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90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused)
By MIKE on March 5, 2012 in Study Guides and Plans
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OK, you are starting more or less from scratch, and you want to prepare for the GRE in 90 days. You need a strategic plan to organize yourself. I
designed four different versions of the 90 Day Plan, and I need you to start with a little self-diagnosis. Which sounds most like you?
90 Day GRE Study Plan for Beginners: Help! Math and verbal both scare the living bejeebers out of me! I need all the help and support I
can get! Help!
90 Day GRE Study Plan (Math Focused): I have a natural affinity with the verbal, but the math is far less intuitive for me. I would like to
focus more there.
90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused): Me a math nerd. Me think all math easy. Me have big verbal problems. One day, me
will talk good.
90 Day GRE Study Plan for Advanced Students: I actually feel reasonably comfortable with math & verbal; if I took the test today, Id get
around 310-320 combined score. Im interested in refining my understanding and getting into the 320s region in the next twelve weeks.

90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused)

Essential Materials:
Magoosh GRE Prep
ETSs Official Guide to the GRE book (+ our free video explanations)
ETSs PowerPrep Software: If you are a Mac user that cant use ETSs Poweprep, or would prefer to take the practice test on paper, you can
print out ETSs practice test PDF (with video explanations here). Take note that the Poweprep software and the paper-based test have
overlapping material, so it wont be of much help to do both, unless you space them out far enough so that you wont recognize the
questions and answers! I recommend using the Poweprep software if you can, since taking the test on a computer is a better simulation of
exam day conditions.
Volumes 7 & 8 of the Manhattan GRE books. Its an eight-volume set, so if you want extra math practice, feel free to buy some of the other
volumes. Volumes 7 & 8 are used in this plan. One other purpose of getting these books is to get the code in the back, to register and get
access to six GRE tests online.
Magooshs online GRE Flash cards. Theyre free and you can use them on the web, on your iPhone/iPad or Android.
Subscribe to the Sunday New York Times (NYT), online or print
Reading material: this may be any non-fiction scholarly book, history and social science preferable. You may also choose one of
the recommended magazines: Scientific American, Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, National Geographic, The Economist. You are reading
(a) to build your reading comprehension skills, (b) to refine your understanding of grammar and usage, and (c) to expand your vocabulary.
a journal or notebook (yes, a physical hard copy item)
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Notecards
Supplemental/Optional Materials:
Any of the steps listed in the schedule for the materials below are purely for extra practice, so they are to be done as optional tasks if you have
extra time.
Novas GRE Math Prep Course: there is essentially no instruction in this book and the explanations are horrible: we only recommend this as a
bank of challenging math problems.
Any one volume of the Manhattan GRE books. Its an eight-volume set, so buy as much as you think will help you and as you can afford.
One of the purposes of getting one book is to get the code in the back, to register and get access to six GRE tests online.
McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math: this book is for those struggling with the very basics of math, folks who are sheer panic over
almost anything mathematical. If you are following this plan, youre probably pretty confident in your math skills, so Id recommend this
book only if youre really desperate for some extra practice material.
Quizlet.com: gives you online access to flashcards, making it easier, say, to quiz yourself on your mobile device
WordSmart: very basic level 1 definition of words with simple sentences
Dictionary.com: very good example sentences with definition
Wordnik.com: provides a flood of example sentences
Word Dynamo (Dictionary.com): give you little quizzes & games to add some variety to vocab learning
Magoosh iPhone/Android app, for mobile practice
A note on learning GRE vocabulary: first of all, its important not only to learn the literal dictionary definition (the denotation), but also to
understand the metaphorical use of the word in context (the connotation). For example, the word opaque literally means not transparent, but
metaphorically it can means hard to understand or, describing a person, it can mean thick-headed, stupid. Ultimately, you should strive to
learn both the denotation and the connotation of each word.
Daily review of vocab is vital. I wrote this schedule recommending the Magooshs GRE Flashcards, but DO NOT limit yourself to just these words.
AS YOU READ and find more words you dont know, look them up, make flash cards (including context), and make your own flashcard decks. You
could have one pile for words whose denotation you are trying to master, another containing words for which you know the denotation but not the
connotation, and a done stack that gets reviewed only rarely.
A note on the prep books: Dont write in any of the test prep books, because for any of them, after a period of time you may want to go back
and do a problem again that you havent seen for a while. You can only start it fresh if the page is free of your marks.

This 90-day plan is demands a manageable pace that must be followed diligently so things dont get out of hand. Its designed to have you
improve as much as you can improve in a three month period. I have designed twelve weeks, assuming 1-2 hours for each of the five weekdays,
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and one 4-5 stint on the weekend (Day Six). If you would prefer to work on both weekend days, and free up some weeknight time, feel free to
make those changes. Note: Many folks find that each days assignments take 1-2 hours, although times to complete them will vary for different
students
Also, as much as possible, get enough sleep during this month. REM sleep plays an important role in encoding long term memory, and in an eight
hour period of sleep, the last hour has the most REM. If you are getting 7 hours/night instead of 8 hours/night, you are depriving your brain of
one of its most powerful systems for learning and remembering. Caffeine and energy drinks will keep you feeling awake if you dont get enough
sleep, but they dont do bupkis to replace the lost opportunity to encode more information into long term memory.
Week One
Week One, Day One
1) Go to http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/about/content/, and read about the content of the GRE. Click on and read each sub-heading
link.
2) In the Official Guide Guide,
Read Chapter 1, Introducing the GRE revised General Test
Read Chapter 2, GRE Analytic Writing (just the descriptions of the question, not all the sample material)
Read the introductory few pages of Chapter 3, GRE Verbal Reasoning (everything up to the sample questions)
Read the introductory few pages of Chapter 4, GRE Quantitative Reasoning (everything up to the sample questions)
3) In the Official Guide Guide, start skimming the GRE Math Review. Do the first two exercise sets (Arithmetic & Algebra) and correct your work
right away.
4) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Verbal: under Text Completion Overview, the first three videos in that section

