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u/Magoosh_Student_Help · 1 pointr/GRE

Certainly, the time is takes depends largely on your baseline score and your score goal. So go ahead and start by taking an official powerprep practice test and see how you do. Your improvement will also depend on how many hours per day you study, and how quickly you learn.

Generally, verbal is harder to improve in than quant is. I would give yourself as long as possible. The reason for this is that there are two often essential parts of studying verbal that are much better with more time: vocabulary and reading. First, you have to memorize vocabulary. The PowerScore Repeat Offenders and PrepScholar 357 lists are good to take from. There will probably be a good amount of words on there that you don't know but should.

Then, you have to be reading high level English material every day. GRE verbal is largely a reading test. Strong readers score well, and poor readers score poorly. Ideally, you'll want to be reading things like the New York Times or The Atlantic. It's better to read for, say, an hour a day, though. Reading for multiple hours per day has diminishing returns.

Otherwise, make sure you buy the official materials, published by ETS, the same people that create the real test. That's the best resource possible, so you'll want to start by learning those materials very well. Don't worry about timing yourself, but try your absolute best to answer problems correctly: really think about them, and try to understand their solutions.

Spend as much time as you can without burning yourself out. Your future self will thank you :)

I'm here to help if you have any further questions or concerns as you go!

-Magoosh Student Help

u/skypetutor · 1 pointr/GRE

OP has 9,733 karma and has been on Reddit for almost 4 years, so I am going to go ahead and assume that he/she is a real person, despite the sometimes suspicious praise of Magoosh, and complete omission of references to other materials, such as:

  1. GRE PowerPrep Questions and GRE Official Guides
  2. GRE Error Log / Improvement and Homework Tracking Chart
  3. GRE Action Plan and Free E-Book
  4. GRE PowerPrep Explanations
  5. GRE Scoring Algorithm
  6. Guide to the GRE PowerPrep Online Software (formerly the GRE PowerPrep II desktop software)
  7. GRE Percentiles
  8. PowerPrep Online Registration Page
  9. GRE Vocab Capacity
  10. My GRE AMA on Reddit
  11. GRE Test-Day Tips
  12. GRE Big Book - 27 Old GRE Exams.

    I don't disagree that Magoosh is generally about 30% harder than the real GRE, but I do disagree as to whether that's a good thing. For most students, the GRE is difficult enough already, and practice questions beyond the scope/difficulty range of the actual test will only increase student anxiety, but for a high scorer like yourself I can see why you would benefit from the extra challenge. Congrats!

    Your particular success with Magoosh, though anecdotal, is worth acknowledging despite our tendency to mistrust big test prep. For what it's worth I was one of the original 4-star reviewers of the Magoosh GRE book on Amazon, and I think that Magoosh's stuff is generally way better than Kraplan and (we stole our name from) Princeton Review.
u/inSeason · 4 pointsr/GRE

Just going to play devil's advocate here. I've never bought any tutoring from Brian. The only experience I have with Brian is reading his comments/posts on the GRE subreddit, reading his GRE tutorial, and his GRE Vocab Book. Although his vocabulary book is hot garbage, his GRE comments are generally insightful and his free GRE tutorial is actually spot on. I've been following this community for about a year and his recommendations are usually pretty good. Not as good as gregmat but no one can really live up to the enigma that is GregMat.

Looking through your purported "evidence" I don't see any foul play here. It is at minimum true that Brian has tutored for 15 years, I don't think that anyone was under the preconceived notion that Brian has been tutoring the LSAT specifically for that amount of time.

Further, I've done practice material from the LSAT, the GRE, and the GMAT and I've got to say that there is a lot of transfer between tests. I'm reasonably certain with minimal effort that I could score decently high on the GMAT or LSAT as I have on the GRE. Even if Brian has less experience with the LSAT, his knowledge is still very valuable for the LSAT because many of these strategies/techniques are transferable between tests.

