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90 Day GRE Study Plan for Beginners

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BY MIKE MGARRY ON MARCH 5, 2012 IN STUDY GUIDES AND PLANS
s You Begin: This study schedule was updated in June 2015. If you began prepping
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with this schedule before June 2015, we recommend that you complete your prep with the
fschedule that you started with. You can find the previous version of this study plan
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Questions about the revised schedule? If youre a Magoosh Premium GRE student, send us
an email at [email protected]. Not a Magoosh student yet? Leave a comment on this
post, and well get back to you.
Do you need to adapt this study schedule to meet your needs? Check out this blog post for
adjustment tips!
Bonus: This study schedule is also available in a redesigned, printable version!
Before you begin, check out some strategies for making the most of your study schedule.
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 before your GRE test date. 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.
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Im interested in refining my understanding and getting into the 320s region in the
next twelve weeks.
NOTICE: If you follow choice A, the beginner plan, all the information you need for
complete GRE mastery will pass before your eyes; its simply a question of whether you can
learn, assimilate, and retain it all. You are not limiting yourself at all by following that first
plan: the only reason to follow any other plan is if all the review of verbal or math material
would be tedious for you, because you know it inside-out already.
If you really cant decide, by any cheap GRE prep book (earlier editions are cheaper and are
fine), and just take a practice GRE cold. Let your performance on that, with essentially no
preparation, determine which plan you should follow.
Essential
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Magoosh GRE Prep
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ETSs Official Guide to the GRE book (any edition is fine) + our free video explanations
ETSs PowerPrep Software: If you would prefer to take the practice test on paper, you
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can print out ETSs practice test PDF (with video explanations here). Take note that the
PowerPrep software and the paper-based test have overlapping material, so it wont be
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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 PowerPrep software if
you can, since taking the test on a computer is a better simulation of exam day
conditions. You can now use PowerPrep for Mac.
The Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions
Magooshs online GRE Vocabulary Flashcards and GRE Math Flashcards. Theyre free
and you can use them on the web, on your iPhone/iPad or Android.
Reading material: this may be any non-fiction scholarly book, history and social science
preferable. You may also choose one of the recommended sources: Scientific American,
Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, National Geographic, The Economist, or The New
York Times (a Sunday subscription is a great idea!). 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.
Any one volume of the Manhattan GRE books. The purpose of getting one book, any
book in the series, is to get the code in the back, to register and get access to six GRE
tests online. You will need that code for the practice tests in this plan. Note: Using old
codes from used books wont work, so your copy must be new!
a journal or notebook (yes, a physical hard copy item)
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.
The rest of the volumes 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. This is not absolutely
necessary, but it is recommended. You will have to find places in this schedule to fit
in the extra reading, but it will help you. Nevertheless, we do not recommend the
Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence book, because these rely on too much
obscure vocabulary.
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. I
assume that is relevant for you, since you are following this plan.
Quizlet.com: gives you online access to flashcards, making it easier, say, to quiz
yourself on your mobile device
Vocabulary.com: provides conversational example sentences and 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
Magooshs free Study Timer app for iPhone/iPad for timing yourself on exam sections
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keeping yourself on pace. Currently only available in iTunes.
Bonus: Watch this video for tips on how to use Magooshs GRE study schedules.
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A note on learning GRE vocabulary: first of all, its important not only to learn the
f dictionary definition (the denotation), but also to understand the metaphorical use of
literal
the word in context (the connotation). For example, the word opaque literally means not
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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.
A note on repeating material: This schedule is fairly intensive, and if you follow it to the
T, you will run out of practice questions or certain question types from the bank of 1000+
Magoosh questions around the end of Week 9. Thats okay. See the instructions on Week
10, Day 1. Review is vital if you want to really learn the information. Our students who
make the largest score improvements often have answered every Magoosh question more
than once.
This 90-day plan 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 2-3 hours for each of the five
weekdays, 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 2-3 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.
As you move through this plan, I will recommend that you also put into practice stress-
reduction techniques. If you can practice these regularly, then you will be excellent shape
by test day. These are four GMAT blogs, but everything here is just as relevant for the
GRE:
1) Overcome Exam Anxiety: Breathe
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2) Stress
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3) Stress
4) Zen Boot Camp for Test-taking

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A note about additional materials:
Magoosh contains all the information you need for wild success on the exam and many
students have achieved spectacular results using nothing but Magoosh. Nevertheless, this
plan recommends that you buy additional materials and use them, in addition to the
Magoosh materials. Heres why: These plans were structured with far-reaching pedagogical
principles in mind, and a deep consideration for how the human brain learns. Most people
cannot hear or read something just once and, from that single hearing, remember it
completely and understand it fully.
At Magoosh, we are very ambitious for our students; we want them to learn as thoroughly
and as masterfully as possible. We recommend using these additional resources to provide
additional practice, alternative explanations, and extra review. Not every student will need
or want additional materials, but for those who do, the books we recommend are the best
for the overall goal of doing very well on the exam.
Week One
Week One, Day One

1) Go to ETS.org/gre, and read about the content of the GRE. Click on and read each sub-
heading link.
2) In the Official 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 5, GRE Quantitative Reasoning
(everything up to the sample questions)
3) Start reading through the GRE Math Review in the Official Guide, the entire Arithmetic
section. Take notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Arithmetic Exercises
and correct your answers.
4) In the GRE Math Flashcards
Take 15 minutes to start studying the cards in the first deck, Algebra.
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5) In the Magoosh Lessons, watch
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The first five lessons in the Intro to the GRE module
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Week One, Day Two

1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review in the Official Guide, the first Algebra
section. Take notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Algebra Exercises and
correct your answers.
2) Download and start reading the Magoosh GRE eBook. Continue reading whenever you
have the time over the course of the next two weeks.
Take 15 minutes to continue studying the cards in the first deck, Algebra.
4) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
The remaining lessons in the Intro to the GRE module
Week One, Day Three

1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review: read the Geometry section. Take notes
in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Geometry Exercises and correct your
answers.
2) Download the Magoosh GRE Math Formula eBook.
Read carefully the first section, GRE Math Formulas: How to (Not) Use Them. Right
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what topics are covered. As
you move through this plan, you will cover all of these. Use this for reinforcement and
review: as you cover a particular math topic in the Magoosh lessons, read the
corresponding part of this book to verify your understanding. By the end of this plan,
you should know every section of this book.
Take 15 minutes to continue studying the cards in the first deck, Algebra. Review any
cards you missed earlier.
4) In Magoosh Video Lessons
Watch the first five Math lessons
5) In Magoosh, set up a practice session by clicking on the Practice link in the header. For
Math, check
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unanswered, the number of questions, the time to no limit, and the mode to practice
mode. You are not entering a practice time beforehand, but keep a pace of 90
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Multiple Choice math questions
Notice you are doing all topics from the get-go, whether you have already studied these or
not. This means that you will make some mistakes at the beginning: see this post on a
productive attitude toward making mistakes. If, after a week or so of practice, you find that
there is simply too much new material for you, then narrow your studies to those topics
youre more actively studying plus one or two that youre unfamiliar with. You should be
constantly challenged. If you do narrow the topics of study, expand back to as wide a scope
as possible as quickly as possible.
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, 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 Four

1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review: read the first half of the Data Analysis
section. Take notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar.
Watch the next five Math lessons

4) In Magoosh, do the following problems
20 Text Completion verbal questions
Week One, Day Five

1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, pp. 275-296. Take notes in your
journal on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Data Analysis Exercises (pp. 296-298) and
correct your answers.
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2) Download the Magoosh Complete Guide to GRE Vocabulary
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Read carefully the section Making Words Stick, about learning vocabulary, and the
section Vocabulary in Context: Articles from Magazines and Newspapers. Skim the
frest 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
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connections to other words. The more ways you have of remembering a word, the
more likely you are to remember it!
Watch the first five Writing lessons
10 Multiple Choice math questions