Week One, Day Two
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1) Finish skimming the GRE Math Review in the Official Guide. Do the last two exercise sets it contains (Geometry & Data Analysis) and check
your work right away. If most of that material is obvious to you, and most of the questions easy, then this plan is the right plan for you. If more
than a couple topics in the Math Review are difficult/confusing for you, consider whether this plan is the best for you.
2) Download and start reading the Magoosh GRE eBook. Continue reading whenever you have the time over the course of the next two weeks.
In Verbal: under Text Completion Overview, the last three videos in that section
NOTE: As you finish each section of lesson videos, take the practice quiz at the end of the set.
NOTE: I am not assigning you any math videos. You may want to watch a couple of the strategy summary videos at the ends of sections, simply
to verify that you understand everything covered. As you feel you need brush up on anything mathematical, feel free to dip into those videos.
4) In Magoosh, set up a practice session by clicking on the Practice link in the header. For Math, check off all of the subjects that youre
comfortable practicing, set the difficulty to adaptive, the question pool to unanswered, the number of questions, the time to no limit, and the
mode to practice mode.
Narrow your practice to just that subjects youve studied so far. Youll widen the scope of your practice over the course of your studies.
Do the following problems:
10 Multiple choice math questions
For each Magoosh problem, after you submit your answer, on the next page which tells you whether you were right or wrong, theres a video
solution and below that a text summary. If you got the question right, skim the text summary to verify you got it right for the right reason. If you
got the question wrong, see if you can figure out for yourself why the right answer is right. After thinking through it yourself, watch the video,
taking notes in your journal about any concept or any aspect of the question type that was unclear to you

Week One, Day Three
In Verbal: under Sentence Equivalence, the first three videos in that section
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2) Download the Magoosh Complete Guide to GRE Vocabulary
Read carefully the section Making Words Stick, about learning vocabulary, and the section Vocabulary in Context: Articles from Magazines and
Newspapers. Skim the rest of the book to get a sense of the layout and style. As you build vocab through this plan, periodically go back to this
book to verify your understanding and to make connections to other words. The more ways you have of remembering a word, the more likely you
are to remember it!
3) In Magoosh, set up a practice session by clicking on the Practice link in the header. For Math, check off all of the subjects that youre
comfortable practicing, set the difficulty to adaptive, the question pool to unanswered, the number of questions, the time to no limit, and the
mode to practice mode.
Narrow your practice to just that subjects youve studied so far. Youll widen the scope of your practice over the course of your studies.
Do the following problems:

Week One, Day Four
In Verbal: under Sentence Equivalence, the last three videos in that section
2) In Magoosh, do the following problems

Week One, Day Five
In Verbal: under Reading Comprehension, the first four videos in that section
In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, the first three videos in that section
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10 Quantitative comparison math questions
3 Paragraph argument verbal questions
3 Reading comprehension verbal questions

Week One, Day Six
In AWA: all ten videos
In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, the last six videos in that section
In Verbal: under Vocabulary, all ten videos
2) Today, you are going to write two essays, half an hour each. You will write two Issue essays and two Argument essays.
For topics, go to the ETS GRE Issue Pool (http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/pool) and the ETS GRE
Argument Pool (http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/pool). Figure out a way to pick topics at random
(maybe you print the lists, cut it into slips of paper, and choose some at random). Write the essays in a word processing program.
Now that you have these essays, what do you do with them? If you have a friend or mentor who is a gifted writer, see if they would read the
essays for you and critique them. If they are willing, you can show them the assessment criteria in the Official Guide Guide, and ask them to follow
it. If you cant convince anyone else to read it, you may try posting them on that same GMAT club forum, and see whether an expert there will
critique your essay. Failing either of these options, at least you can set the essays aside, and in a couple days re-read them with the Official
Guide Guides rubric beside you.

Week Two
Week Two, Day One
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In Verbal: under Reading Comprehension, up to Difficult Passage I
In Math: under Data Interpretation, all four videos
2) Manhattan GRE Volume 7: Reading Comprehension & Essays
Read Chapter 1
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, go through 20 words. Review any previously learned flashcards.

4) Read
three good-sized article from The Economist, noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.
3 Data interpretation questions

Week Two, Day Two
In Verbal: under Reading Comprehension, the last four videos in that section
Read Chapter 2, up to and including Principle #3. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, go through 20 words. Review your previously learned flashcards.
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4) Read
5 Text completion verbal questions
5 Sentence equivalence verbal questions

Week Two, Day Three
In Verbal: under Text Completion No Shifts, all four videos in that section
Read to the end of Chapter 2, but dont do the Problem Set today. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new
to you.
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont know.