If you wanted to bash the way Brian incessantly avers his Harvard degree and his absurd tutoring prices, then I think the whole community would get behind that (Why most GRE prep material suck). But I cannot stand by and see a man's clear talent for standardized tests be the object of reproach in this way.

u/gregmat · 1 pointr/GRE

Smart move taking the diagnostic first. Here's what I recommend you do in a step-by-step fashion:

  • Go through the ETS Math Review Guide. Make sure you know ALL of the concepts in here and complete all of the exercises, even if they seem easy. The only thing you can probably skip is the "box plot" section.

  • Go through your diagnostic test with a fine-tooth comb and try to determine precisely what your weaknesses are. You can break down math questions in four general categories: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data. Try to determine which of the four your strong at and which of the four you're not so good at.

  • Obtain all of the official practice material, most of which you can find in the Super Power Pack. I would also recommend that you obtain the Old GREs because, although the math is a little bit easier, it has a ton of practice material (27 tests) that you can draw from.

  • Purchase the 5-lb Manhattan book for supplemental math practice. Just make sure you don't do the verbal in this book.

  • Start familiarizing yourself with some of the more common math strategies like Choosing Numbers and Periodically Stopping.

  • Create a practice test schedule. When will you take your next practice test? When will you take the one after that? We use practice tests to gauge progress, so make sure you have a firm plan in place and that you take the practice test sessions carefully.

  • Use this subreddit as a resource. If you ever feel overwhelmed, just give us a holler.
u/Yamster80 · 2 pointsr/GRE

You're welcome!

Check out Vince Kotchian's guide for how to use Khan Academy (the bottom has links to specific sections of Khan Academy relevant for the GRE): https://vincekotchian.com/blog/gre/complete-gre-math-concept-list

Other free online material for Quant:

  1. Hooligan College (geared for GRE): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflITsiDy0WUxQhdd9VEBiA/playlists
  2. Greg Mat (he has plenty of other awesome GRE stuff on his site too and is very popular on here): https://www.gregmat.com/learn-quant

    Yes, there is a verbal-specific book from ETS (there's a quant one as well that can be bought online - you might be able to find them at a library or at a bookstore as well): https://smile.amazon.com/Official-Verbal-Reasoning-Practice-Questions-ebook/dp/B01NH09WNS/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=gre+official+verbal+questions&qid=1554581809&s=gateway&sr=8-3

    Best of luck!
u/GreenlightTestPrep · 1 pointr/GRE

Definitely take an official practice test first.

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. We have a GRE video course you might want to try.

Finally, it's a good idea to have some kind of Study Plan. We have a one here if you're interested.

Cheers,
Brent

u/andiebiscuit · 2 pointsr/GRE

I've been having the same issue! I felt discouraged because it felt like Magoosh assumed I had all these formulas and concepts already memorized and it was overwhelming to be thrown into difficult questions when I didn't even know how to divide exponents. I bought this book to refresh on basic algebra/geometry skills and so far I've felt a lot more confident about testing! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544631021/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Also, just practicing the GRE style of questions really does help because the test will never ask you in the basic form we are used to being tested on in math class. It's important to practice GRE questions because that's what we're going to see on the test and learning the nuances of what's really being asked of you helps you answer questions quicker! Gregmat has some great videos on the Quant section. Good luck!

u/brooksfosho · 1 pointr/GRE

Have you used any of the official ETS material? I'd recommend reading through their math review, hitting the paper-based practice test and the 2nd or 3rd edition guide, followed by the ETS quant practice book. You can't beat several hundred questions straight from the test-makers.

Manhattan 5lb would be a good source of practice once you've completed the other stuff. The 2nd edition guide + quant/verbal practice books all come in a pack on Amazon called "Super Power Pack." If you don't have any of them, I'd overnight it if possible.

Good luck.

u/LordBeWithYou · 2 pointsr/GRE

The Manhattan 5-lb book is amazingly cheap (sub $15) and has a really impressive weight to it. It's really helpful especially for the Quant section.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1941234518/ref=dp_ob_neva_mobile

Might be great if you don't want your whole gift to be about the GRE!

u/goodiereddits · 1 pointr/GRE

Here is a Magoosh blog post about average scores at top institutions.

