90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused)

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90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused)

BY MIKE MGARRY ON MARCH 5, 2012 IN STUDY GUIDES AND PLANS
Before You Begin: This study schedule was updated in June 2015. If you began prepping with this schedule
before June 2015, we recommend that you complete your prep with the same schedule that you started with.
You can find the previous version of this study plan here.
Questions about the revised schedule? If youre a Magoosh Premium GRE student, send us an email at
help@magoosh.com. Not a Magoosh student yet? Leave a comment on this post, and well get back to you.
Do you need to adapt this study schedule to meet your needs? Check out this blog post for adjustment tips!
Bonus: This study schedule is also available in a redesigned, printable version!
Before you begin, check out some strategies for making the most of your study schedule.
OK, you are starting more or less from scratch, and you want to prepare for the GRE in 90 days. You need a
strategic plan to organize yourself. I designed four different versions of the 90 Day Plan, and I need you to start
with a little self-diagnosis. Which sounds most like you?
90 Day GRE Study Plan for Beginners: Help! Math and verbal both scare the living bejeebers out of me! I
need all the help and support I can get! Help!
90 Day GRE Study Plan (Math Focused): I have a natural affinity with the verbal, but the math is far less
intuitive for me. I would like to focus more there.
90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused): Me a math nerd. Me think all math easy. Me have big
verbal problems. One day, me will talk good.
90 Day GRE Study Plan for Advanced Students: I actually feel reasonably comfortable with math & verbal; if
I took the test today, Id get around 310-320 combined score. Im interested in refining my understanding
and getting into the 320s region in the next twelve weeks.
You should follow this plan if math is something that has always come easily to you, especially if you majored in
something especially mathematical in college, such as Physics or Engineering. This plan is a particularly good
choice if you are a mathematical/techie type and English is not your first language. This plan will focus on the
Verbal lessons and, in lieu of watching Math lesson videos, which would be mostly review for you, it will include
a good deal of higher level math practice.
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Essential Materials:
Magoosh GRE Prep
ETSs Official Guide to the GRE book (+ our free video explanations)
ETSs PowerPrep Software: If you would prefer to take the practice test on paper, you can print out ETSs
practice test PDF (with video explanations here). Take note that the PowerPrep software and the
paper-based test have overlapping material, so it wont be of much help to do both, unless you space them
out far enough so that you wont recognize the questions and answers! I recommend using the PowerPrep
software if you can, since taking the test on a computer is a better simulation of exam day conditions. You
can now use PowerPrep for Mac.
Magooshs online GRE Vocabulary Flashcards and GRE Math Flashcards. Theyre free and you can use them
on the web, on your iPhone/iPad or Android.
The Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning Practice Questions, for additional math practice
The Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions, for additional verbal practice
The Manhattan GRE 5 lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems (either edition): in addition to Magoosh problems,
you will also do a great deal of math practice in this book. Among other things, the code in the back of this
book will give you access to an extra bank of online practice problems, which you can also do if you want
even more practice.
Any one volume of the Manhattan GRE books. The purpose of getting one book, any book in the series, is to
get the code in the back, to register and get access to six GRE tests online. You will need that code for the
practice tests in this plan.
The GMAT Official Guide. You DO NOT need the most up-to-date edition. In fact, I recommend getting an
earlier edition (e.g. OG13 or OG12), which you probably can find used for a fraction of the cost of the
newest edition. You are going to use this as a bank of additional math practice problems.
Reading material: this may be any non-fiction scholarly book, history and social science preferable. You may
also choose one of the recommended sources: Scientific American, Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker,
National Geographic, The Economist, or The New York Times (a Sunday subscription is a great idea!). You
are reading (a) to build your reading comprehension skills, (b) to refine your understanding of grammar and
usage, and (c) to expand your vocabulary.
a journal or notebook (yes, a physical hard copy item)
Notecards
Supplemental/Optional Materials:
Any of the steps listed in the schedule for the materials below are purely for extra practice, so they are to be
done as optional tasks if you have extra time.
Quizlet.com: gives you online access to flashcards, making it easier, say, to quiz yourself on your mobile
device
Vocabulary.com: provides conversational example sentences and a flood of example sentences
Word Dynamo (Dictionary.com): give you little quizzes & games to add some variety to vocab learning
Magoosh iPhone/Android app, for mobile practice
Bonus: Watch this video for tips on how to use Magooshs GRE study schedules.
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A note on learning GRE vocabulary: first of all, its important not only to learn the literal dictionary definition
(the denotation), but also to understand the metaphorical use of the word in context (the connotation). For
example, the word opaque literally means not transparent, but metaphorically it can means hard to
understand or, describing a person, it can mean thick-headed, stupid. Ultimately, you should strive to learn
both the denotation and the connotation of each word.
Daily review of vocab is vital. I wrote this schedule recommending the Magooshs GRE Flashcards, but DO NOT
limit yourself to just these words. AS YOU READ and find more words you dont know, look them up, make flash
cards (including context), and make your own flashcard decks. You could have one pile for words whose
denotation you are trying to master, another containing words for which you know the denotation but not the
connotation, and a done stack that gets reviewed only rarely.
A note on the prep books: Dont write in any of the test prep books, because for any of them, after a period of
time you may want to go back and do a problem again that you havent seen for a while. You can only start it
fresh if the page is free of your marks.
A note on repeating material: This schedule is fairly intensive, and if you follow it to the T, you will run out
of practice questions or certain question types from the bank of 1000+ Magoosh questions around the end of
Week 9. Thats okay. See the instructions on Week 10, Day 1. Review is vital if you want to really learn the
information. Our students who make the largest score improvements often have answered every Magoosh
question more than once.
This 90-day plan is demands a manageable pace that must be followed diligently so things dont get out of
hand. Its designed to have you improve as much as you can improve in a three month period. I have designed
twelve weeks, assuming 2-3 hours for each of the five weekdays, and one 4-5 stint on the weekend (Day
Six). If you would prefer to work on both weekend days, and free up some weeknight time, feel free to make
those changes. Note: Many folks find that each days assignments take 2-3 hours, although times to complete
them will vary for different students
Also, as much as possible, get enough sleep during this month. REM sleep plays an important role in encoding
long term memory, and in an eight hour period of sleep, the last hour has the most REM. If you are getting 7
hours/night instead of 8 hours/night, you are depriving your brain of one of its most powerful systems for
learning and remembering. Caffeine and energy drinks will keep you feeling awake if you dont get enough
sleep, but they dont do bupkis to replace the lost opportunity to encode more information into long term
memory.
As you move through this plan, I will recommend that you also put into practice stress-reduction techniques. If
you can practice these regularly, then you will be excellent shape by test day. These are four GMAT blogs, but
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everything here is just as relevant for the GRE:

