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Anything above a 800 (it's on a 200-~~990~~-point scale) seems pretty good. It appears that quality single-volume preparation materials cannot be had at any price. Perhaps one ought be written?

Anything above a 800 (it's on a 200-~900-point (the top end changes from year to year, wtf) scale) seems pretty good. It appears that quality single-volume preparation materials cannot be had at any price. Perhaps one ought be written?

* '''We took the exam 2009-10-10. I got a 960 (top 1%). I don't see myself updating this page much further.''' ([[User:Dank|Dank]] 02:53, 12 November 2009 (UTC))

* [http://ftp.ets.org/pub/gre/CompSci.pdf ETS Practice Booklet (PDF)], from the [http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=e9952d3631df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=6ef946f1674f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD Computer Science Exam] page

(This second link is pretty dubiously-formed; YMMV. Go to the GRE page, click on Subject Info details, click on Computer Science ''--[[User:Dank|Dank]] 14:58, 30 July 2009 (UTC)'')

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* [http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~howardz/micellaneous/gre_cs_sub/ GT notes] from 2006

* [http://sites.google.com/site/titaniumbits/ 100 shareware CS GRE-like problems] from Christopher Scaffidi

<div style="text-align: center; color: green; border: solid black;"><countdown time="10/10/2009 8:30 AM UTC-0500"><D> '''days,''' <H> '''hours,''' <M> '''minutes,''' <S> '''seconds''' until the 2009-10-10 CS GRE</countdown></div>

==Books we're using for general preparation==

* Software Systems and Methodology

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==Subject Material==

Outline taken from the ETS CS GRE page, 2009-07-30 1500 UTC)

Outline taken from the ETS CS GRE page (2009-07-30 1500 UTC)

{| border="1" width="100%"

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! align="left"|~~Area~~ <small>''vocabulary listings follow each area in small, italicized, bolded text''</small>

! align="left"|<small>''Area vocabulary listings follow each area in small, italicized, bolded text''</small>

! References and Supplements

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|colspan=2|'''Programming languages and notation'''

|colspan=2|'''[[Programming Language Theory|Programming languages]] and notation'''

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|Constructs for data organization and program control

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|'''H&P4''' Chapter 4

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|colspan=2|'''THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND - 40%'''

|colspan=2|'''[[Theory|THEORY]] AND MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND - 40%'''

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|colspan=2| '''Algorithms and complexity'''

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-Anything above a 800 (it's on a 200-990-point scale) seems pretty good. It appears that quality single-volume preparation materials cannot be had at any price. Perhaps one ought be written?
+Anything above a 800 (it's on a 200-~900-point (the top end changes from year to year, wtf) scale) seems pretty good. It appears that quality single-volume preparation materials cannot be had at any price. Perhaps one ought be written?
+* '''We took the exam 2009-10-10. I got a 960 (top 1%). I don't see myself updating this page much further.''' ([[User:Dank|Dank]] 02:53, 12 November 2009 (UTC))
 * [http://ftp.ets.org/pub/gre/CompSci.pdf ETS Practice Booklet (PDF)], from the [http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=e9952d3631df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=6ef946f1674f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD Computer Science Exam] page
 (This second link is pretty dubiously-formed; YMMV. Go to the GRE page, click on Subject Info details, click on Computer Science ''--[[User:Dank|Dank]] 14:58, 30 July 2009 (UTC)'')
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 * [http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~howardz/micellaneous/gre_cs_sub/ GT notes] from 2006
 * [http://sites.google.com/site/titaniumbits/ 100 shareware CS GRE-like problems] from Christopher Scaffidi
-<div style="text-align: center; color: green; border: solid black;"><countdown time="10/10/2009 8:30 AM UTC-0500"><D> '''days,''' <H> '''hours,''' <M> '''minutes,''' <S> '''seconds''' until the 2009-10-10 CS GRE</countdown></div>
 ==Books we're using for general preparation==
 * Software Systems and Methodology
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 ==Subject Material==
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+Outline taken from the ETS CS GRE page (2009-07-30 1500 UTC)
 {| border="1" width="100%"
 |-
-! align="left"|Area <small>''vocabulary listings follow each area in small, italicized, bolded text''</small>
+! align="left"|<small>''Area vocabulary listings follow each area in small, italicized, bolded text''</small>
 ! References and Supplements
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 |'''H&P4''' Chapter 4
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-|colspan=2|'''THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND - 40%'''
+|colspan=2|'''[[Theory|THEORY]] AND MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND - 40%'''
 |-
 |colspan=2| '''Algorithms and complexity'''