The advantages of studying in UK are as follows:

• To pursue Post Graduate degree in UK, only 15 years of education is required(in other countries like in US, required qualification is 16 years, international students who have done 3 years bachelor program face difficulty in seeking admission for PG courses).

• International students who are studying at UK institutions with valid immigration permission (that allows them to work) can work 20 hours per week and full time in their vacations.
• There is one centralized applying procedure for undergraduate course. Check applying procedure for undergraduate course at the bottom of this article.
• Generally, there is no application fee for postgraduate courses.
• Time saving factor for international students as most undergraduate degrees take only three years while postgraduate degrees and MBA generally take a year only (although, two year degree programs are also available in some universities).
• UK qualifications are accepted and honored internationally.
• You might be entitled for free or subsidized medical treatment under the NHS(National Health service), but in order to avail this benefit the duration of your course must be at least six months. If you are not eligible for NHS then you must take out an international student health insurance.
• EU students from poor families may only pay part of tuition fee. In Scotland, EU students are not subject to fees.
• One of the biggest advantages of studying in UK is Student Discount. If you are 16 or over and studying at a NUS affiliated UK institution, you can purchase an NUS Extra card for £10. You can avail discount on following items e.g. Books and Stationary, Music and DVDs, Food and Drink and many more.

Best Universities of UK

Here, we are providing you a list of some best colleges with specific stream.

Computer Science

Cambridge University

Oxford   University

Edinburg University

York University

Architecture

Cardiff University

Cambridge University

Dundee University

Ulster University

Economics

Cambridge University

London School of Economics

University College London

Warwick University

Civil Engineering

Cambridge University

Dundee University

Cardiff University

Bristol University

Dentistry

Dundee University

Sheffield University

Kings College London

Queen Merry University

English

Cambridge University

University College London

Durham University

Oxford University

Average college fee for all these Universities is anywhere between* GBP 10,000 to GBP 20,000 for post graduate and undergraduate program. However, college fee for some professional courses may be up to GBP 34,000.

Average living expense for international student is GBP 6000 to GBP 7000

* Visit  University website for precise figure.

Applying Procedure for Undergraduate and Masters courses in UK

For Undergraduate Programs

Students are required to apply by UCAS (University College Admission Services). Using this application form students can apply up to 5 universities of their choice. The cost of this application form is GBP 15. Students should submit their form before 15th December of the preceding year. Students can start applying even if they have not received their final results.

For Masters Programs

To apply for Masters Program students must have a UK educational system accepted Bachelor degree with standardized test ( IELTS, GMAT),Recommendation letter, SOP. Many Professional courses also require work experience.

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Let start from below:

If you scored less than 1100

1.University of North Dakota

2 University of Houston Clear Lake

3 University of Texas El Paso

4 New Mexico State University

If you scored between 1100-1200

1. New Jersey’s science and Technology University

2. Colorado  State University

3. Mississippi State University

4. Indiana University, Bloomington

5. SUNY, Buffalo

6. New Mexico State University

7. California State University

If you have scored between 1200-1250

1. Texas A & M University

2. University of Alabama

3. University of Connecticut

4. Cincinnati State University

5. University of Arizona

6. Pennsylvania State University

7. Ohio State University

If you have scored above 1250

1. University of California, Irvine

2. University of California, Riverside

3. Iowa State University

4.Virginia Tech.

If you have scored between 1300-1400

1. University of Michigan

2. University of California, Santa Barbara

3. Boston University

4. University of Texas, Austin

5. University of Minnesota

If you have scored 1400-1450

1. University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)

2. University of Texas–Austin

3. Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)

4   University of California, Berkeley

5. University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

6. Purdue University

If  you have scored above than 1500:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2. Stanford University (CA)

3. University of California–Berkeley

4. Georgia Institute of Technology

5. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

6. Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)

7. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

8. Purdue University

Do bear in mind that GRE score is not a sole factor that can assure your admission at Graduate school. Your excellent academic record, recommendation letter play a crucial role in deciding your admission. But, if you have not done well in these mentioned areas then the value of high GRE score increases for seeking admission. The above mentioned university list is only a general list (not specific to any stream) and based on our observation. We strongly advise our students to visit university websites before making final decision.

