HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: waldo@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Todd J. Dicker)
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Re: Monthly GRE's?
Date: 9 Oct 92 21:23:46 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

sdt8s@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steve Tilson) writes:

> I heard somewhere that there's a place in DC that offers the
> GRE on a monthly basis...Can anyone confirm this? Where is it?

I find this hard to believe as the ETS publishes official
test dates and registration times.  FYI, the next available
test dates are:

Date                 Regular Registration Deadline
December 12, 1992    November 6, 1992
February 6, 1993     January 4, 1993
April 17, 1993       March 12, 1993

Hope this helps.

Todd, Office of Graduate Studies
Florida Atlantic University
From: mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: MORE TIME NEEDED DURING EXAMS
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:46:47 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire



                          MORE TIME NEEDED DURING EXAMS

     The biggest academic problem that I encountered in school was the SHORTAGE
OF TIME usually allowed during exams.

     It is a BASIC FACT OF LIFE that "HASTE MAKES WASTE".  When a person feels
pressed for time, s/he can NOT think clearly, and makes MORE MISTAKES (which
there is IN-sufficient time allowed to find and correct).

     Most students spend a LOT of time PREPARING for exams, (taking notes at
lectures, reading the textbook(s), doing the homework, REVIEWING for the exam,
etc.).  Therefore, they DESERVE more time DURING exams.

     If an exam is designed to take an hour, then students should be ALLOWED an
HOUR AND A HALF, even if it means moving to a different room to finish. 
[Students should be encouraged to SPACE their classes an hour apart to take
advantage of this.]  

     Teachers should serve The STUDENTS, NOT the other way around.


                               Robert E. McElwaine
From: v120q4jf@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Rob B.)
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Re: Cornell University systems
Date: 8 Oct 92 13:51:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Oct8.032149.5009@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, pchu@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Darkwing Duck) writes...
>Hello, can anyone tell me where the cornell undergrad populace logs into?
>Thanks in advance.  please mail to me at Pchu@troi.cc.rochester.edu
> 
>Peter


you could finger a person's last name at qi.cornell.edu to find out if they
have an account and see what their address is.  It really depends whether
they have a unix or vax account.  My friend told me that they only give
out VAX accounts if you're taking certain courses.  UNIX are freely given
out to anyone..................

______________________________________________________________________________
 V120Q4JF@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu or RBRENNAN@acsu.buffalo.edu

My quoce :"Physics is the science which studies the relationship between the 
logical  universal fundamentals.... (you know who)

another quoce: "Physics involves uing the math that you leaned in 8th grade. 
Calculus is used for the complex stuff that you'll do in college......

_______________________________________________________________________________
From: James_S._Bright.wbst129@XEROX.COM
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Re: SURVEY: Intervisitation Policy at YOUR school?
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:11:22 GMT
Reply-To: JBright.Wbst129@xerox.com


>I'm sorry, maybe it's just the "mind your own business" attitude of NYC,
>but I just find "visitation" a pathetic relic of another era.  Sheesh, do
>schools still have curfews? ;-)

I remember talking to one of my ex-girlfriend's mother ... She went to West
Virginia and was an RA there. She told me that they used to lock the doors
after 11:00 (or something like that ... can't remember) and if you weren't in
by that time, you were locked out for the night. Wonder what their visitation
policy is now. Anyone for West Virginia out there?


jbright.wbst129@xerox.com

disclaimer: These views are strictly my own, are not meant to represent
Xerox, its associates, my parents, my school, nor my dog's.
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From: paddy@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Patrick Ciebilski)
Subject: E-Mail Address of EL CAMINO COLLEGE LAWNDALE (L.A.) ??
Summary: E-Mail to El Camino College Lawndale
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
Distribution: tub
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:25:18 GMT

Hi !!!

Do anyone know if there is an E-Mail Address to El Camino College
in Lawndale (Los Angeles) ????
If yes please sent it to me !!

Thank you !!!

Patrick Ciebilski
Technical University of Berlin
Germany



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Newsgroups: soc.college,soc.college.grad,soc.college.gradinfo
From: narayan@cs.montana.edu (R. A. Narayan)
Subject: Request for e-mail address
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman Mt 59717
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:10:43 GMT

Could someone please give me the e-mail address of Villanova University? I think
it is located in/near Philadelphia, PA.

