I have been seeing many people preparing for the GRE. They spend most of the time in some coaching class. I have also taken up the GRE test and I have succeeded in scoring good marks in it. I did the same mistake of joining an institute(not mentioning the name here). I then felt that I have done the biggest of mistakes. The classes will not help you much. They teach the same old formulas and the same old techniques. Some techniques will be useful but you can actually solve the questions using your own tricks. Here is my advice to the GRE aspirants. Buy a Barrons book for yourself. Try learning all the 50 word lists. If you find it hard to crack the word lists use the mp3 file format of all the 50 word lists. You can find it in the internet. Make it a point to listen to it daily. Some people can easily grasp things when they listen to it rather than reading. For others use a dictionary or a thesauras and keep searching for the usage of the word until you are comfortable withe the word. Try using those words in your daily context. You will learn quickly in this way. Crack the quants part of Barrons. Do some quants exercises from books like Nova, Big book, etc. If you dont find these books dont worry I have other ways for it. Now coming to the test part. After you are done with reading everything, start taking tests. Tests are the only way to crack GRE. The more tests you take the more your timing and your accuracy will be improved. Take standard tests like Kaplan, Princeton, 800scores and Powerprep. Take powerprep in the end. This is not because it will judge your score. Many have the wrong perception that powerprep score will be close to your final GRE score. I personally never did well in all the powerprep tests. It is advisable to take powerprep in the end because it has the same user interface as the final GRE exam. If you take some other test say 800scores or Kaplan, the interface will be different and you will be confused when you enter the exam. After taking the tests analyse your weak point. Study that part hard and continue taking tests. Check whether you are improving. If not, nothing else can be done. Keep studying and hope that you will not repeat the same mistakes in the final GRE exam. The most important thing is that don't be discouraged by the scores you get in these exams. It is the final GRE exam that matters. If everything goes right as it did for me, you will end up on a very decent enough score. My final advice will be to schedule your test once you are half done with the preparation. You must give yourslef enough time to prepare for the exam. Dont hastily schedule your test and go half prepared for the test. Plan accordingly and crack your GRE. I hope this article might have helped a few. All the best for your future.

May and June are months where we should not stay in Chennai. This is the time when 'Agni Natchathiram' prevails in Chennai. 'Agni Natchathiram' is a Tamil word which means fire star. During this period Chennai almost burns like hell. Its very tough to survive in Chennai without an Air Conditioning. The time period between 12 pm and 3 pm is very very hot. Many people get dehydration, sun stroke, head aches, etc. The normal life of the people is affected. With water scarcity people spend their money buying water cans. A basic necessity like water is being sold. This is the situation in Chennai during summer. After the helmet rule has come into the existense, people find it very difficult to drive vehicles wearing the helmet under the hot sun. So the condition is quite pathetic.

I am a person who likes to hangout very frequently especially during weekends. I know that Chennai is famous for its beaches. The most famous beach in Chennai is the Marina beach. But to me the best beach is the Elliots beach now known as Besant Nagar beach. This is the best place to hangout in Chennai. Surrounded by a stream of restaurants, the beach is located in such a place where every possible recreation is possible. The beach is slowly becoming very famous and is being bombarded by all kinds of people. The problem with Marina is that the restaurants surrounding Marina are far off and are not of the best quality. While in Besant Nagar we have various ranges of restaurants. This can satisfy people of all classes. You can do skating in the outskirts of Planet Yum. The Broken Bridge of the Aayudha Ezhuthu/Yuva fame is another place to add to the popularity of the beach. Since Adyar, the most busiest place is near to this beach, transport facilities are also great. So please give this beach a try if you come to Chennai.

After a lot of planning and with only a very few responses, I joined hand with a few friends and decided that we would be visiting an Orphanage. The name of the orphanage is Good Life Center. We had intended to collect around 5000 rupees so that we can sponsor them food and offer certain articles that they need. The response was poor initially, but it picked up as time went by. Many people came forward with monetary contributions and some wanted to help me on the day of the event. Finally everything was arranged and we( a team of 8 people ) took off to the orphanage. The inmates were eagerly waiting our arrival. We started interacting with them and each one of them had some story to tell us. With heavy eyes and smiling faces we listened to their stories. We played, we sang, we spoke, we ran. We became one among them. Finally the food was served and the inmates were happy to eat special food prepared for them. We were moved when they offered prayers for our families wishing us long life. It was a great moment to cherish. It was my most memorable experience till date. Thanks to everyone who made this event possible.

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I feel that the best part of my life is over. Did I enjoy it to the maximum is a question to be seriously answered? I still remember those days when I was in school. Those days when we had fun and had nothing to worry about. Doing homeworks for namesake and seeking for an opportunity to play with friends. Still remember the days when I used to dodge my parents and watch Television, while they would think I was doing homework. Little did I know that these days will be short lived. Then came a new phase in life. College life was full of fun, but with a little responsibility. I really miss those classes we bunked and sat in canteens and hostel. We used to chat a lot and play all sorts of games. Group studies was fun, because we did everything except studies. Bring back those days in my life. God, please give me a rewind button so that I can return back to my school days.

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