Magoosh is a great resource, even just for information on the test if you are not interested in their packages. I cannot recommend them enough. I just started with 7Sage for LSAT, one of the highest rated LSAT prep programs available online, and so far my impression is that Magoosh was better overall. Interface, lessons, questions, everything.

Definitely pick up the official ETS prep book found here, and immediately. Burn through the review chapters in a couple sessions, then take both a written and computer based practice test (two of each are available with the ETS book). Now you will know where you currently stand, where you need to be, and how much more prep you will need.

u/DDS8395 · 2 pointsr/GRE

Found this comment:

Just took the test on Saturday and got 170V/168Q. Let me tell you a few things about prep:

1)DO NOT waste your time or money with Kaplan/Princeton/Barron's etc.. they are inadequate and full of distracting typos.

2)Do use Magoosh.com and/or the Manhattan course. They both come with top-notch instruction and lots of practice tests/questions. I actually used both. For even more practice questions (which you probably won't have time for at this point) check out the 5 lb book of questions.

3) Definitely memorize every word on the free Magoosh vocab flashcards. Knowing these words saved my verbal score.

4) For the love of all that is holy please use the official GRE book that is put out by ETS.

5) Do not ignore the essay. It requires a very specific type of writing. Even if you are a "good" writer you will be disappointed in your score unless you write the way they want you to. What you may not know is that every essay is graded by one computer reader and one human reader. For $13 you can actually have 2 essays graded by the exact algorithm the computer reader uses and you'll get an idea of where you stand.

u/burning_dark · 2 pointsr/GRE

If you're serious about studying, a month or two is enough. I got a 321 after prepping for a similar timeframe.

My recommended regime:

Start with the Official GRE Super Power Pack. This will give you the general book, verbal specific book and quant specific book. Work through each of them and do the 4 provided official tests when you see fit (2 are physical and 2 are online).

If you want to improve quant, then try out Magoosh. They're the gold standard for math prep and it's helpful to see the problem difficulty and average times, as well as getting experience working with the on-screen GRE calculator (this is a factor that not many people address).

Don't bother with Manhattan prep materials (too different from official material in difficulty and format). Just the two resources above should be enough.

u/ProtoSpaceTime · 2 pointsr/GRE

One additional consideration: as confirmed by their product descriptions, buying any of the 4th edition books gives you access to Manhattan Prep's 6 online practice GRE tests. The product descriptions of the new 5th edition books make no such promises. Manhattan sells the 6 practice tests for US $50; if you want both the books and the practice tests, it's cheaper to just buy the 4th edition books new on Amazon (while they last) and get the practice tests included for free.

Side note for anyone interested: I just saw that a new edition of the 5lb Book will be released on December 4th as well, and it's up for preorder on Amazon now. According to its description, the new edition "has been updated to include an online companion of lessons from Interact® for GRE, our revolutionary interactive, on-demand learning platform. In addition, the book now includes new mixed timed sets, a cheat sheet of key math rules, and micro drills to test individual skills." Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1506247598/

u/DrByrnesPhD · 2 pointsr/GRE

Your prose is excellent, but your arguments are weak. You offer many possible reasons that you hope to explain the decrease of business and the increase in litter and vandalism. But your reasons are not persuasive mainly because you are not developing any one of them in detail. When writing an analytical essay, you need to focus on a few points and develop them in full. You should not just throw in ideas without developing them, which will make your essay vague.

Another reason your essay is weak is that you do not provide plausible reasons for the decrease of business and the increase in litter and vandalism. You say that bad location and the lack of trash bins as possible reasons, but these reasons do not sound plausible given that the plaza has been there for some time and business was good in the past. Your fourth paragraph just repeats ideas in the second paragraph.