1) Overcome Exam Anxiety: Breathe
2) Stress and Your Thoughts
3) Stress and Your Stories
4) Zen Boot Camp for Test-taking
A note about additional materials:

Magoosh contains all the information you need for wild success on the exam and many students have achieved
spectacular results using nothing but Magoosh. Nevertheless, this plan recommends that you buy additional
materials and use them, in addition to the Magoosh materials. Heres why: These plans were structured with
far-reaching pedagogical principles in mind, and a deep consideration for how the human brain learns. Most
people cannot hear or read something just once and, from that single hearing, remember it completely and
understand it fully.
At Magoosh, we are very ambitious for our students; we want them to learn as thoroughly and as masterfully as
possible. We recommend using these additional resources to provide additional practice, alternative
explanations, and extra review. Not every student will need or want additional materials, but for those who do,
the books we recommend are the best for the overall goal of doing very well on the exam.
Week One
Week One, Day One
1) Go to ETS.org/gre, and read about the content of the GRE. Click on and read each sub-heading link.
2) In the Official Guide,
Read Chapter 1, Introducing the GRE revised General Test
Read Chapter 2, GRE Analytic Writing (just the descriptions of the question, not all the sample material)
Read the introductory few pages of Chapter 3, GRE Verbal Reasoning (everything up to the sample questions)
Read the introductory few pages of Chapter 5, GRE Quantitative Reasoning (everything up to the sample
questions)
3) Start skimming through the GRE Math Review in the Official Guide, the entire Arithmetic & Algebra section.
Do the Arithmetic Exercises & Algebra Exercises and check your answers. Presumably, these will be easy for
you.
4) In the Magoosh Lessons, watch the first five lessons in the Intro to the GRE module
Week One, Day Two
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1) Continue skimming through the GRE Math Review: the Geometry section & Data Analysis sections. Do the
Geometry Exercises & Data Analysis Exercises and check your answers. Again, these probably will not be
unusually challenging for you.
2) Download and start reading the Magoosh GRE eBook. Continue reading whenever you have the time over the
course of the next two weeks.
3) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
The remaining lessons in the Intro to the GRE module
Week One, Day Three

1) Download the Magoosh Complete Guide to GRE Vocabulary
Read carefully the section Making Words Stick, about learning vocabulary, and the section Vocabulary in
Context: Articles from Magazines and Newspapers. Skim the rest of the book to get a sense of the layout and
style. As you build vocab through this plan, periodically go back to this book to verify your understanding and to
make connections to other words. The more ways you have of remembering a word, the more likely you are to
remember it!
2) In Magoosh Video Lessons
Watch the first five Math lessons in the General Math Strategies module
3) In Magoosh, set up a practice session by clicking on the Practice link in the header. For Math, check off none
of the subjects, set the difficulty to adaptive, the question pool to unanswered, the number of questions, the
time to no limit, and the mode to practice mode. You are not entering a practice time beforehand, but keep
a pace of 90 sec/question, or 30 minutes for 20 questions.
Do the following practice sets:
20 Multiple Choice math questions
Notice you are doing all topics from the get-go, whether you have already studied these or not. This means that
you will make some mistakes at the beginning: see this post on a productive attitude toward making mistakes
If, after a week or so of practice, you find that there is simply too much new material for you, then narrow your
studies to those topics youre more actively studying plus one or two that youre unfamiliar with. You should be
constantly challenged. If you do narrow the topics of study, expand back to as wide a scope as possible as
quickly as possible.
For each Magoosh problem, after you submit your answer, on the next page which tells you whether you were
right or wrong, theres a video solution and below that a text summary. If you got the question right, skim the
text summary to verify you got it right for the right reason. If you got the question wrong, watch the video,
taking notes in your journal about any concept or any aspect of the question type that was unclear to you.
Week One, Day Four

1) In the Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning Practice Questions book, skim the first two chapters, paying the
closest attention to pp. 14-39, which explains the types of questions in detail.
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Watch the remaining Math lessons in the General Math Strategies module
3) In Magoosh, do the following problems
20 Text Completion verbal questions
Week One, Day Five

Watch the all Math lessons in the Advanced QC Strategies module
NOTE: I wanted you to see these videos, just to get you familiar with the Quantitative Comparison question
type, which is unique to the GRE. These are the only math lessons I have assigned in this schedule: the rest of
the assigned lessons are Verbal. As you do practice problems, if you feel you need clarification or your are
curious on my take on a particular mathematical idea, dip into the library of math lesson videos ala carte, as
needed.
In particular, if a math questions in Magoosh makes you realize that you have more to understand
about some concept, you might consider watching the related lessons for that question.
2) Download the Magoosh GRE Math Formula eBook.
Read carefully the first section, GRE Math Formulas: How to (Not) Use Them. Right now, just skim the rest of
the book, just to get a sense of what topics are covered. As you move through this plan, you will cover all of
these. Use this for reinforcement and review: as you cover a particular math topic in the Magoosh lessons, read
the corresponding part of this book to verify your understanding. By the end of this plan, you should know
every section of this book.
10 Quantitative Comparison math questions
Week One, Day Six

