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In addition, there are 2 written exams from the Official Guide. Of the major test prep companies, Kaplan's practice exam questions and score predictions are imho the most realistic.
That said, even for those skilled in math, 6 officials + 6 Kaplan exams is often not enough to achieve 170Q. You'll probably want to supplement with other materials, taking an exam perhaps once every week or two for practice and to evaluate progress.
Thank you for the response! So I think I found the official ETS book here: https://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Revised-General-Edition/dp/007179123X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377185372&sr=8-1&keywords=official+gre
Sorry for not understanding but what section workbooks are you talking about?
https://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Revised-General-Test/dp/007179123X
I used this book when I was studying and felt it was really helpful. I’d supplement with Khan Academy or YouTube videos to fill any gaps you might have.
Have you used any of the official ETS material? I'd recommend reading through their math review, hitting the paper-based practice test and the 2nd or 3rd edition guide, followed by the ETS quant practice book. You can't beat several hundred questions straight from the test-makers.
Manhattan 5lb would be a good source of practice once you've completed the other stuff. The 2nd edition guide + quant/verbal practice books all come in a pack on Amazon called "Super Power Pack." If you don't have any of them, I'd overnight it if possible.
Good luck.
Here's the order I recommend:
Quantitative Comparison strategies
Arithmetic (integers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios)
Powers and roots
Algebra
Word Problems
Geometry
Integer properties
Statistics
Counting
Probability
Are there any books you would recommend that kind of have this sequential order in terms of prep?
Our course follows this order, but you can follow this order with practically any resource.
Resources-wise, be sure to get ETS's Official Guide for GRE. For extra practice questions, ETS (the test maker) has a quant-only book and a verbal-only book, each with 200 questions.
Cheers, Brent
Sounds like you've exhausted the official electronic resources. :(
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Definitely take an official practice test first.
It may be the case that you're already scoring above your target scores, in which case you may not need to prepare at all :-)
Resources-wise, be sure to get ETS's Official Guide for GRE. For extra practice questions, ETS (the test maker) has a quant-only book and a verbal-only book, each with 200 questions.
As far as instructional resources go, the one that's best for you will be the one that best suits your learning style. We have a GRE video course you might want to try.
Finally, it's a good idea to have some kind of Study Plan. We have a one here if you're interested.
Cheers, Brent
To get an idea of the resources you'll need, I suggest that you take an official practice test. It may be the case that you're already scoring above your target scores, in which case you may not need to prepare at all :-).
Resources-wise, be sure to get ETS's Official Guide for GRE. For extra practice questions, ETS (the test maker) has a quant-only book and a verbal-only book, each with 200 questions.
As far as instructional resources go, the one that's best for you will be the one that best suits your learning style. We have a GRE video course you might want to try.
Finally, it's a good idea to have some kind of Study Plan. We have a one here if you're interested.
Cheers, Brent
To get an idea of the resources you'll need, I suggest that you take an official practice test. It may be the case that you're already scoring above your target scores, in which case you may not need to prepare at all :-).
Resources-wise, be sure to get ETS's Official Guide for GRE. For extra practice questions, ETS (the test maker) has a quant-only book and a verbal-only book, each with 200 questions.
As far as instructional resources go, the one that's best for you will be the one that best suits your learning style. We have a free GRE video course you might want to try.
Finally, it's a good idea to have some kind of Study Plan. We have a one here if you're interested.
Cheers, Brent
To get an idea of the resources you'll need, I suggest that you take an official practice test. It may be the case that you're already scoring above your target scores, in which case you may not need to prepare at all :-).
Resources-wise, be sure to get ETS's Official Guide for GRE. For extra practice questions, ETS (the test maker) has a quant-only book and a verbal-only book, each with 200 questions.
As far as instructional resources go, the one that's best for you will be the one that best suits your learning style. We have a free GRE video course you might want to try.
Finally, it's a good idea to have some kind of Study Plan. We have a one here if you're interested.
Cheers, Brent
To get an idea of the resources you'll need, I suggest that you take an official practice test. It may be the case that you're already scoring above your target scores, in which case you may not need to prepare at all :-).
