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I did not score high enough in the verbal reasoning section of the GRE. I have heard reading The economist and other scholarly magazines help with reading comprehension and vocabulary. However, on a more personal level, I feel like reading a book would be more engaging and fun. Is there any books or does anyone know a list of books that will help boost my reading comprehension and vocabulary for the GRE? Thanks!

I studied for a month in a half. I know i'm not a good standardized test taker, so I thought with no work or school and dedicating this whole month and a half would be fine. I used Princeton's Cracking the GRE book and Mcgraw-Hill 6 practice test ( DO NOT BUY THIS IT SUCKS). During the actual test day, I was prepared for the math section, but NOT enough for the verbal section. I wish I had more time to study, I did study pretty hard that month and a half, but it was not enough because I did not reach the score I wanted to. I would say 2-4 months. I would start off easy, just memorize 5 vocab cards a day, do 5 math problems. When the test date gets closer, I would do more problems and take a FULL practice test each week for the last month before your test. Good luck!

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Thank you!! This is very helpful. I think my problem was that the books I used were not representative of the actual GRE. I shall check out the Barron's book. If you don't mind sharing, how many vocab words would you say you memorized for the GRE?

Hi guys! I took my GRE last friday and it was horrible. I have been studying for a month and half and i felt like it did not prepare me at all. I used the Princeton Reviews "Cracking the GRE" and used Mcgraw-Hill's 6 practice test (DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK, IT SUCKS AND DOES NOT PREPARE YOU AT ALL!!!!!) anyways. During my test, the hardest part for me was the reading comprehension. It was really hard for me to understand the passages and the questions. I needed at least a 153 to get into my program, but i only got 149. Not only do i want to reach 153, i want to go beyond that since the ELM program i want is competitive. How can i raise my verbal reasoning scores? What books should i buy to help me prepare ( I am reading that Kaplan is pretty good)? Thanks!