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GRE Preparation- What I learnt
Assalam o alaekum everyone,

I hope you are doing great :)Some of you have discussed with me different higher education options including
preparation for GRE.
Most of the students in Pakistan are very scared about GRE exam and therefore rule out USA for higher studies
for not taking GRE. However, its not that difficult. You can get a good score with a well directed preparation and
practice.

Recently, I revisited all the possible sources for preparation and have realized that there are many good sources
out there that normally students ignore or are not aware of. In light of my search and my own experience, I can
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out there that normally students ignore or are not aware of. In light of my search and my own experience, I can
suggest following:

1- Taking preparatory classes really helps but take them ONLY if you can afford them. I have realized that you
might need them only for analytical test practice. Otherwise You can get advisory facilities from other sources
at cheaper rates.

2- There are a few very good and highly recommended online sources. Try to subscribe for them even if you are
taking classes. Remember these are not free sources
These are:
Magoosh www.magoosh.com,
Gre bible
www.grebible.com/
Novas GRE prep http://www.amazon.com/GRE-Prep-Course-Software-Online/dp/1889057363 (You can
benefit from the free video lectures of magoosh even if you dont subscribe)

3- The guy at www.brightlinkprep.com mentions a very good plan to prepare for verbal section of GRE (FREE
of cost and derived from the above mentioned sources)http://www.brightlinkprep.com/30-day-basic-gre-
verbal-study-plan/
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Keep visiting this website for very informative updates on higher education options.

4- For quantitative part, do a lot of practice. Try to learn better ways of solving questions. For that, go through
the quantitative sections of three to four books: Barrons , Kaplan , cracking the GRE

5- Become an avid reader. Read 1 OR 2 articles daily from American newspapers like monthly Atlantic (
www.theatlantic.com/), New Yorker (www.newyorker.com/), Scientific American (
www.scientificamerican.com/) .Make a journal containing all the difficult words with their meanings.

6- For better vocabulary, prepare 500 Essential Manhattan word listand 500 Advanced Manhattan word list
(you can get these easily on web). Again Magoosh and Brightlinkprep guys also give out vocabulary flash cards
(FREE of cost). Pick any of these or if you have time, go through all of them.

7- Do a lot of practice questions, time yourself. Take some 10-15 mock tests (practice tests at the same test
center. Go to USEFP website for guidelines)

I wish you all best of luck for your future.
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P.S: Dont go for subscription of the websites I mentioned directly. Check them out for their trial period. Go for
them only once you feel they are good for you because they are also expensive.
P.P.S: Do work with a plan.
An untouched Feature of Matlab
Dear all,
i just went through this great feature of Matlab available in Matlab 2008 onwards i guess. The concept is to
compute the
terms symbolically. e.g. you know and remember encountering errors like variable x not declared in the
expression,
Matlab feature Mupad lets you get over with this now. So now what ever the expression is, whether the variables
have been assigned
values or not, you ll get the results.
For example, you remember doing indefinite integration and differentiation from your high school and fresh years
at the college.
You can do that in this toolbox. Likewise, this supports many such features.
In the following space, i want to cover the basic commands in Mupad for the general usage.
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Defining a Function:
f:=x+x^2;
Please note that every assignment operation must be done with this absurd colon sign.
Getting the latest answer:
%


Expanding a term:
f:=(x+2)^2
expand (f)
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Partial Fraction of the fraction:
f:=(x^2+2*x+2)/(x-1)/(x-3)/(x+2)
partfrac (f)
Simplifying a fraction:
f:=(e^(2*x)-1)/(e^x+1)
simplify(f)
Evaluating a function over a limiting value of variable:
f:=sin(x)/x
limit(f,x=0)
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I found basic plotting way easier here. You dont have to define the range of values for the independant variable.
For example, for plotting sin(x), you dont need to give the values of x for plotting.
plot(sin(x))
well if you prefer to do with the values,
plot(sin(x),x=-2030)
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Moreover, multi variable functions can also be plotted easily
plot((sin(x)^2+(sin(y))^2)
Integration:
f:=x^2+2*x+3
int(f,x)
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for definite integral, go for:
int (f,x=-2..3)
//Please remember i put in only two dots..:)
Differentiation:
f:=sin(x)+2*cos(x)
diff(f,x)
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double derivative:
diff(diff(f,x),x)
Solving Linear Equations:
equations:={x+y=3, x-2*y=5}: unknowns:={x,y}: solve(equations, unknowns)

Series, Sequences:
sum(i^2,i=1..1000)
product(i^-3,i=1..100)

Matrix Manipulations:
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Defining a matrix:
A:=matrix([[1,2],[3,4]])
Row Vector:
A:=matrix([[1,2]])
Column Vector:
A:=matrix([1,2])
At the end, i would like to advise the reader to explore the feature on his/her own since most of the key points
cant
be mentioned let alone mentioned here. Happy Mupading..:)

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Universal Asynchronous Serial Receiver/ Transmitter
its 14th April 2013 today and the time is 1130 in the morning. I am out here in my lab on this beautiful saturday
trying to understand better the mysteries of UART better.
I am working on PIC18F4520 using the PICDEM2 Development Board from Microchip. The compiler i am
working on is MPLAB C18. Following is a glimpse of the simple code i am trying to run.
Well the scenario is that i have got the External Crystal Oscillator damaged and am now helpless having only
the option of internal oscillator. To activate that i have set the configuration bits using the tool
Configure/Configuration Bits, in the following way:
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Now after successfully building the hex file, i have the following output on the ISIS proteus:
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Now this is in huge contrast to my actual code. I wanted to display y continuously but what i get is an alphabet
from an alien language apparently. (May be i have alien cyber force bugging with my workings..:O)
My settings are as follows:
Baud Rate: 9600
Data Bits: 8
Stop Bit: 1
Parity: None
Flow Control: hardware
Well as i tried to communicate this on a PC in real time,
I got nothing!!
tried everything, from resetting the program again and again to reprogramming it.
i did recheck and matched my settings on PC with those on the MC countless times.
At that moment i though of changing the baud rate settings on PC,
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changing only the Baud Rate to 2400 and 4800..
and surprisingly, there started appearing some alien characters (though different from ISIS simulation).
Now i am working on a compromise Baud Rate on both sides for a meaningful transmission.

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