Resources-wise, be sure to get ETS's Official Guide for GRE. For extra practice questions, ETS (the test maker) has a quant-only book and a verbal-only book, each with 200 questions.
As far as instructional resources go, the one that's best for you will be the one that best suits your learning style. We have a free GRE video course you might want to try.
Finally, it's a good idea to have some kind of Study Plan. We have a one here if you're interested.
Cheers, Brent
I have not used Varsity Tutors, so I am not certain of the difficulty of their questions versus actual GRE questions. However, unless you have already exhausted them, I suggest practicing official GRE questions from the GRE Official Guide. Your accuracy on those questions will give you a better idea of how prepared you are for GRE quant. If you find that you are struggling with official GRE questions, perhaps you may want to seek out a robust study resource to better help learn GRE quant. If you are unsure of which resources to use, you should check out sites such as Crush The GRE or GRE Prep Club.
Do you have a specific budget to spend on your GRE materials? If you can only afford a GRE book or two, I agree with I agree with /u/e3027; I would see what GRE books are available at your local library.
With that said, the first book I would seek out is "The Official Guide to the GRE" (http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Revised-General-Test/dp/007179123X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459885232&sr=8-1&keywords=ets+book Besides). The Official Guide contains problems sets of old retired GRE questions. Besides the Official Guide, there are books offered by most major test prep companies. Feel free to read some reviews here: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gre+books
Also, for a free online option, Green Light Test Prep offers a full GRE video course: https://www.greenlighttestprep.com/
Regardless of which resource you select, be sure that it provides detailed instruction as well as sufficient practice questions of each topic tested on the GRE. With such a resource you will be able to learn each topic individually, and in full, before moving on to the next. This method of learning will keep you focused and organized.
Good luck with your prep and feel free to reach out with any other questions.
Another great resource to learn more about the GRE is the Official Guide for the GRE, which can be purchased here.
Not only does this book have a detailed overview of the GRE, but it also provides retired official questions from past GRE exams.
After reading more about the GRE, you should next take an official GRE practice test (as adoreandu mentioned). You can download the practice test here.
Use the score from your practice test to determine how close your score is to the score necessary for your desired schools. If your score is well below their score range, then you may have to study from 3 to 5 months to improve. However, if your score is close to their score range, then you may only have to study 1 to 2 months to improve.
Finally, you will need to select a GRE prep study resource. Depending on your budget, you have plenty of options from which to choose, ranging from textbooks to classes to online self-study platforms. However, whatever resource you ultimately use, be sure that it allows for sufficient learning and sufficient practice. As /u/GreenlightTestPrep already touched on, you want to be able to totally learn a topic and then practice that topic until it totally sticks. For instance, if you were to learn about percents, you want to make sure you have the means to learn everything possible about percents, e.g., percent less than, percent greater than, variable percents, percent profit, percent change. After that, be sure that you have the means to practice a lot of questions (50 or more) just on percents. The results of that practice will help determine how well you have mastered percents.
To determine which prep materials may work best for you you should check out sites such as GRE Prep Club or Crush The GRE, to get an idea of the different online resources.
Also, most online GRE prep programs offer a free or low cost trial, so definitely do your research and choose something that will work well for you.
Just to give you my background: I took it once and the whole thing was a disaster, but when I saw my score I ended up with a 165 V and 159 Q which was right about where I wanted to be. My practice tests were around 168 V and 160 Q so my dream score would be somewhere around 330. Without studying my score probably would have been about 159 V and 153 Q. Here is what I would recommend:
Definitely use Magoosh, that was my main resource. Watch as many math videos in your problem areas as you can.
Magoosh practice math problems and explanation videos will be your best bet, since they not only teach you the tricks and methods, but also get your brain in shape for the strain of the math section.
The Magoosh verbal practice is also helpful because it puts you in the right state of mind for the subtle tricks in the verbal section. A lot of getting a good score in verbal is being able to trust your gut on suspicious answers.
Aim to cover 1/2 of each vocab level each week on the app. In reality studying vocab is sort of futile since their are thousands of words to learn, but the app covers a lot of the ones frequently used on the test
I bought 3 different review books, the only one you need is the official review by ETS and maybe the Manhattan prep stuff if you have time.