10 Quantitative Comparison math questions
Week One, Day Six

Watch the remaining Writing lessons
2) Today, you are going to write two essays, half an hour each. You will write an Issue
essay and an Argument essay.
For topics, go to the ETS GRE Issue Pool and the ETS GRE Argument Pool. Figure out a way
to pick topics at random (maybe you print Free
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paper, and choose
some at random). Write the essays in a word processing program. Observe a strict 30
minute time limit.
Now that you have these essays, what do you do with them? If you have a friend or
mentor who is a gifted writer, ask them to read the essays for you and critique them. If
they are willing, you can show them the assessment criteria in the Official Guide, and ask
them to follow it. If you can afford it, hire a writing coach or writing tutor: show that tutor
the assessment criteria in the OG, and have them give you feedback. If you cant afford a
writing tutor and cant convince anyone else to read it, you may try posting them on
TheGradCafe, and see whether an expert there will critique your essay. Failing any of these
options, at least you can set the essays aside, and in a couple days re-read them with the
Official Guides rubric beside you. (Notice whatever route worked for you with these essays;
you can repeat that will all the essays you write in the practice tests you take as part of this
plan.)
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3) In the GRE Official Guide & McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math:
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a) in GRE Official Guide, do the Ch. 4, Verbal Reasoning Practice Sets 1-4
b) in GRE Official Guide, do the Ch. 6, Quantitative Reasoning Practice Sets 1, 2, & 4
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in McGraw-Hill, do GRE Math Practice Section 1 (optional)
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Follow strict time limits, to give you sense of the pace you need to keep on the GRE. Set a
timer for the time limits. Here are the time limits to observe:
Official Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 1 = 12 minutes

Official Guide Quantitative Reasoning Set 1 = 22 minutes
McGraw-Hill, GRE Math section = 35 minutes
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. You can
also watch the Magoosh Video Explanations of the OG practice questions.
If you are doing MUCH better than expected on either Math or Verbal, 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 Two
Week Two, Day One
2) In McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math (optional)
Read Chapters 1-2
3) In the GRE Vocabulary Flashcards
Master at least 20 words from the first deck.
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5) Read 1-3 articles from your reading source of choice, noting grammatical structures.
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20 Reading Comprehension verbal questions
(Some RC questions are stand-alone single questions with a short paragraph, and
sometimes a group of two or three come with a longer passage. Make sure you finish all
the questions associated with a passage on one sitting. This may mean that you do a
couple more than 20 questions one time, and then a couple fewer the next time.)
Week Two, Day Two

Read Chapter 3 and do the exercises
Master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck).
Take 15 minutes to review the cards. Continue working with the second deck,
Fractions, Ratios, and Percents. Review any cards you missed earlier.

Look up and write down any words you dont know.
Week Two, Day Three

Watch the next five Math lessons. As you finish math modules, take the quiz at the end
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module.
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Master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck). Spend 10-30 minutes reviewing
previous decks.
5) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write
down any words you dont know.
Week Two, Day Four


previous decks.

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previous decks.
Week Two, Day Six

1) Today, you will take a mock GRE on Magoosh. At the heading at the top inside the
Magoosh practice, select Practice Test, which will lead you to this page.
Make sure you have four hours of uninterrupted time set aside, and make sure you have
writing implements and plenty of scratch paper.
wrong, watch the explanation video for the question, taking notes in your journal on any
concepts you didnt understand and anything about the question format that psyched you
out.
Dont attach great importance to the score on this test. You are still at the beginning of
your studying.
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Read the intro to Part Three, and Ch. 7 through the section on Real Numbers; take
notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.
Take 15 minutes to review the cards. Start working with the third deck, Geometry.
Review any cards you missed from this or previous decks.

Week Three, Day Two
Watch the first five Verbal lessons
Read Chapter 7 up to the first set of Practice Problems; do the Practice Problems
and check your answer; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.
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Geometry. Review any cards you missed from this or previous decks.
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Week Three, Day Three

In Ch. 7, read the Ch. 7 section on Even & Odd Numbers; take the Number
Properties Test 1, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal
on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.


10 Data Interpretation math questions
(As with some of the Reading Comprehension questions, the Data Interpretation questions
come in batches, typically 2 or 3 questions, pertaining to the same graph or chart. Do all
the questions in a set at once. This mean you may do a few more than 10 DI questions one
time, and then during the next session in which you are doing DI questions, you will do a
couple fewer.)
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Watch the next five Verbal lessons
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In Ch. 7, do the solved GRE Problems and GRE Practice Problems (immediately
after Number Properties Test 1), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes
in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.
Week Three, Day Five

In Ch. 7, read up to and including the section on Prime Numbers; take notes in your
journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.
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Week Three, Day Six

1) Today, you are going to take one of the paper-based GREs in the back of the Official
Guide, Practice Test #1, beginning on p. 303. For each of the essays, write the essay in a
word-processing program on the computer, and keep a strict time limit. For the other
sections, you can write the answers either in a word-processing program on the computer,
or on paper: just dont write in the book. Observe strict time-limits for each section.
This is still early in your practice, so you get a choice about how strictly you want to
observe the structure of a whole GRE. You could chose to make it very GRE-like, with only
a 1-minute break between sections, and only a 10-minute break between sections 3 and 4:
that would be very rigorous. Or, you could be far more casual: do a couple sections, take a
break and do something else for a while, then do a few more sections, etc. Right now, it is
more important to get a feel for the layout of the sections and for the calibre of the
questions. Building your test-taking stamina will come later.
didnt understand and anything about the question format that psyched you out. You
should also watch the Magoosh video explanations for the first practice test, at the bottom
of that page.

Week Four
Week Four, Day One

In Ch. 7, read GCD and LCM Revisited, do the Practice Problems immediately
following that, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on
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Take 15 minutes to review the cards. Start working with the fourth deck, Number
Properties I. Review any cards you missed from this or previous decks.
Week Four, Day Two

In Ch. 7, take Number Properties Test 2, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take
previous decks.
Take 15 minutes to
review the cards. Continue working with the fourth deck, Number Properties I. Review any
cards you missed from this or previous decks.

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1) In
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after Number Properties Test 2), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in
your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.
Take 15 minutes to review the cards. Continue working with the fourth deck, Number
10 Sentence Equivalence
Week Four, Day Four

Beginning reading Chapter 8, through all the Properties of Operations; do the Practice
Problems immediately following, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in
previous decks.
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5) Read
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In Ch. 8, read the first part of the Fractions section, up to the examples following
Equivalent Fractions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.
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Week Four, Day Six

1) Today, you are going to take the other of the paper-based GREs in the back of the
Official Guide, Practice Test #2, beginning on p. 431. For each of the essays, write the
essay in a word-processing program on the computer, and keep a strict time limit. For the
other sections, you can write the answers either in a word-processing program on the
computer, or on paper: just dont write in the book. Observe strict time-limits for each
section.
Once again, this is relatively early in your practice, so you get a choice about how strictly
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like, with only a 1-minute break between sections, and only a 10-minute break between
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sections
couple sections, take a break and do something else for a while, then do a few more
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sections,
for the calibre of the questions. Building your test-taking stamina will come later.
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didnt understand and anything about the question format that psyched you out. You
should also watch the Magoosh video explanations for the second practice test.
Week Five
Week Five, Day One

In Ch. 8, finish reading the Fractions, section up to the Practice Problems; do the
Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal

previous decks.
Take 15 minutes to review the cards. Start working with the fifth deck, Number
Properties II. Review any cards you missed from this or previous decks.

10 Multiple Answer math questions
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In Ch. 8, begin reading the Operations with Fractions section, the sections on
addition & subtraction of fractions; take notes in your journal on anything new or
unfamiliar.
previous decks.
Take 15 minutes to review the cards. Continue working with the fifth deck, Number
Week Five, Day Three

In Ch. 8, finish reading the section on Operations with Fractions, do the Practice
Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on
previous decks.
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In Ch. 8, read the section Decimals, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and
read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.
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20 Sentence Equivalence verbal questions
Week Five, Day Five

In Ch. 8, do the Arithmetic Computation Test 1, grade yourself, and read the
solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
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10 Numerical Entry math questions

Week Five, Day Six

1) In the Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions,
Skim Ch. 1-2. Most of this material should be review at this point.
Do all the practice sets in:
Ch. 3 Reading Comprehension
Ch. 4 Text Completion
Ch. 5. Sentence Equivalence
For the easy & medium sets, try to keep a time limit close to that of the GRE, about 90
seconds per question (allowing a little more time for Reading Comprehension passages).
For the hard sets, if you can do them timed, thats great, but at least work through all those
questions untimed to get a sense of them.