HOW TO IMPROVE

When responding to this type of causal arguments, you have to ask yourself whether the suggested event (the increase in skateboarders) is the genuine cause of the other event (the decrease in business). If the suggested event is a spurious cause, the conclusion (to increase business, we should prohibit skateboarding activity) is not warranted. That is, even if we eliminate skateboarding activity, business will not increase. To me, the most likely reason why this will happen is the popularity of internet shopping (real cause). People simply do not shop at brick and mortar places. Viewed in this way, the increase in skateboarders in the Plaza is not the cause, but actually the effect of the decreased business activity (causal reversal). If you want to know how to analyze GRE-type faulty arguments, this book should be useful: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MF455XK.

u/MeowTooMovement4Cats · 2 pointsr/GRE

Just got this book

Official GRE Super Power Pack, Second Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1260026396/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_7T82Cb79HS6B0

Do you recommend it?

u/NekuNamina · 1 pointr/GRE

Hello,
I haven't seen these videos but I do happen to have previously used a Princeton review GRE book that is chalked full of practice questions. I believe he could be referring to "Cracking the GRE Premium" here's a link to amazon so you can see the cover https://www.amazon.ca/Cracking-Premium-Practice-Tests-2016/dp/0804126038 hope this helps!

u/tta353 · 5 pointsr/GRE

You should read Narrative of a Life, his memoir, if you’re interested. This version below comes with Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in a Life of a Slave Girl—so good!! https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Frederick-Douglass-American-Incidents/dp/0679783288

u/friendswithseneca · 1 pointr/GRE

Congrats on the score!

Could you clarify for me that the big ETS guide refers to this?:

https://www.amazon.com/GRE-Practicing-Take-General-Test/dp/0446396001

I am in a similar situation in that I'm finishing my undergrad thesis first week of November (Aussie), and most of the US PhD programs have application deadlines in December...will have about 2 weeks to study for the GRE max

u/ghostofpennwast · 1 pointr/GRE

this is pretty popular as a compendium of old questions. you can pick it up at the library or buy it used on amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/lb-Book-GRE-Practice-Problems/dp/1937707296

u/phdthrowaway21 · 1 pointr/GRE

I used this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1259862410/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A1JKVWH22E85VP&psc=1

I've heard good things about the one you have, I just didn't want to drop the money on it. Isn't that for the old test?

u/rassae · 2 pointsr/GRE

They're the company that makes the GRE and a bunch of other tests. If you go to barnes and noble at the GRE section you can find this book https://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-General-Test-Third/dp/1259862410/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495162326&sr=8-1&keywords=ets+gre which was the one I was referencing!

u/chisquared95 · 1 pointr/GRE

Reading comprehension was my weak spot as well, and I started off only getting 60-70% of them correct. Even so, I spent a good amount of my study time reviewing my incorrect questions and really pinpointing why my answer was wrong, how my thought process failed to match up with that of the test-maker etc.

I ended up burning through the Official Guide and Verbal Reasoning books early in my preparation process, so this is when I began working through LSAT reading comprehension passages from previous exams. The earlier practice tests tend to be easier, while the later ones are more difficult. In any case, systemically going through these sets made me a lot more comfortable with long passages, as well as with answering main point/purpose, inference and analogy questions, since they tend to feature heavily on the LSAT.

The ETS Big Book has a collection of practice tests from the old GRE, so I used it for additional practice. It's also a great resource for text completion questions, although the format is slightly different.

All in all, I think the most important thing is recognizing what your specific weaknesses are and getting as much exposure to those as possible (for me, these were scientific articles, as well as questions where you have to choose more than one answer choice).

u/peachbreadmcat · 1 pointr/GRE

I used this book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1477650555

I heard from someone who used the Manhattan deck that the content is pretty much the same, so just pick one and stick with it. But this is hearsay, since I don't actually know their differences myself.

u/Scott_TargetTestPrep · 1 pointr/GRE

I have not used Varsity Tutors, so I am not certain of the difficulty of their questions versus actual GRE questions. However, unless you have already exhausted them, I suggest practicing official GRE questions from the GRE Official Guide. Your accuracy on those questions will give you a better idea of how prepared you are for GRE quant. If you find that you are struggling with official GRE questions, perhaps you may want to seek out a robust study resource to better help learn GRE quant. If you are unsure of which resources to use, you should check out sites such as Crush The GRE or GRE Prep Club.

u/ManWithQuestions9 · 1 pointr/GRE

>ETS material

Thank you for this. Is this an example of the ETS book(s) you are referring to?

u/pibcola · 2 pointsr/GRE

Probably score 315ish. Depending on how the verbal goes. I'd aim for a 165+ and 155 verbal for your 320. Focus on verbal this last week. I'd recommend getting the Official Verbal Practice Guide and just grinding thru it during the next week. Also keep memorizing vocab words.

u/TrapWolf · 1 pointr/GRE

It's alright, but shouldn't be the strength you're looking for. The most important thing that the GRE is looking for is your reading comprehension (RC).

