What’s a Good GRE Score?
Any answer to the “what’s a good GRE score?” question should come with a disclaimer. Do you want a good GRE score for a PhD program in medieval history, or for an EMBA at your state university? Do you have weak college grades but ten years of work experience, or are you a current student with a 4.0 GPA? The real question to ask is “what’s a good GRE score for me?”—and the simple answer is, a good score is whatever score will impress the programs you’re applying to! Read more
Your GRE Study Calendar
Studying for the GRE on your own? Load up your GRE study calendar right now—it’s time to get organized. Read more
GRE Work Problems
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Problems involving work and rates can be a problem for many test-takers, but with a clear method to set them up and a little clever plugging in, you can learn to knock them out efficiently and accurately. Read more
How to Maximize Your Vocab Prep
What are the best ways to study vocabulary on the GRE? I’ve compiled my top strategies for getting the most out of your GRE Vocab prep.
Also, be sure to check out our GRE Word of the Day Vocab Series on YouTube!
How to Study: Reviewing a GRE Practice Test
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You’ve been studying for the GRE for a while now, and you’ve taken at least two GRE practice tests. (If not, start with this article instead!) Last time, we started discussing how to review a GRE practice test at a high level. This time, we’ll go even further: you can learn something from every single question on your GRE practice test. Here’s how. Read more
How to Actually Do Combinatorics Problems on the GRE
Combinatorics—it’s a word none of us can say and none of us had ever heard of before we started studying for the GRE. It’s a fancy word that just means “the number of possibilities” or “all the ways something could go” (my definitions).
Using the Computer to Your Advantage on the GRE
The fact that the GRE is administered on a computer is tough for a number of reasons—you can’t mark up the passages on the Reading Comprehension sections, for instance. It can also be visually tiring to stare intently at a screen for four hours (though many of us are used to this from doing so at work all day).
But there are also reasons why taking a test on the computer can be a good thing. Let’s take a look. Read more
Can You Skip Questions on the GRE?
The GRE is a typical standardized test in some regards. For one, it’s a test of endurance—you will be sitting there for around four hours. It’s also typical in that it is a test of speed—you will face significant time pressure. And it’s a test of skill, of course—you will be tested on content that graduate schools have deemed relevant to their admissions decisions.
Should I Cancel My GRE Score?
When you finish taking the GRE, you’ll be given an option to cancel your score. This may sound like a nice option—if you really think you did terribly, it’s not too late to pretend the whole thing never happened, right? Yes, you can cancel your GRE score. But cancelling your score is not always the best course of action.
What You Do Not Need to Know for the GRE
There’s a pretty complete list of GRE study topics available at the ETS’s website. Here’s the list for Quant, and here’s where to find the corresponding lists for Verbal. These lists can show you what content you definitely need to know for the GRE. But, in this article, I’d like to complement them by doing the opposite: show you what you may think you need to learn for the GRE, but really don’t.