Watch all 10 Videos in the Writing section
2) Today, you are going to write two essays, half an hour each. You will write an Issue essay and an Argument
essay.
For topics, go to the ETS GRE Issue Pool and the ETS GRE Argument Pool. Figure out a way to pick topics at
random (maybe you print the lists, cut it into slips of paper, and choose some at random). Write the essays in a
word processing program. Observe a strict 30 minute time limit for each.
Now that you have these essays, what do you do with them? If you have a friend or mentor who is a gifted
writer, ask them to read the essays for you and critique them. If they are willing, you can show them the
assessment criteria in the Official Guide, and ask them to follow it. If you can afford it, hire a writing coach or
writing tutor: show that tutor the assessment criteria in the OG, and have them give you feedback. If you cant
afford a writing tutor and cant convince anyone else to read it, you may try posting them on TheGradCafe, and
see whether an expert there will critique your essay. Failing any of these options, at least you can set the
essays aside, and in a couple days re-read them with the Official Guides rubric beside you. (Notice whatever
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route worked for you with these essays; you can repeat that will all the essays you write in the practice tests
you take as part of this plan.)
3) In the Official Guide & the Manhattan GRE 5-lb Book of Practice Problems:
a) in Official Guide, do the Verbal Reasoning Practice Sets 1-6
CH4
b) in Official Guide, do the Quantitative Reasoning Practice Sets 1-4
Ch 6
c) in the MGRE 5-lb book, do the Math Diagnostic test (pp. 27-32)
Follow strict time limits, to give you sense of the pace you need to keep on the GRE. Set a timer for the time
limits. Here are the time limits to observe:
Official Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 1 = 12 minutes
Official Guide Quantitative Reasoning Set 1 = 22 minutes
MGRE Math Diagnostic test = 35 minutes
In addition, look at these last two sections These are quite challenging verbal questions: if you want to
challenge yourself, use the time limits, but if the medium questions were already challenging for you, I would
recommend going through these untimed.
Official Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 5 (14 minutes)
Official Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 6 (16 minutes)
After you are done, check all your answers. For any question you got right, skim the explanation to verify that
you got it right for the right reason. For any question you got wrong, read the explanation thorough, taking
notes in your journal on any concepts you didnt understand and anything about the question format that
psyched you out.
You can also watch the Magoosh Video Explanations of the OG practice questions.
If you are not performing at a high level in math, or if your verbal is much stronger than you expected, this
might be a good time to consider whether you should switch to another version of the 3-month plan (see
explanations of them at the top).
Week Two
Week Two, Day One
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Watch the first four Verbal lessons

2) In the Manhattan GRE 5-lb Book of Practice Problems:
In Chapter 7, Arithmetic, do the practice problems starting at #20.
NOTE, in the practice sections of this MGRE book, the practice problems start at a very basic level. In each
chapter, my default recommendation will be to start a problem #20, so that you skip the very easy ones at the
beginning of the section. In each section, you may skim the first 20, to see if anything looks challenging or
interesting, but the more challenging problems come in the second half of the problem set. If the subject
matter is one in which you dont feel you have mastery, you can start earlier in the problem set, even at the
beginning, to make sure you have all the basics of that topic.
NOTE: Do all the work from the Manhattan GRE book without touching a calculator.
NOTE: In the practice problems from the MGRE book and in the other math practice problems in other books,
always check your answers. Presumably, you will get the majority of the math practice questions correct. When
you do get a problem wrong, engage serious effort in understanding your mistake and guaranteeing that you will
not repeat it. If you are diligent in learning from your mistake, each problem you get wrong is a potential gold
mine of possible improvements you could make to your understanding.
3) In the GRE Vocabulary Flashcards, master at least 20 words from the first deck.
4) Read 1-3 articles from your reading source of choice, noting grammatical structures. Look up and write down
any words you dont know.
20 Reading Comprehension verbal questions
(Some RC questions are stand-alone single questions with a short paragraph, and sometimes a group of two or
three come with a longer passage. Make sure you finish all the questions associated with a passage on one
sitting. This may mean that you do a couple more than 20 questions one time, and then a couple fewer the next
time.)
Week Two, Day Two

Watch the next four Verbal lessons
In Chapter 8, Algebra, do the practice problems starting at #20.
3) In the GRE Vocabulary Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck).
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Week Two, Day Three

In Chapter 9, Inequalities and Absolute Values, do the practice problems starting at #20.
3) In the GRE Vocabulary Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes
reviewing previous decks.
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any words you
dont know.
Week Two, Day Four

In Chapter 10, Functions, Formulas, and Sequences, do the practice problems starting at #20.
dont know.
Week Two, Day Five

In Chapter 11, Fractions and Decimals, do the practice problems starting at #20.
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dont know.
Week Two, Day Six

1) Today, you will take a mock GRE on Magoosh. At the heading at the top inside the Magoosh practice, select
Practice Test, which will lead you to this page.
Make sure you have four hours of uninterrupted time set aside, and make sure you have writing implements and
plenty of scratch paper.
you got it right for the right reason. For any question you got wrong, watch the explanation video for the
question, taking notes in your journal on any concepts you didnt understand and anything about the question
format that psyched you out.
Dont attach great importance to the score on this test. You are still at the beginning of your studying.
Week Three
Week Three, Day One
In Chapter 12, Percents, do the practice problems starting at #20.
Week Three, Day Two

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In Chapter 13, Divisibility and Primes, do the practice problems starting at #20.
Week Three, Day Three

In Chapter 14, Exponents and Roots, do the practice problems starting at #20.
dont know.
10 Data Interpretation math questions
(As with some of the Reading Comprehension questions, the Data Interpretation questions come in batches,
typically 2 or 3 questions, pertaining to the same graph or chart. Do all the questions in a set at once. This
mean you may do a few more than 10 DI questions one time, and then during the next session in which you are
doing DI questions, you will do a couple fewer.)
Week Three, Day Four

In Chapter 15, Number Properties, do the practice problems starting at #20.
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dont know.
Week Three, Day Five

In Chapter 16, Word Problems, do the practice problems starting at #20.
dont know.
Week Three, Day Six