When you are done, check all your answers. Include any new words in your flashcard
decks. Take notes on any ideas you need to study more thoroughly.
2) Today would be a good time to do a thorough review of both the vocab flashcards and
the math flashcards you have learned so far.
Week Six
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In Ch. 8, do the solved GRE Problems on and GRE Practice Problems (immediately
following Arithmetic Computation Test 1), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.
Take 15 minutes to review the cards. Start working with the sixth deck, Statistics and
Probability. Review any cards you missed from this or previous decks.
6) In Magoosh, do the following problems:
Week Six, Day Two

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In Ch. 8, read the short Word Problem section, do the Practice Problems (Word
Problems), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on
previous decks.
Take 15 minutes to review the cards. Continue working with the sixth deck, Statistics
and Probability. Review any cards you missed from this or previous decks.
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Week Six, Day Three

In Ch. 8, read a little more than half the section on Ratios and Proportions; take
previous decks.
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Week Six, Day Four
In Ch. 8, finish reading the section Ratios and Proportions, do the Practice
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Week Six, Day Five

In Ch. 8, read the Motion and Work Problems section, do the Practice Problems,
grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or
unfamiliar.
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Week Six, Day Six

1) Today, you are going to take a full-length practice test, using the first of the six
Manhattan GRE practice tests online (the MGRE volume you bought should give you the
code to access these).
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As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks
in between
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GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for
dinner
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and concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
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didnt understand and anything about the question format that psyched you out.
Week Seven
Week Seven, Day One

2) In McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math (Optional)
In Ch. 8, read the short sections Percentage and Percentage Word Problems, do
both Practice Problems sets (one at the end of each section), grade yourself, and
read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.
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In Ch. 8, read the short Standard Deviation section, do the Practice Problems,
grade yourself, and read the solutions; then read Simple Probability section, do the
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1) In the Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions,
In Ch. 6, do the three Practice Sets. For each one, time a 38-minute time limit, to get
a sense of the tempo you have to maintain on the GRE.
When you are done, check all your answers. Include any new words in your flashcard
decks. 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
2) In the GRE Official Guide
a) in GRE Official Guide, do the Ch. 4, Verbal Reasoning Practice Sets 5-6
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These three sections of practice questions are HARD, about as hard as anything you will see
on the GRE. If you are ambitious, you can do these sections timed, taking about 90 second
per question (plus a little more for Reading Comprehension). If you have been finding hard
questions frustrating in this plan, then dont do these sections timed, but do take some time
to wrestle with these questions and get a sense for them.
After you are done, check all your answers. Include any new words in your flashcard
decks. 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. You can also watch the Magoosh Video Explanations
of the OG practice questions.
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take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
previous decks.
Take 15 minutes to review the cards. Start working with the eighth deck, Mixed
Practice II. Review any cards you missed from this or previous decks.

Week Eight, Day Two
Begin Chapter 9. Read the first sections, do the first Practice Problems, grade
yourself, and read the solutions; then, read the Tables of Powers and Roots and the
section Radical Expressions, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the
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previous decks.

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in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real
dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level
Week Nine
Week Nine, Day One

1) In Magoosh Video Lessons Free 7-Day GRE Email Course!
In Ch. 9, read the sections Algebraic Fractions and Factoring Algebraic Expression,
do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; then, read the
section Operations with Algebraic Fractions, do the Practice Problems, grade
unfamiliar.
previous decks.
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In Ch. 9, do the Algebra Test 2, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in
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Practice III. Review any cards you missed from this or previous decks.
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Week Nine, Day Four

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Radicals, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take

previous decks.
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grade yourself, and read the solutions; then, read the tiny section Linear Inequalities,
do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your
previous decks.


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1) Today, you are going to take a full-length practice test, using another of the six
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In Ch. 9, read the section Quadratic Equations and Inequalities, do the Practice
previous decks.
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IV. Review any cards you missed from this or previous decks.
At this point, you should be finished with most of the Magoosh questions. Over the
subsequent days, do 20 questions a day for practice. First of all, finish any remaining
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then select incorrect as your pool, and do the questions you got wrong again, to see
how well you learned from your mistakes. Once your pool of incorrect questions gets
relatively small, reset your question stats, and continue to do 20 questions a day. Vary
Math and Verbal as needed.
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20 questions; see Week 10, Day 1 for details.
Week Ten, Day Three

In Ch. 9, finish reading the section Algebraic Word Problems, do the Practice
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previous decks.
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following Algebra Test 3), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your
previous decks.
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Week Eleven

Week Eleven, Day One
Begin Chapter 10. Read the section Points, Lines, Angles, do the Practice Problems,
grade yourself, and read the solutions; then read the section Polygons, do the
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In Ch. 10, read the section Triangles, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and
read the solutions; read the section Quadrilaterals, do the Practice Problems, grade
unfamiliar.
previous decks.

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In Ch. 10, read the section Solid Geometry, do the Practice Problem, grade
yourself, and read the solutions; read the section Coordinate Geometry, do the
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In Ch. 10, do the Geometry Test, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes
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1) Today, you are going to take the first practice GRE available through the GRE PowerPrep
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At this point, you should be about done with the Math Lesson videos. Watch any
remaining videos.
At the end of Ch. 10, do the solved GRE Problems and GRE Practice Problems,
unfamiliar.
previous decks.
Take 15 minutes to review the cards. Start working with the twelfth deck, Mixed
Practice VI. Review any cards you missed from this or previous decks.

Week Twelve, Day Two

Watch any 5 videos for a second time
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Week Twelve, Day Three

Go over the solutions to GRE Math Practice Section 2. For questions you got right,
skim the explanation, simply to verify that you got it right for the right reason, and that
theres nothing further about that topic you need to know. For questions you got
wrong, read the explanation carefully, writing in your journal anything new you learn or
anything you need to remember.
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skim the explanation, simply to verify that you got it right for the right reason, and that
theres nothing further about that topic you need to know. For questions you got
wrong, read the explanation carefully, writing in your journal anything new you learn or
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1) Today, you are going to take the second practice GRE available through the GRE
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After Week 12: Concentrated Review
At this point, if you have been following the schedule, you should have done every question
in 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.
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6) Re-read any topics in the McGraw-Hills
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any topics where you feel you would benefit from further review.
7) If you have time for more practice tests, you should have two Manhattan GRE
practice tests remaining.
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.
Day of test
1) ABSOLUTELY NO LAST MINUTE GRE PREPARATION!
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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? Just leave us a comment!
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Emme May 29, 2013 at 2:21 pm #
Hello! =)
Im started the 90 day plan for beginngers and Im already feeling

overwhelmed. My exam is scheduled for August 21st and although I am a little
behind now I feel like I can get back on track. However, my major conern is
math. I see youve suggested the McGraw Hill book which I dont have. I do
however have all of the Manhattan GRE guides, could I use those instead as an
alternative? And do you have a suggestion of how I could go through them?
Thank you so much!
Mike May 29, 2013 at 2:39 pm #
Dear Emme,
We recommend the McGraw Hill book because it really lays out all the math
you need in the most basic accessible form, in a step by step way that is
manageable even for folks who struggle with math. The MGRE books, of
course, are very good, but if you are very tentative with math, you may find
them a difficult place to start. I would strongly urge you to get the McGraw
Hill book, follow that all the way through, and use the MGRE books as back-
up reference. Does this make sense?
Mike

Emme May 29, 2013 at 4:19 pm #
Yes this makes perfect senseI will defintiely pick it up and