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Observe below mentioned two sentences:

1. He has not and will not do this in near future. ( Incorrect )
2. I did not and will not go there. (Correct)

In these two above mentioned sentences, one sentence is incorrect, whereas another sentence is correct even though they are framed in a similar manner (compound sentences with an auxiliary and primary verb).First sentence is incorrect because this contains two auxiliary verb (has, will) and one primary verb (do) and we all know that ‘has’ takes 3^rd form of verb so it cannot take ‘do’ as a primary verb, so the sentence will form in following manner:

He has not done and will not do this in near future.

Difference between ‘To’ and ‘For’

Study the following sentence carefully-

I went to visit him. (Correct)

I went for visiting him. (Incorrect)

Some points to remember:

You should use For + Gerund (verb first form +ing ) for action( in the past) showing cause .

He will punish you for breaking the chair. (action (break) took place in past )

You should use For + Gerund in sentence showing purpose of subject.

This book is to read.  Instead say (Purpose of book)

This book is for reading.

You should use For + Noun in place of to + verb when verb is made to serve as noun.

We come here for a drive. (Not ‘to’) ( verb drive as noun)

Certain verbs and phrases are used with To + Gerund.

She used to swimming at night. ( used to)

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Hi All, we know that GRE is changing from August 1, 2011 .We wish to give you a feel about how changed verbal section will look, so it can clear the picture in your mind up to some extent. The revised GRE Verbal Reasoning section will consist following types of questions:

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Text Completion
3. Sentence Equivalence

Reading Comprehension (RC)

Changed RC section will consist of 3 types of questions:

1. Select one or more answer choice: In this newly introducing multiple choice type questions, students will be provided with three answer choices, and student will be asked to choose all the correct answer choices. Correct answer choice could be one, two or all three .So, students will have a privilege to choose more than one option. To score excellent in these types of questions students should focus on choosing only correct options as there would be no credit for a fractionally correct option. Example:

(Examples mentioned below is from www.ets.org)

Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music without imitating it. Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies’ sound is distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass’s classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music. His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.

The passage suggests that Glass’s work displays which of the following qualities? A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions

1) An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music.

2) A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical styles

Answer: A and C

(Answer choice is more than one choice)

2.  Select-in-Passage: This is also a newly entered section in RC. This type of question will require to choose a sentence from the passage that meets the certain description. These types of questions will definitely give an idea to GRE evaluators to judge how well a student can understand the RC passage. Example:

Select the sentence from the above mention passage distinguishing two ways of integrating rock and classical music.

Answer:

“His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.”

3. Select one answer choice: GRE‘s Reading Comprehension section will still go with traditional format, where students have to choose one option from provided five options.

Text Completion questions

The Text Completion question will include a passage comprising one to five sentences with one to three blanks .There will be three to five options per blank. Students have to choose the one option from the provided options to fill in the blank. While choosing the option, student must remember the context of passage to choose the correct option. Example:

Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (1)__________ as an artist increased, the more (2)__________ his life became.

Blank 1: temperance, notoriety, eminence

Blank 2: tumultuous, providential, dispassionate

Answer: eminence and tumultuous

Sentence Equivalence Questions

These types of questions will consist of a single sentence with one blank only. Student will be provided with six answer choices and from the six choices students have to pick just two answers .Do bear in mind there will be no credit for partially correct answer.

Although it does contain some pioneering ideas, one would hardly characterize the work as __________.

1) orthodox
2) eccentric
3)original
4)trifling
5)conventional
6)innovative

Answer: C and F

These all changes that we have discussed above will be in effect from 1 August, 2011. If you are planning to take GRE before that, then you see same old pattern. Kindly post your views, comments below this blog.

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Noun Suffixes: When we attach these types of suffixes to the base then it produces nouns. In simple word you can say that these are noun making suffixes.

E.g. –hood (childhood), -dom(kingdom), -age(baggage), -ship(friendship).

Adjective Suffixes: These suffixes form adjective when they attach to the base.

E.g. –ful(beautiful), -ish (childish), -less( painless ).

Noun- Adjective suffixes: When these suffixes attach to base then they produce either nouns or adjectives.

E.g. –ese, -ian, -ist (chinese as adjective), ( violinist as noun)

Verb Suffixes: Suffixes that produce verbs.

E.g. –fy(beautify), -ize(terrorize), -en (shorten ).

Adverb Suffixes: When these suffixes attach to the base then they produce adverb.

