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Magoosh GRE Blog 90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused) post.
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.
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. Magooshs online GRE Flash cards. Theyre free and you can use them on the web, on your iPhone/iPad or Android. Reading material: this may be any non-fiction scholarly book, history and social science preferable. You may also choose one of the recommended magazines: 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.
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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.
Novas GRE Math Prep Course: there is essentially no instruction in this book and the explanations are horrible: we only recommend this as a bank of challenging math problems. Volumes 7 & 8 of the Manhattan GRE books. Its an eight-volume set, so if you want extra math practice, feel free to buy some of the other volumes. Volumes 7 & 8 are used in this plan. One other purpose of getting these books is to get the code in the back, to register and get access to six GRE tests online. McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math: this book is for those struggling with the very basics of math, folks who are sheer panic over almost anything mathematical. If you are following this plan, youre probably pretty confident in your math skills, so Id recommend this book only if youre really desperate for some extra practice material. 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): gives you little quizzes & games to add some variety to vocab learning Magoosh iPhone/Android app, for mobile lesson viewing
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.
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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 a T, you will run out of practice questions or certain question types from the bank of 1000+ Magoosh questions. That's okay. Toward the end of your study, switch from practicing to "unanswered" questions to "incorrect" questions. If there are not enough "incorrect" questions of a given type, simply choose "answered and unanswered." 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.
Before we begin:
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 1-2 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 1-2 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.
Week One, Day One
1) Go to http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/about/content/, and read about the content of the GRE. Click on and read each sub-heading link.
2) In the Official Guide Guide, Read Chapter 1, Introducing the GRE revised General Test
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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 4, GRE Quantitative Reasoning (everything up to the sample questions)
3) In the Official Guide Guide, start skimming the GRE Math Review. Do the first two exercise sets (Arithmetic & Algebra) and correct your work right away.
4) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Overview, the first three videos in that section
Week One, Day Two
1) Finish skimming the GRE Math Review in the Official Guide. Do the last two exercise sets it contains (Geometry & Data Analysis) and check your work right away. If most of that material is obvious to you, and most of the questions easy, then this plan is the right plan for you. If more than a couple topics in the Math Review are difficult/confusing for you, consider whether this plan is the best 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 In Verbal: under Text Completion Overview, the last three videos in that section NOTE: As you finish each section of lesson videos, take the practice quiz at the end of the set. NOTE: I am not assigning you any math videos. You may want to watch a couple of the strategy summary videos at the ends of sections, simply to verify that you understand everything covered. As you feel you need brush up on anything mathematical, feel free to dip into those videos.
4) In Magoosh, set up a practice session by clicking on the Practice link in the header. For Math, check off all of the subjects that youre comfortable practicing, 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. Narrow your practice to just that subjects youve studied so far. Youll widen the scope of your practice over the course of your studies. Do the following problems: 10 Multiple choice math questions
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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 you're more actively studying plus one or two that you're 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 Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Sentence Equivalence, the first three videos in that section
2) 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!
3) In Magoosh, set up a practice session by clicking on the Practice link in the header. For Math, check off all of the subjects that youre comfortable practicing, 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. Narrow your practice to just that subjects youve studied so far. Youll widen the scope of your practice over the course of your studies. Do the following problems: 10 Multiple choice math questions
Week One, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
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In Verbal: under Sentence Equivalence, the last three videos in that section
2) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions
Week One, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Reading Comprehension, the first four videos in that section In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, the first three videos in that section
2) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions 3 Reading comprehension verbal questions
Week One, Day Six
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos a) In AWA: all ten videos b) In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, the last six videos in that section c) In Verbal: under Vocabulary, all ten videos
2) Today, you are going to write two essays, half an hour each. You will write two Issue essays and two Argument essays. a) 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. b) Now that you have these essays, what do you do with them? If you have a friend or mentor who is a gifted writer, see if they would read the essays for you and critique them. If they are willing, you can show them the assessment criteria in the Official Guide Guide, and ask them to follow it. If you cant convince anyone else to read it, you may try posting them on some GRE forum, and see whether an expert there will critique your essay. Failing either 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.
Week Two, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
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In Verbal: under Reading Comprehension, up to Difficult Passage I In Math: under Data Interpretation, all four videos (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Read Chapter 1
2) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 words (a bit less than half a deck).
3) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
4) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions 3 Data interpretation questions
Week Two, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Reading Comprehension, the last four videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Read Chapter 2, up to and including Principle #3. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck).
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Text completion verbal questions 10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
Week Two, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion No Shifts, all four videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Read to the end of Chapter 2, but dont do the Problem Set today. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
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3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks. Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
4) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions
Week Two, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shifts, the first three videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Do the Chapter 2 Problem Set.. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 5 Reading comprehension verbal questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions
Week Two, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shifts, up to Multiple Shifts
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Read Chapter 3 and do the Chapter 3 Problem Set. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
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5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 20 Multiple choice math questions
Week Two, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to write two essays, half an hour each. You will write one Issue essay and one Argument essay.