follow along. Also Mike, as I previously stated, my exam is set for
August 21st. Im currently completing Week One, Day Four of the 90-
day beginngers guideam I already too far behind to keep up to be fully
prepared by the time of my exam? Im contemplated doing a few
marathon study sessions to catch up but I dont want to rush through
tasks for the sake of keeping upwhat do you think?
Mike May 29, 2013 at 4:33 pm #
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You have told me you are on Week One, Day Four, but I have no
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of schedule! If you started last October, you are way behind!
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day in a day routine. Many of the early weekend days have essay
writing sessions perhaps you can reduce the number of essays
you write, and use the weekends for catch up.
Does this make sense?
Mike
MnM May 28, 2013 at 3:31 pm #
Hello. I would like to start off as a beginner (math AND verbal), which
plan should I select? Is it feasible to do both math and verbal focused plans at
the same time? Also, I dont have money to purchase ETSs new Official Guide
to the GRE Revised General Test and magoosh, but Id like to give magoosh a
try. Will magoosh alone be sufficient?
Mike May 29, 2013 at 10:44 am #
Dear MnM,
First of all, theres absolutely no need to do two plans at the same time.
Focus on this plan, and do it as thoroughly as you can that will give you
all you need in both Math & Verbal. You will go a long way with just
Magoosh. Keep in mind (a) you can often find used versions of the OG,
especially the earlier edition, relatively inexpensively; (b) if you search
urch.com and other online forums, you7-Day
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material in the OG online for free; (c) there are parts of the OG you can
download for free from ETS (e.g. the Math Review). If you use the Magoosh
product thoroughly, that will give you an excellent preparation for the GRE
itself.
Does all this make sense?
Mike
Mimi May 27, 2013 at 11:35 am #
For week one day 4 and 5 you have the same videos listed!
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Mimi May 25, 2013 at 12:11 pm #
Hi I noticed that you did not include reading the Geometry section from
the ETS official guide. Did you do this for a reason? I like your study guide
above but am not using the McGraw-Hill book. Also, I have to say that the plan
is designed for 1-2 hours of studying a day but I started on day 2 yesterday
and it took me 11 hours. I feel like such an idiot. Now I am noticing as I look
further through the study guide that you are adding vocabulary to the mounds
of math. This is gonna take me 24 hours. I have absolutely no knowledge on
any of this stuff. So far Im doing all the math practice questions and getting
them WRONG!
Mike May 26, 2013 at 12:30 pm #
Mimi
First of all, the omission of the Geometry section was a typo (another
section was repeated twice). Thank you for pointing that out: I corrected it.
Yes, when you start studying for the GRE, it can be daunting. Thats one of
the reasons we recommended the McGraw-Hill book, a book that breaks
down GRE math into step by step bits that are easy to understand. I
imagine as you work through that book and watch the Magoosh lesson
videos, everything will start to become easier. Be patient with yourself:
theres a lot to learn. As far as vocab, if its all unfamiliar, do what you can.
I would also recommend watching all of Chris Vocab Wednesday videos on
this blog. If youre a member of Magoosh, then send in support tickets
asking for help.
Mike
Amanda May 24, 2013 at 10:39 am #
Hi! Thanks so much for putting up such a detailed study guide! Im

interested in the 90 day plan, but Im concerned because I will be out of the
country for about 2 weeks and will likely not study, and if I do have the time, it
will probably only be light review of vocab and such. Can this plan be adopted
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for to a 9 week schedule? Also, I have never taken the exam before, but scored
a 158V and 154Q on the first ETS prep practice exam. Should I use the
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Advanced plan or one of the focused plans? Im worried that since I havent
taken it, the Advanced plan might be overwhelming. What are your thoughts?
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Mike May 24, 2013 at 12:17 pm #
Dear Amanda,
Those are pretty good scores you got in the first practice exam. Im going to
recommend the Advanced plan for you. As far as adapting it to your
schedule, I would say incrementally increase the number of problems &
number of videos each day during the days you work, approximately in a
3:4 ratio that way, during the nine weeks you work, you can cover all the
content. Say, instead of 100 MGRE Vocab cards to sort per day, you will sort
133 each day. During the time you are travelling, I would highly
recommend: take a long a small stack of flashcards the most difficult
vocab words, the most hard-to-remember math facts and simply drill
those during your travels, to keep your head kinda in the game.
Mike
Amanda May 24, 2013 at 12:43 pm #
Great! Thanks for the advice! My plan was to take flashcards and
stuff, so it sounds like we are on the same page. I will follow your
advice, and hopefully my scores will reflect it! Thanks again

Mike May 24, 2013 at 1:13 pm #
You are quite welcome. Enjoy your travels, and good luck
with GRE studying!
Mike
Amanda May 25, 2013 at 6:58 pm #
So Im getting ready to start using the 90 day advanced

study plan, but Im wondering about the GMAT Math book you
have listed. Is that a misprint or should I buy it? And is it
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another resource with difficult math questions?
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Mike May 26, 2013 at 12:33 pm #
Amanda,
Believe it or not, thats not a misprint. GMAT math is a notch
harder than GRE math, so if you can handle GMAT math, you
are really ready for the GRE quant. And, no, the edition of any
GMAT book you buy is irrelevant. You want up-to-date
material for the GRE, but for other tests, whatever changes
they have undergone in the past decade is are absolute
irrelevant to you.
Mike
Amanda May 26, 2013 at 12:47 pm #
Great! Thanks!
Mike May 28, 2013 at 9:21 am #
Amanda,
You are quite welcome. Best of luck to you!
Mike
Nahid May 17, 2013 at 10:59 pm #
Hello Mike!
Thank you very much for this study guide! You have done a wonderful job! I
really appreciate it! I have just registered for the GRE General Test and the test
will be on August 12! I just wish to let you know that I found your study guide
so helpful and I will definitely use it!
Thanks again!
Nahid
Mike May 19, 2013 at 11:38 am #

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Judy S May 16, 2013 at 6:15 am #
Reading Week 1 Day 4 and Day 5 gives me that Deja Vu feeling.
Saritha May 13, 2013 at 11:54 pm #
Hi,
I have finished medical school and I wanted to get into masters program in
microbiology or cancer biology. Its been a long time since Ive done math and
write essays. Could you please advice me how I should go about preparing for
GRE?! What books are recommended? When is the ideal time to give GRE
exam? Which are the best sites to get free GRE content from?
Many programs are asking for subject tests as well in cell biology, biochemistry,
molecular biology! How do I prepare for these? what books and materials are
recommended?
Please help!!!!
Mike May 14, 2013 at 10:02 am #
Dear Saritha,
First of all, its not clear to me whether you finished
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thus are an M.D. already) or whether you have finished your undergrad pre-
med degree. If you already have an MD, I would think it would be relatively
easy to get into a bio masters program.
For the general GRE, I would recommend follow the study plan in this
page, and purchase Magoosh. Also, here are some book reviews for the
general test:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2011/new-gre-book-reviews/
Also, consider the free GMAT forums
http://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-forums/
The problem solving math problems are quite similar to GRE math, and
the Reading Comp & Critical Reasoning on the GMAT are similar to what the
GRE asks on Reading Comp. You can learn a lot from all the free material in
those forums.
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watching every single one of Chris Vocab Wednesday videos. These are
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The best time to take the test would depend largely on your application
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time, you might consider the six-month study plan instead of this one.
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As for the subject GRE tests - thats outside of our expertise, so I cant
say a whole lot about those. I would just say avoid REA & Petersen
books. Probably your own textbooks would provide some of the best study
material, and just use the books for practice questions.
I hope all this helps.
Mike
Saritha May 16, 2013 at 1:26 am #
Hi,
Sorry I wasnt clear before, I have finished medical school which in India
means four years of medical school plus one year of Internship after
which one earns the degree of MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of
Surgery). Its like an undergraduate degree. I can now pursue post-
graduation (which is MD) but i am interested in doing Masters in the US.
Thank you for the advice and recommendations. I will go through this
blog for resources. And as you have suggested I will look into purchasing
magoosh online study plan it looks the best compared to others!!
Mike May 16, 2013 at 1:02 pm #
Saritha,
Thank you for your kind words. I will you
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Swapnil May 7, 2013 at 1:01 am #
Hi,
I am planning to go for MS next year, so I wanted to know that which study
plan is suitable for me. My major concern is English(vocab) and i am good at
maths. I have recently completed my Bachelors degree and m willing to do a
job for a yearplease suggest me a plan that will help me scoring a good score
in GRE despite of my job scheduleI have never given GRE examination before
and i am planning to give the examination this august-september so that ill
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Dear Swapnil,
Heres my recommendation. Get this Barrons book:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2013/barrons-6-gre-practice-tests-book-review/
and take a practice test with essentially no preparation. If you do very well
in math, follow the Verbal Focus 3-month plan; if you struggle on both
math & verbal on that practice test, follow this plan.
Does that make sense?
Mike
Swapnil May 7, 2013 at 11:54 am #
Ya sure sir, ill follow your instructions accordingly and will let
you know about the same.
Thank you
Mike May 7, 2013 at 12:54 pm #
My friend, you are quite welcome.

