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The authors of GRE Reading Comprehension passages are, generally speaking, inexplicably addicted to describing other peoples’ views on various matters. Whatever the topic– Puerto Rican poets, the mating habits of bats, the Chilean electoral system or the French Revolution– odds are the GRE passage on the subject quotes about eight different scholars, all saying different [...]
- Continue reading Reading Comprehension Tip: Keep Track of the Author
Let’s say you’re faced with the following quantitative comparison problem: Column A: 20 / sqrt(10) Column B: 10 / sqrt(5) The first thing to note here is that since there aren’t any variables in this situation, you can eliminate D right off the bat. You can be sure that one of these numbers is always [...]
- Continue reading Quantitative Comparison Tip: Do the Same to Both Columns
The GRE is an important part of your admissions process, so it’s worth devoting the blood, sweat and tears to prepare thoroughly for it. But how should you do so? You have three options: self-study, a class, and tutoring. In this post I’ll discuss the pros and cons of each. Self-Study You could just buy [...]
- Continue reading How to Prepare for the GRE: Examining Your Options
You have to guess on every single GRE problem– you won’t be able to continue with the test until you’ve chosen an answer. So you might as well learn to guess well. On Quantitative Comparison questions, as I’ll show, this is especially, almost scandalously easy. Let’s take a made-up QC question: -1 < x < [...]
- Continue reading Doing Well on Quantitative Comparison Questions Even When You Have No Clue
Rate-time problems are one of the biggest headaches on the math section of the GRE. You know the type– they always start out something like: “If Jane can bake four cakes in five hours and Jane and Sam together can bake 8 cakes in twelve hours…” These problems can seem quite confusing, but in fact [...]
When the revised GRE comes out in August 2011, vocabulary will no longer be nearly as important for the test. Until then, the simplest and most boring way to improve your verbal GRE score is to memorize several thousand words’ worth of vocab. Here’s how to get to work on that. Buy a book with [...]
With the GRE, unlike other standardized tests, you can schedule a test for whenever you want. Since it’s computer-administered, you can choose a test date that fits your schedule. So how should you choose? Here are some tips. Your first step in choosing a test date is to find out what the admissions deadlines are [...]
You shouldn’t try to cram for the GRE! You should plan a three-month study schedule and allow plenty of time to work on improving your scores. But, let’s say that your GRE is in, like, a week, and you haven’t studied, and you’re desperate. What do you do? Here’s a step-by-step plan: 1. Take a [...]
Most people don’t get to choose whether to take the GRE or the GMAT: They have to take whichever test their program demands. For business school types, that usually means the GMAT; for most other people doing masters or PhD work, it’s the GRE. But an increasing number of MBA programs are accepting the GRE [...]
The GRE is changing! See our previous post for more info, but basically, the new test is coming on August 1, 2011. If you need your scores before November, you’ll have to take the old test, but if you don’t need them until later you may want to take the new one. What has changed [...]