2) For topics, go back to the topics from the ETS Issue Pool & Argument Pool. Again, choose topics at random. Write the essays in Word.
3) When done, share the essays with a trusted friend/mentor, or post in the GMAT forum, or set aside and critique it yourself with the Official Guide Guide rubric in a few days.
4) In the Official Guide: do the Verbal Reasoning Practice Sets 1-6 do the Quantitative Reasoning Practice Sets 1-4 Treat this as a mock GRE. You might even combine it with the two essays, and do consecutive batches 2-3 set without interruption, to simulate more effectively a real GRE. Set a timer for the time limits. Here are the time limits to observe: Official Guide Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 1 = 9 minutes Official Guide Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 2 = 10 minutes Official Guide Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 3 = 9 minutes Official Guide Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 4 = 10 minutes Official Guide Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 5 = 10 minutes Official Guide Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 6 = 10 minutes Official Guide Guide Quantitative Reasoning Set 1 = 22 minutes Official Guide Guide Quantitative Reasoning Set 2 = 23 minutes Official Guide Guide Quantitative Reasoning Set 3 = 24 minutes Official Guide Guide Quantitative Reasoning Set 4 = 11 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. If you still cant make sense of the question after reading the explanation, email us at Magoosh.
5) If you are doing much better than expected on Verbal, or much worse than expected on Math, 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).
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Week Three, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shifts, the last three videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Read Chapter 4 and do the Chapter 4 Problem Set. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions
Week Three, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Double Blanks, the first three videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Read Chapter 5, but dont do the Problem Set today. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 15 Text completion verbal questions 10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
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Week Three, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Double Blanks, the last two videos in that section In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, the first video in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Do the Chapter 5 Problem Set. Read the full explanation of the answers. Read Chapter 6. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions
Week Three, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, up to One Sentence Triple Blanks
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Read Chapter 7 through the entire discussion of all the questions accompanying the Model Short Passage Revisited. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 5 Reading comprehension verbal questions 3 Data interpretation questions
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Week Three, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, the last three videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays In Ch. 7, read the Model Long Passage Revisited and the following pages of questions & explanations pertaining to it. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you. 3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 20 Multiple choice math questions 10 Text completion verbal questions
Week Three, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to write four essays, half an hour each. You will write two Issue essays and two Argument essays.
2) For topics, go back to the topics from the ETS Issue Pool & Argument Pool. Again, choose topics at random. Write the essays in Word.
3) When done, share the essays with a trusted friend/mentor, or post ina GRE forum, or set aside and critique it yourself with the Official Guide Guide rubric in a few days.
You have already seen all the Magoosh Verbal videos at this point. In a few weeks, we will watch them a second time.
Week Four, Day One
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set A Substitution & Problem Set B Substitution, Quantitative comparisons. Check your answers as soon as you finish. NOTE: The Math in the NOVAS book is very challenging, and therefore serves well as practice for the mathematically ambitious students preparing for the GRE.
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The explanations in the NOVAS book are not that good, and there are flaws in the answer key. If you get one of these questions wrong, check for any mistake, but if you cant find one, you may be correct. The problem sets throughout the book, denoted by capital letters, are in alphabetical order and are found mostly at the ends of sections. Also, do all the Nova questions timed. Count the number of problems in a problem set, multiply that number by 1.75, and round to the nearest whole number: thats the number of minutes you should give yourself for the problem set.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage A. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions 5 Reading comprehension verbal questions
Week Four, Day Two
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set C Substitution & Problem Set D Defined Functions. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage B. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and
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create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Text completion verbal questions 10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
Week Four, Day Three
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set E Number Theory, #1-20. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage C. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions on. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions
Week Four, Day Four
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set E Number Theory, #21-39. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage D. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
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5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Reading comprehension verbal questions
Week Four, Day Five
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set F, Quantitative comparisons. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage E. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 5 Multiple choice math questions 5 Numeric entry math questions 10 Reading comprehension verbal questions
Week Four, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the first hard copy practice GRE at the back of the Official Guide.
For the two essay questions, write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback, or critique later with the Official Guide Guide rubric. 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.
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Week Five, Day One
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set G, Hard Quantitative comparisons, Problem Set H Hard Quantitative comparisons,, and Problem Set I Geometry #1-6. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage F. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 20 Multiple choice math questions
Week Five, Day Two
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set I, Geometry, #7-31. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage G. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 15 Text completion verbal questions 10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
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Week Five, Day Three
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set I, Geometry, #32-56. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Start reading Chapter 9. Read up to and including the discussion of the first question type, Strengthen the Conclusion. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions 10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
Week Five, Day Four
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set I, Geometry, #57-81. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Finish reading Chapter 9, but you dont have to do the Problem Set today. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 5 Reading comprehension verbal questions
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Week Five, Day Five
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set I, Geometry, #82-106. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays In Ch. 9, do ASP Practice Problems. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions 3 Data interpretation questions
Week Five, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take a full-length practice test. To start a test in Magoosh, click the practice button at the top of your dashboard and select Practice Test. Take the whole test, and then read & watch the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong.