Week Two, Day Four
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In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shifts, the first three videos in that section
Do the Chapter 2 Problem Set.. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy
thats new to you.
4) Read

Week Two, Day Five
In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shifts, up to Multiple Shifts
Read Chapter 3 and do the Chapter 3 Problem Set. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read
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Week Two, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to write two essays, half an hour each. You will write one Issue essay and one Argument essay.
For topics, go back to the topics from the ETS Issue Pool & Argument Pool. Again, choose topics at random. Write the essays in Word.
When done, share the essays with a trusted friend/mentor, or post in the GMAT forum, or set aside and critique it yourself with the Official Guide
Guide rubric in a few days.
2) In the Official Guide Guide:
a) do the Verbal Reasoning Practice Sets 1-6
b) do the Quantitative Reasoning Practice Sets 1-4
Treat this as a mock GRE. You might even combine it with the two essays, and do consecutive batches 2-3 set without interruption, to simulate
more effectively a real GRE. Set a timer for the time limits. Here are the time limits to observe:
Official Guide Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 1 = 9 minutes
Official Guide Guide Quantitative Reasoning Set 1 = 22 minutes
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After you are done, check all your answers. For any question you got right, skim the explanation to verify that you got it right for the right
reason. For any question you got wrong, read the explanation thorough, taking notes in your journal on any concepts you didnt understand and
anything about the question format that psyched you out. If you still cant make sense of the question after reading the explanation, email us at
Magoosh.
If you are doing much better than expected on Verbal, or much worse than expected on Math, this might be a good time to consider whether you
should switch to another version of the 3-month plan (see explanations of them at the top).

Week Three
Week Three, Day One
In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shifts, the last three videos in that section
Read Chapter 4 and do the Chapter 4 Problem Set. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
4) Read

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Week Three, Day Two
In Verbal: under Text Completion Double Blanks, the first three videos in that section
Read Chapter 5, but dont do the Problem Set today. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

Week Three, Day Three
In Verbal: under Text Completion Double Blanks, the last two videos in that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, the first video in that section
Do the Chapter 5 Problem Set. Read the full explanation of the answers. Read Chapter 6. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
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4) Read
Week Three, Day Four
In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, up to One Sentence Triple Blanks
Read Chapter 7 through the entire discussion of all the questions accompanying the Model Short Passage Revisited. Take notes in your journal
on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read
Week Three, Day Five
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In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, the last three videos in that section
In Ch. 7, read the Model Long Passage Revisited and the following pages of questions & explanations pertaining to it. Take notes in your journal
on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read
Week Three, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to write four essays, half an hour each. You will write two Issue essays and two Argument essays.
For topics, go back to the topics from the ETS Issue Pool & Argument Pool. Again, choose topics at random. Write the essays in Word.
When done, share the essays with a trusted friend/mentor, or post in the GMAT forum, or set aside and critique it yourself with the Official Guide
Guide rubric in a few days.

Week Four
You have already seen all the Magoosh Verbal videos at this point. In a few weeks, we will watch them a second time. In the time slot in which
you would be watching those videos, I will have you work on challenging math problems from the NOVAS book.

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Week Four, Day One
1) In the NOVAs GRE Prep Course book
Do Problem Set A Substitution & Problem Set B Substitution, Quantitative comparisons. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
NOTE: The Math in the NOVAS book is very challenging, and therefore serves well as practice for the mathematically ambitious students
preparing for the GRE. The explanations in the NOVAS book are not that good, and there are flaws in the answer key. If you get one of these
questions wrong, check for any mistake, but if you cant find one, you may be correct.
The problem sets throughout the book, denoted by capital letters, are in alphabetical order and are found mostly at the ends of sections.
Also, do all the Nova questions timed. Count the number of problems in a problem set, multiply that number by 1.75, and round to the nearest
whole number: thats the number of minutes you should give yourself for the problem set.
Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage A. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
4) Read

Week Four, Day Two
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Do Problem Set C Substitution & Problem Set D Defined Functions. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage B. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
4) Read

Week Four, Day Three
Do Problem Set E Number Theory, #1-20. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage C. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions on. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
4) Read
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Week Four, Day Four
Do Problem Set E Number Theory, #21-39. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage D. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
4) Read

Week Four, Day Five
Do Problem Set F, Quantitative comparisons. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage E. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
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4) Read
5 Numeric entry math questions

Week Four, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the hard copy practice GRE in the Official Guide Guide, starting on p. 303.
For the two essay questions, write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or
post in the online forums asking for feedback, or critique later with the Official Guide Guide rubric.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that
you are planning to bring to the real GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the
previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal.

Week Five
Week Five, Day One
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Do Problem Set G, Hard Quantitative comparisons, Problem Set H Hard Quantitative comparisons,, and Problem Set I Geometry #1-6. Check
your answers as soon as you finish.
Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage F. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
4) Read

Week Five, Day Two
Do Problem Set I, Geometry, #7-31. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Do Chapter 8 Problem Set, Passage G. When you are done, read thoroughly the solutions. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
4) Read
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Week Five, Day Three
Start reading Chapter 9. Read up to and including the discussion of the first question type, Strengthen the Conclusion. Take notes in your
journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

Week Five, Day Four
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Finish reading Chapter 9, but you dont have to do the Problem Set today. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy
thats new to you.
4) Read

Week Five, Day Five
In Ch. 9, do ASP Practice Problems. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or
strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

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Week Five, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take your first of the Manhattan GRE practice tests. Take the whole test, and then read & study the explanations,
taking notes on whatever you got wrong whatever about the concepts or the questions format was unclear.
Week Six
Week Six, Day One
Do Problem Set J, Geometry, Problem Set K Coordinate Geometry, and Problem Set L
Elimination Strategies. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Read approximately the first quarter of Chapter 10, a long chapter; stop at any convenient stopping point. Take notes in your journal on any
concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

