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Finished with GRE (335)

r/GRE·fuongnhu·about 10 hours ago
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I took the GRE today and got a prelim score of 335 (170Q and 165V) and am finally done with it. Thought it would be helpful to share what I did.

Materials:

- Subscription to Gregmat

- The official books (GRE official guide, Verbal Reasoning, and Quantitative Reasoning)

Things I did:

- I studied for about two months.

- Quant: Followed the Prepswift plan videos only. I have studied for the GMAT before so my quant has good foundations and I just needed to brush up on the geometry. I did couple of Gregmat quizzes but I think the official guides practice sets are much better.

- Verbal: I’m an avid reader and writer so learning vocabulary and understanding what the RC questions ask for was my main concern. Out of Gregmat’s ~1,000 words, I already knew around 80% so learning the rest and know them by heart was important for me.

- Time management: I practiced all the sets with the time constraints and aimed to have 3-5 minutes at the end to review every questions.…

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