stephenbyer

Harvey, With two weeks to go, there's limits to how much novel material you'd be able to learn: vocabulary, rules of English syntax, grammar, mathematical strategies, etc. It's not impossible, but unless you have nothing to do BUT study, you can only do so much. Let's imagine your goal was to learn how to do algebra. Yes, it's possible that if you're a smart person, and you have access to a limitless amount of material, you could take/retake tests until you determined certain "patterns" that showed up, and remained consistent among all problems. For instance, "Hm, if I subtract everything but this unknown value - this "x" - from one side, it helps me figure out what "x" is!" Maybe it would take you an hour or two to puzzle that out, having never experienced it before. Or, by consulting an algebra resource, you can learn what "x" is, and how to solve for it in maybe 15-30 minutes. In my opinion, taking practice tests is a way of "sharpening the steel" after you've built a certain foundation of knowledge. If you're nervous about math, "Khan Academy" and "Magoosh" have excellent resources for math on the GRE, and the GRE book from the ETS itself has an excellent "Math Review" with easy, medium, and hard questions across all the categories of math covered on the exam. My recommendation, if you haven't bought the book, is to purchase it and begin working on the "Math Review." Use the answer portion that explains WHY the answer is what it is. If you still don't understand, type the question into Google, and a search result should come up that someone else has provided. If you're ONLY doing practice tests, you're rehearsing something you don't fully understand. I hope this helps. - Steve http://www.byertutoring.com