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Week Six, Day Two
Do Problem Set M, Inequalities. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Read approximately another quarter of Chapter 10, stopping at any convenient stopping point. At this point, you should be about halfway through
Ch. 10. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

Week Six, Day Three
Do Problem Set N, Fractions & Decimals. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Read approximately another quarter of Chapter 10, stopping at any convenient stopping point. At this point, you should be about 75% through
Ch. 10. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
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4) Read

Week Six, Day Four
Do Problem Set O Equations. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Finish reading Chapter 10. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read
Week Six, Day Five
Do Problem Set P Averages, and #1-5 of Problem Set Q Ratios & Proportions. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
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Read the introductory pages to Appendix A, everything before the vocab list. Skim that vocab list. Take notes in your journal on any concept or
4) Read
5 Multiple answer math questions

Week Six, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take another one of the Manhattan GRE practice tests. Take the whole test, and then read & study the explanations,

Week Seven
The beginning of this week is the halfway point in the three-month plan, so for the next three weeks, you watch each of the Magoosh verbal videos
a second time.

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Week Seven
Week Seven, Day One
In Verbal: under Text Completion Overview, all six videos in that section
2) Manhattan GRE Volume 8: Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence
Read Chapter 1.
4) Read
Week Seven, Day Two
In Verbal: under Sentence Equivalence, all six videos in that section
Start reading Chapter 2. Read through the section on Pivot Words. Do the Drill: Sentence Analysis (Clues, Pivots, Fill-Ins). Read the full
explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
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4) Read

Week Seven, Day Three
In Verbal: under Reading Compression, the first four videos in that section
In Ch. 2, read the section on Double and Triple Blank Text Completions, and do the Drill: Sentence Analysis with Multiple Blanks. Read the full
explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

Week Seven, Day Four
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In Verbal: under Reading Compression, up to Difficult Passages I
In Ch. 2, read the section Traps to Avoid During Elimination, and do the Drill: Easy Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take
notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

Week Seven, Day Five
In Verbal: under Reading Compression, the last four videos in that section
In Ch. 2, do the Drill: Medium Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or
4) Read
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Week Seven, Day Six

Week Eight
Week Eight, Day One
In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, the first five videos in that section
In Ch. 2, do the Drill: Hard Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or
4) Read
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Week Eight, Day Two
In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, the last four videos in that section
Begin reading Chapter 3. Read the first few pages up to the first drill, and do the Drill: Sentence Analysis. Read the full explanation of the
answers. Then read the sections up to the second drill, and do the Drill: Answer Choice Analysis. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take
notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

Week Eight, Day Three
In Verbal: under Text Completion No Shift, all four videos in that section
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In Ch. 3, read the final content sections, and do the Drill: 20 Easy Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your
journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

Week Eight, Day Four
In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shift, the first three videos in that section
In Ch. 3, do the Drill: 20 Medium Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective
or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

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Week Eight, Day Five
In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shift, up to Multiple Shifts
In Ch. 3, do the Drill: 20 Hard Questions. Read the full explanation of the answers. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or
4) Read

Week Eight, Day Six

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Week Nine
Week Nine, Day One
In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shift, the last three videos in that section
Read Chapter Four. Take notes in your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
4) Read

Week Nine, Day Two
In Verbal: under Text Completion Double Blanks, the first three videos in that section
Read Chapter 5. Make flash cards for any idioms that are unfamiliar to you, and drill these with your vocabulary flash cards over the next few
weeks. Do the Drill: Decoding Idioms. Grade your work using the key, and go back to the chapter to figure out any you got wrong. Take notes in
your journal on any concept or perspective or strategy thats new to you.
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4) Read

Week Nine, Day Three
In Verbal: under Text Completion Double Blanks, the last two videos in that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, the first video in that section
In Appendix A, read through the Root List: Part I. Make flash cards for any roots that are unfamiliar to you, and drill these with your vocabulary
flash cards over the next few weeks.
4) Read

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Week Nine, Day Four
In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, up to One Sentence Triple Blank
In Appendix A, read the Part II: Prefixes. Make flash cards for any prefix roots that are unfamiliar to you, and drill these with your vocabulary
4) Read

Week Nine, Day Five
In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, the last three video in that section
In Appendix A, read the Part III: Suffixes. Make flash cards for any suffix roots that are unfamiliar to you, and drill these with your vocabulary
4) Read
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Week Nine, Day Six

Week Ten
At this point, you have seen all of the Magoosh verbal videos twice (except the Vocabulary videos watch them again as need be, but you
probably have the hang of learning vocab by this point!). As in Weeks 3-6, we are now going back to the challenging math problems in the
NOVAS book.

Week Ten
Week Ten, Day One
Do Problem Set Q, Ratios & Proportions, #6-30. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) Manhattan GRE
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If you are making flash cards of the 500 Advanced Words, continue to work on that. Otherwise, re-read any section and redo any drill/test in
the Manhattan GRE books.
4) Read

Week Ten, Day Two
Do Problem Set R, Exponents & Roots and Problem Set S, Factoring. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) Manhattan GRE
4) Read
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Week Ten, Day Three
Do Problem Set T, Algebraic Expressions and #1-11 of Problem Set U, Percents. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) Manhattan GRE
4) Read

Week Ten, Day Four
Do Problem Set U, Percents, #12-31. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
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4) Read

Week Ten, Day Five
Do Problem Set V, Graphs. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
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4) Read

Week Ten, Day Six
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Week Eleven
Week Eleven, Day One
Do #1-22 of Problem Set W, Word Problems. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) Manhattan GRE
Re-read any section and redo any drill/test in the Manhattan GRE books.
4) Read

Week Eleven, Day Two
Do Problem Set W, Word Problems, #23-32 and Problem Set X, Sequences & Series. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
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2) Manhattan GRE
4) Read three good-sized article from The Economist, noting grammatical structures. Look up, and create a flash card for, any words you dont
know.

