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[quote=Anonymous]The problem is not that students prep for GREs. The problem is that a verbal score close to 800 which should indicate high proficiency in English ends up meaning nothing at all, because the prepping that takes place does not focus on improving one's language skills (thus raising one's scores the natural way) but focuses instead on how to beat the test. The result is that students who are accepted on the understanding that they are able to function in an English-speaking environment, end up not being able to write or communicate efficiently. So this ends up being a disservice to these kids, who are expected to write theses and dissertations and cannot really put two sentences together, plus to all the other competent ones who have real high scores and are faced with mistrust, because of all the instances of trumped-up test performance.

And so, to the nice person with the caustic humor who eloquently (and sarcastically) suggested that "we should send them back", I say, is it too much to wish that a process (any selection process) not be violated by a shortmindedness that does not serve anyone and least of all the people who on the surface appear to benefit from it?[/quote]

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