Mike

Kapil April 21, 2013 at 11:54 pm #
Hi there,
I have started following up your 90 day plan But i am facing problem with
Barrons 1100 words book. I wanted to ask how i can start with the book. For
example i had gone through the first task i.e day1 week 1 task. there were 5
words on that page . So how can i use the words in the fill in the blanks
sentences without knowing the exact meaning of the word. Do we have to find
out the meanings from the usage. ?? I am very much confused.
Mike April 22, 2013 at 9:37 am #

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speaker, has heard the words before. If a word is truly new to you, use the
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definition first. I would highly suggest making flashcards of any words you
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dont know, and drill those flashcards regularly, daily if possible. You might
experiment each day, look ahead to the words for the *next* day read
and study the definitions, and then, the next day, cold and with no
refresher, try to answer that days questions relying solely on your memory
from the previous day. You could even up the ante, and look ahead instead
to the words two or three days ahead, then on that day, try to answer the
questions from definition you read two or three days ago. Memory is a
muscle: you have to train it to develop it.
Mike
rana April 13, 2013 at 8:59 pm #
hi mike
I have already taken my test and scored 290(Q156+V134). Now am

recommended the 90 day plan by rachel in a reply to my mail, as am aiming
score like 320+..My question to yo is
1)what are the supplement materials you recommend me ?
2)I am working professional, so i could get hardly 3hrs a day planning to write
test in July first week ..will this time suffice to achieve my score.
Mike April 15, 2013 at 10:01 am #

Dear Rana,
I would recommend the 90-day Verbal Focus plan for you. See the
supplement materials for that plan between that plan & the Magoosh
material, you will have enough. As for your time question, 3 hr/day should
be enough for most days in the study plan. You may have to set aside a few
long weekend days to make up what you cant finish on weekdays. Also, see
my advice to Saisrikar in the next comment about learning from your
mistakes thats crucial, if you want to get up into the elite region of GRE
scores.
Mike
j 14 saisrikar April 13, 2013 at 1:00 am #
First of all, I really appreciate your work on GRE. I have decided to take
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which was good will that help me in achieving my scores or should I
practice any more(material..and extra stuff). Kindly suggest me the best way
so i could possibly reach my target.
Thank You
Dear Saisrikar,
I would suggest follow this plan faithfully, and glance over the 6-month
daily plan to see if theres any more material you can fit in. Magoosh will
help you quite a bit. The most important thing at this point in your studying
is to identify what *kinds* of mistakes you are making. Do you have gaps in
your vocab? Does any particular question type challenge you? The mark of
an exceptional student is: never make the same mistake twice. If you want
to score at the 320+ level, you need to hold yourself to that standard. Make
a science out of studying your mistakes and figuring out how to avoid each
mistake again in the future. For all the Magoosh questions, this means:
*always* watch the explanation video after getting a question incorrect.
Mike
Vanessa April 11, 2013 at 8:45 pm #

Start reading through the GRE Math Review
What is the GRE math review? Is this on the Magoosh site or in one of the
recommended books?
Thanks!
Margarette April 11, 2013 at 8:50 pm #
Hi, Vanessa
The GRE Math Review is Section 7 in the Official Guide book, it starts on
page 207. Hope that helps!
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Kapil April 6, 2013 at 8:56 am #
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Hi,
I am planning to go for MS in next year. So wanted to know which plan would

be suitable for the preparation.I am good at math but will have to revise
everything as all the concepts are need to be clear.English is my main concern.
Also I am currently working in an organization. So wanted to know about a
good plan which can help me in getting a score at one shot.
I am thinking of giving GRE exam in July-Aug so that i will have plenty of time
for applications.
Thanks.
Kapil,
I would strongly recommend this plan, the 90-day plan for beginners. Start
with this plan, and if you are finding the math too easy, not challenging
enough, then you might consider switching to the Verbal Focus plan. Does
this make sense?
Mike
Kapil April 6, 2013 at 11:31 am #
Hey, Free 7-Day GRE Email Course!

Hey i need both of them.Does your verbal focus plan covers more topics
than the combined plan? Also What do you say about about word power
made easy book?
Dear Kapil,
The four 90 days plans cover about the same amount of material,
but the distributions and the difficulty levels are different. The big
difference between this plan and the Verbal Focus plan is the
difficulty of the math the math is much more challenging in the
latter plan. Also, the latter plan doesnt cover math lessons and
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doubles up on the verbal lessons: that would not give you the math
review you seem to need.
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Carlyn March 9, 2013 at 11:30 am #
Wnen you see read the GRE Math Review, whose math review book
are you refering to?
Mike March 10, 2013 at 10:52 am #
Carlyn
The GRE Math Review is a section of the GRE OG. It begins on p. 207 in
the most recent 2nd edition of the OG.
Does this make sense?
Mike
ShingShing September 1, 2012 at 9:10 am #
Im so glad I found Magoosh right after I registered the test on

December 15. Every parts well-organized and clear to follow at first glance.
After finishing a diagnostic test, I found my V n Q are both weak in different

ways at the moment. One issue is Im a slow reader and thinker and have to go
back and forth on the reading in order Free 7-Day
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really hurt my V score. For the Q part, a decent amount of multiple choices felt
easy since I kept some of the essentials in mind from SAT and college, but I
had no clue where to start on some questions.
I dont wanna take the test more than twice. Im only working part-time for the
next four months, so with the right plan and enough hours, I believe aiming
high on both V n Q aint impractical. Right now, Im thinking about two
approaches that I could see myself get the most out of the process:
1. Combine the 30 Day Plan and 90 Day Plan for Beginner OR 2. Combine the 1
Month Plan and 90 Day (verbal focused) in the first month to walk through all
the nuts and bolts; then find my weaknesses and continue working on the rest
for next two months.
Id like to hear your advice on which plan will help me the most. Thx
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ShingShing I would say: stick with one plan at the beginning. I
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would recommend: just move through this plan, Version A, as thoroughly as
possible. If you finish it early, or if you find you everything is too easy and
you want more challenging material, then borrow resources from the other
90 day plans.
Does that make sense?
Mike
Thanks, Mike; it does make sense. I just finished the first weeks
plan in just three days two plans per day, so far so good. Also I have a
few more questions regarding the schedule:
1. Im terrible on hard words and unfortunately most vocabulary books

dont usually work for me. Instead I just take notes and absorb new
words from various articles and essays I read everyday. I was
wondering if theres any substitute for the Barrons book; or can I
continue reading NYT articles and the Best American series and create
my own words list from those resources?
2. Since I could finish a week plan in just three days (which probably
wont always be the case), how and when do I know I could or need to
borrow resources from other 90 day plans? and which one(s).
3. Im thinking about apply a program for interdisciplinary research in

psychology and education, so am i supposed to put more weight on
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Dear ShingShing:
1) I would say: from the Barrons book make flash cards, and drill
those cards every single day. Also, read NYT & Time & Newsweek
and make vocab card from those sources also. Drill your whole stack
of cards every day. If you can find a tutor who can have live
conversations with you using large vocabulary words, that would be
excellent as well. Also, follow Chris series, Vocab Wednesday go
back through the blog and watch every single one of those, taking
notes.
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important, but it sounds as if the Verbal is more of a challenge for
s you. I would say: look at plan (B), verbal focus, get the MGRE verbal
books recommended there, and start working through them along
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Yes, this is super helpful, Mike! My memory is heavily

relying on visual/sound materials so talking with someone might
be a great option.
The only thing Im confused right now is, did you mean to look at
the Verbal Focused plan which is Plan C from the plan list
above? Instead of the plan (B). So i could double the practice on
Verbal section by combining the Plan A for beginners and only the
Verbal part in the Plan C(verbal focused).
Mike September 4, 2012 at 11:15 am #
Yes, Im sorry, I meant Plan (C) Verbal Focus thats

the plan to focus on helping folks build their verbal skills.
Mike
ShingShing September 4, 2012 at 9:14 pm #

No problem. Thank you, Mike!
Mike September 5, 2012 at 10:11 am #
You are quite welcome.

