Scored 320 (165Q 155V ) . I was hoping for a 170Q but found the first math section to be a bit challenging. Not going to complain much as i only had a week to prepare. Thank you so much Greg, you made studying fun. Really sorry that that I'm gonna cancel my subscription now. The best 7.99$ i ever spent. Also if someone has any questions drop it down below and I'll try to answer it. Thanks

Hello, I am looking for a few early testers for a software I'm building specifically for GRE prep. You can do unlimited test questions, high frequency GRE vocab mnemonics, and you can even set up specific topics (which you are not that confident) to test. Anyone wants to be my beta tester when I have the relevant features up? You can give me feedback on features you wish to have too, and I will build that in if possible.

In it, I built all possible studying methods to maximize GRE preparation (i.e. vocab spaced repetition, mnemonic, etc.), aiming to be the most efficient tool for GRE prep.

Got a crappy Verbal score but my programs only look at Quant so I think I’m good. First time GRE taker, only relied on PrepSwift for 1 month. Thanks Greg!!

I (25F) took the test for the first time since 2019 as my test expired and I wanted to have another score for applications! I first got a 316 at 20 years old (157 verbal, 159 quant) and I’m really proud of my improvement :)

I wish I prepped a bit harder on math just cuz it’s my favorite subject and I actually find the test a bit fun. I used the Magoosh vocab app and saw soooo many words on the actual test that I had just studied!

The only annoying thing was apparently my mic cut out or something cuz I was 10 minutes into typing my essay and my proctor started going “HELLO? HELLO?” And I was like “um hiiiii” while still typing lol. Clearly she couldn’t hear me so I messaged her like lol what and she made me do the entire check in process again and show her the room while my time was still counting down I was like girllll I am IN THE TEST and she was like oh okay bye and I never heard from her again. Lmao

Anyway I got a 5.5 the first time I took the GRE and now I’m not sure I’ll have as strong a writing score cuz of that interruption oh well. My pro tip is to become really good at typing because I took typing classes every day in elementary school and I think that has set me up for so much success in writing essays, research papers, and just general efficiency in typing a lot very quickly.

ALSO I was doing one of those math problems where it was like “choose all that are true” and there were 3 boxes and I checked the first 2, realized the last one was also right and as I went to click it my section ended before I could choose it like EXACTLY as I was clicking on my mousepad. BYEEEE I was like laughing at myself cuz why was I not paying attention to the time???

Anywayyyyy I saw one of the programs I was applying to with a deadline of Dec 15 needed a GRE so I was like okayyy I’ll do it I guess and I scheduled it the week before 😭 I’m not confident I’ll get in but I’m hopeful my scores will help a little?? Idk I’m going for a Psych Ph.D.

Still really proud of myself and if things don’t go my way this election cycle I will try again next year for the like 4th time 😀 in my head I am still 20 and the pandemic didn’t happen so I’m really hoping it works out this time 😭 applications are so exhausting and I always feel so awkward asking my recommenders for letters every year it’s the worst part

Take care everyone and happy GREing I hope it goes well for you and happy holidays!!!

I know, I know, it sounds very much like I'm shilling for ETS, which I am loathe to do. At 220 dollars a pop, one attempt alone is already more than anyone should have to pay for a test which, in every way that matters, grades itself. I only say to take the GRE twice, if financially able, because there was a significant gap between my scores this time as compared to my first time (331 -> 338).

I don't think that anything besides luck contributed to my score this time. Though I told myself I'd redouble my efforts between attempts, other matters took up much of my time, so I hardly studied at all, and even then with already well-trodden material.

Verbal was a similar experience to the first time, so there were no surprises there, but quant was significantly easier on my second time, or at least covered topics with which I was more familiar (thankfully no combinatorics, I hate that stuff). I even worried upon seeing my second quant section because the questions were so manageable, and I feared the adaptive scoring thingy had given me a simpler second section due to poor performance on the first, but I don't think that was the case.

The only real thing that I did differently was time management, since I was expecting to run out of time like I did before, but even that was probably just due to the easier questions than I was expecting.

Anyway, my rambling aside, the core point I wish to stress is that luck can play a large role in the score you get, so multiple attempts may indeed benefit you, as they did me.

Willing to answer questions about my prep and experience with the exam, if anyone likes.

