How to Study for the GRE in 2 Days
So you’re taking the GRE in a couple of days and you have no idea where to start. It’s not an ideal situation, but it’s where you find yourself. What do you do?
Why Was My Official GRE Score Lower Than My Practice Scores?
If the title of this article applies to you, I’m sorry that your official GRE score surprised you! It happens to the best of us, and you’re allowed (and even encouraged) to take the GRE twice. But before you do, you should figure out why your official GRE score wasn’t as high as your practice scores.
Preparing for the GRE: What You’ll Really Learn
In a way, preparing for the GRE is your first graduate school experience. It can be infuriating. It can feel completely pointless and utterly unfair. But it can also teach you lessons that have nothing to do with the content—lessons that, if you let them, may stay with you for the rest of your life.
Top 10 Quick GRE Prep Tips
Do you have any of these common GRE issues? Here are two tips for each: one quick move you can make right away, and one longer-term change to help you study in the future.
Should I Take the GRE or GMAT?
If you’re wondering whether to take the GRE or GMAT, you’re probably getting ready to apply to business schools. In a lot of situations, it doesn’t matter very much which test you take! However, there are some critical differences between the two tests, and you don’t want to be surprised when it’s time to submit applications. Keep reading to learn how to make your GRE vs GMAT decision. Read more
GRE Essay Sample Prompts
The best way to get some GRE essay practice is to sit down and actually respond to some GRE essay sample prompts at home. Here are our favorite GRE essay sample prompts to get you started, along with some tips on how to write. For more, check out the Verbal Strategy Guide once you’re done! Read more
Top 7 GRE Essay Tips
With a little preparation, writing a GRE essay can be the easiest part of the test. These seven tips will help you stay relaxed and confident while writing the GRE issue essay and the GRE argument essay. Read more
GRE Sentence Equivalence: Practice Questions
Try these GRE Sentence Equivalence practice questions from the 5lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems to test your Sentence Equivalence skills. These five problems start simple, but the last few are as complex as anything you’ll see in an official GRE Sentence Equivalence problem. Read more
Top 10 GRE Vocabulary Tips
You might think you know how to memorize GRE vocabulary. However, a lot of what we learned in school about memorization—and about learning—has turned out to be inefficient or outright incorrect. There are faster and easier ways to learn GRE vocabulary than just staring at flashcards or repeating the words over and over, and they aren’t all obvious! Here are our best science-based GRE vocabulary tips for speeding up your vocabulary acquisition. Read more
Top 10 GRE Quantitative Comparisons Tips
Good news: GRE Quantitative Comparisons aren’t like anything you had to do in math class. Mastering these tricky problems is a quick way to improve your GRE Quant score without a ton of computation. Get started with our 10 best GRE Quantitative Comparison tips! Then, once you’re done reading, check out the GRE Math Strategy Guide for even more. Read more