Read these.

Regards

Hi Abuzar,

I’m glad you reached out, and I’m happy to help. First off, you don’t give up on the GRE!! If you can follow a realistic timeline and an effective study plan, you CAN improve your GRE score. Before providing specific advice, I’d like to learn more about your situation with the GRE. I have some questions:

1) How many practice GREs have you taken? Please list the dates on which you’ve taken any practice GREs, the total scores, and the quant and verbal scores, as well as how you were feeling while taking the tests. Also, please tell me where these tests came from (ex: ets.org).

2) Please describe how you have been studying. For how many hours a day have you been studying and for how many months? What resources have you been using?

3) To what programs will you be applying? What are the deadlines for these programs?

4) By when would you LIKE to take the GRE? By when MUST you take the GRE?

5) What is your GRE score goal?

Once I learn a bit more about you, I can provide some detailed advice.

Also, you may find it helpful to read this article about how to score a 330+ on your GRE.

Hi Sir , PLEASE check your messages

Hi Sir, Thank you so much for showing concern I will try to answer each question separately

1) I have not taken any full length GRE test before. I attended a tution centre which is quite famous for GRE preparation here. I gave 300$ for 16 classes fee which were expanded over period of 1.5 months. Classes happened on weekends only. 16 Mocks are included in that course but I Have not attempted any yet because I feel that I am not prepared for them. Yes there were some mini mocks of separate sections. I attempted those and scored 40% or 50% in each of them. I found them quite difficult so my instructor suggested me to solve some easy level practice questions and I did some practice questions of quants like 300 questions of algebra, number properties. and in those sets if each set contained 50 questions , i was able to solve 37 correct at least. My instructor suggested me to solve easy level questions of each section then do mocks.

2) So I first study theory of manhattan's prep to understand concept and then solve some questions which are given in check your skills sections. I covered each topic of quant like this and I am now on geometr leaving Rate and distance concept left after this. I am about to graduate so I am home these days and try to spend as much time as I can to study. I learn 50 words of vocab every day and cover one topic of quant by reading theory and solving some basic questions as I mentioned before so I can say I study around 3 to 4 hours on 5 days of week. I have been doing this for about 2 months

I have been using manhattan for quant and preparing words using vocab list which my instructor provided.


3) I will be applying in MBA program and M Phill Education leadership n management. Last date to apply is 8th feb


4) Honestly Speaking, I am quite exhausted now I feel like I am not good enough for this. I want to take it as soon as possible as I just want to get done with it. I have tried enough I guess. Well I can take it by 1st feb


5) I intended to score 320+ because average score for MBA program in my desired university was 320 last year But I believe I will hardly touch 300 figure.


Saying all this I would be so thankful to you if you read all this and understand my situation as I am in no position of spending more money on its preparation. I have done BBA( Hons) AND i Had no idea this would be this much difficult for me.


Regards

Hi Abuzar,

Thank you for the detailed response. So, the first thing that you need to do is to take an ETS practice exam, so we can determine your baseline GRE score. Once I know how far you are from your score goal, I can provide some further advice.

Hang in there, my friend. Yes, studying for the GRE can be frustrating. Try to keep your spirits up, OK?

Reach back out once you’ve completed the practice exam, and we can take things from there.

Hi sir, I attempted ets first mock test today,
scored 142 in verbal n 147 in quant

Thank you for following up. Clearly, you will have to put in some major prep to improve your quant and verbal scores and hit your 320 score goal. Would you like some further advice on how to prep moving forward?

Yes sir, It would be a great help.

Thanks in advance

Thanks @Scott for your valuable guidance on this topic. Your guidance will definitely help many others in this forum. Thanks for being a part of this community

My pleasure, @pranab01. I’m always happy to help!

Hi Abuzar,

Thank you for following up. So, your V142/Q147 score indicates that you lack the necessary quant and verbal fundamentals for a high GRE score. Thus, it’s imperative that you follow an organized and linear study plan, so that you can methodically improve your quant and verbal skills. Within each GRE topic, begin with the foundations and progress toward more advanced concepts.