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.
Week Six, Day One
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set J, Geometry, Problem Set K Coordinate Geometry, and Problem Set L
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2) Elimination Strategies. Check your answers as soon as you finish. (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays
3) Read approximately the first quarter of Chapter 10, a long chapter; stop at any convenient stopping point. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
5) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
6) In Magoosh, do the following problems 20 Multiple choice math questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions
Week Six, Day Two
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set M, Inequalities. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Read approximately another quarter of Chapter 10, stopping at any convenient stopping point. At this point, you should be about halfway through Ch. 10. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 15 Text completion verbal questions 10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
Week Six, Day Three
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book
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Do Problem Set N, Fractions & Decimals. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Read approximately another quarter of Chapter 10, stopping at any convenient stopping point. At this point, you should be about 75% through Ch. 10. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions
Week Six, Day Four
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set O Equations. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays Finish reading Chapter 10. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Reading comprehension verbal questions 3 Data interpretation questions
Week Six, Day Five
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set P Averages, and #1-5 of Problem Set Q Ratios & Proportions. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays
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Read the introductory pages to Appendix A, everything before the vocab list. Skim that vocab list. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 5 Multiple choice math questions 5 Multiple answer math questions
Week Six, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take a full-length practice test. To start a test in Magoosh, click the practice button at the top of your dashboard and select Practice Test. Take the whole test, and then read & watch the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong.
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.
The beginning of this week is the halfway point in the three-month plan, so for the next three weeks, you watch each of the Magoosh verbal videos a second time.
Week Seven, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Overview, all six videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence Read Chapter 1.
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3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions
Week Seven, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Sentence Equivalence, all six videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence Start reading Chapter 2. Read through the section on Pivot Words. Do the Drill: Sentence Analysis (Clues, Pivots, Fill-Ins). Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Text completion verbal questions 10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
Week Seven, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Reading Compression, the first four videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence In Ch. 2, read the section on Double and Triple Blank Text Completions, and do the Drill: Sentence Analysis with Multiple Blanks. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy
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thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions
Week Seven, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Reading Compression, up to Difficult Passages I
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence In Ch. 2, read the section Traps to Avoid During Elimination, and do the Drill: Easy Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Reading comprehension verbal questions
Week Seven, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Reading Compression, the last four videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence In Ch. 2, do the Drill: Medium Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
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4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 20 Multiple choice math questions Week Seven, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take a full-length practice test. To start a test in Magoosh, click the practice button at the top of your dashboard and select Practice Test. Take the whole test, and then read & watch the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong. 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.
Week Eight, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, the first five videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence In Ch. 2, do the Drill: Hard Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions 10 Text completion verbal questions 3 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
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Week Eight, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, the last four videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence Begin reading Chapter 3. Read the first few pages up to the first drill, and do the Drill: Sentence Analysis. Read the full explanation of the answers. Then read the sections up to the second drill, and do the Drill: Answer Choice Analysis. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 15 Text completion verbal questions 5 Sentence equivalence verbal questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions
Week Eight, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion No Shift, all four videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence In Ch. 3, read the final content sections, and do the Drill: 20 Easy Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions
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Week Eight, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shift, the first three videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence In Ch. 3, do the Drill: 20 Medium Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 5 Reading comprehension verbal questions
Week Eight, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shift, up to Multiple Shifts
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence In Ch. 3, do the Drill: 20 Hard Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 6) 5 Multiple choice math questions 7) 10 Numeric entry math questions 8) 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions
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Week Eight, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the second hard copy practice GRE at the back of the Official Guide. 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.
