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From: jrl@mit-vax.UUCP (Juan Loaiza)
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Subject: Re: GRE subject test in Computer Science.
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Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 22:14:10 EST
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I took the GRE test in Computer Science last December. The one outstanding
thing I remember about it is that is was filled with fencepost problems.
On many of the questions the correct answer was never in any doubt but 
the set of possible answers included the right answer, the right
answer plus one, and the right answer minus one. This type of problems
are more a test of meticulousness and patience than a test of mastery
of concepts.

My advice to anyone taking the GRE test in computer science is to read the 
sample test they send you. It gives a good feel for the type of questions
they ask although I thought the questions on the real test were somewhat
harder than the questions on the sample test.

						Juan