1) In the GRE Math Flashcards,
Go through the cards in the first four decks: Algebra; Fractions, Ratios, and Percents; Geometry; and Number
Properties I. In all likelihood, most of the cards will be concepts you already know very well. Review any cards
that are less than completely familiar.
2) In the Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions
Skim Ch. 1-2: most of this material should be review at this point
In Ch. 3, do the three Reading Comprehension practice sets
In Ch. 4, do the three Text Completion practice sets
psyched you out.
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Week Four
Week Four, Day One
In Chapter 17, Two-Variable Word Problems, do the practice problems starting at #20.
Week Four, Day Two

In Chapter 18, Rates and Work, do the practice problems starting at #20.
Week Four, Day Three

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In Chapter 19, Variables-in-the-Choices Problems, do ALL the practice problems.

dont know.
10 Sentence Equivalence
Week Four, Day Four

In Chapter 20, Ratios, do the practice problems starting at #20.
dont know.
Week Four, Day Five

In Chapter 21, Averages, Weighted Averages, Median, and Mode, do the practice problems starting at #20.
dont know.
20 Reading Comprehension math questions
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Week Four, Day Six

1) Today, you are going to take one of the paper-based GREs in the back of the Official Guide, Practice Test #1,
beginning on p. 303. For each of the essays, write the essay in a word-processing program on the computer,
and keep a strict time limit. For the other sections, you can write the answers either in a word-processing
program on the computer, or on paper: just dont write in the book. Observe strict time-limits for each section.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between
sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GRE. Note how your sleep the
night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat
earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration.
Write any observations in your journal.
psyched you out.
You should also watch the Magoosh video explanations for the first practice test, at the
bottom of that page.
Week Five
Week Five, Day One
In Chapter 22, Standard Deviation and Normal Distribution, do the practice problems starting at #20.
10 Multiple Answer math questions
Week Five, Day Two

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In Chapter 23, Probability, Combinatorics, and Overlapping Sets, do the practice problems starting at #20.
Week Five, Day Three

At this point, you should near the end of the verbal lessons on the first pass. Watch any remaining lessons.
In Chapter 24, Data Interpretation, do the practice problems starting at #20.
dont know.
Week Five, Day Four

As a break from Verbal lessons, watch any four Math videos about which you are curious
In Chapter 25, Polygons and Rectangular Solids, do the practice problems starting at #20.
dont know.
I5) In Magoosh, do the following problems:
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20 Sentence Equivalence verbal questions
Week Five, Day Five

Watch four more Math lessons about which you are curious.
In Chapter 26, Circles and Cylinders, do the practice problems starting at #20.
dont know.
10 Numerical Entry math questions
Week Five, Day Six

Go through the cards in the next four decks: Number Properties II; Statistics and Probability; and Mixed Practice
I-II. In all likelihood, most of the cards will be concepts you already know very well. Review any cards that are
less than completely familiar.
In Ch. 5, do the three Sentence Equivalence practice sets
In Ch. 6, do the first Mixed Practice set. Keep a strict 38 minute time limit.
psyched you out.
Week Six
Week Six, Day One
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In the Writing section, re-watch the four AWA Basics videos

In Chapter 27, Triangles, do the practice problems starting at #20.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems:
Week Six, Day Two

In the Writing section, re-watch the two Issue Task videos
In Chapter 28, Coordinate Geometry, do the practice problems starting at #20.
Week Six, Day Three

In the Writing section, re-watch the two Issue Task videos
In Chapter 29, Mixed Geometry, do the practice problems starting at #20.
dont know.
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Week Six, Day Four

Now, I will have you watch all the Verbal videos again. This time through, pay close attention to what you
remembered from before, and what you understand better this time around.
Re-watch the first four Verbal lessons
In Chapter 30, Advanced Quant, do the practice problems #1-20.
dont know.
Week Six, Day Five

Re-watch the next four Verbal lessons
dont know.
Week Six, Day Six

1) Today, you are going to take the other of the paper-based GREs in the back of the Official Guide, Practice
Test #2, beginning on p. 431. For each of the essays, write the essay in a word-processing program on the
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computer, and keep a strict time limit. For the other sections, you can write the answers either in a
word-processing program on the computer, or on paper: just dont write in the book. Observe strict time-limits
for each section.
psyched you out.
You should also watch the Magoosh video explanations for the second practice test.
Week Seven
Week Seven, Day One
Week Seven, Day Two

In Chapter 33, Math Practice Sections, do the Math Practice Section 2: Medium Difficulty. Keep a 35 minute
time limit.
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Week Seven, Day Three

In Chapter 33, Math Practice Sections, do the Math Practice Section 3: Hard Difficulty. Keep a 35 minute time
limit.
dont know.
10 Multiple Answer math questions
Week Seven, Day Four

2) In the Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning Practice Questions book,
Do the Arithmetic practice problems, pp. 45-50. Keep a strict 33 minute time limit.
NOTE: Do all the problems in this book without touching a calculator.
dont know.
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Week Seven, Day Five

Do the Algebra practice problems, pp. 67-72. Keep a strict 30 minute time limit.
dont know.
Week Seven, Day Six

Go through the cards in the final four decks: Mixed Practice III VI. In all likelihood, most of the cards will be
concepts you already know very well. Review any cards that are less than completely familiar.
In Ch. 6, do the last two Mixed Practice sets. Keep a strict 38 minute time limit for each.
psyched you out.
Week Eight
Week Eight, Day One
Do the Geometry practice problems, pp. 87-92. Keep a strict 23 minute time limit.
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Week Eight, Day Two

Do the Data Analysis practice problems #1-13, pp. 107-112. Keep a strict 23 minute time limit.
10 Numeric Entry math questions
Week Eight, Day Three

Do the Data Analysis practice problems #14-26, pp. 113-117. Keep a strict 23 minute time limit.
dont know.
Week Eight, Day Four
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Do the Mixed Practice Set #1, pp. 141-150. Keep a strict 44 minute time limit.
dont know.
Week Eight, Day Five

4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any words you dont
know.
Week Eight, Day Six

1) Today, you are going to take a full-length practice test, using the first of the six Manhattan GRE practice tests
online (the MGRE volume you bought should give you the code to access these).
psyched you out.
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Week Nine
Week Nine, Day One
Week Nine, Day Two