Mike
Jen August 10, 2012 at 4:03 pm #
I love using Magoosh. I actually look forward to coming home from

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work to prep. I need to buy the ETS Guide, though, and Im not sure which
one. I followed the link above to Amazon and it displays the red covered book.
s I did some searching around and there is also a second edition with a
But,
purple covered book. Which one should I buy? I do have a mac, but my tech
f friend said he can make the PowerPrep II program function using yet
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Mike August 10, 2012 at 5:08 pm #
Im delighted to hear that you find Magoosh both enjoyable and

helpful. The GRE OG you want is the purple one, the 2nd edition of the
revised GRE OG. This one: http://www.amazon.com/Official-Revised-
General-CD-ROM-Second/dp/007179123X/ref=sr_1_1?
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344643592&sr=1-1&keywords=gre+official+guide
Thats the most up-to-date one. Good luck getting the PowerPrep working
its great that you have a tech saavy friend!
Mike
Nick July 31, 2012 at 5:13 pm #
Mike,
I am signing up for the Magoosh premium account but I had one question
about your study guide before making the purchase. What are the MGRE
practice tests that you reference throughout your study guide? Are these GRE
practice tests that are available through Magoosh if you have an account?
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The MGRE practice tests are Manhattan GREs online practice tests, which
you can get access to if you buy any one of their books. We explain a bit
more about them here: http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/manhattan-gre-
book-review/.
I hope that helps! Feel free to let us know if you have any other
questions :).
Best,
Margarette
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you say: Read some Articles And Take Your Notes. what do you mean? what
kind of note should I take? what should I do with that notes then? how would it
help me? how much time is it better to spend on journals? Please, make it clear
for me.
2) when you say for example do 10 MC problems in Week1/Day2, how should I

adjust another Settings in Practice Session? should I select all subjects for that
day or just select subjects which Ive studied? Is it better to use it in practice
mode or quiz mode or both?
3) I think my writing is terrible. How can I improve it in these 90 days?
Im sorry for these massive and chaotic questions, but in fact they are my
problems.
thanks for you excellent product, Ill try to utilize its all advantages.
Mike July 20, 2012 at 10:20 am #
Dear Misha:
1) For your first question, see
http://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/introduction-to-gmat-reading-
comprehension/
2) for your second question, practice all subjects everyday, NOT only what
you just have studied. For my logic on this recommendation, see:
http://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-study-approaches-systematic-vs-
random/ Free 7-Day GRE Email Course!
3) First of all, you may find these posts helpful:
http://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/the-directions-for-the-gmat-awa/
http://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-awa-strategies/
http://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/typical-flaws-in-awa-prompts/
This is a tricky one, because its hard to find good feedback on essays. At
Magoosh, we are not in the business of giving feedback on essays.
Sometimes you can post your essay on gmatclub or BTG and get some
feedback there. If you really want to make major improvements, I would
suggest hiring a writing tutor and getting essay feedback from that person.
Keep in mind, though: if the rest of your GMAT is strong, a mediocre AWA
score is not going to make any difference. The AWA is by far the least
important part of the GMAT overall.
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b 294 Hello,
I have recently joined the group. I must say the videos are excellent!! I have
booked my GRE on the sept 18th, Therefore going through the listed study
plans. I was quite confused with the following steps. Kindly help
2) In the OG, ( I went through this, what do u mean by pp. 1-9 ???
Read pp. 1-9
Read pp. 11-17, 25-31
Read pp. 43-46
Read pp. 107-109
3) Start reading through the GRE Math Review, pp. 207-221. Take notes in
your journal on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Arithmetic Exercises (pp. 219-
220) and correct your answers.
and also in the third step GRE Math Review.. Are u referring to the PDF
provided on the ETS site??? I do not understand the Arithmetic Exercises part..
which one are u referring to?
Mike July 14, 2012 at 5:54 am #
Vandana: Those beginning sections (pp. 1-9, 11-17, 25-31, 43-46,

107-109) are just designed to introduce you to the structure of the GMAT
some of that information might be unnecessary if you are already familiar
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refer to the OG12 (this plan was created before the OG13 was published).
The Arithmetic Exercises are in the OG, at the end of the first section of the
Math Review - again, the page numbers might be slightly different in the
OG13. Does this make sense?
Mike
Sarah July 9, 2012 at 10:42 pm #
Hi Mike, Im a Mac user. How can I download and print out the practice
test, or otherwise best deal with the fact that I cant use the typical ETS
PowerPrep software? Thanks!
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http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/practice_book_GRE_pb_revised_general_test.
pdf
and heres some more information about Powerprep, Macs, and Official
Material:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/powerprep-for-mac/
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/ets-practice-tests-powerprep-ii-and-the-
official-guide-book-and-cd/
I hope that helps! Feel free to let us know if you have any other
questions :).
Best,
Margarette
Niraj July 5, 2012 at 12:33 am #
Hi! Im having a bit trouble deciding which study schedule to use. I took
the GRE last July 2011 and used the Kaplan book to study (which was terrible
since my scores werent that great) I achieved 550 on Q, 390 on V (I have a
difficult time on understanding some of the hard vocabulary and am not that
great at reading comprehension), and 4.5 on the Writing.
Today I bought the Magoosh product and ETS book in hopes that I improve my
scores! Right now I have July completely off and I was thinking of doing the 30
day schedule and taking the test sometime in August but Im not sure if that
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day schedule and wasnt exactly sure which of the (3) 90 day plans I should go
for. My school begins August 9th but I should still have some time to put in
studying for this test.
I will be applying for Graduate Math Programs. Do all of the them including the
30 day cover all the same material just at a different pace? Which study
schedule would you recommend that I do? Let me know if you can, thanks!
Mike July 5, 2012 at 9:07 am #
NIraj: great questions! The 30 day plan is an express plan that

includes bare essentials, everything that could be reasonably crammed into
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month, but the four 90 plans include more resources and more material. I
would suggest looking at the Verbal Focus plan you probably will not
s need to spend a lot of time with the Math content lesson videos, although
some of the strategy videos will be helpful. It seems that you will benefit
f most from materials that support the Verbal side. I would say draw as many
resources as you can from the Verbal Focus plan, as many as you can
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include in your month of studying. Best of luck to you!
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Niraj July 5, 2012 at 11:41 am #
Hi Mike. Thanks for the quick reply.
So would you ultimately suggest that I do the 90 day (verbal focused)

study plan? Most math graduate schools want their applicants to get
700+, preferably around 750 at average for their schools and want a
combined minimum score of 1100. I was thinking of shooting for at or
above 500 on the V (since most math schools dont seem to care how
you do on this section as long as you perform at average) and at or
above 700 on the Q. When I was looking at the Verbal Focused plan it
looked like it assumes that the student knows most of the Q stuff and I
know when I took the test I felt like I was very unprepared for the Data
Interpretation and Geometry sections while I felt good with the other
concepts.. though my score of 550, at least to me, doesnt feel like a
good score since its basically 27th percentile on the new scale. I dont
necessarily have to cram and do the 30 day schedule but I am not sure
if the Verbal Focused plan is right for me either.. should I just do this
plan, the 90 day for beginners, or would you recommend a different
one? Sorry for all the confusion, thanks again!

Mike July 5, 2012 at 3:06 pm #
Actually, I would still recommend the Verbal Focused plan

overall, although you may have to supplement a bit at the beginning
with material from, say, the Beginner plan. I strongly suspect that, if
you are majoring in math, the geometry and data interpretation
material will come to very quickly, and you will want to spend the
majority of your Quant. prep time on more advanced questions, such
as we have in the Verbal focus plan. Focusing primarily on the more
advanced math questions will maximize your chances of a 700+
score in math. Does that make sense?
Mike
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scores improve/change. If I am satisfied with my Q from that or
at least improve 100-150 points and if my V stays the same as
last time or improves by little or even worsens (hopefully not)
then I will take the GRE for the third time using the Verbal
Focused Plan. Thanks for your help, hopefully I can improve my
scores using this company.
Mike July 5, 2012 at 5:08 pm #
Niraj: Im sure Magoosh will help you substantially.

Best of luck to you, and let us know if you have any further
questions.
Mike
Praveena June 25, 2012 at 7:02 pm #
Hello There!
I am following the 90 Day Beginners study schedule. I see that you mention 10
questions of either MC/QC etc have to be done on most of the days.. For
example Week 1, Day Two says 10 MC. My question is where do I find the
exact 10 MC questions? Is it from the Practice section? If yes, on Week 1 Day
2, I have reviewed these sections Divisibility,
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Counting Divisors of
Large Numbers and Squares of Integers. How do I select questions that
belong to only these sections? Its confusing.. Please guide me. I am missing
something
Thanks
Praveena
Mike June 26, 2012 at 9:06 am #
Praveena: You can access the MC questions if, starting from the
Magoosh dashboard, you following the link customize practice, and
choose MC questions on the dropdown menu. For this plan, I am actually
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discouraging users from looking for questions that specifically target what
they just learned that is not a strategy for robust success. I want you to
s do mixed review questions from the very beginning of the plan. I explain
my logic a little in these two GMAT blog post: (a)
f http://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-study-approaches-systematic-vs-
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practice-vs-exam-performance/ Let me know if you have any questions.
Mike
Sonia June 22, 2012 at 5:14 pm #
Can I read long articles from the New York Times websites? Or will the
quality be different?
Mike June 25, 2012 at 9:03 am #
Sonia: In my understanding, the online NYT articles are identical to

the article in the print edition, just sometimes a day or two delayed. To the
best of my knowledge, they dont actually change the articles at all, so the
quality of the writing should be the same as what you find in the print
edition.
Mike
lawal June 17, 2012 at 12:25 am #
Hi, i started preparing for the GRE a couple of weeks before

