Kaplan university offers extensive online master degree programs, primarily in areas such as education, nursing and health, business management, criminal justice, legal studies and technology: Yes, all the mainstream master degree programs in the online format under a single roof! Co-owned by Washington Post and Kaplan Inc, the foundation of university dates back to year 1937! It is only recently that the Kaplan College acquired the status of university, after it introduced close to dozen master degree programs in the last decade of the 20^th century. Read more…

Continuing our discussion on the changes taking place in the GRE (the acronym for Graduate Record Examination), we come to the numeric entry questions, data interpretation questions and the use of calculator. While the first and last are entirely new to the world’s most popular standardized test, the section on data interpretation has been a part of the test since a long time. Let us take a look at what each of the sections entail:

I. Numeric Entry Questions

Ahh…We are Back to the school and college days where we had to solve the questions entirely and then put down the answers. These questions will make you realize the advantages of multiple choice questions where you could at least get to the answers by elimination or hit and trial or back solving!

In this type of question, you have to solve the problem and then enter the answer in the text box provided alongside for the purpose. In case, the answer is in fraction, two boxes will be supplied, one for the numerator, another for the denominator. If answer is in decimals, then you know how you have to enter in the right answer: the integer part, followed by the decimal point and the decimal part. Read more…

In the previous post, we discussed about the impending changes in the GRE quantitative reasoning section with respect to the quantitative comparison questions. In today’s post, we will discuss the changes in the usual multiple choice questions where there will be select one single answer questions and select one or two multiple answer questions that is there can be more than one answer!

Multiple Choice Questions – Select One

The most familiar question type in the GRE exam, it remains as it was in the old GRE. A question problem is given followed by multiple answer choices. You have to solve the question and mark the right answer choice. As simple as that!

Just keep in mind that before actually solving the question, you go through the answer choices given to know the format in which the answer is desired, that is decimal or fraction and the units also. This will make your task less complex and quicker.

An Example of this type of question is:

Multiple Choice Questions – Select One or Two

These are the multiple choice questions with a twist: there can now be two correct answers from the options given below the question. This is more on the lines of analytical quantitative reasoning and a thorough knowledge of mathematical fundamentals is quite necessary. Options can be as simple as 8 and 2³ or can be analytical for questions based on geometrical figures.

An example of this type of question is:

To crack new GRE revised General test, you need to not only be thorough with the mathematical principles but also practice GRE kind of question on a regular basis. You need to in a way mold your thought process for that particular kind of problem solving.

GRE is changing! GRE is Changing and before you know it, GRE has already changed! August is just around the corner and the current month of June is the last change for the GRE applicants to give the test in the old GRE format. From August 2011, the new GRE will come into effect, and students will be pitched against newer types of questions in the maths as well as verbal ability sections.

Do not panic because of the changes. The fundamentals of maths will remain to be the same. It is not as if 2+2 will be suddenly equal to 5 or the sum total of all the angles in a triangle will be lesser than or greater than 180! The proposed changes have been made to make the quantitative section of GRE more analytical and hence it is now known as quantitative reasoning.

There will be four types of questions in the GRE quantitative reasoning, namely quantitative comparison, Multiple-Choice Questions – Select One, Multiple-Choice Questions – Select One or More, Numeric Entry, Data Interpretation etc.

Let us take a look at the GRE Quantitative Comparison questions:

Under these types of questions, two quantities are given along with some information on them. Based on the information given above them, you have to decide whether

a)      Quantity A is greater than Quantity B

b)      Quantity B is greater than Quantity A

c)       Quantity A is equal to Quantity B

d)      No relationship can be determined between the two quantities on the basis of given information

Example:

The buzz is intensifying, more so around the World Wide Web, as the stipulated period for the commencement of new GRE pattern approaches. This is the last month, that is June 2011, in which the GRE candidates can take the exam in the older and perhaps a more familiar pattern, full of analogies, synonyms and antonyms. The new GRE version will not feature random word meaning related questions, and will focus entirely on contextual problem solving.

