说点儿和分数无关的事情，如果你是大牛，想取经，或者一定要申请牛校就可以绕过了。
本人学渣一枚，取得这个成绩心满意足了。现在过来美国交换，顺便考一个。国内硕士在读，四六级成绩不值得一提，因为都太低了，值得安慰的是，考研英语还不错。
关于资料准备，大家去看那些牛人的帖子就可以了。这里主要是讲一点儿自己备考的心态，并且提供从教授那里套到的GRE重要性。
整个过程大概三个月，后面极其痛苦。美国放暑假了，每天一个人在公寓里面备考，我从来没有这么孤单过。所以今天出成绩的时候，我真的挺高兴的。用pp模考两次，都比今天的低10分以上，我当时真的差点儿一口血喷在电脑屏幕上。也不知道模考怎么对我的预测不准，害我白伤心了很久。但是GRE真的是我考过的最难的考试，并且不只是我们觉得难，美国人也觉得难，我美国室友直接跟我说，我没有什么经验是可以给你借鉴的，因为我考得也很痛苦。我问过很多美国朋友，没有一个说简单的。所以大家不用怕，放心大胆的去考吧！另外还透露一个事情，为什么都得考，是因为ETS和高校有合作，出于利益关系，他们希望你考，你考得次数越多，给他们送的钱也越多，美国人都说这个考试很贵，我报名的时候是195刀，确实不便宜，195刀在超市可以买很多东西了。
抽到了QVQVQ, 美国大部分都是这样的，可能是因为美国人数学不好，但是我数学也很不好。数学丢了七年了，很多东西不记得，而且本人还属于那种粗心到要命的人，说多了都是泪。不过今天考的数学还是挺难的，所以好多题目都是猜的。我选学校的时候看到了旁边哥们儿的分数了，语文比我少，数学，才130多分，而且他也送分了。所以，没事的，他说他们只是需要一个分数。其实很多学校都只是要一个分数而已，大家在申请的时候，可以提前上网找找。我因为现在美国，所以找这些信息比较方便，但是很多信息都是可以直接在网上找到的。我要申请的专业也把最低分数挂出来了，并且朋友还跟我说，那个要求是对国内学生的，国际学生可以更低。GPA也是，有人2.7都被录取过。我想申请的项目在全美排名第一，并且还是有机会拿assistantship的。
我这里重点是想跟大家说，GRE远远没有你想的那么重要。这次我之所以分数这么低都晒出来，是想跟大家说，如果你不是非得申请哈佛耶鲁之类的顶级名校，够用就行了，不会因为分数太低而没有希望的。当时模考成绩出来之后，伤心到不行，然后写信给我的教授，我说可能达不到要求，但是他说，我们对国际学生的语文和写作成绩要求都很低，让我放心。这也是为什么我不考第二次的原因。因为要把更宝贵的时间放在写PS和简历上面，PS是最重要的。给好几个在读的美国学生写邮件，他们都说GRE在所有的申请材料中是最不重要的。
总结如下：
第一：努力去考，但是够用就好。分数固然越高越好，但是如果太伤脑经还是不要过于强求。
第二：一定要认真写好PS,这个才是决定性因素，找母语为英语的人多多修改，在国内就找英语老师。他们特别看中这一块，这个是重中之重。
第三：放松心态，就一次考试而已，没什么大不了，反正可以考多次，只是再多花点儿钱。（虽然我自己的心态也不好，但是主要原因不是考试，而是一个人太孤单）
接下来准备托福，希望能够考个高分，毕竟这个的重要性比GRE重要多一点点。
如果明年申请上了，我会再回来写帖子给大家分享经验的。
每次看到坛子里面那些高分，他们确实很牛，我承认我做不到，所以我也只是看看他们的复习经验。经验还是可以借鉴的，我就是看了上面的magoosh才买的。
最后祝大家考试好运，申请顺利！另外附上美国朋友写的作文，可以供大家借鉴，这个是干货。比某5.5书要好，我朋友从上面发现了很多句式和语法错误，他是专门教写作的。
下面先是他写的一个模式，后面是一个例子。但是我觉得我作文写得不好，因为考试前两天他才教我，所以我练习时间不够，希望大家可以受益。
Writing- There is a very simple formula for writing these types of essays, but ittakes practice. I usually begin by making a hook which is a yes/no questionabout the topic. For example, "Should students wear uniforms inschool?" Then I think about what I want my three main points to be, and Iput these into a thesis statement. "Therefore students should wearuniforms because ______, _______, and ______." This thesis statementshould answer the yes/no question in the hook. Thenfor the body paragraphs, you should remember to have a topic sentence which isan opinion. I would follow this sentence with a counterargument statement like"While some people may think ________, it is true that __________" or"Even though people may think ____________, it is also true that___________" These kinds of sentences look good after the topic sentencein a body paragraph. Then you should try to give an example to support the bodyparagraph. After that I would write "This example shows________________." This sentence is important because it is how youexplain the connection between the example and the topic sentence of that bodyparagraph. After that I would go to the next body paragraph. If you use thisstyle, you should have enough time to finish the essay and also focus onwriting well. Do not try to use difficult structure or vocabulary. Go with thewords you understand, and if you need a word you don't know then just try toexplain what you want to say. If you don't know "pilot", just write"the person who flies the airplane".
下面是argue的一个例子：（他说不用完全正反，否定的观点提一句就可以了。）
Thetelevision company claims that increased national news coverage has hurt theirpopularity. They make this claim with several statements; however, there is notenough specific information to support those claims. Therefore, while thetelevision statement makes this argument, it needs to have the followinginformation to justify its claims: time spent on national news coverage, numberof complaints, reason why businesses cancelled contracts, and whetherbusinesses would come back with more local coverage. The news station should explain how much time isspent on national news. For example, if only an extra 5 minutes is spent onthis coverage, then it is unlikely that this coverage is the actual source ofthe problem. However, if a greater percentage of the news is now national, thenthis change may be the cause of the problem. Thenews station should also define how many complaints were actually received.Although the news station claims to have received complaints about thecoverage, it is unclear how many viewers were responsible for these complaints.For example, if only ten viewers complained, then this proportion of theviewing population is insignificant. However, if a greater percentagecomplained, then it may actually be the source of the problem. Thetelevision station also claims that businesses cancelled contracts because ofthis coverage, but they do not provide evidence for this claim. It would behelpful if the news station provided the results from a survey or otherstatistical measurement to demonstrate that businesses are actually cancellingfor this reason. Otherwise, they could be cancelling for any number of otherreasons such as a lack of interest in television as a media outlet or a lack offunding for this type of marketing. Finally,the television station should support its claim that businesses would come backwith more local news coverage. While this claim may be true, it seems likespeculation without the results of a statistical measurement such as a surveyor informal questionnaire. For example, even if this coverage of national newsis the problem, the businesses may not come back because they may have found amore effective means of reaching their target audience through another medium,such as the Internet. Inconclusion, the television station should provide specific evidence to supportits claims about increased coverage, view complaints, contract cancellations,and the potential for increased contracts with a change in coverage. Withoutthis evidence, it is unclear whether the claims of the television station areactually substantial. Therefore, it would be helpful if this information wereincluded.
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