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.…