tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post3015315317510592900..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: LinksAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-79541451438649426842014-07-17T23:15:09.183+05:302014-07-17T23:15:09.183+05:30Why is 5 empty?Why is 5 empty?cipherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049448088189884477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-52259177643475966452014-07-10T00:49:10.208+05:302014-07-10T00:49:10.208+05:30"Universities in the United States rely too h..."Universities in the United States rely too heavily on the graduate record examinations (GRE)"<br /><br />I am not sure they do. MIT did not use to require the GRE for their graduate admissions. Princeton's engineering schools explicitly say that students only need to clear some undisclosed (apparently very low) university cutoffs. Other places I know of seem to be less explicit, but are (quite rightly) equally dismissive of the GRE. <br /><br />To me the GRE seems like a huge scam. Any one can see that it is hardly any kind of predictor for being good at research (learning obscure vocabulary is hardly the kind of stuff researchers do), and its quantitative section has always been a joke. But somehow still, a company keeps making money out of a test whose results many universities simply ignore anyway.<br /><br />Similar criticisms hold for SAT. That is why I am surprised when SAT and GRE are presented as a benchmark for the JEE and GATE. There are problems with JEE and GATE, but SAT and GRE is hardly what they should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com