Glad to be done with this test. u/Gregmat I am sorry but I must unsubscribe from your excellent service. Thank you for your Prepswift videos especially, they helped me tremendously in reestablishing my foundation in math I had not practiced since high school. Your service is worth much more than it charges.

Thanks to the subreddit at large too, I got lots of helpful tips from you guys. Good luck on your own exams!

GRE - Quant Daily Topic-wise Challenge

600+ quant questions divided per area of contents tested on the GRE

Arithmetic

Inequalities
Exponents
Overlapping Sets
Sequence and Series
Percentages
Single and Compound Interest
Equations and Ratios
Rate - Time - Distance
Geometry
Numbers
Statistics
Coordinate Geometry
Combinatorics
Probability

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QCQ -

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Others percentage questions to practice

QCQ - https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/quanti ... s%5B%5D=35
PS - https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/multip ... %5B%5D=536
MAC - https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/multip ... %5B%5D=539
NE - https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/numeri ... %5B%5D=502

I'm taking the GRE tomorrow afternoon, and I'm not hopeful for my scores. I see people on here lamenting scores in the low 160s, but I've fought my way to practice test scores in the mid to low 150s. I have dyslexia, dyscalulia, and ADHD. I have accommodations for the test, and I have been studying diligently.

I have a 4.0 GPA and am currently holding a 4.0 in a dual masters program getting a masters in clinical social work and an MBA with a marketing focus. Also, I'm only 21. My point is, despite my learning disabilities, I'm an academically successful student.

However, this test has really tried my patience. I pride myself on how I've overcome my learning disabilities and been extremely successful in school. However, I'm just not seeing that with this material. The only thing I feel good about is the essay, and I'm even worried I won't do well on that. My last practice test score was a 312 with a 154 on Quant, a 153 on Verbal, and a 5 on the essay. I have accepted the reality that I'll probably score in that range tomorrow, but I know myself well enough to know that after the test I'm gonna be a mess until I get the official score report. I'll be devastated if I get below a 320.

I see all these exceptional people around me progressing and improving much faster than me and it makes me feel so inadequate. I know I have a disadvantage that even extended time and extra breaks can't fully make up for because of my dyslexia and dyscalculia. I know lots of people don't do well on their first try and have to take the test again to get a score in the 320s. Regardless, I know I'll be disappointed.

I just wanted to see if anyone had any advice to share on this matter, and how you went on to improve your scores if this is something you've experienced. I haven't even taken the test, and I'm already feeling pretty defeated. Any words of kindness, encouragement, or advice would be much appreciated.

Applying to MBA programs, and many ask for both the official GRE score submission, as well as an UNOFFICIAL GRE score report. When I download my unofficial report, it lists all my past scores as well, some of which were really not good.

Is there a way to get an unofficial report that doesn't include all my past tests? I'm disclosing on the application that I've taken the test 4x, but I would much prefer they don't see my old scores

Hi, Does anyone know if there's a way to escalate an issue? I've called and emailed GRE/ETS Services and they're unable to help. I've had no success when asking to speak with someone more senior. Any advice?

Can we get any promo code or discount code for sending additional score reports to universities?

I don't mean to ask for registering for the test, but instead for sending the scores after you've taken the test.

If you know any that works currently, please share the codes below.

I'm planning for GRE around mid of Feb'25. I'm not good at planning and brainstorming about the essay topic and it takes me an hour to write an essay. How can I prepare for all the topics in the topic pool? Need some tips on how to ace this test

Confused by this question. I can see how Greg arrives at the solution technically if you plug in something like 3, however if I plug in a=1 the product is 0. Hence it is divisible by every integer from 1-9. Am I wrong?

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Hello guys, I hope everyone’s good and sound. I just started my GRE prep and I have around 6 months of time to prepare. I want you guys to know that I’m a doctorate ( Pharm.D ) and not familiar with Math and its basic concepts. I’ve been following GregMat for my prep and studying all the Math fundamentals from scratch. I wanna know if I should spend whole entire 2 months in studying all the basic concepts and fundamentals and then take up GregMats 2 months study plan for the prep? I’m lost here guys since it was even hard for me to complete some questions from 5 lbs book on the topic factors and factorials. I know it’s the basic of arithmetics but given my background the last time I learnt all these were in high school so help me out here guys what should I do?

A day late because I had to sleep early but making a post nonetheless. One thing I’m focusing on right now is getting foundations down pat for quant.