Thanks,

Narayan

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From: eiverson@nmsu.edu (Eric Iverson)
Subject: Re: Graduate Student Handbooks
Organization: Computing Research Lab
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 03:09:57 GMT

In article <BvtF3I.Lzu.1@cs.cmu.edu> mkant+@GLINDA.OZ.CS.CMU.EDU (Mark Kantrowitz) writes:

> Do any schools have graduate student handbooks (e.g., which talk about
> things like finding a thesis topic, passing qualifiers, writing
> papers, time and stress management, etc.)? I'd like to receive copies
> of these handbooks, if possible, or at least a description.
>
> Thanks,

I'd send you my copy of NMSU's but I already colored in all the
pictures.

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From: versmiss@let.ruu.nl (Koen Versmissen)
Subject: Re: Graduate Student Handbooks
Organization: Faculty of Arts, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Date:  9 Oct 92 09:51:21 GMT

Mark Kantrowitz writes:

[mark] Do any schools have graduate student handbooks (e.g., which talk 
[mark] about things like finding a thesis topic, passing qualifiers, 
[mark] writing papers, time and stress management, etc.)? I'd like to 
[mark] receive copies of these handbooks, if possible, or at least a 
[mark] description.

Whether or not you're working in AI, you might want to read

"How to do research at the MIT AI Lab" 

written by

`a whole bunch of current, former, and 
 honorary MIT AI Lab graduate students'

and edited by David Chapman

To give you an idea of this paper, here is the Contents-page:

 1. Introduction
 2. Reading AI
 3. Getting connected
 4. Learning other fields
 5. Notebooks
 6. Writing
 7. Talks
 8. Programming
 9. Advisors
10. The thesis
11. Research methodology
12. Emotional factors

It's available as AI Working Paper #316 (Sept. 1988) from MIT.
The paper can also be ftp'ed, which is how I got it, but I
no longer have the address of the server. Ask someone at
MIT, or the paper's editor (aka Zvona@sail.stanford.edu).

Enjoy! 


Koen Versmissen
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From: john@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU (John)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: GRE - Administration a joke
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:43:53 GMT
Organization: California State University, Fresno

In article <1992Oct13.162543.16879@eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin) writes:
>hpoing it will be the experimental one.   It may still be the last
>section, however, but I think, personally, that would potentially
>produce bad stats.
>
But, whatever the last section contains a person has already taken two
similar tests before, and probably given their best effort.  The
mental effort required to answer 1/3 more questions would likely
reduce the ability of a person to concentrate due to proactive /
retroactive interference.  

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From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Subject: Re: GRE Computer Science Subject Test -- Requesting Hints and Advice
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 16:22:34 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Reply-To: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)

In article <1992Oct13.145343.12877@cs.rochester.edu>, luk@cs.rochester.edu (Steve Luk) writes:

> Now question:
> The booklet says that you have to socre 84-91 percent correct in order
> to get a score of 900. Is that true? Can anyone give us a REAL range
> of what-percentage-has-what-score? 

     The actual percentage will vary from test to test, but it's
pretty close.   The reason is that they try to let the score
to a test mean the same thing as a score to another test.  So,
an 800 on one test ought to mean the same thing as an 800 on
another test.   Some tests will be easier than others, so
the percentage range that constitutes an 800 will be different.
I am not sure whether they gather the statisitics of raw scores
and then calculate the percentage, or calculate the percentages
first.   I think it is the former.

--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu
From: GHADSAL@auvm.american.edu
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: GRE - Administration a joke
Date: 11 Oct 92 14:49:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: auvm.92285.104948GHADSAL
 <1992Oct11.053212.18339@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center



I too was involved with the October 10th session of the GRE (both the General
and the Subject tests).  Our test went off without a hitch.  Students arrived
on time, the supervisor was prepared, the "offical time peice" actually worked
and no one tried to cheat.

For those of you that can read between the line I am a testing supervisor.  We
realize the stress the testees (or examinee) are under and we do our best to
make things as stress free as possible.   However, this is a Standardized Test
meaning that this test you are taking in Reno is the same as the one in Taiwan.
We have strict rules and guidleines to follow and if you deviate from these
proceeduress you risk being beaten up by either ETS or the students.  I prefer
to go by the book because if the test administration is viewed as being invalid
that mean *none* of the scores are ogoing to be offical.  The "standards" are
for the students and the university's protcection.

