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Cliff
on from the what-study-methods-did-you-use dept.
arys asks: "I've been looking around for a good book on the GRE Computer Science subject test but all I found were
a book that is out of print and an other that has the worst reviews possible. What I want to ask is those of you that have taken the test, how did you prepare for it?"
Re:Best way to study for the CS Subject Test
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saden1
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The test is very compressive so not only do you have to be at your A game but also have to be at A^x game. I don't think one has to have attended an Ivy league school to get a good score test but I do think that one has to have attended a quality school with good professors. I gleaned over the GRE CS subject test and pretty much everything that was on it I have been taught at the public school I went to. The problem is though I don't quite remember everything I was taught (might have to do with having killed one too many brain cells during my college days).
Like the gentlemen above said your best bet at getting a good score on the exam is to go to graduate school first and get your masters degree then take the test.
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Re:Best way to study for the CS Subject Test
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Anonymous Coward
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However, to get into a Ph. D. program, you have to be better than decent, as you have noted in your post. You're going up against a tough crowd of people from some of the finest institutions in the world.
Amen to that.
I don't usually post as AC, but I wanted to give some specifics without sounding like a braggart:
GRE - 750/770/800 (99/93/99 %) CS - 810 (94%)
Top 10 CS grad school, top 5 school in my chosen area.
I used to think I was smart before I came here, but now I feel like the village idiot. There are some damn smart people in CS grad school.
And FWIW, a friend at another school says their CS grad students have the highest general GRE scores of any field save one - music theory! If you get bored with hacking, try writing a little counterpoint!
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The test is very compressive so not only do you have to be at your A game but also have to be at A^x game. I don't think one has to have attended an Ivy league school to get a good score test but I do think that one has to have attended a quality school with good professors. I gleaned over the GRE CS subject test and pretty much everything that was on it I have been taught at the public school I went to. The problem is though I don't quite remember everything I was taught (might have to do with having killed one too many brain cells during my college days).
Like the gentlemen above said your best bet at getting a good score on the exam is to go to graduate school first and get your masters degree then take the test.
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One is born into aristocracy, but mediocrity can only be achieved through hard work.
I don't usually post as AC, but I wanted to give some specifics without sounding like a braggart:
GRE - 750/770/800 (99/93/99 %)
CS - 810 (94%)
Top 10 CS grad school, top 5 school in my chosen area.
I used to think I was smart before I came here, but now I feel like the village idiot. There are some damn smart people in CS grad school.
And FWIW, a friend at another school says their CS grad students have the highest general GRE scores of any field save one - music theory! If you get bored with hacking, try writing a little counterpoint!