Make sure you practice keeping to a time limit from the beginning For quant, in my actual test, it was heavily based on integer properties, algebra, geometry, and word problems and also of course, data interpretation, so make sure these are practiced to be completed quickly and practice that you’re able to test whether something is correct quickly and efficiently such as practicing “what if x was negative, what if x was a fraction, what is x is zero etc” I found this out 2 days before my test that there is a pattern to how they ask many of the verbal questions and once you realise this, you can mitigate the number of times you fall for their traps In particular, how they write their questions and what they are looking to test in each question. For the verbal component, I cannot stress enough how important it is to focus on the ETS content. one book for important concepts, one book for important practice questions etc) so when you’re revising you’re not constantly flicking through the different books to find things like I was. Set aside 4-5 notebooks that are labelled and dated chronologically and that each serve a specific purpose (e.g. So doing it from the start will help exponentially. I only started doing this around 1 and a half weeks out from the test and it greatly helped me on the test. Make sure you dedicate time to reviewing what you got incorrect and WHY you got it incorrect and keep revisiting the thought processes of why you are getting certain questions wrong and why your logic is incorrect. Learning this early will make you nail most SE questions and some TC questions as well (in my experience) and make your practice test scores higher which will improve your confidence which is key. Aim for 50-100 words a day and regular revision sessions (at least twice a week) because that was super stressful towards the end. I recommend to learn the Magoosh Vocab Flashcards and Barrons 1100 back to front from the start. I put off learning vocabulary until about 3 weeks before the exam which I would vehemently not recommend.
I used the Magoosh 90 Day Plan for the first 4 weeks before I realised that the plan was not for me as it was actually giving me anxiety about how much I didn’t know rather than helping focus on getting better. Focus on making a plan catered to your needs from the beginning. I studied around 3 hours a day after work during the week and then 6-8 hours a day on the weekends. Studied for 10 weeks with a break of about 2 weeks in the middle for Christmas and New Year
#GRE POWERPREP 2 QUANTITATIVE QUESTION PDF#
I used Magoosh and Manhattan and the Official Guide to study as well as the free online PDF versions of the Official ETS Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions and Quantitative Reasoning Practice Questions. My PowerPrep II scores almost made me cry but it shows what no rest and over-studying without breaks in the weeks leading up to the practice can do. I would put this down to over studying and not letting my brain rest as to why my scores did not steadily increase throughout the 10 weeks. PowerPrep II (3 days before test) - 154V, 155Q - 309Īs you can see my scores jumped back and forth and I ended up getting my best score on the day of the test. My practice tests, in chronological order, are as follows:
Sorry for writing so much but there are some things that I found out so late in the piece which I wish someone had told me so I’ll share them in hope that people don’t do the mistakes that I did
This forum really helped me through my study so hopefully I can help others as well.