In school I largely just memorized formulas etc. and that just means being thrown off if I get a question that is phrased differently on the GRE!

So I’m basically trying to get a strong foundation in each concept, what it actually means etc

Yesterday I started the algebra videos from Gregmat, but also did some arithmetic practice from the site + also part of the manhattan chapter on inequalities. Definitely feel that inequalities may be my shakiest part of arithmetic ngl but doesn’t seem like it is tested that heavily. But I still went on.

Until tomorrow, plainbread

Will writing in first person be penalized? For relatable societal issues I find it easier to use personal anecdotes and experience. Additionally, can I just use examples of completely made up evidences, observations or studies to push my agenda.

I am taking the GRE tomorrow - I was approaching this one as a trial test as it is only needed for my backup PhD program.

However, I realized that my top choice actually wants official scores delivered before the application deadline. I have my 'real gre' set for 27th. The deadline is 31st, the scores are not gonna arrive on time.

What do i do? do i cancel/reschedule this exam and burn my backup school? I am so stressed out.

The entirety of my prep consisted of doing the official GRE practice tests. (I did the 2 free ones, and bought Powerprep tests 2 and 3.)

In my experience, the practice tests were very representative of the actual test’s difficulty. If I were to nitpick, the test was marginally tougher.

I was looking for this “how representative are the practice tests?” data point just the other day, so I decided to become the data point lol.

Hi there, I’m going through Greg’s vocab mountain. I’ve competed 12/34 word list and I need some help.

• Are you you going through only the words that Greg has mentioned in the list or the word along with its synonyms? Cause there are 1000+ words and each word has 2-3 synonyms. It becomes overwhelming to memorise all of them for me.

• If a word has multiple usages are you learning the one which is being used on a frequent basis or all of them?

My target as of now is to complete all the words and memorise at least 1 of its usage and if possible a few of the synonyms mentioned.

Is the above approach advisable or not? Exam is in ~40 days.

EDIT : it was an accidental typo guys 🥲. I mean 331 not 333*

All my practice tests I had been scoring around 320 and late 315s . Even nearing the exam. Gave my first attempt in September and it crumbled around me because I’m the worst anxious test taker.

My second attempt was SOLELY amazing BECAUSE AND ONLY because I decided to not give a shit anymore as I already had some score In my pocket.

My strategy:

MATH: Math was never an issue because I’m a STEM undergrad. For practice I used : 1)GREGMAT times quant quizzes which were released recently 2)prepswift for studying statistics and data analysis. The questions under each video are a goldmine of concepts . Pls utilise it everyone . 3)about 100 practice problems from GREGMAT dataset 4) mini quizzes (10-15) . My avg score here was 15 ish

VERBAL: My initial verbal score was garbage and my practice was extremely anti strategic. But for the second time , I did this.

RC:

This is awful if u didn’t follow strategy and an easy win if u did.

Use GREGMATs RC strategies. They’re beautiful and so simple. Could never be more thankful . For practice I used jamboree material and the questions in gregs videos

TC /SE

again, watch gregs initial videos and spend time fine tuning your vocab skills. (600-700 words do the trick)

Practice was fully from GREGS materials THE KEY IS TO BE ABLE TO PREDICT THE GIST /CONCEPT of the answer before u take a look at the options if you are an overthinker .

Critical reasoning

Jamboree material and GREGS practice videos

TESTS: I took the free tests from manhattan prep, Princeton review, kaplan,Magoosh

ETS powerprep tests

And gregmat tests

PLEASE DONT LOSE HOPE as all my practice marks were around 315-320 for all the tests and it is the mindset on the test day that changes the game.

Nothing is endgame. Nothing is undoable. Nothing matters apart from the peace of your mind .

PS:Tysm greg

I spent half a year studying the GRE prep books Manhattan, all of Princeton GRE prep, all Greg Mat prep, all this trash has nothing to with what is actually on the new tests, I got almost no problems at all that resembled anything, despite literally doing thousands and thousands of pages and spending hundreds and hundreds of hours, and my quant score is the exact same as when I didn't study at all. I would say, this whole industry is a fraud, only use the ETS books I guess, because that's apparently how the scam works. Only they know what is going to actually be on the test, these other guys are making up problems. I assume ETS re-designs the test constantly so you have to buy their prep material only, and they extort people to keep them from getting into industries without paying them for the answers basically. What a waste of my life.

