th?
 
nicolej5 said:
Honestly guys, good luck! It's an extremely long and mentally draining process that will question your will to live (not really, but you get the point). Don't get too excited or discouraged about a certain school. Turn in your application and be able to say "I put forth the best application that I could!" and then immediately go to happy hour. You won't hear back from schools for a long while regarding interviews but when you finally get the "we would like to invite you to an on campus interview..." email your heart will skip a beat and it will make your day (STILL a better love story than Twilight). And when you finally get your acceptance you will realize it was all worth it. I can't believe it's been a year since I started the process. I start school in 2 months. Ask any questions you want on this forum (except the ones that start out "I have a 4.0 do I stand a chance?") Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor 😀
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There you go again Nicole with a good comment like a Boss!!!
 
I live in South Florida so my list goes like this...
1) University of Miami
2) Nova
3) FIU
4) Possibly St Aug but I would need another Bio
5) Emory
6) Armstrong Atlantic
7) UNC Chapel Hill
8) California state Sac
9) Franklin Pierce AZ & NH
10) Turo Nevada

My CGPA will be around 3.1(Ptcas) 3.6( Highest)
My PGPA will be >3.5 I have Chem. 2 and Physics 2 left
GRE retaking may 17th
 
RN4DPT said:
I will also be applying to UMD-Balt, Shenandoah, and Elon! Here is my list of schools:

George Washington University
Howard University
Marymount University
Radford University
UMD-Balt
Shenandoah
Elon
Hampton
Thomas Jefferson
Clarkson University
UCA
USF
FGCU
USC
Western University

Will you be attending the Open House @ Elon on April 20th?
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Awesome! I don't think I will be; mainly because I feel like I'll be in the midst of school work and an internship still.

Also because I didn't know about it until just now... haha!


Erin
 
ems7 said:
Awesome! I don't think I will be; mainly because I feel like I'll be in the midst of school work and an internship still.

Also because I didn't know about it until just now... haha!


Erin
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Haha! It's cool, I am crazy busy myself (school, clinicals, and the paperwork that comes with it are the highlight of my life right now)! I hope making the trip will be well worth it considering I'll be driving 4 hours to get there :S
 
Wow RN4DPT that's quite a hike! Best of luck to everyone! Nicole, quick off topic question since you asked, or for anyone with an answer... When should i sign up to take my GRE if i plan to take it about 2 months from now? Don't have an exact date in mind yet.

Joe
 
jdaniels360 said:
Wow RN4DPT that's quite a hike! Best of luck to everyone! Nicole, quick off topic question since you asked, or for anyone with an answer... When should i sign up to take my GRE if i plan to take it about 2 months from now? Don't have an exact date in mind yet.

Joe
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You can take your GRE anytime, but I would try to take it before the application process begins so you'll have everything out of the way! I have already taken mine (a few years ago after my first degree), but I'll be re-taking it sometime this summer before the PTCAS application process starts in July! Hope that helps
 
jdaniels360 said:
Wow RN4DPT that's quite a hike! Best of luck to everyone! Nicole, quick off topic question since you asked, or for anyone with an answer... When should i sign up to take my GRE if i plan to take it about 2 months from now? Don't have an exact date in mind yet.

Joe
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I would sign up soon.. The longer you wait, the less chance you have of getting the day you want/need. But be sure of the date when you sign up, because they'll charge you to change it (i think it's like $50...)

Good luck!
 
Yeah, take a look at sites around you that offer the GRE and see what dates there are. Hurry because spots do fill up and they fill up fast in the summer because that is usually when most people take them. I took mine in June and signed up in December I think.
 
Yeah, take a look at sites around you that offer the GRE and see what dates there are. Hurry because spots do fill up and they fill up fast in the summer because that is usually when most people take them. I took mine in June and signed up in December I think.
 
Well shoot Nicole, i want to take it in mid june then maybe again mid july if i have to. You think it's too late to sign up for those dates? I'm assuming i can just quick search on google to find out where to sign up, right?

Joe
 
jdaniels360 said:
Well shoot Nicole, i want to take it in mid june then maybe again mid july if i have to. You think it's too late to sign up for those dates? I'm assuming i can just quick search on google to find out where to sign up, right?