I found the Magoosh GRE prep material and i was really impressed
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Is excellent but its just okay am sure if i practice well i should really see some
great improvements. My verbal is really embarassing and it scares the living
day light
Out of me. Just before i bought magoosh i started using Barrons and i have
gotten to the chapter on percents in the mathematics review and havent read
the verbal section at all yet. I have also been learning words in context from
New york times and the New yorker.
Really am a bit confused the study plan to use. I am thinkin of using the
90days for beginners. I dont have Mc Graw conquering the maths. Can i
substitute that with Barrons? And also i do not have the Barrons 1100 word list
am also thinking of substituting that with the list of Word of the day from the
New york times. Thanks and hope to get the best advise and suggestions to
crack the New GRE revised.
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Glad to have you onboard :). As for Barrons, its focus is not brushing up on
the basics. So it really cant supplant the McGraw Hill book in terms of sheer
number of practice questions for percents, etc.
For vocab, the 1100 words book is one of many that I recommend. If
NYtimes word-of-the-day works for you, that should be fine.
Hopefully that helps, and please dont hesitate to ask any more
questions :).
Swami June 13, 2012 at 8:23 am #
For Week 1 day 5 it says In Math: under Arithmetic, Percents, Ratios,

the first video in that section
Is that suppose to be under the Arithmetic and Fractions section? On my

lessons page I dont have a Arithmetic, Percents, Ratios section.
Thanks!
Mike June 13, 2012 at 3:34 pm #
Dear Swami: Sorry about that! Were in the process of reorganizing

our lesson groups to make for easier tagging (to link practice questions and
lessons), and we havent updated our study schedules with these changes
just yet.
The old Arithmetic, Percents, and Ratios is equivalent to the current
Arithmetic and Fractions and Percents and Ratios sections combined, so
you should watch:
Properties of Real Numbers
Positive and Negative Numbers I
Positive and Negative Numbers II
Intro to Decimals
Multiples of 10
I hope that helps! Feel free to use the study plan as more of a set of general
guidelines as opposed to ironclad instructions you can adjust them to fit
your needs and schedule! Let me know if you need any other clarification on
the study plans along the way we hope to get them updated soon.
Mike
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I recently purchased the Premium subscription of Magoosh. It has been
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a great purchase and worth the money I spent. I had a question when I was
looking at the basic and advanced 90 day study plan. I would like know couple
of things
1. What is the difference between Basic and Advanced study plan? Is the
expected score higher in advanced than the basic.
2. Is the expectation to complete Basic and then take up Advanced study plan?.
Please advise.
Thanks
Praveena
Mike June 12, 2012 at 9:05 am #
Dear Preveena:
Please see my response on your same comment in the Advanced Plan post.
Mike
Swami June 1, 2012 at 6:16 am #
Quick Question: Is there by any chance a PDF version of this? The 90-
Day plan for beginners compiled in one document
Thank You.

Margarette June 1, 2012 at 11:52 am #
Hi, Swami
Unfortunately, we dont have PDFs of the study plans just yet, but if you
copy and paste it from your browser to a Word document, you should be
able to print it out. I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other
questions.
Best,
Margarette
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julia May 13, 2012 at 5:28 pm #
s Hi Actually , I am preparing to Toefl test. The score was ibt 68 one

month ago.
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Do you think that can I study with your 90 beginner program?
Chris May 29, 2012 at 1:06 pm #
Hi Julia,
Yes, I think 90-day program should be fine :), even for beginners. In fact,
many Magoosh users are TOEFL takers, as English is not their first
language. If you find the 90-day pace a little too hectic, you can always
slow it down slightly without losing much effectiveness.
Hope that helps!
varun April 6, 2012 at 9:06 pm #
Hey mike ! I do not have the McGrawHill material and also barrons is
there any substitute to it ?
Margarette April 7, 2012 at 4:22 pm #
Hi, Varun

We saw your comment come in as a support ticket as well, but well respond
to you here, since other students may have the same question!
The steps in the plan for McGraw-Hill and Manhattan are purely
supplemental, so if youd like extra practice, theres no need to go out and
buy those two, since you have Barrons, Grubers and Nova on hand. For
specific tips on how to best use those books, I would check out our book
reviews (http://magoosh.com/gre/2011/new-gre-book-reviews/) Chris is
very good about pointing out which parts of the books are actually worth
using.
I hope that helps! Feel free to let us know if you have any other questions
Best,
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b 294 Thanx a lot Mike for the information.
Mike April 4, 2012 at 2:00 pm #
You are quite welcome. Best of luck!

Mike
Mayu April 1, 2012 at 9:25 pm #
I am currently working as a Design engineerI want to pursue MS in US

so when should I write the exam and how to prepare for itif i write my
exams in August 2012 when can i take admission in the University.and if i want
to take admissions in 2013 jan/ feb batch when should i take the test?
Mayu: I can tell you a lot about preparing for the GRE, but
unfortunately, I am not a graduate school admission consultant, and I can
tell you precious little about programs. I would say you first need to
determine: to which programs will you apply? You need to find out
admission deadlines from those schools the schools will sometimes even
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and submit it for this round of admission. Again, I know very little about
graduate programs, but in the US, most programs begin in autumn, and
starting in Jan/Feb would be highly unusual. Perhaps some programs allow
for winter admission, I dont know, but you would have to check with the
programs individually as to whether that is even a possibility. I believe most
deadlines for the autumn 2012 terms have already past, so it may be that
the next available term to which to apply, in many or all programs, is
autumn 2013. - If you dont know the schools to which you will apply, talk
to your current professors, and get their recommendations. I hope that
helps.
Mike
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Hi mike. I am starting my GRE preperation based on ur guideline of 90
days.Hope God will help me to win GRE by following this path. One great
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any lack in my GRE preperation based on ur 90 days guideline whe i dont have
magoosh tutorial? Is there any alternative way to overcome it? or any seperate
guideline for me?
Im very sorry, but not using Magoosh will mean you will have to
find another source to learn the content. I know that you will not find
material of the quality of Magoosh any cheaper, so if theres any way you
can afford it, it would really help you. Short of that, maybe do Google
searches for sources of grammar and math content you will have to be
resourceful in finding ways to learn content. Remember, of course, our free
blog will always be valuable as well. Best of luck to you!
Mike
varun March 25, 2012 at 6:05 am #
Hello mike ! The plan is really interesting and well made .I was
wondering if this is enough to get a score of 320+ if i follow it perfectly.Another
thing is i have McGraw hill and Manhattan not in paper but in my computer will
it have the same effect ?
Varun
Margarette March 26, 2012 at 11:20 am #
Hi, Varun
Ill let Mike answer the score question, but as for the digital vs. paper copies
of Manhattan and McGraw Hill, assuming the main content is identical and
the names of the sections are the same, you should have no problem using
the digital versions, since youll still be studying the same material.
The only tricky part is that Mike specifies page numbers in his study
schedules, and weve been told by other students that for McGraw Hill, at
least, that the pages in the e-book dont match up to the pages in the actual
book (not too sure about Manhattan just yet).
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Heres how to translate the pages we specify from book to ebook for
s McGraw-Hill:
If you click Search inside this book under the picture of the book on the
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Amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/McGraw-Hills-Conquering-New-
GRE-Math/dp/0071495959/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332537914&sr=8-1
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youll be able to look at the table of contents, which will tell you which
section were assigning based on the page numbers. For example, for Week
Two, Day One: 2) In McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math read pp.
3-7 is Part I: Introduction, which Im hoping is still labeled as such in your
e-book. For Week Two, Day Two pp. 9-14 is Chapter 3: GRE Quantiative
Comparison Questions under Part II: Types of GRE Math Questions.
Does that make sense? Im sorry that its going to take some back-and-
forth referencing on your part, but hopefully its a pretty straightforward
match once you figure out the sections for the page numbers.
Let me know if you need any help with this or have any other questions!
Mike March 26, 2012 at 12:53 pm #
Varun: The question you ask about score is hard to answer. It

depends on so many things. What is the approximate range of your current
score? How fast do you learn? How strong is your memory? etc etc. As you
may know, Magoosh has a 5 point score increase guarantee, and many of
our clients experience much more than that. Of course, if you buy Magoosh,
you will automatically have custom support that will answer any GMAT
question from any prep source its like buying online help for your
McGraw Hill & MGRE books. I would say: if you purchase Magoosh, and if
you can follow this plan religiously, and if you can learn & remember as you
go, then I would think a score in the 320 range would be eminently doable.
Thats my best guess, without knowing more about you individually.
Mike
pat.vat July 14, 2012 at 12:19 pm #
Hi,
whether you have the soft copy (pdf/ebook) of manhattan gre set?
pl let me knw
Mike July 15, 2012 at 9:51 am #