Week Nine, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shift, the last three videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence Read Chapter Four. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 20 Multiple choice math questions
Week Nine, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Double Blanks, the first three videos in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence Read Chapter 5. Make flash cards for any idioms that are unfamiliar to you, and drill these with your vocabulary flash cards over the next few weeks. Do the Drill: Decoding Idioms. Grade your work using the key, and go back to the chapter to
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figure out any you got wrong. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Text completion verbal questions 10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
Week Nine, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Double Blanks, the last two videos in that section In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, the first video in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence In Appendix A, read through the Root List: Part I. Make flash cards for any roots that are unfamiliar to you, and drill these with your vocabulary flash cards over the next few weeks.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions
Week Nine, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, up to One Sentence Triple Blank
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2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence In Appendix A, read the Part II: Prefixes. Make flashcards for any prefix roots that are unfamiliar to you, and drill these with your vocabulary flash cards over the next few weeks.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Reading comprehension verbal questions
Week Nine, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, the last three video in that section
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence In Appendix A, read the Part III: Suffixes.Make flash cards for any suffix roots that are unfamiliar to you, and drill these with your vocabulary flash cards over the next few weeks.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions
Week Nine, Day Six
1) Today, you will take another practice test. You have three choices: A practice test within Magoosh. At this point, you will likely see some repeat questions because there may not be enough of a given question type (easy geometry questions, for example) create test sections with correct proportions of easy/medium/difficult questions, depending on your performance and how the test adapts to you. Repeat an official paper test from the back of the GRE Official Guide.
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Use another source if you have it. We highly recommend the 6 online practice tests that come with any one of the Manhattan GRE book series.
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.
At this point, you have seen all of the Magoosh verbal videos twice (except the Vocabulary videos watch them again as need be, but you probably have the hang of learning vocab by this point!).
Week Ten, Day One
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set Q, Ratios & Proportions, #6-30. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books. In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks. 3) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
4) In Magoosh, do the following problems 20 Multiple choice math questions
Week Ten, Day Two
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set R, Exponents & Roots and Problem Set S, Factoring. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
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3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 15 Text completion verbal questions 10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions 5 Reading comprehension verbal questions
Week Ten, Day Three
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set T, Algebraic Expressions and #1-11 of Problem Set U, Percents. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions 3 Data interpretation questions
Week Ten, Day Four
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set U, Percents, #12-31. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
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3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Reading comprehension verbal questions
Week Ten, Day Five 1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set V, Graphs. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions
Week Ten, Day Six
1) Today, you will take another practice test. You have three choices: A practice test within Magoosh. At this point, you will likely see some repeat questions because there may not be enough of a given question type (easy geometry questions, for example) create test sections with correct proportions of easy/medium/difficult questions, depending on your performance and how the test adapts to you. Repeat an official paper test from the back of the GRE Official Guide. Use another source if you have it. We highly recommend the 6 online practice tests that come with any one of the Manhattan GRE book series. 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.
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Week Eleven, Day One
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do #1-22 of Problem Set W, Word Problems. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 20 Multiple choice math questions
Week Eleven, Day Two
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set W, Word Problems, #23-32 and Problem Set X, Sequences & Series. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 15 Text completion verbal questions
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10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
Week Eleven, Day Three
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set Y, Counting. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions
Week Eleven, Day Four
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set Z, Probability & Statistics. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Reading comprehension verbal questions 5 Multiple choice math questions
Week Eleven, Day Five
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book
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Do #1-22 of Problem Set AA, Permutations & Combinations. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
3) In Magooshs GRE 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 create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions
Week Eleven, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the first practice GRE available through the GRE PowerPrep software. 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.
Week Twelve, Day One 1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set AA, Permutations & Combinations, #23-43. Check your answers as soon as you finish. 2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books. 3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, spend 30 minutes reviewing previous decks. 4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know. 5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Multiple choice math questions 10 Multiple answer math questions
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Week Twelve, Day Two
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set BB, Functions. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, spend 30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read three good-sized articles from your chosen source of challenging reading (e.g. The Economist, New York Times, etc.), noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Text completion verbal questions 10 Sentence equivalence verbal questions
Week Twelve, Day Three
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do Problem Set CC, Miscellaneous Problems. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, spend 30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
4) Read Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems 10 Quantitative comparison math questions 5 Reading comprehension verbal questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions
Week Twelve, Day Four
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book
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Do the Diagnostic/Review Test, #1-15. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) In Magoosh, watch the following videos Watch any 3-4 videos for an additional time
3) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
4) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, spend 30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
5) Read Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
6) In Magoosh, do the following problems 5 Reading comprehension verbal questions 5 Paragraph argument verbal questions
Week Twelve, Day Five
1) (Optional) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book Do the Diagnostic/Review Test, #16-30. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) In Magoosh, watch the following videos Watch any 3-4 videos for an additional time
3) (Optional) Manhattan GRE Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
4) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, spend 30 minutes reviewing previous decks.
5) Read Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
6) In Magoosh, do the following problems 5 Multiple choice math questions 10 Numeric entry math questions
Week Twelve, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the second practice GRE available through the GRE PowerPrep software.
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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. At the end, copy the essays you wrote into a Word doc, and as before, these you will share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback, or critique later with the Official Guide Guide rubric.
Concentrated Review
1) At this point, if you have been following the schedule, you should have done every question in both 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: 2) 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 an additional time 3-4 Magoosh lesson videos as needed, 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) (Optional) As needed, re-read any section of the Manhattan GRE books or re-do any problems from the NOVAS book.
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:
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:
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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.
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