Imagine studying only math for 3 hours a day, every day, for 3 or 4 months. Or practicing only Reading Comprehension and memorizing vocabulary words for that same amount of time.

A steady diet of either Quant or Verbal material for several months would not only be grueling but also counterproductive. If you studied Quant first and then Verbal, think about how much math you’d have forgotten by test day. Likewise, if you studied Verbal first, by test day you would risk having forgotten many of the vocabulary definitions you so assiduously memorized.

Remember, it’s not like you use much of the newly learned GRE material on a daily basis.

Thus, if large amounts of time elapse between seeing the difference of squares formula or recalling the definition of words like ubiquitous or rancor, do you think you’ll be able to easily recall those items on test day?

We highly recommend that you alternate between GRE Quant and Verbal topics. For example, you might spend a week working through the Ratios chapter in Quant, and the next week you’d work on strengthening and weakening an argument in Verbal.

Warmest regards,

Scott Woodbury-Stewart
Founder & CEO, Target Test Prep