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Second Time Taking GRE
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14 Jul 2016, 18:16
14 Jul 2016, 18:16
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Hi,
I needed some advice with the GRE Quant section. I have worked through all Magoosh Questions, ETS Books and taken the ETS online exams and taken all 5 manhattan test online last year. Now i'm studying again for the GRE and currently going through the 5LB Manhattan Prep book for Quant. I realized that I'll get a question wrong and circle the question in the book to go back and redo every question that I have done that I got wrong. I realized that once I go back to some of the questions I'll forget how to solve them. How can I prevent this? I have kept an error log and when reviewing I understand what I did wrong and what the solution is doing. However, If i go back to a question that I have not seen in two weeks I tend to get it wrong again or forgot how to do it. Should I be writing in my log how the question is solved and review it before attempting the question? In addition, I did the square root section in the GRE 5LB Quant book two weeks ago and when I went back today I realized that I'm forgetting the strategies for square roots or how to solve some of those questions. How do you truly master this material if you keep forgetting a concept or something you did two weeks ago. I remember when I took the GRE the first time I struggled on some of those harder square root questions and i know if i got those questions again I would get them wrong. How do I combat this? Please provide help I have spent countless hours studying and now I feel like I can never achieve a 165 on the Quant Section.
I needed some advice with the GRE Quant section. I have worked through all Magoosh Questions, ETS Books and taken the ETS online exams and taken all 5 manhattan test online last year. Now i'm studying again for the GRE and currently going through the 5LB Manhattan Prep book for Quant. I realized that I'll get a question wrong and circle the question in the book to go back and redo every question that I have done that I got wrong. I realized that once I go back to some of the questions I'll forget how to solve them. How can I prevent this? I have kept an error log and when reviewing I understand what I did wrong and what the solution is doing. However, If i go back to a question that I have not seen in two weeks I tend to get it wrong again or forgot how to do it. Should I be writing in my log how the question is solved and review it before attempting the question? In addition, I did the square root section in the GRE 5LB Quant book two weeks ago and when I went back today I realized that I'm forgetting the strategies for square roots or how to solve some of those questions. How do you truly master this material if you keep forgetting a concept or something you did two weeks ago. I remember when I took the GRE the first time I struggled on some of those harder square root questions and i know if i got those questions again I would get them wrong. How do I combat this? Please provide help I have spent countless hours studying and now I feel like I can never achieve a 165 on the Quant Section.
Re: Second Time Taking GRE
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16 Jul 2016, 04:33
16 Jul 2016, 04:33
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GREhelp wrote:
Hi,
I needed some advice with the GRE Quant section. I have worked through all Magoosh Questions, ETS Books and taken the ETS online exams and taken all 5 manhattan test online last year. Now i'm studying again for the GRE and currently going through the 5LB Manhattan Prep book for Quant. I realized that I'll get a question wrong and circle the question in the book to go back and redo every question that I have done that I got wrong. I realized that once I go back to some of the questions I'll forget how to solve them. How can I prevent this? I have kept an error log and when reviewing I understand what I did wrong and what the solution is doing. However, If i go back to a question that I have not seen in two weeks I tend to get it wrong again or forgot how to do it. Should I be writing in my log how the question is solved and review it before attempting the question? In addition, I did the square root section in the GRE 5LB Quant book two weeks ago and when I went back today I realized that I'm forgetting the strategies for square roots or how to solve some of those questions. How do you truly master this material if you keep forgetting a concept or something you did two weeks ago. I remember when I took the GRE the first time I struggled on some of those harder square root questions and i know if i got those questions again I would get them wrong. How do I combat this? Please provide help I have spent countless hours studying and now I feel like I can never achieve a 165 on the Quant Section.