I really feel defeated, I have the GRE scheduled for mid January but I haven’t had much time to study. I’m a full time student, volunteer, work, and have been working on grad admission applications. All while doing this I find the time to be human and spend time with friend, family, and my significant other. I keep avoiding studying because I’m just so overwhelmed with everything else and in turn it makes me so anxious and I get so exhausted by the afternoon. When I do study I’m only able to get a little bit of work in because I have so many other work and school obligations. I just want to give up, I’m really anxious.

I've been pretty burnt out at my current job teaching high school and have always dreamed of finishing up some sort of grad school program and moving up the ladder in life.

I took a practice GRE with Magoosh on a whim with no prep today and got a 159-162 average Verbal and 152-155 Math (math score is probably lower than it should be because I was interrupted by a call during my conference period, lost about 5-6 minutes and didn't finish by 2 questions.)

So my guesstimated score should be between 311 and 317?

Does anyone know how accurate this score is?

Also how many points can the average person generally improve on the GRE with prep?

From a Google search my score is roughly in the 60th percentile so I obviously need to improve significantly if I want to get into any solid grad program.

TIA! 🙏

Hi everyone, I just took Power Prep 1 and got the following scores:

• Quant: 7/12 and 15/15
• Verbal: 10/12 and 7/15

Does anyone know the GRE score equivalent of these Power Prep scores? Also, how similar is Power Prep 1 to the actual GRE?

MSCS applicant here. I wrote the gre in early October and reported scores to some colleges. However, due to some issues with my name and passport which I only got to know now, I had to resend the scores to those and a few other target colleges, with 7-10 days left for the deadlines. I have submitted the score report PDF on the supplementary documents. I'm very worried, can someone please help me out or at least give me some reassurance (not false) that the scores, even if reaching a few days late, can be verified with my reported scores?

What is the best book for Verbal? Some said official ETS VR is the best, some said it is too easy compared to the actual GRE. Please suggest as I am really confused about it. What books should I practice from, if any additional is needed?

I have subscribed to Gregmat+ plus. I am currently planning on following his two months plan. Is there any strategy you'd like to share for watching his stuff? For both Quant & VR.

Also, I have 5 LB for Quant, should I follow Manhattan Prep "GRE All the Quant" or "GRE Math Strategies" afterwards, if I want more advanced Quant problems and strategies?

These may have been discussed before but I'd really love your responses.

P.S: For Vocab I'm using Magoosh GRE Flashcards.

Hey everyone,
I just need to rant about the GRE. I’ve taken it twice (only the Quant section mattered for me). The first time, I scored 165; the second, 167—but I barely had enough time to finish both sections. How on earth does the ability to solve math questions in under two minutes relate to any skill required for a PhD? It’s absurd. In mathematics, it’s never about speed; it’s about concepts and deep understanding. For context, I’m applying for a quantitative PhD and have been using advanced math for some time. This test is just so stupid. All students could use this time to learn something useful and not go back to the high school material. What a waste of time it is.

As for the Verbal section, the fact that they made Gregmat delete his videos says a lot. I bet it’s because he was TOO helpful for students. Of course, they claim it’s due to copyright.

Also, I’m from Europe, and the idea of paying extra to ETS for them to send your scores to institutions is ridiculous. Two years ago, I took the CAE and scored at the C2 level. That test actually assesses whether you know English—grammar, structures, and so on. By comparison, the TOEFL is a joke. Anyone can prepare for it in less than a week using basic templates from the internet. The same applies to the GRE’s AWA section. What does it really test? The ability to watch a yt video and memorize a format?

With the CAE, you can use your certificate as you please. With the TOEFL, you pay a ridiculous $290, and then you have to pay again every time you apply somewhere! What exactly are we paying for? Twenty questions on a standardized test? It’s such a scam.

Honestly, I hope universities that rely on ETS exams for admissions realize they’re missing out on talent. In fact, I think they already do.

Ok, that’s it. Hate ETS forever. Universities should be smarter and stop requiring these tests.

I just thought that 3 SD equals 30, so 1 SD might be 10.

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Dear all,

Tomorrow is my 4th GRE attempt. Little nervous tbh.

It has been a long ride, I am hoping for the best. Remember me in your prayers!
Good luck to you all.

Cheers!