Take the official practice tests, I would recommend doing each twice
Consistency is your friend for GRE practice, I did about 30 minutes a day for a year, but since you have a short deadline (approximately 3 months?) I would scale that up to at least an hour a day with longer sessions on the weekend.
Check out the Magoosh study plans, I didn't use them because I wanted to craft my own plan, but they seem pretty comprehensive.
You should be able to raise your overall score by 10 points, but realistically even with all my practice my score probably was only about 8-12 points higher than it would have been.
Good Luck!
Sure it was this book and sorry I already gave my copy to a friend. Honestly just familiarize yourself with the vocab words they use the most often and you'll be fine!
LOL, I've been in 2 different states and 4 different towns in the past 4 years. Licenses are very easy to transfer, don't worry about it. You are likely at a time in your life where picking up and moving about is still very easy. Later in life, kids happen and parents may require extra care and the flexibility you have now can become much less of a possibility.
I wanted to walk to school, so I made sure to find an apartment close to campus. Larger schools will likely offer some sort of resident assistant program which could potentially get you in campus housing for much less/free.
Practice makes perfect. Go to the library and check-out study guides from years previous. Take a couple, score them, and address any weak spots.
I love learning. As crazy hectic as grad school is, this is the last time you get to sit down and have some incredible minds tell you incredibly interesting things day after day.
It sucks, and I should have gone to a cheaper school. Luckily, I'm not a complete financial moron and have paid over half my debt in 4 years post-graduation. /r/personalfinance is a wonderful resource.
I did take a year and a half off between a very grueling undergrad and grad school. Many things happened - I had more financial stability, I gained geriatric experience, and I grew up. Instead of worrying so much about school, I was able to look at it with more of a "job" mentality which made it MUCH less stressful. Also, I didn't lose my grasp on the material and found that I was able to review anything I was less familiar with very quickly.
HA. No seriously, it hasn't come up on ANY of the interviews I've done. Once you have your CCC's it's mostly a non-issue. The only instance I can see being relevant would be a PhD/research-based condition. The caveat would be I imagine that some places are more regionally familiar with a certain school, but your skills as a clinician are infinitely more important at the end of the day.
It's way better than I thought. I've taken risks with jobs and it's paid-off. Challenge forces you to adapt and improve much faster than complacency.
It's this question that made me post. It sounds scarily like me around the same time. Generally speaking, center yourself around a major metro/suburban area and you won't hurt for work. It may not be The Career, but it will be A Job, and those are just as important. But most importantly, whatever you do, do it for yourself. In rather eerily similar circumstances, I had a boyfriend (now ex, lol) during grad school who was a geologist going to school and planning to work in Colorado. There was pressure (both direct and indirect) from him and from a relationship standpoint for me to make career choices that would be more complementary to the lifestyle we thought we wanted. I was tempted to compromise, thinking it for the best of the relationship, but ultimately stuck to my guns and prioritized my education and career instead. To make a long story short, he didn't work out, but everything else did. And among the many reasons I found myself increasingly non-compatible with someone I dated for the better part of a decade ultimately had little to do with my job choices and a lot to do with him being a massive douchebag. Regardless of what you decide to do, make sure you do it for yourself!
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My typical work week is 40 hours with frequent opportunities for overtime. I really enjoy the wide variety of patients with whom I work and being able to learn as much from them as I hope they learn from me. My setting sees adults exclusively (youngest patients around 16 or so) with geriatric adults being seen most frequently.
Here is a Magoosh blog post about average scores at top institutions.
Magoosh is a great resource, even just for information on the test if you are not interested in their packages. I cannot recommend them enough. I just started with 7Sage for LSAT, one of the highest rated LSAT prep programs available online, and so far my impression is that Magoosh was better overall. Interface, lessons, questions, everything.
Definitely pick up the official ETS prep book found here, and immediately. Burn through the review chapters in a couple sessions, then take both a written and computer based practice test (two of each are available with the ETS book). Now you will know where you currently stand, where you need to be, and how much more prep you will need.
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