For example, if you are learning about Number Properties, you should develop as much conceptual knowledge about Number Properties as possible. In other words, your goal will be to completely understand properties of factorials, perfect squares, quadratic patterns, LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, and remainders, to name a few concepts. After carefully reviewing the conceptual underpinnings of how to answer Number Properties questions, you will want to practice by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties. When you do dozens of questions of the same type one after the other, you learn just what it takes to get questions of that type correct consistently. If you aren't getting close to 90 percent of questions of a certain type correct, go back and seek to better understand how that type of question works, and then do more questions of that type until you get to around at least 90 percent accuracy in your training. If you get 100 percent of some sets correct, even better. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.

When you are working on learning to answer questions of a particular type, start off taking your time, and then seek to speed up as you get more comfortable answering questions of that type. As you do such practice, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get right. If you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question? By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to efficiently fix your weaknesses and in turn improve your GRE quant skills.

Each time you strengthen your understanding of a topic and your skill in answering questions of a particular type, you increase your odds of hitting your score goal. You know that there are types of questions that you are happy to see and types that you would rather not see, and types of questions that you take a long time to answer correctly. Learn to more effectively answer the types of questions that you would rather not see, and make them into your favorite types. Learn to correctly answer in 1 minute and 45 seconds or less questions that you currently take five minutes to answer. By finding, say, a dozen weaker quant areas and turning them into strong areas, you will make great progress toward hitting your quant score goal. If a dozen areas turn out not to be enough, strengthen some more areas.

When studying verbal, as your vocabulary improves, your GRE verbal score very likely will improve. With that said, vocabulary on the GRE is a beast, and learning such a vast number of GRE vocab words will take many hours. Thus, you will want to find a large, reputable vocab list and study the heck out of it. Yes, the process of memorizing thousands of words is tedious and boring, but if your competition is memorizing 2,000 to 3,000 vocab words, then you must do the same or more! However, memorizing vocab words is just a part of the battle. After improving your vocab, you need to improve your skills at answering Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence questions.

When answering a single-sentence Text Completion question, for instance, you need to understand what the sentence is trying to say. In other words, you need to understand the logic of the sentence, the important clues that indicate what word or words are needed to complete the sentence. In problems that involve two or three sentences, you also need to understand the relationships between the sentences. There are always important clues to guide you in the existing sentences. Understanding the context around the blanks is the most important thing you can do. Likewise when answering Sentence Equivalence questions, focus on the BIG PICTURE or context clues that are provided in the sentence. If you can accurately assess the context of what you are reading, you will have a better shot at selecting the appropriate vocab word to complete the sentence.

While learning to effectively answer completion questions, you must also improve your Reading Comprehension skills. In that case, your ability to understand the logic of what you are reading matters even more. All Reading Comprehension passages involve arguments, so you must strive to understand what the point of each argument is. You also should understand that the main parts of the argument in the multi-paragraph passages are the different paragraphs, while the main parts of the argument in the single-paragraph passages are the sentences. Understanding how the different parts fit together, in each instance, is one of your more important tasks. Furthermore, as you practice Reading Comprehension, focus on the exact types of questions with which you struggle: Find the Main Idea, Inference, Author’s Tone, etc. Analyze your incorrect answers, and try to understand why the answer you picked was wrong.

To correctly answer single-paragraph passages, as mentioned above, you will need to be able to analyze the relationship between sentences. Furthermore, you need to ensure that you you fully understand the essence of the various single-paragraph question types. Do you know the importance of an assumption within an argument? Can you easily spot a conclusion? Do you know how to resolve a paradox? Do you know how to properly evaluate cause and effect? Do you know how to properly weaken or strengthen an argument? These are just a few examples; you really need to take a deep dive into the individual topics to develop the necessary skills to properly attack these types of Reading Comprehension questions.

Finally, keep in mind that GRE Reading Comprehension passages are not meant to be easy to read, so to better prepare yourself to tackle such passages, read magazines with similar challenging content and style, such as the Economist, Scientific American, and Smithsonian.

To follow the approach outlined above, you may consider using an online self-study course, so check out some reviews of the top prep courses [url=https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/] here on GRE Prep Club.

Please reach out with any further questions.

Good luck!

tnks for this! good discussion

My pleasure!