GRE Best Practices Leading Up to Test Day
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So. You’ve put in the hours. You’ve studied for weeks. You’ve practiced Vocab, drilled Sentence Equivalence, memorized your right triangles, learned your equations. You can calculate the area of a circle at the drop of a hat.
Now all you have to do is take the test. Read more
How to Study for the GRE: The First Two Weeks (Part 1)
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Not sure where to start? Here’s how to handle the first two weeks of your GRE journey. Read more
Data Interpretation: Start by Understanding the Graph
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In each Quant section on the GRE, you’ll see three questions that ask about a graph or pair of graphs; these are the Data Interpretation (DI) questions. All three questions usually refer to the same graph(s) and show up about two-thirds of the way through the section. Read more
Combating Careless GRE Math Mistakes
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Careless GRE Math Mistakes Cost Points
If you scored a 158 on your GRE Quant, you likely missed around 10-15 of the 40 questions you saw. A few of those may have been ones you didn’t know how to do. A few may have been ones you didn’t have enough time to solve. How many do you think were “careless GRE math mistakes”? 1 or 2? 5 or 6? Read more
How Many Practice Tests Should I Take Before the GRE?
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Practice tests are like cupcakes. Having one or two is great, but if you go through the entire batch too quickly, you’ll end up regretting it.
Before you decide how many GRE practice tests you’ll take, let’s talk about why we take practice tests. There are two good reasons to take a practice GRE: Read more
GRE Word Problems: Favorite Tricks and Traps
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The GRE is a fair test. GRE word problems will always give you enough info to turn the words into the right equations. However, that doesn’t mean they’ll make the translation easy or obvious! To make tough GRE word problems tougher, the test writers use certain words and phrases that they know are frequently misinterpreted. This makes you more likely to write down the incorrect equations and more likely to get the problem wrong. Read more
First-Time GRE Mistakes
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Taking a practice test is one of the most important first steps that you can take as you embark on studying for the GRE—even (especially) if you feel totally unprepared or anxious about doing so. Confronting this anxiety can be an important hurdle to overcome. You’ll also likely find some surprises in your results, both positive and negative, that will shape your study plan. Read more
GRE Verbal is Not a Rorschach Test
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GRE Verbal is Not a Rorschach Test
What do you see in the image above? A butterfly? A twisty rollercoaster? Your mother’s disapproval? Read more
What to Bring to the GRE
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Congratulations—it’s almost test day! Do you know what to bring to the GRE (and what you should leave at home)? Read more
When to Stop Studying for the GRE
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Studying for the GRE might be one of the hardest things that you’ll ever do. It may even be harder than some of your graduate school classes! Read more