〈 Berger | Dillon 〉

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Well I don’t think they’re wrong, in the sense that it’s the only time that each of the students is on *approximate* equal footing The issue is that it’s shown to simply not be predictive of success in grad school. The test just simply doesn’t measure anything important

Each of the students are not on "approximate equal footing" by any reasonable definition of the term though -- those who have the resources to invest in preparation (courses, practice materials, taking the test multiple times, etc.) tend to do better than those who do not.

I was referring to the subject GRE (in my case physics). I agree with you by in large about the general GRE.

I don't think this is really true of the subject tests either. Many people I know who did well on the Math GRE took it multiple times before getting a good score, and took multiple practice tests as well. Access to resources still seems to at least be a large factor

all of the practice exams have been released to the public, so that can't alone be a source of asymmetry. to your second point, the subject GRE is offered twice a year (unless they've changed that).. however, who as a first semester junior is really able to take it and.. (cont)

do well? maybe somebody who has done a lot of self study .. in which case they deserve to do well and for that fact to stand out I think the realistic max is taking it 3 times .. i would assert further that twice may be the modal (among ppl who take it more than once) .. (cont)