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Dear Pat Vat,
s In the Magoosh office, we have our own hard copies of the MGRE set.
No, we do not even have the soft copies ourselves, and we certainly do
f not have the soft copies to make available to customers. You would have
to get MGRE materials from MGRE or from amazon.com or something
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like that.
Mike
Vikram March 22, 2012 at 1:40 am #
So if I take the GRE in August or September, can I make the admission

deadlines of most US universities?
Mike March 22, 2012 at 4:08 pm #
Once again, let me remind you, I know nothing about admission

deadlines: you need to look at the websites or literature of the actual
programs to which you are going to apply. To the best of my knowledge, if
you are seeking admission to programs for September 2013, then I would
have to imagine that getting the GREs out of the way by this August or
September, 2012 would be plenty of time. I have never heard of any
program of any kind that had a deadline for admission over a year before
the entry date. If I had to guess, for grad programs beginning in September
2013, I would think admission deadlines would be in the late fall 2012 or
winter 2012-2013. Again, thats purely a guess. I urge you in the strongest
possible terms to get factual information from the actual programs. Does
that make sense?
Mike
Vikram March 21, 2012 at 4:11 am #
Thanks for your reply.I am no way related to biology; I am pursuing my

B.tech 3rd year in Electronics and Communication engineeringIt will be over
by 2013. I want to pursue MS in CSE or ECE department,so i want to take the
GRE for this purpose. Hope you have a clear picture nowI want you to suggest
the best colleges offering the above mentioned courses through GRE and their
deadlinesIs it that can i take GRE in any month after May and get admission
in 2013?
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Mike March 21, 2012 at 11:43 am #
s Vikram: Im sorry for the confusion I interpreted B.tech as

biotechnology, a typical abbreviation. By B.tech, you seem to be referring
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to the degree, which I would call a B.S, a Bachelors of Science. So, you are
currently pursuing a BS in EE & Communications. Once again, I know zilch
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about graduate programs in these fields. All I can tell you is how to be
successful in the GRE. You may look at that website I quoted to look for
other degrees for example, here are search results for programs in EE:
http://www.gradschools.com/search-programs/term-electrical-engineering,
and here are the search results for CS http://www.gradschools.com/search-
programs/computer-science. Again, talking to your professors or possibly
finding a guidebook for your suggested disciplines would help you in your
search for programs. I typed the search phrase guide to graduate schools
at amazon.com, and several books came up: I would definitely suggest
getting one of those. Once you have some particular programs in mind,
those individual places would tell you both the deadlines and the GRE
requirements. You definitely definitely will need the general GRE, and
whether you also need a subject GRE depends on the degree you will
pursue and where you pursue it. Ideally, you would take both your general
GRE and your subject GRE before the end of the summer, so that one the
autumn semester begins, you will be able to focus on coursework and
applications. I wish I could tell you more, but these questions are really
outside of my ken. I hope what Ive shared here is helpful. Mike
Vikram March 19, 2012 at 7:52 pm #
Thanx for ur valuable replyI will have summer vacation for 45days
starting from 5/1Is this time period enough to crack GREIf so for how much
time should I study and what books to follow?Can you please give me details of
admission deadlines for various schools and what is the differnce between
general and subject gre?
Mike March 20, 2012 at 1:34 pm #
Vikram: First of all, I would say, 45 days would be enough if

preparing for the GRE is going to be your *sole focus* during that time. You
could adjust any of these 90-day plans just by doing two days of work on
the plan for each real day of time. That way, you could do, for example, the
entire plan on this page. That would probably be as much as anyone could
do in 45 days that would be 5-7 hours per day.
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Second, as far as deadline for schools I know zilch. I know a lot about the
GRE. I know very little about graduate programs in biotechnology. I did find
s this link: http://www.gradschools.com/search-programs/biotechnology - I
dont know whether thats helpful. You probably should get
f recommendations from your current professors, or perhaps you can find a
guidebook comparing programs. Here are other links that may be helpful:
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http://pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.biology/files/THINKING%20OF%20APPL
YING.pdf, and
http://biology.brown.edu/bug/download/Grad_School_Guide_update_%202
008.pdf. Ultimately, you probably will have to contact each program
directly, and look at their calendar to see the admission deadlines.
Finally, everything on this blog and everything that Magoosh offers concerns
the general GRE the general GRE has a math section and verbal section,
with all the question types we discuss here. By contrast, the subject test
which for you probably would be Biology thats a very different thing.
Thats a 3-hour test on absolutely nothing but biology,including all branches
of biology. You can find some information about that here:
http://www.ets.org/gre/subject/about/content/biology. If you want to get a
masters degree in biology or biotechnology, I would imagine most
programs would require the Biology GRE, but again, you would have to
check with each program individually.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Mike
Vikram March 17, 2012 at 11:20 pm #
I am presently studying btech 3rd yearI want to pursue MS in US after

my btechso when should I write the exam and how to prepare for itI want to
start my prep from May1st
Mike March 19, 2012 at 11:26 am #
Vikram: I would say, the first order of business is to find out when
your admission deadlines are and when you would have to take the GRE for
those schools Check, also, whether in addition to the general GRE, you will
also have to take a subject GRE for those schools. That will let you know the
framework in which you are working. Within that framework, its really up to
you. I assume you are starting your studying on 5/1 because your semester
will be over then, and you will have the free time of summer to study for
the GRE. If summer will allow you to study a great deal for the GRE, and
once the fall semester begins you wont have much time, it might make
sense to take your GRE at the end of the summer prep like crazy for the
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of the summer. I suggest that only because I can imagine that once you
s begin the coursework of senior year in the autumn semester, you wont
have much extra time for GRE studying. Does that make sense? Mike
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Praveen March 6, 2012 at 6:57 am #
God, this must have required a lot of research and planning! I wish you
had come up with this few months back as I would be taking my GRE in a
month
But still, great work! Cheers
Mike McGarry March 6, 2012 at 4:31 pm #
Thank you for your kind words. Good luck on the exam!
Mike
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Week One, Day One

2) In the Official Guide,

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Week One, Day Two

3) In the GRE Math Flashcards

4) In Magoosh, watch the following videos

The remaining lessons in the Intro to the GRE module

Week One, Day Three

2) Download the Magoosh GRE Math Formula eBook.

3) In the GRE Math Flashcards

4) In Magoosh Video Lessons

Watch the first five Math lessons

Week One, Day Four

2) In Magoosh Video Lessons

Watch the next five Math lessons

3) In the GRE Math Flashcards

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4) In Magoosh, do the following problems

20 Text Completion verbal questions

Week One, Day Five

3) In the GRE Math Flashcards

4) In Magoosh Video Lessons

Watch the first five Writing lessons

5) In Magoosh, do the following problems

10 Multiple Choice math questions

Week One, Day Six

Watch the remaining Writing lessons

Official Guide Verbal Reasoning Set 1 = 12 minutes

Watch the next five Math lessons

2) In McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math (optional)

Read Chapters 1-2

3) In the GRE Vocabulary Flashcards

Master at least 20 words from the first deck.

4) In the GRE Math Flashcards

Week Two, Day Two

Watch the next five Math lessons

2) In McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math (optional)

Read Chapter 3 and do the exercises

3) In the GRE Vocabulary Flashcards

Master 20 more words (a bit less than half a deck).

4) In the GRE Math Flashcards

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6) In Magoosh, do the following problems

20 Multiple Choice math questions

Week Two, Day Three

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4) In the GRE Math Flashcards

6) In Magoosh, do the following problems

20 Text Completion verbal questions

Week Two, Day Four

Watch the next five Math lessons

2) In McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math (optional)

Read Chapter 5 and do the exercises

3) In the GRE Vocabulary Flashcards