Joe
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Politely butting in, but go to ets.org

The dates filled up really quickly for me too. I took it in August & signed up in June. Good luck!
 
Yup what Hopeful said. Go to the testing website and see when the testing dates are. I'm not sure where you live, but I'm in Phoenix and I only had a few dates to choose from (that was 6 months out!!). I'm not sure that you will be able to take them back to back like that. One because you won't even find out your score (officially) for a month or so and two (correct me if I'm wrong) I believe you have to wait a certain number of days before taking it again.
 
Around where I live it wasn't hard to sign up for test dates the following month. I think it all depends where you are and how far you are willing to travel. I drove an hour for one of the test dates I signed up for. Also you have to wait 30 days between tests and can take it 5 times a calendar year, I think.
 
Yeah, i was aware you had to wait 30 days, but didn't consider how quickly the verbal section is scored. Looks like i'll check it out in the next few hours and hopefully pick a date. Thanks guys!

Joe
 
jdaniels360 said:
Yeah, i was aware you had to wait 30 days, but didn't consider how quickly the verbal section is scored. Looks like i'll check it out in the next few hours and hopefully pick a date. Thanks guys!

Joe
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You have the option of viewing your quantitative & verbal scores right after you take the GRE. You'll be asked if you want to see it at that moment or wait for your scores in the mail (along w/the analytical writing score). I saw my Q &V scores right after I finished the exam; I'm too impatient to wait the 4 weeks or however long it took to receive it in the mail.

I recommend reading up on the testing & scoring procedures of the GRE before you take it. Remember you're not being tested so much on your verbal/math/writing skills, but more so on how well you prepared yourself for it.
 
DPTHopeful2012 said:
You have the option of viewing your quantitative & verbal scores right after you take the GRE. You'll be asked if you want to see it at that moment or wait for your scores in the mail (along w/the analytical writing score). I saw my Q &V scores right after I finished the exam; I'm too impatient to wait the 4 weeks or however long it took to receive it in the mail.

I recommend reading up on the testing & scoring procedures of the GRE before you take it. Remember you're not being tested so much on your verbal/math/writing skills, but more so on how well you prepared yourself for it.
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You have to be careful with that though because if you view them right after it says "unofficial" scores. They also re-calibrate the score percentiles once a year (july?) I believe. So it might say you scored in the 60th percentile right when you view it but it might change if you take the test around the time they do this. At least that was what I was told when I took mine. Don't know if that changed or if that was misinformation.
 
nicolej5 said:
You have to be careful with that though because if you view them right after it says "unofficial" scores. They also re-calibrate the score percentiles once a year (july?) I believe. So it might say you scored in the 60th percentile right when you view it but it might change if you take the test around the time they do this. At least that was what I was told when I took mine. Don't know if that changed or if that was misinformation.
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Hmm good points. I'm not sure about the recalibration though, but more info is probably on ets.org for those who are going to take the exam for the upcoming cycle.
 
nicolej5 said:
You have to be careful with that though because if you view them right after it says "unofficial" scores. They also re-calibrate the score percentiles once a year (july?) I believe. So it might say you scored in the 60th percentile right when you view it but it might change if you take the test around the time they do this. At least that was what I was told when I took mine. Don't know if that changed or if that was misinformation.
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This happened to me last year. I took the GRE last June and got my numerical scores right away, which corresponded to certain percentiles that I looked up at the ETS website. By the time I submitted my PTCAS in August, the percentiles had been recalibrated, and my percentiles had dropped a point or two. I only knew this because I looked up my percentiles again on the ETS website in August. The numerical scores stay the same, though.
 
okramango said:
This happened to me last year. I took the GRE last June and got my numerical scores right away, which corresponded to certain percentiles that I looked up at the ETS website. By the time I submitted my PTCAS in August, the percentiles had been recalibrated, and my percentiles had dropped a point or two. I only knew this because I looked up my percentiles again on the ETS website in August. The numerical scores stay the same, though.
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Yeah same. I ended up just putting the percentiles that were on the paper that was mailed to me. Those were the ones that correlated with my scores at the time I took my test so I felt that they were the appropriate ones to report. But the actual number scores are what they actually care about so it's no biggie imo.
 