E.g. – ward ( upward ) , – wise (clockwise) , -ly ( cleanly)

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In verbal analogy questions students are provided with a pair of words having some meaningful relationship. This relationship between words is generally accurate and definite. To answer analogy questions students have to select a pair of words, which outdo all the available options and present the best connection in regard to main word expression. Consider the following example:

Sedative: Drowsiness

You feel sleepy or drowsy after taking sedative or sleeping pills.

Anesthetic: Numbness

You become numb after taking anesthetic drug

Lawyer: Courtroom

The place of lawyer is in classroom.

All these above mentioned pairs have an explicit relationship, and it is obvious that to constitute the relationship, a meaningful sentence is to be formed taking both words into consideration.

Types of relationships for analogy questions

In analogy questions of GRE, the relationship between the words takes priority over the meanings of the words. The most common analogy relationships include:

Definition: This type of analogy relation gives exact meaning or definition of the other word.

Eg. Meteorologist: Weather

(Meteorologist is a person who predicts weather)

Degree of intensity: One word of expression shows mild whereas other word conveys a more severe aspect of same phenomenon.

Eg. Braying: Tittering

(Both words are different aspect of laugh braying means laugh loud whereas tittering means laugh nervously.)

Gender: One word is for male and other one represents its female counterpart.

Eg. Mare: Goat

( A female horse is a mare whereas  stallion is a male horse)

Part to Whole: In this type of analogy, the first word is part of the second word or vice- versa.

Eg. Soldier: Regiment

( A soldier can be part of  the regiment ).

Antonyms: In this type of analogy relation one word is the antonym of other.

Eg. Opaque: Transparency

(Both words are antonym to each other).

Synonyms: In these types of analogies both words convey similar meaning.

Eg. Beautiful: Gorgeous

(Both words are synonyms to each other).

Some useful tips to solve analogy questions:

• Create logical relationship between words.
• Omit options that do not have a clear and reasonably necessary relationship to the main word.
• Do logical guess if you think more than one option could be a correct option.
• Furthermore, contemplate about secondary meanings of words, as well as alternative parts of speech.
• Beware of misleading options. They are put deliberately to confuse you.

In total there are 11 analogy questions to answer in the GRE’s verbal section. Analogies can be improved with little bit practice, and could be helpful in scoring well. Do share with us your views, comments on this blog by filling up the feedback section.

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Hi all, synonyms and antonyms are the pivotal constituent of GRE’s verbal section. To answer synonyms type questions you have to pick out word which is equivalent in meaning to the main word but , antonyms type questions require a word which is contrary in meaning to main word .Here is a list of some commonly use words with its synonym and antonym. Students are required to learn the words given in the following list cautiously. These words will increase your treasury of words.

AWKWARD

Not graceful; ungainly

Synonyms    clumsy, ungainly, ponderous, rough

Antonyms    clever, dexterous, apt, skillful

MAGNIFY

Magnify, amplify increase in size, volume or significance

Synonyms    enlarge, blow up, aggrandize, amplify, and augment

Antonyms    diminish, minimize, play down, and reduce

LACKLUSTER

Dull, life less

Synonyms    prosaic, somber, unexciting, bland, dreary

Antonyms    brilliant, vibrant, lively, shining, spirited

CHARY

Very cautious, not giving or expending freely

Synonyms    frugal, prudent, heedful, cagey

Antonyms    careless, heedless, incautious, brash

COGENT

Powerfully persuasive
Synonyms    convincing, strong, powerful, forceful

Antonyms   dissuasive, unpersuasive, unconvincing, weak, powerless

MEALY MOUTHED

Hesitant to state facts or opinions simply

Synonyms    hypocritical, euphemistic, devious, afraid, doubtful

Antonyms    direct, sincere, unequivocal

QUIXOTIC

Not sensible about practical matters.

Synonyms    wild-eyed, romantic, romanticist, amatory

Antonyms    practical, pragmatic, unromantic

SPUNK

The courage to carry on

Synonyms    mettle, ignition, spirit, warm-heartedness, boldness

Antonyms    timidity, cowardice, diffidence, weakness

Apart from learning these words you can also take test available on learnwordlist.com. Do remember regular practice of antonyms and synonyms is very important to score decent in verbal section .Kindly leave your comment, opinion underneath this blog.

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May/Might + Have

This expression is used for demonstrating only possibility relating to the past action .Example:

She may/might have gone yesterday.

She might have failed.

Could + have

This expression is used for past ability while denoting action did not occur. Example:

I could have gone London last month. (but I did not).