2) In the GMAT Official Guide (any edition),
In section 5.3, Problem Solving practice questions, the first 20 questions
NOTE: the Problem Solving Quantitative questions on the GMAT are five-choice multiple choice, identical in
format to the GRE Multiple Choice questions. Math on the GMAT is a shade harder than GRE math, so these
questions will provide challenging practice. No calculator is allowed on the GMAT Quantitative section, so all of
these questions are meant to be done without a calculator.
20 Reading comprehension verbal questions
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Week Nine, Day Three

In section 5.3, Problem Solving practice questions, the next 20 questions
dont know.
Week Nine, Day Four

dont know.
20 Text completion verbal questions
Week Nine, Day Five

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dont know.
Week Nine, Day Six

1) Today, you are going to take a full-length practice test, using another of the six Manhattan GRE practice tests
online.
psyched you out.
Week Ten
Week Ten, Day One
At this point, you should around the end of the Verbal lessons on your second time through them. Re-watch any
remaining videos that you have seen only once so far.
At this point, you should be finished with most of the Magoosh questions. Over the subsequent days, do 20
questions a day for practice. First of all, finish any remaining unanswered questions, Math or Verbal. Once you
are done with unanswered questions, then select incorrect as your pool, and do the questions you got wrong
again, to see how well you learned from your mistakes. Once your pool of incorrect questions gets relatively
small, reset your question stats, and continue to do 20 questions a day. Vary Math and Verbal as needed.
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Week Ten, Day Two

At this point, you should have seen every Verbal video twice. Just pick any four videos, Math or Verbal, and
watch them.
20 questions; see Week 10, Day 1 for details.
Week Ten, Day Three

Watch any four lesson videos, Math or Verbal
dont know.
Week Ten, Day Four

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dont know.
Week Ten, Day Five

dont know.
Week Ten, Day Six

1) Today, you are going to take a full-length practice test, using the last of the six Manhattan GRE practice tests
online.
psyched you out.
Week Eleven
Week Eleven, Day One
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Week Eleven, Day Two

Week Eleven, Day Three

In section 5.3, Problem Solving practice questions, the lastt 15 questions
dont know.
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Week Eleven, Day Four

In section 3.1, the Diagnostic Test, do the 24 Problem Solving questions at the start of the test.
dont know.
Week Eleven, Day Five

2) Math Practice
Having exhausted several collections of practice problems, I will give you some challenging problems in the last
days of the exam. These will come from the Magoosh GMAT blog.
Magoosh GMAT Blog: Challenging Problems with Roots and Exponents
dont know.
Week Eleven, Day Six

1) Today, you are going to take the first practice GRE available through the GRE PowerPrep software.
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psyched you out.
Week Twelve
Week Twelve, Day One
2) Math Practice
Magoosh GMAT Blog: Challenging Coordinate Geometry practice problems
Week Twelve, Day Two

2) Math Practice
Magoosh GMAT Blog: Counting Practice Problems for the GMAT
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Week Twelve, Day Three

2) Math Practice
Magoosh GMAT Blog: Circle Problems on the GMAT
3) In the GRE Vocabulary Flashcards, spend 30 minutes reviewing mastered decks.
dont know.
Week Twelve, Day Four

2) Math Practice
Magoosh GMAT Blog: GMAT Practice Problems with Fractions and Decimals
dont know.
Week Twelve, Day Five

2) Math Practice
Magoosh GMAT Blog: practice problems on Sets and Geometry
dont know.
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Week Twelve, Day Six

1) Today, you are going to take the second practice GRE available through the GRE PowerPrep software.
psyched you out.
After Week 12: Concentrated Review

At this point, if you have been following the schedule, you should have done every question in Magoosh at least
once. For whatever days remain before the test, keep up work on GRE math and verbal. Some suggestions for
what to do:
1) Through selecting question type & difficulty on the Dashboard, do Magoosh problems over again, and see
how you do a second time.
3) Keep watching for a additional time 4 Magoosh lesson videos a day, on whatever topics you feel you need to
review
4) Keep reading your challenging material, to build vocabulary and acclimate your ear to eloquent style.
5) Keep drilling your vocab cards.
6) Review or redo any math problems you got wrong in earlier practice. Notice how well you have learned from
your mistakes.
Day before the test:

1) No GRE preparation all day
2) Eat a large, healthy, leisurely dinner no alcohol!
3) Go to bed earlier than usual.
Day of test
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1) ABSOLUTELY NO LAST MINUTE GRE PREPARATION!

2) Eat a large breakfast, full of protein
3) Do relaxing, fun activities to pass time until the test
Bring to the test

