skycop09

I see. I understand that the difficult problems on the GRE are usually not shown on the practice tests (otherwise they wouldnt be difficult if everyone figured it out). But I guess looking at the magoosh GRE forum, it seems as if the GRE quant is harder than the Powerprep. Other than the Mannhattan Prep 5 pound book I've gone through most of the Manhattan prep books. Do you think this is a good investment to review up on problems http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/official-gre-quantitative-reasoning-practice-questions-educational-testing-service/1117307690?r=1&ean=9780071834322&kpid=9780071834322&cm_mmc=GooglePLA-_-Book_Under5-_-Q000000633-_-9780071834322

So I've followed some of the advice mentioned and based on the first practice test through Powerprep I got the following scores 158 on Verbal 161 on Quant The good news is that I think I've mastered the magoosh vocabulary words enough that I'm just stop the last 200 and focus on other parts of improvement The bad news is that I am 50/50 on reading comprehension, I dont hate reading in particular but I just seem to have difficulty in getting the right answer the question asks Also I feel the math was too easy (even though my scores are nothing too impressive), is it a general consensus for the actual GRE quant to be much tougher than the quant in the Powerprep?

also given my short amount of time now, I was thinking which one of these materials should I abandon to focus on the other materials Magoosh online flashcards Manhattan prep - Word problems Manhattan prep - Geometry Manhattan prep- 5 lb. of problems Princeton Review GRE - general book ETS official book

thanks for the advice. I have about 4 weeks left and I've gone through half of the magoosh flashcards. Currently I'm unemployed with a lot of free time, do you think I can be able to get around 60th percentile in 4 weeks study time. I've been doing well on most of the math except for the difficult ones but the reading comprehension is still giving me issues. I just dont seem to answer the question despite reading the passages to the best of my knowledge.

thank you very much for the response. No worries that the post is long, very helpful read indeed. Do you happen to have the link for the ETS vocabulary words online? I cannot seem to find it anywhere on the ETS/GRE official website? Any advice for reading comprehension? I dont hate reading passages (some are pretty interesting) but I seem to have difficulty in answering the question, I never to seem to fully get it what they are asking, other than the fact finding questions.

New member here in need of some advice I am applying to the Masters of Taxation program at my local school I really want to go to but I'm worried I'll be held back with my test scores. I say that because historically I have done bad on standardized tests. I had to take the SAT three times just to get a 1800. Here is the stuff I have been using in the past month: Magoosh online flashcards Manhattan prep - Word problems Manhattan prep - Geometry Manhattan prep- 5 lb. of problems Princeton Review GRE - general book ETS official book strengths: basic vocabulary, algebra, geometry weaknesses: reading comprehension, some of the word problems, advanced vocabulary Can anyone give me any advice on what to do for the next 5 weeks. I was aiming for 60th-65th percentile. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.