i know how much GRE score impacts your future carrier who go for MS!!  To be honest, I have come to feel that the toughest part of the graduate admission process is surely this seemingly neverending wait!!! Anyhow these ten steps are for all undergrads gearing up for GRE preparations!! Hope you guys are able to use these tips (I never had so much information on my hands…..guess was just too lazy to search for it!!!)

1. Relax:
Preparing for the GRE can be stressful. Try to focus on the task at hand and not so much on everything else you have to do. If you take GRE test prep step-by-step, day-by-day, and give yourself breaks when your body needs them, you’ll be able to concentrate on GRE studies a lot better.

2. GRE Diagnostic Test:
Begin GRE test prep with a GRE practice test to find out what you’re good at, and more importantly, what you’re not good at. Correct your completed practice test and evaluate the questions you missed. What kind of questions did you miss? Are they mostly Quantitative or mostly Verbal? What score would you give yourself on Analytical Writing? Did you miss a lot of analogies but do well on reading comprehension? With this information you’ll be able to focus your GRE test prep studies on your weaknesses.

3. GRE Study Plan:
With your GRE weaknesses in mind, make a very specific study plan for yourself. You should know what, how, and when you are going to study for the GRE test. Put your study plan somewhere in plain view, and make sure you stick to your plan.
Try to keep GRE test prep interesting by planning to study different things in different ways. For example, study GRE vocabulary from flash cards one day, from a list the second day, and by reading and learning words in context the third day.


4. GRE Vocabulary:
The single-most effective way to improve GRE Verbal score is with GREvocabulary. Start studying GRE vocabulary now. Study a word list, use flash cards, learn with software, or learn words in context with The Wall Street Journal. Do whatever it takes to learn new words. Improve your vocabulary skills and watch your GRE score improve.


5. Active Reading:
Practice reading every day, but don’t read like you would your favorite book. Read actively. Ask yourself, “What is the main theme?”, “Report or opinion?”, and “What is the author’s purpose?” You’ll see these questions on the GRE, so you should be on the lookout for the answers. You should also use GRE-level material, such as The Wall Street Journal, to practice your GRE reading comprehension. You might not like the articles, but most likely you won’t like the passages on the GRE either, so you should get used to it.


6. Math Language:
Learning GRE math is like learning a new language. To improve your GREQuantitative score you have to practice, and the more you practice the more fluent you will become. If you don’t practice, you’ll never improve.
Hence, do as many practice Quantitative problems as you can and learn from your mistakes. When examining your wrong answers, don’t move on to the next question until you understand the current one. The whole point of math practice is so that you can learn from mistakes during practice and not on the real GRE.


7. Essay:
Get used to writing an outline before you actualy start an essay. You’ll save time and know exactly what to write about if you have an outlined plan. Your paper will flow better and surely, you will score higher on the GREAnalytical Writing section.


8. GRE Practice Tests:
A GRE practice test is one of your most useful tools during GRE test prep. It’s an excellent indicator of what you need to work on. Take GRE practice tests every couple of weeks to find out your weak areas, and focus yourGRE study plan on those things. Also, remember to learn from your mistakes on each practice test.


9. Do Not Procrastinate:
Start preparing for the GRE now. If you start GRE prep early enough, you’ll have the luxury of being able to study just an hour or so per day. When your time is limited, you have to study more hours per day, which will get tiring fast. Cramming for the GRE doesn’t work, so don’t procrastinate. I repeat, if you want to improve your GRE score, do not procrastinate.


10. Mentally Prepare:
Time yourself during GRE practice tests to get a feel for the length of the test and the pace you need to be answering questions at. Act like the practice test is the real GRE. The last thing you want on test day is to feel tired when you’re only half-way through.

If you follow these 10 steps, your GRE score will improve. If you don’t follow these 10 steps, you still might score high on the GRE, but I wouldn’t risk it. Happy preparing.

Profile Evaluation Technique in Foreign UNIVERSITIES for GRE/TOEFL other exams.

Profile Evaluation Technique in Foreign UNIVERSITIES for GRE/TOEFL other exams.

You are done with your GRE/TOEFL and now you would like apply touniversities. The big question arises is to which universities should I apply?
Use this "Profile Evaluation Technique" to evaluate your profile. This is prepared based upon admissions given to hundreds of students in years by American Universities. The missions of this "Profile Evaluation Technique" is to suggest universities suitable to your profile.

The major factors universities consider in your profile while taking decision regarding your application is your GRE/TOEFL scores, Academic percentage,job experience, Extracurricular activities like national and international level paper presentation.

Just start calculating your score based on the following criteria. Sum up all the points you get during the whole evaluation of your profile (GRE / TOEFL / Academic %, Job Ex, Extracurricular Activities.). 

Profile Evaluation Technique

GRE score:

If your GRE score is ((Points you get))
>1500 ((100))
b/w 1380 to 1500 ((90))
b/w 1250 to 1380 ((80))
b/w 1200 to 1250 ((70))
b/w 1150 to 1250 ((60))
b/w 1100 to 1150 ((55))
b/w 1000 to 1100 ((50))
b/w 900 to 1000 ((40))

TOEFL score:

If your TOEFL score is ((Points you get))
>110 ((20))
b/w 100 - 110 ((1)
b/w 90 - 100 ((16))
b/w 80 - 90 ((14))
b/w 70 - 80 ((12))
b/w 60 - 70 ((11))
b/w <60 ((10))


Under graduation score (BE / B.tech / Medicine or Equivalent):

If your Undergrad score is ((Points you get))
> 85% ((70))
80 - 85 % ((65))
75 - 80 % ((60))
70 - 75 % ((55))
60 - 70 % ((50))
50 - 60 % ((40))
< 50 % ((30))

Job Experience:

If your Job Experience is ((Points you get))
> 5 Yrs ((5)) by UNIVERSITIES
3 - 5 Yrs ((4))
1 - 3 Yrs ((3))
0 yrs ((2))

Extracurricular Activities( National and International Paper presentations, others.)

If your number of presentations is ((Points you get))
> 5 ((5))
3 - 5 ((4))
1 - 3 ((3))
0 ((2))

For MS in USA Institutes you need good score in Engineering, Good GRE Score& Good TOEFL Score , 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