In the years I have done this I have administered most of the ETS, LSAT, FSO
exams only two people have attempted to cheat....go figure.  How in the world
someone can cheat on these exams I dunno.  Sure, people are prone to check
with their neighbor to see how far along they are in relation to themselves,
but stairing for a few minutes is cheating.  I even had one examinee try to tap
 out the answers to a friend....I know morse code   :)     As always we give th
e student the benefit of the doubt and warn them...second event makes it cheati
ng.

Again, we do our best given the "standards" and the environment issued to us fo
r that test date.  In most cases a well prepared supervisor at a testing center
that isuse to these testig will go off without a hitch.  like ours   :)

Remeber, you as a ETS or LSAT examinee have the right to cancel the score immed
iately after the testing....so if you feel that the noise outside was a major
influence color in the box marked CANCEL on side one of the test sheet and sign
your name next to it.   OR, remember you have SEVEN calander days to cancel the
 score via mail, telex, or express mail (it must be *at* ETS in seven days).
From: cbehre@spock.usc.edu (Charles Behre)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: U Tenn Space Inst
Date: 15 Oct 1992 13:16:13 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: spock.usc.edu


I am looking for information about the UT Space Institute, specifically about the
lifestyle there and about the professors and research in space related fields. I 
have the officiall info packet, so I'm looking for more personal info. Thanks.

--Chip
From: luk@cs.rochester.edu (Steve Luk)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: GRE - Administration a joke
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:05:16 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department University of Rochester

In article <1992Oct11.053212.18339@leland.Stanford.EDU> irene@leland.Stanford.EDU (Irene M. Dris) writes:
>In article <1992Oct10.203951.2856@nic.csu.net> john@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU (John) writes:
>>As to the test itself, I wonder if the 7th section is scored
>>differently than the others.  After taking 2 sections in the given
>>subject, a person might be inclined to give up.  The fatigue factor
>>must be high.  (Is section 7 always the one that is thrown out?) 
>
>And no the last section isn't necessarily the one is skipped.
>I think  in my case the sixth section was the one that was repeated
>so it could have been the experimental section.
>

Is it just me or what? When I took the GRE general in summer (special
test date in Sept.), they TOLD me that the last section was an
experimental section. They wrote that information on top of section 7. 
However, I wasn't told about that for the June exam. Maybe they just
do this for the summer test only? If so, I think EVERYONE will be
taking the summer tests instead!  B-)


Steve
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: loofbour@laurel.cis.ohio-state.edu (Nathan Loofbourrow)
Subject: Re: GREs
Summary: ETS makes some major dough, all right
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 03:33:57 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.220736.20584@eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
>    When I went to take the test today, I saw lots of people
>with the ETS paperback tests that are commonly sold.   I once
>read that ETS had a non-profit status, but seem to make "profit"
>anyway.   In some ways, the test making business is still quite
>a business.

If the reader finds himself or herself doubting that last statement, I
highly recommend a field trip to ETS HQ in Princeton, New Jersey.
To get there, approach the "Gates of Princeton" and turn left. Drive
about a mile down the road until you see a 30' brass tombstone reading
"EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICES" on the right. Turn in.

Drive approximately 1/4 mile past the beautifully landscaped lawn.
Admire the fully stocked duck pond. As you approach the main building,
observe the beautifully trimmed trees. Then park your car and walk
through the automatic doors into the reception area.

If all this is unconvincing, then grit your teeth, smile, and hand
over the @#(*&!% $50 late registration fee you drove all this way to
make sure they received before the deadline :^)

nathan
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Subject: Re: GRE - Administration a joke
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 16:25:43 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Reply-To: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)

In article <1992Oct13.150516.13319@cs.rochester.edu>, luk@cs.rochester.edu (Steve Luk) writes:
> 
> Is it just me or what? When I took the GRE general in summer (special
> test date in Sept.), they TOLD me that the last section was an
> experimental section. They wrote that information on top of section 7. 
> However, I wasn't told about that for the June exam. Maybe they just
> do this for the summer test only? If so, I think EVERYONE will be
> taking the summer tests instead!  B-)

   I don't know the policy, but if I were in ETS, I wouldn't tell
you which section the experimental section was because then you
might not try as hard, and the statistics gathered might be faulty.
In fact, I would make it anything but the last section because you
never know what section will be the last (if you follow the rules
that is) so it's not worth the gamble to lighten up on a section
hpoing it will be the experimental one.   It may still be the last
section, however, but I think, personally, that would potentially
produce bad stats.