So when you finish the test they don't give you the actual number? Only the percentage?
 
jdaniels360 said:
So when you finish the test they don't give you the actual number? Only the percentage?
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they give you the actual number. I don't recall if they gave the percentage. I don't think I found out until I got the paper in the mail, but you can also just look on the ets website when you get home.
 
jdaniels360 said:
So when you finish the test they don't give you the actual number? Only the percentage?
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They give you the actual number score for verbal and quantitative (not writing). You can then find the corresponding percentiles online at the ETS website.
 
I took the test less than a month ago. I got to view my Q and V right away. My official scores, including the writing portion, were available 10 days later online!


Erin
 
ems7 said:
I took the test less than a month ago. I got to view my Q and V right away. My official scores, including the writing portion, were available 10 days later online!


Erin
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ems7, what did you use to prep for the exam?
 
And do you guys think 2 months is sufficient to get a decent score? Obviously that's going to be interpreted differently depending on the person. However, i'd still like peoples opinions 😀
 
jdaniels360 said:
And do you guys think 2 months is sufficient to get a decent score? Obviously that's going to be interpreted differently depending on the person. However, i'd still like peoples opinions 😀
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Hey Jdaniels360, I'm about to purchase Magoosh to study for the exam! I have heard nothing but great things about it!
 
I have a few books that a gathered from friends 🙂 Kaplan Premier 2013 with both math and verbal workbooks, i also have Princeton Review 2013. I've also heard nothing but good about these. Hopefully all works out!
 
RN4DPT said:
ems7, what did you use to prep for the exam?
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I gave myself about 2 months of study time. However, this was interrupted study time (i.e. full time class sched, 15 hr work week, 10 hr internship week). I scored 50th percentile on the sections, therefore, I plan on taking the test again with a couple different study strategies this time.

As far as my strategy, I did various things:

1. I have the Kaplan GRE book that a friend gave to me. It provided a lot of good study techniques and it mainly helped me with the math and writing section. The verbal section of the book was just okay; the part I utilized most from the verbal chapters was the list of words that, according to Kaplan, were 'most often seen' on the GRE. It did help me to recognize some words come test day, but I am not sure memorizing a bunch of words is the way to maximize your score.

2. I took a practice test a week (so i basically took 2 GRE's in one week) before my real test. Honestly, this is what helped me the most. It gives you a real feel as to what the test will be like, and really does prepare you the best way possible.

That being said, in order to increase my score before I take the exam again, I plan on trying to find new ways to master the verbal section. It's more strategy and technique than word memorization (although it can't hurt to expand your vocab). I have started learning root words which is something many people have recommended to me before.

Also, I am going to practice taking the essay portion, as well, as often as possible. I was never put into the timed situation until the day of the test, and although I had my essay blueprint committed to memory, I think I would have felt more comfortable if I had been timed previously.

I hope this helps!

If anybody has any other ideas/strategies they used to raise there score, I'm open to suggestions 🙂

Erin
 
ems7 said:
I gave myself about 2 months of study time. However, this was interrupted study time (i.e. full time class sched, 15 hr work week, 10 hr internship week). I scored 50th percentile on the sections, therefore, I plan on taking the test again with a couple different study strategies this time.

As far as my strategy, I did various things:

1. I have the Kaplan GRE book that a friend gave to me. It provided a lot of good study techniques and it mainly helped me with the math and writing section. The verbal section of the book was just okay; the part I utilized most from the verbal chapters was the list of words that, according to Kaplan, were 'most often seen' on the GRE. It did help me to recognize some words come test day, but I am not sure memorizing a bunch of words is the way to maximize your score.

2. I took a practice test a week (so i basically took 2 GRE's in one week) before my real test. Honestly, this is what helped me the most. It gives you a real feel as to what the test will be like, and really does prepare you the best way possible.

That being said, in order to increase my score before I take the exam again, I plan on trying to find new ways to master the verbal section. It's more strategy and technique than word memorization (although it can't hurt to expand your vocab). I have started learning root words which is something many people have recommended to me before.

Also, I am going to practice taking the essay portion, as well, as often as possible. I was never put into the timed situation until the day of the test, and although I had my essay blueprint committed to memory, I think I would have felt more comfortable if I had been timed previously.

I hope this helps!