I could have cleaned the room. (but I did not).

Should + have

This type of expression is used to express obligation in the past .It may imply the non – occurrence of the action. Example:

You should have accompanied your friend.

Must + have

This form is used for a past action indicating that action did not take place. Example:

You must have completed your work in given time.

He must have helped his friend.

Ought to+ to have

This expression is used in relation to past action of duty that was not accomplished or an action that was overlooked in the past. Example:

You ought to have performed your duties.

You ought to have driven slowly

To be + have

This expression is used to express an action that could not take place according to schedule. Example:

He was to have attended meeting but fell ill.

Need not +have

This form is used for an action which was not required but was executed. Example

You need not have gone there.

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Rarefy

1. Condense.
2. Conceive
3. Consign
4. Conduct.
5. Confound.

Word ‘rarefy’ has three possible meaning that are lessen the density or solidity, make more subtle or refined, and weaken the consistency of (metallic) .So correct antonym should be like increasing the density or making denser. Now check which option is close in meaning. ‘Condense’ means to increase the density of (Substance).So option 1 will be the correct antonym. The best way to answer antonym questions is to find the antonym of the main word first then match that antonym with all presented options.

Here are some key points to remember:

If you don’t know the meaning of main word

Most words in English language are derived from other language mainly from Latin or Greek .If you are unable to figure out the meaning of main word then break the word into prefix and root and after knowing the meaning of these two you can figure out the meaning of main word. Example: Hippopotamus this word can be broken into ‘Hippo ‘ and ‘Potamus’ hippo means horse and ‘Potamus’ means river .So, ‘Hippopotamus’ means horse of river.

Positive and negative connotation of word

Positive and negative connotation means, positive or negative implication of word. There are thousands of words in English language with positive and negative connotation .Example childish, difficult, stubborn(negative connotation) childlike, challenging, steadfast (positive).The words with the prefix de, dis, in denote negative connotation. If main word is in positive connotation then its antonyms would be in negative connotation or vice-versa.

Antonyms and Part of Speech

Do bear in mind main word and its antonym will always be in same parts of speech. If main word is noun then its antonym will also be a noun.

Enhance your vocabulary

You should also work on your vocabulary to crack antonyms. There are many techniques to improve vocabulary you can adopt any of them .Good collection of vocabulary will help you with antonym immensely.

When you think more than one option could be correct antonym

In this case try to define the meaning of main word more precisely or in greater detail.

If you thing that GRE antonym is all about your learning capacity then you are not correct but good vocabulary base can help you a lot in scoring well. You can get help from flash card available on learnwordlist.com and you can also take antonym test available on this website. It will certainly benefit you in GRE’s verbal section. If you wish to express your views on this blog then kindly leave your comment in feedback section beneath this blog.

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Prefix

Here are some prefixes with their usages:

1. Negation Prefixes:

Prefixes like un- , a- , in- , dis- , non-,im-, ir- negate the meaning of the stem by adding the stem meaning into ‘not’, ‘opposite of’, ‘lacking in’. Example: untrue, atypical, incompetent, disparity, non-similar etc.

3. Disparagement Prefixes:

Prefixes like mal-,mis-,pseudo- are called pejorative prefix because they denote the meaning of stem ‘bad’,’ badly’, ‘wrong’, ‘false’. Example: malfunction, misbehavior, pseudo-art etc.

2. Reversal Prefixes:

Prefixes de-, un- only attach with noun or a verb. It produces the meaning ‘reverse of action’ or ‘deprive of’ Example: unclear, depend etc.

4. Prefixes denoting number, degree, rank, size:

Prefix bi-, mono-,semi-,poly- express number ;arch-, co-, extra- express degree; micro, mini denotes size ; super-,sub-,under- express rank .Examples: biannual, monochord, semi-final, polycentric, archaic, super achiever etc.

5. Prefixes expressing time, order, location, attitude:

Time and order: ex- , fore- , pre-, post- .Example: ex-minister, forefather, premature,
post-dated etc.
Location: fore-, inter-, super-, sub-, trans- Example: foreground, sub area etc.

Attitude: pro-, anti-, counter- Example: proactive, anti-Islamic etc.

These were some prefixes which modifies the meaning of stem. You can form more new words using these prefixes. If you know any other usage of prefixes then do share with us or simply write your opinion beneath this blog.

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