--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu

Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: ganesh@seminole.b17c.ingr.com (Ganesh Rangarajan)
Subject: MBA thru correspondence
Reply-To: ganesh@seminole.b17c.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corporation
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:06:31 GMT


I would be happy if anyone can let me know if its possible to do an MBA
thru correspondence.  Where can I find a list of Universities offering
the same, and what are the usual requirements (GRE, GMAT) et al.
Thanks in advance,
--Ganesh
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Subject: GRE - Administration a joke
From: john@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU (John)
Date: 10 Oct 92 20:39:51 PDT
Organization: California State University, Fresno

Well, I took the GRE general test *today* (10/10), and just getting
to take the test proved to be as much of a problem as answering the
questions.  First, the school had scheduled a football booster club
meeting in the same rooms as the test, so at 8 a.m. everyone had to
walk 1/4 mile across campus to some other classrooms (which were
temporary buildings with flimsy floors that thundered when people walked
by).  Next, after the first 3 sections and the toilet break the 
supervisor in my room calculated incorrectly and tried to deduct 10
minutes from the 4th section (I spent 2 or 3 minutes trying to get his
attention).  

As to the test itself, I wonder if the 7th section is scored
differently than the others.  After taking 2 sections in the given
subject, a person might be inclined to give up.  The fatigue factor
must be high.  (Is section 7 always the one that is thrown out?) 

Anyway, it's over. 

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From: mminock@feta.engin.umich.edu (Mike  j Minock)
Subject: MATH GRAD-SCHOOL
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 04:20:43 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Originator: mminock@feta.engin.umich.edu




Greetings!

I am posting for a friend of mine who is interested in going to
graduate school in mathematics. She already has a B.S. in math from
the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and is interested in going for a
Ph.D. The question she has is which schools are likely to admit her,
and of these, which are likely to offer some type of funding
(TA,RA,fellowship).

Here are her stats:

Education: B.S. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.  
GRE: Very good. 800M,800A,620V, and 90% Math Subject.
GPA: Could be better.~3.0 cumulative undergraduate
	(mostly hurt by first two years at university)
	~3.5 in mathematics classes, and even higher for grad level
	math courses.
Recommendations: Sound, but nothing spectacular.
Statement of purpose: She hasn't written it yet, but she is mature and
        writes very well.
 
She has the resources to apply to perhaps six or seven Ph.D. programs.
She wants to get into the best program she can (Woman faculty members a 
definite plus), but she also wants some type of funding.

Any suggestions on which six she should apply to?
Any info on math graduate school in general?

I particularly welcome any responses from math grad students,

thanks. 



Newsgroups: soc.college.grad,soc.college.gradinfo
From: William.Hou@bbs.oit.unc.edu (William Hou)
Subject: Help needed on civil engineering grad school info
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:19:41 GMT

Greetings all!

I need advice on graduate school rankings on civil engineering (geotech and
structral engineering). If anyone could help me with that, please either post
on this group or E-mail me at hou@monty.marine.usf.edu.

Also, E-mail addresses of those department(or faculty) are appreciated.

Thank you.

William Hou
MSD, USF
hou@monty.marine.usf.edu
813 893 9503
140 7th Ave. S.
St.Petersburg, FL 33701


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Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: gcote@hamp.hampshire.edu
Subject: Re: GRE - beeping watch patrol
Organization: Hampshire College
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 20:04:09 GMT

Regarding disturbances while taking the GRE's and people's watches that beep on
the hour...

We had one or two people whose watches beeped every hour.  Either they couldn't
or didn't know how to turn them off, and they didn't want to do without them.

This didn't bother me, really.  What _DID_ bother me was the test moderators
trying to track down the culprit and get him/her to turn it off (or else
cofiscate the watch).

I just find it ironic.  I know watch beeping can be annoying, and in high
stress situations, annoyances can be exagerated.  But I for one didn't even
take consious notice that the watch had gone off until the administrators
started up.

(paraphrased)
1st offence:
	"Whoever's watch that is, you'd better turn it off or we'll have to
	take it away from you!"

2nd offence (where they believe they found the person):
	"Sir, you will have to turn off your watch."
	"You've got the wrong person."
	"I distinctly heard it come from this direction."
	etc. etc.

So which would you find more disturbing, and do you have any opinion on ETS'
enorcement of this rule?

Gary Cote
gcote@hamp.hampshire.edu
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