One resource I cans suggest is the GMAT Review 12th Edition. You're not using it for the GMAT portion, but for the RC portion which is Ch 7.4 and Ch 8.4.

u/Plemer · 1 pointr/GRE
  1. Because it or the GMAT is required for any business school worth attending.
  2. Whenever you have at least a couple of months to study at least an hour a day. Also before fall application deadlines.
  3. https://smile.amazon.com/Official-GRE-Super-Power-Pack/dp/0071841814?sa-no-redirect=1
u/Sr_Laowai · 1 pointr/GRE

It's better in the sense that you get a video answer and explanation for every question, but if you have more than 2 months to study, you'll probably run out of questions. You can find a huge book of questions for cheap as a supplement. If you search for it you can probably find an electronic version somewhere. I did all of Magoosh and all of the 5 lb. Book. In the end, I met the minimum score I wanted, so it was worth it because I was accepted into my first choice... but god damn, fuck the GRE. I hope your death is quicker and less painful than mine haha.

u/Kindafunny2510 · 1 pointr/GRE

Hey it's a book by Manhattan Prep which has a LOT of practice questions.
https://www.amazon.com/Lb-Book-GRE-Practice-Problems/dp/1937707296/ref=nodl_

u/IvyAcademicPrep · 1 pointr/GRE

GRE books that don't contain official, actual GRE materials are hit or miss. No matter what resources you use to study, make sure that you are always using real, official GRE materials to study in addition to whatever else you use. For example, this and these.

u/ThrowAway334169165 · 2 pointsr/GRE

Yes. It didn’t have answer explanations. That’s one bad part of it. However I did spend time trying to understand why my answers were wrong. Sometimes looking at the percent of people who got a question correct will give you insight into why the question was so tricky. Maybe the right answer choice was trickily worded. Once you know what the correct answer is, it should be easier to justify it. There is always evidence in the passage for the correct answer. As for Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/GRE-Practicing-Take-General-Test/dp/0446396001

u/throawawayclap · 1 pointr/GRE

No, I heard someone one day talking about the ETS big book and I downloaded it. It’s this one here: https://www.amazon.com/GRE-Practicing-Take-General-Test/dp/0446396001

Where do you most recommend taking mock tests?

u/gjidfda · 2 pointsr/GRE

If you have a week:

  • Establish your strategies for each question type, adjust as you get more practice
  • Establish strategies for tackling a section: order to do questions in, how much time to spend on a question etc etc and adjust as you get more practice.

  • Buy the Offical GRE Verbal Reasoning Book, do all the questions and review/understand every question you got wrong or weren't 100% confident

  • I recommend doing practice sections w/ blind review: do a section, before checking answers go thru each question and A) check each problem you are very confident about B) circle each problem you can eliminate some answer but eventually guessed the best fitting one C) put an x next to any problem you are clueless about => first give yourself unlimited time and open notes to go thru B and C and then check your answers. If you got any questions of type A wrong => REVIEW CLOSELY THESE AS THEY ARE SHOWING A HOLE IN YOUR GRE THINKING

  • Do the Magoosh flashcard decks @ https://gre.magoosh.com/flashcards/vocabulary/decks |
    Try to get thru Basic VII. Write down any words you miss and review them when you have a break. The Magoosh vocab app is great too.

    So get the Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Book and Magoosh flashcard app and grind thru them. Do blind review, review mistakes, update strategies as you gain experience, and always note down any missed/new vocab words. That should get you 4 points.