<p>I'm a sophomore in college at UMich and I wanted to take a GRE sometime this month. I did a summer research fellowship with my school, and as part of the offer, UMich offered GRE prep with Kaplan at a 90% off discount, so I took the class. However, after I signed up, they told me that the GRE would be changing next year, and I won't be graduating from UG until May 2013 (technically, I can graduate a semester or two earlier, but I'm choosing to drag out my UG for extracurriculars and research). I'm majoring in computer science, and I'm aiming for a MS/PhD. </p>
<p>Should I stick to my plan to take the GRE now (while I still have my SAT stuff fresh in my mind) or should I wait a year or two for the new test or not worry about it at all? One of my profs commented that the GREs don't matter that much anyways. </p>
<p>On the other hand, as an engineering student, I'll become more illiterate as time goes on and my English skills fall into disuse... :D</p>
<p>Wait, what?! I just graduated from UM and you’re telling me that Kaplan’s offering 90% discount just NOW? Ugghhhhh. Not fair.</p>
<p>I would wait for the new GRE… supposedly be more friendly than this current version. Also the current curve for Q section is quite tough at the moment. The new test can offer a fresh start on the curve. For example, my friend took the GRE (current version) back in 2003-2004 and she told me that the 90th percentile was just 600 in Verbal whereas today it’s around 680.</p>
<p>Agree with kryptonsa36 … the percentiles on V are pretty high for a low score. The same can’t be said for Math … it’s brutal. And this is coming from someone who gets owned by stupid mistakes. On the CATs that I’ve done on Kaplan - I’ve had 60-70% accuracy on the V test - but my scores are hovering around 620-680 with percentiles near the high 80s/low 90s. But with math … I need to finetune to get that 800 that CS schools want so much.</p>
<p>The special discount was because of a summer research fellowship I did. But the problem is the class trained me for the old test and not the new. And I’ve spent some time trying to fix my analogies/antonyms.</p>
<p>Basically my dilemma is the money and time that I’ve put in – is it worth having that go to waste by waiting another year or just take the test and get it over with? I’m not sure how grad schools will look at it, but I talked to a CS prof at UMich and his reaction was basically indifference towards the test.</p>
<p>I got around a 620 (I forget if it was a little higher or lower), but my percentile was in the low 80s. I remember because I somehow managed to have the math section be my lowest percentile. :(</p>