1) A liter of water
2) Healthy energy-packed snacks (nuts, protein bar, etc.)
3) On breaks, make sure to get up, move & stretch moving & stretching the large muscles of the body (legs &
torso) will get oxygen flowing throughout, which will help keep you awake and keep you thinking clearly.
Any questions on this plan? Just leave us a comment!
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Gayan
April 16, 2013 at 8:15 am #
Hi Mike,
I am from Sri Lanka and my first language is not English. I took the GRE revised once and I was
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able to take 165 for the Quantitative section and just 133 for the verbal section. I am worried
about my verbal score and I want to improve it up to 160. Do think if I work on this 90 days study
plan (verbal focused) then it will work for me? last time I used to study Barrons and Kaplan.
Thanks
Mike
April 16, 2013 at 10:18 am #
Dear Gayan,
Heres what I would recommend:
(1) follow this 90 study plan assiduously
(2) read challenging material in English every day. Force yourself to read all the way through a
full article in magazine like the Economist or the New Yorker or Scientific American every day.
Look up any vocab you dont know
(3) Go through this blog and watch every vocab Wednesday video.
(4) download the Vocab ebook
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/gre-vocabulary-ebook/
(5) dont rely on Kaplan see these reviews:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2013/2013-gre-book-reviews/
http://magoosh.com/gre/2013/the-best-gre-books-of-2013/
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/manhattan-gre-book-review/
Do all this, and you will mostly get the greatest possible improvement in your verbal
performance.
Mike
Shreyash
March 28, 2013 at 8:49 pm #
Hi Chris/Mike,
I have a target score of 330+. I can easily score 168-170 in quant, but am not able to take my
score beyond 155 in verbal. I have been following Manhattan Prep books for strategies and ETS OG
for full length practice tests. I need to improve my verbal score by about 5-10 points. I have
signed up for your free trial and I found it to be pretty good. Can you suggest me how I can
achieve my target score? What improvement shall I expect if I buy your premium plan?
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Mike
March 29, 2013 at 10:04 am #
Dear Shreyash,
Your target score is eminently achievable. Take advantage of all the Magoosh vocabulary
resources - among other things, go through this blog and watch all of Chris Vocab
Wednesday videos. As Im sure you know, each Magoosh practice GRE has its own video
explanation, and watching those can enormously accelerate your learning. Probably you have
already seen a few of Chris lesson videos my friend Chris is a walking dictionary, so if you
can tap into his suggestions, you will be in great shape. Finally, Magoosh provides individual
email support for all its questions and all questions from official material, so this can help
clarify those individual doubts that are not clearly explicated in one-size-fits-all prep guides.
Does all this make sense?
Mike
Lakshmi
August 27, 2012 at 7:51 am #
Hi Chris/Mike,
I have exactly 2 months for my GRE exam (CBT). I had taken it once(paper based) initially and not
very satisfied with my score V 142, Q 150; T 292
I intend to score somewhere in the range of 150 in Verbal and 160+ in Math.
I think Math is achievable as Im practicing questions from GRE MATH PREP COURSE.
Verbal sentence equivalence and RC is a concern.
Could you please let me know which study plan is the best for me if my exam is on Oct 27th. Also
I am interested in purchasing the Magoosh GRE (Verbal) material. Will it help me to score in the
desired range I have mentioned above? I am willing to work hardly these two months.
Pls help me with your advice.
Mike
August 27, 2012 at 10:03 am #
Dear Lakshmi,
I would recommend this plan, Version C. And YES, the Magoosh GRE Verbal will definitely give
you what you need to improve: see our score guarantee: http://gre.magoosh.com/scoreguarantee.
BTW, a small grammar correction in your penultimate sentence:
Right, I am willing to work *hard* these two months. = what you meant
Wrong: I am willing to work *hardly* these two months. the word hardly means not
much at all, so this is actually the exact opposite of what you intended to say.
Does that make sense?
Mike
Kenny
August 17, 2012 at 1:43 pm #
Hi, I am from Hong Kong and my first language is not English. I find myself extremely poor
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in verbal section. I think I will just get roughly around 10 percentile. Are there any good
suggestions to international student, whose first language is not English, like me? I am diligent to
spend double amount of time to study this section. Thank you very much.
Kenny
Chris
August 17, 2012 at 5:14 pm #
Hi Kenny,
The key is to take it slow by starting off by building your vocabulary. To do so, you will not
simply want to memorize flashcards, though this can be helpful. You want to improve your
reading ability and your ability to understand how words work in context. Time, Newsweek are
good places to start. As you read articles reference words you do not know and underline
phrases that are difficult to decode.
Over time, you will start to be more comfortable with complicated sentences and the vocab
contained therein. Work your way up to more difficult news sources, such as nytimes.com or
the Economist. Begin doing easier GRE questions. The Princeton Review is a good place to
start.
Hopefully that should get you going for a month or two. Check back in then and let me know
how you are doing.
Good luck, and let me know if you have any other questions!
Kenny
August 17, 2012 at 5:24 pm #
Thanks Chris.
That mean,
1. I should first concentrate in building my vocabulary memorizing flashcards and improving
my reading ability by reading time and Newsweek.
2. After that I should work towards reading more complex passage like the nytimes and the
Economist.
3. Then start doing easy GRE questions like the Princeton Review.
But how do I know when I should move forward from step 1 to step 2 and from step 2 to
step 3?
Also, do you think the 90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused) suit me still?
Thanks so much.
Kenny
Mike
August 18, 2012 at 3:48 pm #
Ill jump in here.

First of all, I will say step #2 and step #3 are the same step if you can fight your
way through Economist articles, you are ready for GRE questions.
One thing I would say is: every day work on vocab, flashcards, and sources like
Newsweek & Time. Right now, every week, once a week, force yourself to read one NYT
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article and one article from the Economist.

The first few times you do that, it will be a struggle. Over time, it will be easier, and you
can increase the number of NYT and Economist articles.
When should you change entirely to steps #2 & #3? Well, in part it depends on your
test date. I would say: plan to start steps #2 & #3, including this 90 day plan, about
90-100 days before the date of your test.
How does that sound?
Mike
Kenny
August 18, 2012 at 3:54 pm #
Thanks Mike,
Yes, it is a huge struggle for me.
So, basically, I use time and newsweek to catch up the normal level of the
Americans. And use the nytime and the Economist plus this 90 Day GRE Study Plan
(Verbal Focused) to improve myself further toward GRE level, right?
P.S. I wish I visit this website way way way earlier.
Kenny
Mike
August 18, 2012 at 8:43 pm #
Yes, precisely, thats my recommendation. Best of luck to you.