I needed some advice with the GRE Quant section. I have worked through all Magoosh Questions, ETS Books and taken the ETS online exams and taken all 5 manhattan test online last year. Now i'm studying again for the GRE and currently going through the 5LB Manhattan Prep book for Quant. I realized that I'll get a question wrong and circle the question in the book to go back and redo every question that I have done that I got wrong. I realized that once I go back to some of the questions I'll forget how to solve them. How can I prevent this? I have kept an error log and when reviewing I understand what I did wrong and what the solution is doing. However, If i go back to a question that I have not seen in two weeks I tend to get it wrong again or forgot how to do it. Should I be writing in my log how the question is solved and review it before attempting the question? In addition, I did the square root section in the GRE 5LB Quant book two weeks ago and when I went back today I realized that I'm forgetting the strategies for square roots or how to solve some of those questions. How do you truly master this material if you keep forgetting a concept or something you did two weeks ago. I remember when I took the GRE the first time I struggled on some of those harder square root questions and i know if i got those questions again I would get them wrong. How do I combat this? Please provide help I have spent countless hours studying and now I feel like I can never achieve a 165 on the Quant Section.
Hi,
Two scenarios are possible based on your response to following question.
Do you have this problem with a few particular topics or is it happening with all the topics?
1. Few topics: If the problem is limited to a few topics then it might be that you have a weak foundation of fundamental topics. For example if you are particularly weak at Square Roots it might be indicative of the fact that your basic skills on square roots need polishing.
2. This happens to all topics: When I say all topics I mean that your performance is very different in the same sections when attempted at a different time. Typically this is caused by lack of test taking practice.
Both of these problems are quite solvable but require extensive hard work. It is very important for you to identify if your mistakes are limited to a few topics or they are more wide spread.
Regards
PS: Do not try to memorize problem solving strategies. Try to understand them. Play with them. That is the only way you comprehend the problems.
Second Time Taking GRE
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21 Jul 2022, 22:37
21 Jul 2022, 22:37
GREhelp wrote:
Hi,
I needed some advice with the GRE Quant section. I have worked through all Magoosh Questions, ETS Books and taken the ETS online exams and taken all 5 manhattan test online last year. Now i'm studying again for the GRE and currently going through the 5LB Manhattan Prep book for Quant. I realized that I'll get a question wrong and circle the question in the book to go back and redo every question that I have done that I got wrong. I realized that once I go back to some of the questions I'll forget how to solve them. How can I prevent this? I have kept an error log and when reviewing I understand what I did wrong and what the solution is doing. However, If i go back to a question that I have not seen in two weeks I tend to get it wrong again or forgot how to do it. Should I be writing in my log how the question is solved and review it before attempting the question? In addition, I did the square root section in the GRE 5LB Quant book two weeks ago and when I went back today I realized that I'm forgetting the strategies for square roots or how to solve some of those questions. How do you truly master this material if you keep forgetting a concept or something you did two weeks ago. I remember when I took the GRE the first time I struggled on some of those harder square root questions and i know if i got those questions again I would get them wrong. How do I combat this? Please provide help I have spent countless hours studying and now I feel like I can never achieve a 165 on the Quant Section.
I needed some advice with the GRE Quant section. I have worked through all Magoosh Questions, ETS Books and taken the ETS online exams and taken all 5 manhattan test online last year. Now i'm studying again for the GRE and currently going through the 5LB Manhattan Prep book for Quant. I realized that I'll get a question wrong and circle the question in the book to go back and redo every question that I have done that I got wrong. I realized that once I go back to some of the questions I'll forget how to solve them. How can I prevent this? I have kept an error log and when reviewing I understand what I did wrong and what the solution is doing. However, If i go back to a question that I have not seen in two weeks I tend to get it wrong again or forgot how to do it. Should I be writing in my log how the question is solved and review it before attempting the question? In addition, I did the square root section in the GRE 5LB Quant book two weeks ago and when I went back today I realized that I'm forgetting the strategies for square roots or how to solve some of those questions. How do you truly master this material if you keep forgetting a concept or something you did two weeks ago. I remember when I took the GRE the first time I struggled on some of those harder square root questions and i know if i got those questions again I would get them wrong. How do I combat this? Please provide help I have spent countless hours studying and now I feel like I can never achieve a 165 on the Quant Section.
Hello,
See, the GRE Quantitative Reasoning section tests concepts that you likely learned during school. You need to be very familiar with the concepts, i.e., knowing which formulas to use, and using them in the correct context. In that case, you can keep a formula book (you can get them free on the internet or create your own formula book) and go through the concepts daily (at least for 1 hour).
I think that would make you more familiar with the Quants Section.
You can refer to these links for your preparation -
https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/gre-prep- ... 28495.html and https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/gre-prepa ... 23084.html
I hope this helps.
Good Luck
