GRE Preparation Tips
would be mainly relevant to working professionals who want to achieve high
scores, although others might also find it useful.
Some GRE
Preparation Tips:
· Managing
work and GRE preparation alongside is hectic, but doable. Start of by building
your vocabulary every day. Atlei has a
vocabulary flashcard app and a vocab builder app, which you can use on the go.
Also, GREedge has a nice vocabulary app, WordBot, which has pictures
corresponding to words, which makes word associations fun and easy to remember.
Make your own lists, either in paper or in Quizlet app. Wordnik.com is a great
online dictionary.
· With
vocabulary knowledge you can ace in SE and TC, but for RC you need a whole
lot preparation and practice. GRE is famous for its hard passages, and I lost
few points there. Not only practice RC questions, know the traps, and
simultaneously build a good reading habit by reading dense content, such as The
Hindu Opinions (they have a mobile app), The New Yorker, The Economist etc. Atlei
blog has a great curated list of passages which they add every month.
· Keep the
evenings for Math (that is my strategy, yours may be different) as after a day
of hard work you will feel groggy and sleepy so mugging up words wont be
fruitful
· For Quants,
practice as many questions as you can. Do not leave out any topics, although
you may leave Probability for the end as few questions come from them.
· If you buy Atlei,
try to watch the videos of Atlei according to your weak areas. Target to
complete all (yes, ALL) the questions from the Atlei package (There is around
550+ math and 500+ verbal) by the end of study plan.
· Revise, and
make note of your mistakes. You will have a lot of mistakes while you attempt
tests, but do not get demotivated by it. Instead, notice how you failed. Quants
are prone to even the silliest of the silly mistake which will make you hit
yourself! Stay calm, and notice how you failed, and create a list of your
failures. Before the next mock test, read up that list.
· For AWA’s,
first read the responses from the ETS official resources of AWA, and judge how
the scores are given. Then take a topic and write in timed conditions (30
mins), and review your work by someone else. I used to get them reviewed by
GREedge SFA’s. Remember this base rule: for Issue, write examples supporting
and disputing your position, and for Argument, “there is one plan, Attack!”
· Take mock
tests. Beginning from the penultimate week plan at least 5 full-length
mock tests having one day gap in between. So you give one FLT, analyze your
mistakes and study the next day and so on. You can get those FLT’s from Atlei,
one free FLT from Manhattan online, and two from ETS Powerprep. GREedge gives
you 4 full-length test and 20 short 1-hour tests. These mock tests are a must,
as it will build up your stamina.
· Study every
day to maintain regularity. Some days you might be stuck at office late, some
days you won’t feel to study. Even in those days do light prep, such as like
learning new words or reading passages.
· Do not
study at all on the previous day of your test. Read Atlei tips for the test day
from their blog and follow it.
· On the test
day, have a healthy breakfast and take some energy foods for the break (I took
chocolates, amazing mental boosters!). Remember, you will only get 10 minutes
of break after two AWA sessions and one test section. This ten minutes
effectively ends up into seven, as three minutes are gone in you signing out
and signing in and being frisked! (yes, they will frisk you much more than
airport standards). Reach early at the test center, and be calm and relaxed.
Always remember, every question is equal, so do not waste on a question too
much.
· If you have
time make a list of universities which you can apply depending on scores you
might get, which will be useful to select four universities ETS lets you send
scores for free, but you have to select them right after your test are over in
the test center.
· Make a plan, stick to it, and
you can score easily 320+.
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