Mike
Kenny
August 19, 2012 at 5:38 am #
Wait, I have one more question about the plan for the verbal, math
and premium. The verbal plan said it has over 350 verbal practice questions,
while the premium said it has over 800 maths and verbal questions.
Does it mean 800 for maths and 800 for verbal?
Thanks.
Kenny
Mike
August 20, 2012 at 9:57 am #
Kenny: No. Right now, we have over 350 Verbal and over 450
Math, for a total over 800. We are adding questions all the time, but those
are our totals at the moment.
Mike
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Iavor
August 16, 2012 at 3:10 am #
Hi guys, just after a bit of advice, Im planning on taking the GRE in about 3 months and
Im trying to pick which plan to follow. I just finished my mathematics BSc in the UK and Im about
to start my MSci again in mathematics, Im planning on applying for PhD programmes in the US
hence I have to sit this GRE exam. Ive never sat any sort of standardise testing so Im not too
sure how good Ill be at it. From what Ive seen from the maths (Ive got the MGRE books) its
relatively easy, but I dont want to get complacent as Im aiming for as high as possible here so I
want to spend a fair bit of time on it. However for the verbal sections and the essay writing Im
going struggle, the fact that I havent had to write an essay in the past 4 years isnt going help. I
think this is the right plan for me, but I guess I just wanted to ask if you think I should be
spending extra time on the maths on top what is allocated here?
Also what would you recommend for the toughest maths questions?
Mike
August 16, 2012 at 10:53 am #
Iavor: Great questions. Yes, I definitely would recommend starting with this plan. I also
would recommend: spend some time getting familiar with the QC questions and the strategies
associated with them theyre a shade different from traditional math questions. This plan
actually includes plenty of advanced math practice, especially from the NOVA book, so you
need not worry about getting complacent. This plan is designed for folks in your situation.
Mike
Iavor
August 16, 2012 at 11:09 am #
Mike, thank you for your quick response! I think Ill definitely need to spend some
time on the QC sections, as my first encounter with them was not a pleasant one. Ill stick
with this plan and hopefully get good score!
Thanks again,
Iavor
Mike
August 16, 2012 at 12:26 pm #
Youre quite welcome. Best of luck to you.

Mike
K12G
August 7, 2012 at 2:22 am #
Hi, what does MGRE mean i this post? I am also looking for the best way to start with my
vocabulary building.. I scored really low in my diagnostic test and I have booked my GRE date for
Oct.. I had started GRE Barrons 3500 word list but its difficult to digest such a long list.. i also laid
my hands on the dictionary at the end of word power made easy.. Can you please suggest best
vocabulary learning method and which books are best for getting a good verbal score..
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Mike
August 7, 2012 at 9:08 am #
Dear K12G, First of all, MGRE means Manhattan GRE, publishers of one of the more
respected print sources for GRE Prep. Their prep material is often reasonably good in
particular, they have a good GRE vocab flashcard set. For vocab, I would say: scour this blog
for my friend & colleague Chris Leles post every week, he posts a Vocab Wednesday,
which I am sure you will find helpful, and he has written scores of posts in which he makes
recommendations for learning vocab. I swear, Chris is a walking dictionary, so hes an excellent
source. Search this entire blog for his posts, all they way back to the beginning, and they will
really help you.
Mike
Vikram
August 3, 2012 at 7:23 pm #
Hi Mike,
I am writing gre on Oct 10thstarted my prep one week backI completed Conquering GRE Math
by TMH and 250 essential manhattan flash cards.
Which book should i further do for strenthening my gre math and what are the strategies required
for scoring high in GRE Verbal and AWA Section.
Mike
August 6, 2012 at 10:59 am #
Vikram: As for books to strengthen GRE Math, I would suggest scouring this version of
the plan, Version C the NOVA book in particular has some very challenging problems. As for
general strategies for Verbal and AWA, theres no one-sentence magic bullet I can give. I would
strongly recommend signing up for Magoosh: the lesson videos will give you abundant
strategies in all parts of the test. You will also find invaluable tips in articles throughout this
blog.
Mike
Akshay.S
July 5, 2012 at 10:36 am #
Thank you Mike

I have already completed Week 1, Day 1 of the 3 month plan.
Earlier I had prepared from the princeton review (~2months). Looks like I never dwelled deep into
the concepts in Verbal. I will try and follow the points in the study plan to the dot. Thanks for your
suggestions again. Appreciated. Hope for the best is all I can say now!!
Mike
July 5, 2012 at 2:56 pm #
Youre quite welcome. Best of luck to you.

Mike
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Akshay.S
July 5, 2012 at 2:22 am #
Hi Mike
I have subscribed to the Magoosh Material. I now see 356 Qs in verbal and 476 in Math. Also I
was hoping there would be practice tests?
Pls let me know your thoughts on my previous post too. Appreciated.
Akshay
Margarette
July 5, 2012 at 6:24 pm #
Hi, Akshay
You can activate practice tests by:
1. Go to your Profile (upper right hand corner)
2. Turn on beta features
3. Go back to your dashboard
4. Click Take a practice test in the Quick Practice section.
I hope that helps!
Best,
Margarette
Akshay.S
July 6, 2012 at 11:40 am #
Thanks Margarette
Margarette
July 6, 2012 at 3:55 pm #
No problem!
Akshay.S
July 5, 2012 at 12:56 am #
Hi Mike
Thanks for your detailed reply. I would like to work with the Magoosh material and will purchase
the same by today or tomorrow max. I really need the score, trust me when i say i really want
to. Previously I had referred princeton review, their math is decent but I dont think their verbal
material is that great. It just gives an overview on various concepts. Anyways, past is past.
I have a decent profile otherwise in terms of academics and extra curricular activities. I just dont
want GRE to be an impediment.
In the 90 day GRE plan that you suggested, could you pls tell me which of the 3 subversions I
should try? I know this ispoon feeding
but I really want to make sure I got all the right
materials this time and nail the exam and I want Magoosh to be empathetic to me
Below is the link to the study plan you mentioned:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/90-day-gre-study-plan-for-advanced-students/
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Which one of the 4 versions A, B, C or D do I need to choose?