Week Eleven, Day Three
Do Problem Set Y, Counting. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) Manhattan GRE
4) Read
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Week Eleven, Day Four
Do Problem Set Z, Probability & Statistics. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
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4) Read
Week Eleven, Day Five
Do #1-22 of Problem Set AA, Permutations & Combinations. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) Manhattan GRE
4) Read
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Week Eleven, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the last of the Manhattan GRE practice tests. Take the whole test, and then read & study the explanations, taking
notes on whatever you got wrong whatever about the concepts or the questions format was unclear.

Week Twelve
Week Twelve, Day One
Do Problem Set AA, Permutations & Combinations, #23-43. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) Manhattan GRE
4) Read
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10 Multiple answer math questions

Week Twelve, Day Two
Do Problem Set BB, Functions. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
2) Manhattan GRE
4) Read

Week Twelve, Day Three
Do Problem Set CC, Miscellaneous Problems. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
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2) Manhattan GRE
4) Read

Week Twelve, Day Four
Do the Diagnostic/Review Test, #1-15. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Watch any 3-4 videos for an additional time
3) Manhattan GRE
5) Read
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Week Twelve, Day Five
Do the Diagnostic/Review Test, #16-30. Check your answers as soon as you finish.
Watch any 3-4 videos for an additional time
3) Manhattan GRE
5) Read

Week Twelve, Day Six
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1) Today, you are going to take the practice GRE available through the GRE PowerPrep software. Pay attention to any differences you notice
between the Manhattan GRE tests and this one: this one is presumably much more representative of the real GMAT.
At the end, copy the essays you wrote into a Word doc, and as before, these you will share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online
forums asking for feedback, or critique later with the Official Guide Guide rubric.

After Week 12: Concentrated Review
At this point, if you have been following the schedule, you should have done every question in both Magoosh at least once. For whatever days
remain before the test, keep up work on GRE math and verbal. Some suggestions for what to do:
1) Through selecting question type & difficulty on the Dashboard, do Magoosh problems over again, and see how you do a second time.
3) Keep watching for an additional time 3-4 Magoosh lesson videos as needed, on whatever topics you feel you need to review
4) Keep reading your challenging material, to build vocabulary and acclimate your ear to eloquent style.
5) Keep drilling your vocab cards.
6) As needed, re-read any section of the Manhattan GRE books or re-do any problems from the NOVAS book.

Day before the test:
1) No GRE preparation all day
2) Eat a large, healthy, leisurely dinner no alcohol!
3) Go to bed earlier than usual.
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Day of test
1) ABSOLUTELY NO LAST MINUTE GRE PREPARATION!
2) Eat a large breakfast, full of protein
3) Do relaxing, fun activities to pass time until the test

