# GRE advice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gre-advice/440407>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 7, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gre-advice/440407 "2008-03-07T03:02:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gre-advice/440407/21 "2008-03-08T11:57:34Z")

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[QUOTE=PharmBoy]  
BTW, the year off? - could be a mistake. It’s tough to come back to Schoolville after a year of making money and having fun. I just kept going, because I knew if I got out and started down the path of $$$ I’d never come back to school and the ensuing poverty. just my $0.02  
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Totally disagree. Going to grad school is a pretty big commitment. I think a lot of people who go to grad school go because they have been in school their whole lives and don’t know how to do anything other than being a student. Yeah, you may never go back, but that’s probably a good thing - it means you weren’t really committed to whatever career you thought you wanted. Trust me, I’m going to grad school this year, eight years after I got my BA. If you really want to do it, you’ll do it.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gre-advice/440407/22 "2008-03-08T15:38:52Z")

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Practice tests, practice tests, practice tests, practice tests. Until you’re consistently getting scores you’re happy with.

-Smeghead, from the 99th percentile across the board

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