Version C may be?
I want to focus a lot on Verbal but I dont want to end up lagging in Math as I need to hone my
skills in there too.
Also do you suggest I buy the new Barrons GRE book?
Looking forward to your response.
Thanks,
Akshay
Mike
July 5, 2012 at 9:14 am #
Akshay There are four 90 day plans, and for you, I recommend D: Advanced. That
is the plan that will meet you where you are and challenge you to grow the most. As for the
Barrons book, see: http://magoosh.com/gre/2011/barron%E2%80%99s-new-gre-19thedition-book-review/ I hope that helps.
Mike
Akshay.S
July 4, 2012 at 5:50 am #
Hi Chris/Mike
I have exactly 2 months for my GRE exam. I had taken it once initially (a week back) and not one
bit satisfied with my score
V 144, Q 156; T 300
I intend to score somewhere in the range of 150 in Verbal and 165+ in Math.
I think Math is achievable as I was able to score 165 in the power prep II. I lost a bit on
co-ordinate geometry in the Main exam as I wasnt well prepared in that section and I ended up
getting 3-4 tricky Qs from CG.
Verbal sentence completion and RC is a concern.
1. Could you pls let me know which study plans is the best for me if my exam is on Aug 24th.
2. Also I am interested in purchasing the Magoosh GRE material. Will it help me to score in the
desired range I have mentioned above? I am willing to work diligently these two months.
Pls help me with your valuable inputs.
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Mike
July 4, 2012 at 9:43 am #
Dear Ashkay: Your target scores are quite attainable. Yes, definitely, if you sign up for
Magoosh and take advantage of what it has to offer over the next two months, I would be
astounded if you didnt score much higher than those targets. For you, I would recommend the
Advanced three month plan you will have to accelerate or eliminate some pieces to fit into
your two month time frame. I am actually very excited for you its quite clear to me that,
with hard work and our help, you will be fabulously successful on your next GRE. I look forward
to working with you.
Mike
Gaia
May 29, 2012 at 8:09 am #
Hi Mike,
I was taking a look at Quizlet and realized that there are already many public flashcard lists for
GREs. Can you recommend any?
Thanks!
Chris
May 29, 2012 at 1:45 pm #
Hi Gaia,
As the GRE/Vocab guy, Ill take this comment :).
There is no magic list of vocab words. Kaplan, Barrons and The Princeton Review flashcards
should work fine (many of the words overlap). As long as the definitions are clear to you, go
ahead and use those flashcards.
Also, make sure to incorporate in-context reading with flashcards:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2011/reading-vocabulary-in-context-where-should-i-start/
Hope that helps!
dae
May 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm #
Im planning to take the GRE in late August. Should I get the Manhattan 2nd edition books
or should I what till the 3rd edition books come out in June//July? Maybe just wait for the new
verbal books and hope they improved?
Mike
May 16, 2012 at 3:56 pm #
If you dont get at least one volume of a 2nd edition book right away, I would worry
that you will wait too long to get access to their online tests, and not have sufficient time to
practice them and integrate what you learn over the course of the 12 weeks. I would suggest:
get one MGRE book now, to ensure access to the online tests, and maybe get some more
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volumes when the new editions become available.

Mike
Gauthaman
May 7, 2012 at 11:03 am #
@Mike
Its been a week since I started preparing with magoosh and this study plan. The sessions are very
good and I will definitely recommend it to my friends. But, I would suggest you give the topics
instead of page numbers to refer to topics in other books(MGRE, ETS etc). This thing is, I have the
first edition of MGRE for RC and essays and Im not able to follow the page numbers which you
have given (I presume, its for the second edition).
Thanks and regards
Gauthaman
Margarette
July 4, 2012 at 1:40 pm #
Hi, Gauthaman
Sorry for the late response! Were currently working on updating the study plans, but it will
take us a while to get through all of them. Thank you for the suggestion! Feel free to let us
know if theres anything else we can help you with.
Best,
Margarette
Sunny Sun
March 28, 2012 at 4:42 am #
Hi Mike,
I havent purchased the NOVAs prep book yet, because I have read the book review written by
Chris, which says NOVA is good for practicing and improving math skills. And everything else
sucks.lol. If so, does it mean that all the designated problem sets from NOVA in the 90 days plan
(the verbal focused) are for math practicing?
Thanks for your help.
Best wishes,
Sunny
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Mike
March 28, 2012 at 1:43 pm #
Sunny: The NOVA books are a good source of harder math practice problems, although
as Chris says, the explanations are abysmal. The whole book looks like a bunch of hard math
problems thrown together without particular care. Having said that, it still is one of the best
sources of harder math practice problems for the GRE available, which it why we recommend it
(with caveats) in this plan. Does that make sense?
Mike
Sunny Sun
March 28, 2012 at 3:02 pm #
Mike: Yeah, thats sort of make sense. Im pretty confident with my math skills any
way (from an electrical engineering students perspective.lol) Thanks for your help Mike
By the way, Ive just started my GRE journey with Magoosh since two days ago, and I cant
help to say that you guys as a team have done an excellent job!!! Ive got lots of help and I
will definitely spread the word to my friends!!!
Mike
March 28, 2012 at 5:33 pm #
Thank you!
Let us know however we can support you.
Mike
Mike McGarry
March 7, 2012 at 3:18 pm #
Well, the 6 MGRE practice tests are not bad. Heres the thing the revised GRE is still new
enough that its a challenge in the test prep world. Most of the available books are far from
adequate. See Chris book reviews: http://magoosh.com/gre/2011/new-gre-book-reviews/. We
feel that, of the available computer-based practice test, the test you can get through Magoosh is
very good, and the 6 MGRE tests are pretty good as well. Over time, test prep professionals will
take the test, thereby learning more about it, and ETS will release more material in the long
run, all the test prep material will improve. Right now, I would say that folks preparing for the GRE
who want a quantity of computer-based tests are lucky to have something as good as the MGRE
tests available. How is that for a nuanced answer?
BTW, the one month study plan might be more germane to your situation. http://magoosh.com
/gre/2012/1-month-gre-study-schedule/
Good luck on the GRE.
Mike
iop123
March 28, 2012 at 2:46 pm #
scored M: 160 & V:157 -> 760 & 560

more or less on the lower side of the practice test scores.the vocab was surprising not difficult
at all compared to the word lists..seems like it is good enough for even the best engineering
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schools so it is not terrible by any means..

thx,
iop123
iop123
March 6, 2012 at 8:29 pm #
how accurate are the 6 MGRE practice tests? i am taking test in 2 weeks and my verbal
158-163 and math 161-165. my scores moved in the upward direction (1-6)..good plan albeit
only for people having 90 days
thx,
iop123
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