Here is a quick round up of what’s new in the new GRE revised General Test:

• Lots of reading comprehension and contextual testing

Reading comprehension passages will easily make 80 percent of your GRE verbal section, but these questions can range from a single passage to multiple passages, depending upon which, the number of questions will vary from one to six. The kind of questions will be choosing the right answer choice in the context of the passage. Read more…

Come August and the GRE will be unveiled in its new format involving new kinds of questions, in both the quantitative and verbal sections. Given below are five sample questions on the lines of the GRE verbal reasoning changes as specified on the ETS website. There will be questions, now onwards, that may have two right answers, instead of just one. Today, we put together such a verbal reasoning practice test for you.

DIRECTIONS: In each questions below, two sentences separated by bank spaces are given. These are the first and last sentences there are three others denoted by ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’. You have to find out which one, two or three in proper sequence or none can be inserted between the two sentences to make the paragraph logical and meaningful.

1. Tobacco is one of the few openly opened available commercial products that are virtually unregulated….. Despite this, the pandemic of smoking continues. Read more…

Alongside our series on online master degree programs in various disciplines, we considered it only fair that we should have a series of posts on the best online universities in the country. This will give you a proper view on the relative standing of each university, where does its competitive edge emanate from and what it does to foster online education.

We begin with the best university for online education in the country, The Phoenix University. It offers more than 20 master degree programs in various fields such as engineering, education and teaching, healthcare, information technology, business management etc. Founded in the year 1976, the university is counted amongst the pioneers of distance learning online education at all levels, including undergraduate, graduate and doctorate level. Together with Indiana University, it is considered as the Mecca of online education for overseas students. Currently it has more than 300,000 students enrolled in various online degree programs.

Accreditations:

The Master degree programs offered at the Phoenix University are fully accredited by the registered organizations in the country. Its accreditations are as follows:

• MBA : Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
• Healthcare and Nursing: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
• Arts: Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)
• Education : Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Program, etc

Cost and Duration

It takes almost two to three years to finish your online Master’s degree in your chosen subject, depending upon your dedication and the effort you put it. The cost of the online programs varies from one degree to another, but basically it ranges between $20,000 and $45,000. Financial aid is available for students and more information regarding that can be found on the university’s main site.

USP

The USP or the unique selling point of the online Master’s courses at Phoenix is the amount of credibility enjoyed by them. As stated earlier, the university is ranked amongst the best online universities in the country and the dangers of falling for a diploma mill with fake accreditations are reduced considerably for students pursuing their online master’s degree from Phoenix.

Do not for one moment think that just because you are signing up for an online course, it would be a cakewalk and you can manage it with the index finger of your left hand. It is hardly anything like that, in fact you got to be more disciplined than you otherwise are in case of full time Master degree programs. The only one to motivate you to study and finish your assignments and complete assessments by the deadline is YOU. Therefore, before going in for an online Master degree, check your lifestyle and work schedule and see if you can really corner at least 9 hours a day per week to dedicate towards your Masters.

(One hour a day on weekdays and two hours a day on the weekends make nine hours a week)

Save here, Spend there: The time you save on not having to commute to the university to attend lectures have to be spent in locating useful resources to understand the concepts in a better way. In order to make the online degree programs more interactive, universities use social media tools and other learning methods that require regular participation from the students. Online courses are not in the least like the distance learning program of the yesteryears where the student just had to appear for semester exams and get their grades. Read more…

This post is for GRE takers all over the world contemplating pursuing a Master in Engineering degree in the US. As we read earlier, engineering jobs are the best paid jobs in the industry with chemical engineering students commanding $120,000 as beginners (fresh out of college). A Master’s degree will further add to their skills and better job prospects, not to forget ensure higher pay packages. To avail these advantages, you must make sure to complete your Master’s Degree in Engineering from a reputed graduate engineering college.

Given below are the rankings for the best Engineering colleges in the country for Masters and PhD degrees:

Getting into these top institutions is no easy affair. In addition to high GRE scores, you also need impeccable letters of recommendation and high GPAs at the undergraduate level.

Diploma Mills can seriously ruin your dreams of coming by a high paying job or achieving an appraisal in your current salary as the degree and certificates from a non-accredited institution is neither recognized by an institute of higher learning nor by the employers or corporate organizations. Therefore, it is important that you make a complete background and data check before signing up for an online Master’s degree in any field with an institution on the internet. Given below are the five necessary steps that you must follow prior to paying the online education fee for a course certification that may end up doing little to enhance your career prospects (just because the course or the university was not accredited): Read more…