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The first time I took the GRE practice test, I got a 148V/152Q. I am a math major, and honestly, I was not well equipped for the type of questions given on the test. I studied (for only two-three weeks) and ended up getting a 153V/166Q. I used this book to practice/prepare for the quantitative section (it is the one written by the test takers).
You still have time to take the exam and schools will likely only look at the best overall score you sent them. Sign up to take it exactly 21 days from when you originally took it, and have the scores prepared to be sent to all of the schools you are applying to. Buy the book I linked and take a full quantitative practice test. Figure out what type of questions you missed and where were you overconfident, and study that content and do more practice questions.
Finally, don't say stuff like this:
>This all makes me feel like I shouldn’t have even bothered majoring in engineering and giving my life to my department, because ETS has decided that my buck stops here.
I promise you that thinking like this will keep you from being successful and achieving your goals. You will have much worse failures in the future (as does everyone in academia) and it is important to learn from things like this. Don't question your worth just because of one occurrence where you didn't meet your own expectations.
Good luck!
5lb Manhattan book helped me immensely for the quantitative section. The ETS quantitative reasoning book is also a great resource.
Lastly, use Magoosh if you enjoy studying on the computer. The software Magoosh provides is well worth the money. The ETS website also has a bunch of mock-tests you can take too, so make sure you take those as well.
Good luck!
To get an idea of the resources you'll need, I suggest that you take an official practice test. It may be the case that you're already scoring above your target scores, in which case you may not need to prepare at all :-).
Resources-wise, be sure to get ETS's Official Guide for GRE. For extra practice questions, ETS (the test maker) has a quant-only book and a verbal-only book, each with 200 questions.
As far as instructional resources go, the one that's best for you will be the one that best suits your learning style.
Cheers,
Brent
Real, Official ETS GRE materials are are totally missing from your list.
ETS GRE materials are the best materials to practice with--especially for the Verbal section, where imitation questions can differ significantly from the real exam.
Below is an exhaustive list of all the official GRE preparation materials from ETS currently available:
If you add up all the unique questions in these official resources, it totals about 1,600 official questions, which for many students is more than sufficient for a full GRE preparation. However, many students need more learning, strategy and practice than the official materials can provide. With that in mind, here are some additional 3rd-party GRE strategy and learning guides that we can recommend:
You might also want to consider purchasing the Manhattan Prep GRE CATs, which do not include real GRE questions, but are still (mostly) realistic and make for good practice if you need more than four CATs. The first exam is free, and you can buy six more for $39.
We do NOT recommend Kaplan or Princeton Review books, which are decent for mid-level scorers, but too simplistic for the student who aspires to high GRE scores.
Bonus: Don't forget about the GRE Big Book, which is now outdated, but has 27 old GRE tests, which are still useful, especially for Quant, despite subsequent changes to the GRE test format.
Source: Vince and Brian's (Free) GRE PowerPrep Explanations
Whoa. Certainly, many students perform worse on the real thing than on their practices. That's to be expected. But your quant scores were higher than your verbal, then all of a sudden your verbal was better? What happened? It's impressive that your verbal was so good, but that quant score is far below your practices.
Luckily, quant is fairly straightforward to improve. Clearly, there are concepts you don't know, and you have to learn them. Go back to that ETS material. The official guide and the quant book have plenty of practice problems. Which ones did you get wrong? Are there any concepts that are a little fuzzy?
Anything that's a little fuzzy will likely not be very helpful under the stressful conditions of test day. So you have to be really solid on all the fundamentals. Go back to the official material and see which problems give you a bit of trouble. Then re-learn those concepts.
I definitely think you can hit those scores though. Take your studying seriously and be intentional about what you are learning and practicing. Keep an error log and review the material in it every day. Bit by bit you'll build your knowledge base and should definitely get to where you need to be.
Let me know if you have any more specific questions or concerns. You got this!
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