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How much can I improve?
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12 Aug 2020, 12:53
12 Aug 2020, 12:53
Hello everyone,
After studying for around two months, I have taken PP1 and scored 159V and 160Q. Actually, before I tried to complete just the quantitative part and scored 163. I believe the reason why my first score was higher is because I took the complete mock exam at 9 pm after working and studying all day. I have to say that the quantitative mistakes I have made were really stupid.
Nevertheless, after two months of studying, I am not satisfied with the results. I am applying for Business PhDs and my dream school has an average of 326. I will be trying to take GRE at the beginning of September to see how the tests is but I wouldn't want to repeat GRE more than twice.
I am enrolled in the Target Test Prep quantitative course now and before I finished the Manhattan 5lb, did some of Magoosh quantitative questions, and took a one-month class to prepare for GRE quantitative (this was pretty useless). The hard questions of the TTP course should be comparable to the real exam ones, right?
For Verbal, instead, I have watched some videos by GregMat on youtube and I am trying to memorize vocabularies. However, I have an issue with RC. I am a non-native English speaker and before I took IELTS and score 8.5/9 in the reading part but GRE's RC is completely different. Sometimes I read the texts and feel like I do not understand what's written at all. Do you have any advices on how I can improve? Any strategies? I have tried to summarise the text in my own words but it has not worked for me.
Moreover, in 20 days how much can I improve from my current score? Any advices? I am currently scoring between 85% to 100% in the TTP's end of the chapters' exercises.
Thank you!
After studying for around two months, I have taken PP1 and scored 159V and 160Q. Actually, before I tried to complete just the quantitative part and scored 163. I believe the reason why my first score was higher is because I took the complete mock exam at 9 pm after working and studying all day. I have to say that the quantitative mistakes I have made were really stupid.
Nevertheless, after two months of studying, I am not satisfied with the results. I am applying for Business PhDs and my dream school has an average of 326. I will be trying to take GRE at the beginning of September to see how the tests is but I wouldn't want to repeat GRE more than twice.
I am enrolled in the Target Test Prep quantitative course now and before I finished the Manhattan 5lb, did some of Magoosh quantitative questions, and took a one-month class to prepare for GRE quantitative (this was pretty useless). The hard questions of the TTP course should be comparable to the real exam ones, right?
For Verbal, instead, I have watched some videos by GregMat on youtube and I am trying to memorize vocabularies. However, I have an issue with RC. I am a non-native English speaker and before I took IELTS and score 8.5/9 in the reading part but GRE's RC is completely different. Sometimes I read the texts and feel like I do not understand what's written at all. Do you have any advices on how I can improve? Any strategies? I have tried to summarise the text in my own words but it has not worked for me.
Moreover, in 20 days how much can I improve from my current score? Any advices? I am currently scoring between 85% to 100% in the TTP's end of the chapters' exercises.
Thank you!
Re: How much can I improve?
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12 Aug 2020, 13:46
12 Aug 2020, 13:46
Expert Reply
Hi,
and welcome home. First off, your score is on par even for the top tires BS see here for reference https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/the-gre-a ... 15633.html
In such short amount of time could be daunting because people DO NOT understand that half of the verbal section is just RC. Moreover, the gRE is a verbal test and not quant.
1) Quant see our quant book https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/gre-math- ... -2609.html. It has also question to train every specific area of contents
Also all our free resources https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/gre-quant ... 18001.html
https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/gre-quant ... -3523.html
https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/free-gre- ... 18796.html
2) Verbal
See my collection of videos from MGRE by Ron https://1drv.ms/u/s!AkI6k2MqJPfW5EfQKK- ... n?e=zpZvv9
The real problem is that to improve Rc you must improve your level of English
Ask for more assistance
and welcome home. First off, your score is on par even for the top tires BS see here for reference https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/the-gre-a ... 15633.html
In such short amount of time could be daunting because people DO NOT understand that half of the verbal section is just RC. Moreover, the gRE is a verbal test and not quant.
1) Quant see our quant book https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/gre-math- ... -2609.html. It has also question to train every specific area of contents
Also all our free resources https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/gre-quant ... 18001.html
https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/gre-quant ... -3523.html
https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/free-gre- ... 18796.html
2) Verbal
See my collection of videos from MGRE by Ron https://1drv.ms/u/s!AkI6k2MqJPfW5EfQKK- ... n?e=zpZvv9
The real problem is that to improve Rc you must improve your level of English
Ask for more assistance
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Re: How much can I improve?
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06 Aug 2021, 05:17
06 Aug 2021, 05:17
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Hi october14th,
I'm happy to see that you used TTP! How did things go with your GRE?
I'm happy to see that you used TTP! How did things go with your GRE?