Bring to the test
1) A liter of water
2) Healthy energy-packed snacks (nuts, protein bar, etc.)
3) On breaks, make sure to get up, move & stretch moving & stretching the large muscles of the body (legs & torso) will get oxygen flowing
throughout, which will help keep you awake and keep you thinking clearly.
Any questions on this plan? Comment and let us know!
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46 Responses to 90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused)
Gayan April 16, 2013 at 8:15 am #
Hi Mike,
I am from Sri Lanka and my first language is not English. I took the GRE revised once and I was able to take 165 for the
Quantitative section and just 133 for the verbal section. I am worried about my verbal score and I want to improve it up to 160.
Do think if I work on this 90 days study plan (verbal focused) then it will work for me? last time I used to study Barrons and
Kaplan. Thanks
Mike April 16, 2013 at 10:18 am #
Dear Gayan,
Heres what I would recommend:
(1) follow this 90 study plan assiduously
(2) read challenging material in English every day. Force yourself to read all the way through a full article in magazine like
the Economist or the New Yorker or Scientific American every day. Look up any vocab you dont know
(3) Go through this blog and watch every vocab Wednesday video.
(4) download the Vocab ebook
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/gre-vocabulary-ebook/
(5) dont rely on Kaplan see these reviews:
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http://magoosh.com/gre/2013/2013-gre-book-reviews/
http://magoosh.com/gre/2013/the-best-gre-books-of-2013/
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/manhattan-gre-book-review/
Do all this, and you will mostly get the greatest possible improvement in your verbal performance.
Mike
Shreyash March 28, 2013 at 8:49 pm #
Hi Chris/Mike,
I have a target score of 330+. I can easily score 168-170 in quant, but am not able to take my score beyond 155 in verbal. I have
been following Manhattan Prep books for strategies and ETS OG for full length practice tests. I need to improve my verbal score by
about 5-10 points. I have signed up for your free trial and I found it to be pretty good. Can you suggest me how I can achieve my
target score? What improvement shall I expect if I buy your premium plan?
Mike March 29, 2013 at 10:04 am #
Dear Shreyash,
Your target score is eminently achievable. Take advantage of all the Magoosh vocabulary resources - among other things,
go through this blog and watch all of Chris Vocab Wednesday videos. As Im sure you know, each Magoosh practice GRE has
its own video explanation, and watching those can enormously accelerate your learning. Probably you have already seen a
few of Chris lesson videos my friend Chris is a walking dictionary, so if you can tap into his suggestions, you will be in
great shape. Finally, Magoosh provides individual email support for all its questions and all questions from official material,
so this can help clarify those individual doubts that are not clearly explicated in one-size-fits-all prep guides.
Does all this make sense?
Mike
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Lakshmi August 27, 2012 at 7:51 am #
Hi Chris/Mike,
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I have exactly 2 months for my GRE exam (CBT). I had taken it once(paper based) initially and not very satisfied with my score V
142, Q 150; T 292
I intend to score somewhere in the range of 150 in Verbal and 160+ in Math.
I think Math is achievable as Im practicing questions from GRE MATH PREP COURSE.
Verbal sentence equivalence and RC is a concern.
Could you please let me know which study plan is the best for me if my exam is on Oct 27th. Also I am interested in purchasing
the Magoosh GRE (Verbal) material. Will it help me to score in the desired range I have mentioned above? I am willing to work
hardly these two months.
Pls help me with your advice.
Mike August 27, 2012 at 10:03 am #
Dear Lakshmi,
I would recommend this plan, Version C. And YES, the Magoosh GRE Verbal will definitely give you what you need to
improve: see our score guarantee: http://gre.magoosh.com/score-guarantee.
BTW, a small grammar correction in your penultimate sentence:
Right, I am willing to work *hard* these two months. = what you meant
Wrong: I am willing to work *hardly* these two months. the word hardly means not much at all, so this is actually
the exact opposite of what you intended to say.
Does that make sense?
Mike
Kenny August 17, 2012 at 1:43 pm #
Hi, I am from Hong Kong and my first language is not English. I find myself extremely poor in verbal section. I think I will just get
roughly around 10 percentile. Are there any good suggestions to international student, whose first language is not English, like
me? I am diligent to spend double amount of time to study this section. Thank you very much.
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Kenny
Chris August 17, 2012 at 5:14 pm #
Hi Kenny,
The key is to take it slow by starting off by building your vocabulary. To do so, you will not simply want to memorize
flashcards, though this can be helpful. You want to improve your reading ability and your ability to understand how words
work in context. Time, Newsweek are good places to start. As you read articles reference words you do not know and
underline phrases that are difficult to decode.
Over time, you will start to be more comfortable with complicated sentences and the vocab contained therein. Work your
way up to more difficult news sources, such as nytimes.com or the Economist. Begin doing easier GRE questions. The
Princeton Review is a good place to start.
Hopefully that should get you going for a month or two. Check back in then and let me know how you are doing.
Good luck, and let me know if you have any other questions!
Thanks Chris.
That mean,
1. I should first concentrate in building my vocabulary memorizing flashcards and improving my reading ability by
reading time and Newsweek.
2. After that I should work towards reading more complex passage like the nytimes and the Economist.
3. Then start doing easy GRE questions like the Princeton Review.
But how do I know when I should move forward from step 1 to step 2 and from step 2 to step 3?
Also, do you think the 90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused) suit me still?
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Thanks so much.
Kenny
Mike August 18, 2012 at 3:48 pm #
Ill jump in here.
First of all, I will say step #2 and step #3 are the same step if you can fight your way through Economist
articles, you are ready for GRE questions.
One thing I would say is: every day work on vocab, flashcards, and sources like Newsweek & Time. Right now,
every week, once a week, force yourself to read one NYT article and one article from the Economist.
The first few times you do that, it will be a struggle. Over time, it will be easier, and you can increase the number
of NYT and Economist articles.
When should you change entirely to steps #2 & #3? Well, in part it depends on your test date. I would say: plan
to start steps #2 & #3, including this 90 day plan, about 90-100 days before the date of your test.
How does that sound?
Mike