If anybody has any other ideas/strategies they used to raise there score, I'm open to suggestions 🙂

Erin
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Very nice! What was your writing score if you don't mind sharing it with us! I scored a 4.0 and I'm content with that, lol! I'm just going to study for the verbal/quantitative sections again using Magoosh to try and improve my overall score!
 
whatever you do, don't get a verbal book aka dictionary work book and use that solely for verbal. Big mistake lol even though it worked out for me.
 
nicolej5 said:
whatever you do, don't get a verbal book aka dictionary work book and use that solely for verbal. Big mistake lol even though it worked out for me.
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lol why can't we excel like you Nicole??? hahaha 😛
 
RN4DPT said:
Very nice! What was your writing score if you don't mind sharing it with us! I scored a 4.0 and I'm content with that, lol! I'm just going to study for the verbal/quantitative sections again using Magoosh to try and improve my overall score!
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I don't mind at all! I got a 3.5; this is actually one of the biggest reasons I am taking the test again. I have a good GPA, so I don't think my average percentiles on the other sections would hurt me a lot.

I would be perfectly okay with a 4.0 too! I know i bombed the first essay, so I wasn't completely surprised by my score haha.

Erin
 
lol yea I passed by the skin on my teeth that's for sure. If I could do it again I would definitely up my computer time. Sounds dumb, but trust me it got difficult looking at a computer screen for 4 straight hours. Read magazine articles online, do vocab flashcards online, do it all online if you can.
 
Hey you guys! I'm new to this site 🙂 I literally just took the GREs and was referred here by a pharmacy friend.

I plan on apply to USC, Azusa, Chapman, Mt St Marys, and St. Augustine. Maybe NAU.

Any other people looking at these schools? I'm so nervous/ stressed about it!
 
How is it you can commit an essay blueprint to memory for the GRE? I thought you didn't find out what the essays were till the day of the exam? Unless you mean just a general strucure of your essay without regards to content?



ems7 said:
I gave myself about 2 months of study time. However, this was interrupted study time (i.e. full time class sched, 15 hr work week, 10 hr internship week). I scored 50th percentile on the sections, therefore, I plan on taking the test again with a couple different study strategies this time.

As far as my strategy, I did various things:

1. I have the Kaplan GRE book that a friend gave to me. It provided a lot of good study techniques and it mainly helped me with the math and writing section. The verbal section of the book was just okay; the part I utilized most from the verbal chapters was the list of words that, according to Kaplan, were 'most often seen' on the GRE. It did help me to recognize some words come test day, but I am not sure memorizing a bunch of words is the way to maximize your score.

2. I took a practice test a week (so i basically took 2 GRE's in one week) before my real test. Honestly, this is what helped me the most. It gives you a real feel as to what the test will be like, and really does prepare you the best way possible.

That being said, in order to increase my score before I take the exam again, I plan on trying to find new ways to master the verbal section. It's more strategy and technique than word memorization (although it can't hurt to expand your vocab). I have started learning root words which is something many people have recommended to me before.

Also, I am going to practice taking the essay portion, as well, as often as possible. I was never put into the timed situation until the day of the test, and although I had my essay blueprint committed to memory, I think I would have felt more comfortable if I had been timed previously.

I hope this helps!

If anybody has any other ideas/strategies they used to raise there score, I'm open to suggestions 🙂

Erin
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jdaniels360 said:
How is it you can commit an essay blueprint to memory for the GRE? I thought you didn't find out what the essays were till the day of the exam? Unless you mean just a general strucure of your essay without regards to content?
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All the essay prompts are on the GRE website, FYI. So you can practice some of the prompts before you take the actual exam and you can remember how you setup an essay during practice. The 2 essays I got on my GRE, I luckily practiced beforehand, so they weren't a huge surprise for me. HTH. You should probably do some browsing on the GRE website since I know you plan on taking it soon.
 
For sure! Thanks for the heads up . How many prompts are there though? I feel like there would be a good amount and therefore it would be pointless to memorize certain essays b/c any of them could potentially show up.
 
There are tons of prompts, so unless you have all the time in the world, you probably won't be able to practice them all! My GRE book provided me with a general blueprint for how each essay should be structured, which is what I was referring to!

Erin
 
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