10/27   Anyone here taken the GRE subject test in CS lately?  I'm wondering
        how similar it is to the "sample test" published by the GRE folks,
        which is a full decade old.  Also, has anyone tried to take a GRE
        subject test via "standby" (i.e. show up with cash, see if there's
        room at the testing site)?  P.S. I hate ETS.
        \_ The sample test was not revoltingly different from the real thing
           or anything. Of course they don't cover the exact same specific
           per-question topics on the sample test, but the format is the same
           and the general distribution of topics is similar enough. See
           the outline ETS puts out for a full list of topics, since some
           of them are rare enough to not show up on most tests, sample test
           included. -alexf
        \_ speaking of hating ETS, never trust those fuckers to send your
           scores anywhere.  Always call up the place they were supposed to
           be sent to make sure they really sent them.  I've seen ETS
           not send scores, and of course the grad school will assume it's
           your fault.
        \_ no, we're all old bitter alums who took that sample test when it
           was the real test 5 years earlier.
        \_ I thought they discontinued GRE because of cheating in India
           (half of the schools had solutions to the LATEST tests for the
            past couple of years allowing Indians to have really high scores)
           \_ They only cancelled a couple of test dates. It's back now.