Thanks Mike,
Yes, it is a huge struggle for me.
So, basically, I use time and newsweek to catch up the normal level of the Americans. And use the nytime
and the Economist plus this 90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused) to improve myself further toward
GRE level, right?
P.S. I wish I visit this website way way way earlier.
Kenny
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Yes, precisely, thats my recommendation. Best of luck to you.
Mike
Kenny August 19, 2012 at 5:38 am #
Wait, I have one more question about the plan for the verbal, math and premium. The verbal
plan said it has over 350 verbal practice questions, while the premium said it has over 800
maths and verbal questions.
Does it mean 800 for maths and 800 for verbal?
Thanks.
Kenny
Kenny: No. Right now, we have over 350 Verbal and over 450 Math, for a total over 800.
We are adding questions all the time, but those are our totals at the moment.
Mike
Iavor August 16, 2012 at 3:10 am #
Hi guys, just after a bit of advice, Im planning on taking the GRE in about 3 months and Im trying to pick which plan to follow. I
just finished my mathematics BSc in the UK and Im about to start my MSci again in mathematics, Im planning on applying for
PhD programmes in the US hence I have to sit this GRE exam. Ive never sat any sort of standardise testing so Im not too sure
how good Ill be at it. From what Ive seen from the maths (Ive got the MGRE books) its relatively easy, but I dont want to get
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complacent as Im aiming for as high as possible here so I want to spend a fair bit of time on it. However for the verbal sections
and the essay writing Im going struggle, the fact that I havent had to write an essay in the past 4 years isnt going help. I think
this is the right plan for me, but I guess I just wanted to ask if you think I should be spending extra time on the maths on top
what is allocated here?
Also what would you recommend for the toughest maths questions?
Iavor: Great questions. Yes, I definitely would recommend starting with this plan. I also would recommend: spend some time
getting familiar with the QC questions and the strategies associated with them theyre a shade different from traditional
math questions. This plan actually includes plenty of advanced math practice, especially from the NOVA book, so you need
not worry about getting complacent. This plan is designed for folks in your situation.
Mike
Iavor August 16, 2012 at 11:09 am #
Mike, thank you for your quick response! I think Ill definitely need to spend some time on the QC sections, as my first
encounter with them was not a pleasant one. Ill stick with this plan and hopefully get good score!
Thanks again,
Iavor
Youre quite welcome. Best of luck to you.
Mike
K12G August 7, 2012 at 2:22 am #
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Hi, what does MGRE mean i this post? I am also looking for the best way to start with my vocabulary building.. I scored really low
in my diagnostic test and I have booked my GRE date for Oct.. I had started GRE Barrons 3500 word list but its difficult to digest
such a long list.. i also laid my hands on the dictionary at the end of word power made easy.. Can you please suggest best
vocabulary learning method and which books are best for getting a good verbal score..
Dear K12G, First of all, MGRE means Manhattan GRE, publishers of one of the more respected print sources for GRE Prep.
Their prep material is often reasonably good in particular, they have a good GRE vocab flashcard set. For vocab, I would
say: scour this blog for my friend & colleague Chris Leles post every week, he posts a Vocab Wednesday, which I am
sure you will find helpful, and he has written scores of posts in which he makes recommendations for learning vocab. I
swear, Chris is a walking dictionary, so hes an excellent source. Search this entire blog for his posts, all they way back to
the beginning, and they will really help you.
Mike
Vikram August 3, 2012 at 7:23 pm #
Hi Mike,
I am writing gre on Oct 10thstarted my prep one week backI completed Conquering GRE Math by TMH and 250 essential
manhattan flash cards.
Which book should i further do for strenthening my gre math and what are the strategies required for scoring high in GRE Verbal
and AWA Section.
Vikram: As for books to strengthen GRE Math, I would suggest scouring this version of the plan, Version C the NOVA book
in particular has some very challenging problems. As for general strategies for Verbal and AWA, theres no one-sentence
magic bullet I can give. I would strongly recommend signing up for Magoosh: the lesson videos will give you abundant
strategies in all parts of the test. You will also find invaluable tips in articles throughout this blog.
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Mike
Akshay.S July 5, 2012 at 10:36 am #
Thank you Mike I have already completed Week 1, Day 1 of the 3 month plan.
Earlier I had prepared from the princeton review (~2months). Looks like I never dwelled deep into the concepts in Verbal. I will try
and follow the points in the study plan to the dot. Thanks for your suggestions again. Appreciated. Hope for the best is all I can
say now!!
Mike July 5, 2012 at 2:56 pm #
Youre quite welcome. Best of luck to you.
Mike
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Hi Mike
I have subscribed to the Magoosh Material. I now see 356 Qs in verbal and 476 in Math. Also I was hoping there would be practice
tests?
Pls let me know your thoughts on my previous post too. Appreciated.
Akshay
Margarette July 5, 2012 at 6:24 pm #
Hi, Akshay
You can activate practice tests by:
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1. Go to your Profile (upper right hand corner)
2. Turn on beta features
3. Go back to your dashboard
4. Click Take a practice test in the Quick Practice section.
I hope that helps!
Best,
Margarette
Thanks Margarette
No problem!
Hi Mike
Thanks for your detailed reply. I would like to work with the Magoosh material and will purchase the same by today or tomorrow
max. I really need the score, trust me when i say i really want to. Previously I had referred princeton review, their math is
decent but I dont think their verbal material is that great. It just gives an overview on various concepts. Anyways, past is past.
I have a decent profile otherwise in terms of academics and extra curricular activities. I just dont want GRE to be an impediment.
In the 90 day GRE plan that you suggested, could you pls tell me which of the 3 subversions I should try? I know this ispoon
feeding but I really want to make sure I got all the right materials this time and nail the exam and I want Magoosh to be
empathetic to me
Below is the link to the study plan you mentioned:
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http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/90-day-gre-study-plan-for-advanced-students/
Which one of the 4 versions A, B, C or D do I need to choose?
Version C may be?
I want to focus a lot on Verbal but I dont want to end up lagging in Math as I need to hone my skills in there too.
Also do you suggest I buy the new Barrons GRE book?
Looking forward to your response.
Thanks,
Akshay
Mike July 5, 2012 at 9:14 am #
