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All you need to know for UGrad by UGrad Alum Nabeela Bilal
Disclaimer: The blog post is a general guide based on frequently asked questions. The article is not endorsed by UGRAD or any official body and is only meant to help prospective candidates.Interested in GRE and Graduate Admission Discussions? Join our facebook group.A...
Understanding Permutation for GRE|Â Quva
Blog Series: Fundamental Counting Principle, Permutation and Combination.Blog #1: Using Fundamental Counting Principle with examples.Before I jump to what Combinatorics is and what kind of questions appear on the GRE, I will like to briefly discuss one obstacle I face...
GRE Experience- 330 (169 Q, 161V)- Quva
Zulfiqar Zaidi was able to increase his score from 320 to 330 in a period of around 1.5 months. He has shared some valuable advices for prospective test takers on how one should approach the various sections of GRE.Advice for Verbal SectionOn Reading ComprehensionThis...
Success Stories
Zariya Mushtaq- GRE 319Zariya Mushtaq from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) scored 319 on the GRE. She has shared some invaluable pieces of advice on how to tackle different sections of the GRE:On Reading ComprehensionThere are two types of reading...
At which U.S. universities do Fulbright Scholars study?
Unfortunately, one prevalent misperception regarding Fulbright is that it sends outstanding students to the low-ranked U.S. universities. The proponents of this myth allege that Fulbright has limited funds and therefore, cannot send students to top universities.
Fulbright Scholarship vs Direct Admission
In engineering, American universities produce the best research; in architecture, American firms use state of the art machinery to bring to life the most astonishing designs; and in CS, it is home to the Silicon Valley. If you are a Pakistani student, you have two ways..
Pros and Cons of Fulbright Scholarship
If you get selected by the committee, Fulbright will send your admissions to four universities and fund your entire degree but despite all these benefits, is it always worth it to be a Fulbright Scholar? For most students, yes it is. In some cases however, some candidates maybe at an advantage
Argument Passages: Question types
Interested in GRE and Graduate Admission Discussions? Join our facebook group.In a previous article, I introduced the informal, albeit an evidently important, category of the GRE passages which I mostly referred to as argument-based passages. We discussed the basic...
Identifying roles of sentences
Interested in GRE and Graduate Admission Discussions? Join our facebook group.Over the last few years, Country A has suffered a pest infestation which has resulted in huge losses in agricultural yield. Since the infestation began, Country A’s imports have increased....