tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104779358994429055.post5756948727953855459..comments2023-08-03T02:50:43.901-07:00Comments on The Chocolate Fish: On the Physics GREYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320357602346908014noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104779358994429055.post-91038672096378452582009-01-09T14:34:00.000-08:002009-01-09T14:34:00.000-08:00prescript: This post is not written as a rant, but...prescript: This post is not written as a rant, but I just felt that the bit about intl. students is not quite true in general.<BR/><BR/>Firstly, I don't know much about China but as far as I could tell most of my fellow students in India (which is another close-by country from where many intl. students come to US grad schools) prepared for may be two months or less for GRE physics. I studied a bit more (about three months) because I hadn't taken any formal classes in Physics apart from very basic mechanics and electrodynamics (I was studying engineering in undergrad).<BR/><BR/>After talking with other Indian students here at my PhD institution in US I suspect that may be more or less correct description about Indian students. You may like to check yourself about this at your home institution (of course there would always be some variance).<BR/><BR/>When it comes to General GRE exam (i.e. the English test), people do cram for months (about 4-6) but that is natural/legitimate given that it is not their first language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com