Akshay There are four 90 day plans, and for you, I recommend D: Advanced. That is the plan that will meet you where
you are and challenge you to grow the most. As for the Barrons book, see: http://magoosh.com/gre/2011/barron%E2%80
%99s-new-gre-19th-edition-book-review/ I hope that helps.
Mike
Hi Chris/Mike
I have exactly 2 months for my GRE exam. I had taken it once initially (a week back) and not one bit satisfied with my score V
144, Q 156; T 300
I intend to score somewhere in the range of 150 in Verbal and 165+ in Math.
I think Math is achievable as I was able to score 165 in the power prep II. I lost a bit on co-ordinate geometry in the Main exam as
I wasnt well prepared in that section and I ended up getting 3-4 tricky Qs from CG.
Verbal sentence completion and RC is a concern.
1. Could you pls let me know which study plans is the best for me if my exam is on Aug 24th.
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2. Also I am interested in purchasing the Magoosh GRE material. Will it help me to score in the desired range I have mentioned
above? I am willing to work diligently these two months.
Pls help me with your valuable inputs.
Mike July 4, 2012 at 9:43 am #
Dear Ashkay: Your target scores are quite attainable. Yes, definitely, if you sign up for Magoosh and take advantage of what
it has to offer over the next two months, I would be astounded if you didnt score much higher than those targets. For you, I
would recommend the Advanced three month plan you will have to accelerate or eliminate some pieces to fit into your
two month time frame. I am actually very excited for you its quite clear to me that, with hard work and our help, you will
be fabulously successful on your next GRE. I look forward to working with you.
Mike
Gaia May 29, 2012 at 8:09 am #
Hi Mike,
I was taking a look at Quizlet and realized that there are already many public flashcard lists for GREs. Can you recommend any?
Thanks!
Chris May 29, 2012 at 1:45 pm #
Hi Gaia,
As the GRE/Vocab guy, Ill take this comment :).
There is no magic list of vocab words. Kaplan, Barrons and The Princeton Review flashcards should work fine (many of the
words overlap). As long as the definitions are clear to you, go ahead and use those flashcards.
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Also, make sure to incorporate in-context reading with flashcards:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2011/reading-vocabulary-in-context-where-should-i-start/
Hope that helps!
dae May 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm #
Im planning to take the GRE in late August. Should I get the Manhattan 2nd edition books or should I what till the 3rd edition
books come out in June//July? Maybe just wait for the new verbal books and hope they improved?
Mike May 16, 2012 at 3:56 pm #
If you dont get at least one volume of a 2nd edition book right away, I would worry that you will wait too long to get access
to their online tests, and not have sufficient time to practice them and integrate what you learn over the course of the 12
weeks. I would suggest: get one MGRE book now, to ensure access to the online tests, and maybe get some more volumes
when the new editions become available.
Mike
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Gauthaman May 7, 2012 at 11:03 am #
@Mike
Its been a week since I started preparing with magoosh and this study plan. The sessions are very good and I will definitely
recommend it to my friends. But, I would suggest you give the topics instead of page numbers to refer to topics in other
books(MGRE, ETS etc). This thing is, I have the first edition of MGRE for RC and essays and Im not able to follow the page
numbers which you have given (I presume, its for the second edition).
Thanks and regards
Gauthaman
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Hi, Gauthaman
Sorry for the late response! Were currently working on updating the study plans, but it will take us a while to get through all
of them. Thank you for the suggestion! Feel free to let us know if theres anything else we can help you with.
Best,
Margarette
Sunny Sun March 28, 2012 at 4:42 am #
Hi Mike,
I havent purchased the NOVAs prep book yet, because I have read the book review written by Chris, which says NOVA is good for
practicing and improving math skills. And everything else sucks.lol. If so, does it mean that all the designated problem sets from
NOVA in the 90 days plan (the verbal focused) are for math practicing?
Thanks for your help.
Best wishes,
Sunny
Mike March 28, 2012 at 1:43 pm #
Sunny: The NOVA books are a good source of harder math practice problems, although as Chris says, the explanations are
abysmal. The whole book looks like a bunch of hard math problems thrown together without particular care. Having said
that, it still is one of the best sources of harder math practice problems for the GRE available, which it why we recommend it
(with caveats) in this plan. Does that make sense?
Mike
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Sunny Sun March 28, 2012 at 3:02 pm #
Mike: Yeah, thats sort of make sense. Im pretty confident with my math skills any way (from an electrical engineering
students perspective.lol) Thanks for your help Mike By the way, Ive just started my GRE journey with Magoosh
since two days ago, and I cant help to say that you guys as a team have done an excellent job!!! Ive got lots of help
and I will definitely spread the word to my friends!!!
Mike March 28, 2012 at 5:33 pm #
Thank you! Let us know however we can support you.
Mike
Mike McGarry March 7, 2012 at 3:18 pm #
Well, the 6 MGRE practice tests are not bad. Heres the thing the revised GRE is still new enough that its a challenge in the test
prep world. Most of the available books are far from adequate. See Chris book reviews: http://magoosh.com/gre/2011/new-gre-
book-reviews/. We feel that, of the available computer-based practice test, the test you can get through Magoosh is very good,
and the 6 MGRE tests are pretty good as well. Over time, test prep professionals will take the test, thereby learning more about it,
and ETS will release more material in the long run, all the test prep material will improve. Right now, I would say that folks
preparing for the GRE who want a quantity of computer-based tests are lucky to have something as good as the MGRE tests
available. How is that for a nuanced answer?
BTW, the one month study plan might be more germane to your situation. http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/1-month-gre-study-
schedule/
Good luck on the GRE.
Mike
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iop123 March 28, 2012 at 2:46 pm #
scored M: 160 & V:157 -> 760 & 560
more or less on the lower side of the practice test scores.the vocab was surprising not difficult at all compared to the word
lists..seems like it is good enough for even the best engineering schools so it is not terrible by any means..
thx,
iop123
iop123 March 6, 2012 at 8:29 pm #
how accurate are the 6 MGRE practice tests? i am taking test in 2 weeks and my verbal 158-163 and math 161-165. my scores
moved in the upward direction (1-6)..good plan albeit only for people having 90 days
thx,
iop123
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