From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2004 #64 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Saturday, February 7 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 064 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: Invitation ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: House exchange NJC ["Kate Bennett" ] GRE njc ["Wally Kairuz" ] Today's Library Links: February 7 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 22:21:50 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: Invitation Steve, what a great invitation!!! Who could resist??? Kate www.katebennett.com "bringing the melancholy world of twilight to life almost like magic" The All Music Guide ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 22:26:45 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: House exchange NJC We're waiting for you bob! >I sometimes contemplate just loading up the car, driving cross country and back on my own Hejira & staying with JMDler's the whole way!< Kate www.katebennett.com "bringing the melancholy world of twilight to life almost like magic" The All Music Guide ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 04:06:42 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: GRE njc jon, i'm a GRE instructor. i take the test about twice a year to keep abreast of things so that i can help my clients with insights into new types of questions and stuff. i have dealt with lots of situations in which students weren't able to score high because of the inherent nature of the GRE computer adaptive version. my recommendations are: 1- the best thing is to get medical proof so that you can sign up as a candidate with disabilities. 2- failing that, take it anyway and use your additional application essay (there's always a section like that apart from your statement of purpose in every application) to explain how GRE scores are not a reliable indicator of your potential for doctoral studies. 3- most canadian programs require GRE scores. few if any australian programs do, though. besides, australian programs are a lot cheaper. i've been sending a lot of students to australia and new zealand ever since the argentine economy collapsed. 4- even if the school of your choice in the US requires a GRE score, only very highly ranked schools will pay a lot of attention to scores as a decisive factor. most top 30 schools will look at your application from a holistic point of you and lay more emphasis on your life experience, the strength of your background, your clarity of goals, and your motivation to attend the program you're applying to. in my experience, clients with very high GMAT's or GRE's (and i'm talking about 780 or 790!) not always get in -- many times their applications are lousy and say zero about their competitiveness as candidates. (of course, that's where i come in -- i charge them a bundle and get them into harvard :-)) so don't be discouraged. even if you can't get medical certification for your condition, there are lots of ways to get around the GRE issue. let me know if i can help you in anyway. wally ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:08:39 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: February 7 On February 7 the following articles were published: 1974: "Concert Rocks Ithaca" - Ithacan (Review - Concert, with photographs) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=137 1985: "Names and Faces" - Detroit Free Press (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=906 - -------- Can you type? http://www.jmdl.com/typing/ ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2004 #64 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)