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EMPOWERgre + Magoosh = GRE Victory; 331, Verbal 96th%   I’ve stopped by this forum a number of times along the way, and I've been looking forward to being in a position to share a success story here, so I am amped to be in a position to do exactly that.   Official GRE:  Math 165 (90th percentile) Verbal 166 (96th percentile) Total 331   My starting score: 294 (eww)   The tools I used:   EMPOWERgre course I can't even begin to emphasize how absolutely awesome this course is. I wonder how different things would've been had I not found it. I guess the course is relatively new so the word isn't out there is much as it is for some of the other courses, but EMPOWERgre is ridiculously better than any other course I encountered, and unfortunately I had quite a bit of experience seeing what's out there.   Magoosh flash card app on iPhone I'm really surprised that Magoosh shares this app away for free. It's clean, easy-to-use and really helpful to memorize vocab on the go I take a moment at lunch, Or ride my bike somewhere and spend a few minutes reviewing vocab.   Manhattan Prep 5 MST’s - these tests fill a void. There just doesn't seem to be enough for reliable practice test material out there. majortests.com is a joke. Little quizzes, and they're advertising them like practice tests. How is that not fraud? So the Manhattan tests were essential to measure how my ability was coming along over the course of my prep.   GRE power prep tests - it's really not fair that there are only two official practice tests. Obviously since these a real test they are the truest measure of performance. Fortunately, I had one saved for near the end of the course so that I knew I was in good shape for the real thing.   Manhattan Prep 5 pound book - a really useful source for practice questions. It almost seems endless so once I learn the tactics and the content I would do practice sets out of the book and I felt that really helps reinforce what I learned in the course.   What Made A Difference: EMPOWERgre - I'm actually shocked that everybody isn't talking about this course. It's just leaps and bounds better than anything I've seen, including the Kaplan course that is 10 times as expensive. Here’s what I liked about it: it’s an on demand course so I can watch the lessons when I want to. The price is absurd ($59 a month) compared to other options out there. It covers the content and the strategy. The x-factor is the instruction. The instructors have an awesome energy that breeds confidence, and they didn’t just show me the content they showed me how to implement it. For example, on math they show a strategy called test it. It’s a totally different way to approach the questions that makes it faster to get the answer. They show you what to look for to know you can use test it, and how to use it. I must have used test it at least 8 times in each math section. I showed it to two of my friends who are just starting out, and it blew their minds. I’m happy I got the score I want, but it’s kind of stupid how I just found out about it on a whim. This is the course anyone prepping for the GRE should take. Period.   Be Open Minded (don't be stubborn) - when I began prepping had an idea of how I thought it was supposed to do each of the question types, but by the time I master the question types, I was approaching them entirely differently. See you have to keep an open mind to be able to adapt reproach and implement what you learn in the training.    A Short-Lived Passion - while I was prepping I kind of got obsessed with the test. It became, really I should say I made it my top priority. As I've learned in college if you decide to eight something you will. If you have to do something you might as well have a great outlook about it, and the GRE is exactly one of those things.     What Didn’t: majortests.com - Everything I touched really worked, except this. If this is all you use, there’s no way you could be prepared for the real thing. They just offer small practice sets and call each one a test. What are they getting out of that?    All in, I'm so relieved to be done, and thankful that I was able to get a score I'm happy with.    I hope this helps!

EMPOWERgre + Magoosh = GRE Victory; 331, Verbal 96th%   I’ve stopped by this forum a number of times along the way, and I've been looking forward to being in a position to share a success story here, so I am amped to be in a position to do exactly that.   Official GRE:  Math 165 (90th percentile) Verbal 166 (96th percentile) Total 331   My starting score: 294 (eww)   The tools I used:   EMPOWERgre course I can't even begin to emphasize how absolutely awesome this course is. I wonder how different things would've been had I not found it. I guess the course is relatively new so the word isn't out there is much as it is for some of the other courses, but EMPOWERgre is ridiculously better than any other course I encountered, and unfortunately I had quite a bit of experience seeing what's out there.   Magoosh flash card app on iPhone I'm really surprised that Magoosh shares this app away for free. It's clean, easy-to-use and really helpful to memorize vocab on the go I take a moment at lunch, Or ride my bike somewhere and spend a few minutes reviewing vocab.   Manhattan Prep 5 MST’s - these tests fill a void. There just doesn't seem to be enough for reliable practice test material out there. majortests.com is a joke. Little quizzes, and they're advertising them like practice tests. How is that not fraud? So the Manhattan tests were essential to measure how my ability was coming along over the course of my prep.   GRE power prep tests - it's really not fair that there are only two official practice tests. Obviously since these a real test they are the truest measure of performance. Fortunately, I had one saved for near the end of the course so that I knew I was in good shape for the real thing.   Manhattan Prep 5 pound book - a really useful source for practice questions. It almost seems endless so once I learn the tactics and the content I would do practice sets out of the book and I felt that really helps reinforce what I learned in the course.   What Made A Difference: EMPOWERgre - I'm actually shocked that everybody isn't talking about this course. It's just leaps and bounds better than anything I've seen, including the Kaplan course that is 10 times as expensive. Here’s what I liked about it: it’s an on demand course so I can watch the lessons when I want to. The price is absurd ($59 a month) compared to other options out there. It covers the content and the strategy. The x-factor is the instruction. The instructors have an awesome energy that breeds confidence, and they didn’t just show me the content they showed me how to implement it. For example, on math they show a strategy called test it. It’s a totally different way to approach the questions that makes it faster to get the answer. They show you what to look for to know you can use test it, and how to use it. I must have used test it at least 8 times in each math section. I showed it to two of my friends who are just starting out, and it blew their minds. I’m happy I got the score I want, but it’s kind of stupid how I just found out about it on a whim. This is the course anyone prepping for the GRE should take. Period.   Be Open Minded (don't be stubborn) - when I began prepping had an idea of how I thought it was supposed to do each of the question types, but by the time I master the question types, I was approaching them entirely differently. See you have to keep an open mind to be able to adapt reproach and implement what you learn in the training.    A Short-Lived Passion - while I was prepping I kind of got obsessed with the test. It became, really I should say I made it my top priority. As I've learned in college if you decide to eight something you will. If you have to do something you might as well have a great outlook about it, and the GRE is exactly one of those things.     What Didn’t: majortests.com - Everything I touched really worked, except this. If this is all you use, there’s no way you could be prepared for the real thing. They just offer small practice sets and call each one a test. What are they getting out of that?    All in, I'm so relieved to be done, and thankful that I was able to get a score I'm happy with.    I hope this helps!

EMPOWERgre + Magoosh = GRE Victory; 331, Verbal 96th%   I’ve stopped by this forum a number of times along the way, and I've been looking forward to being in a position to share a success story here, so I am amped to be in a position to do exactly that.   Official GRE:  Math 165 (90th percentile) Verbal 166 (96th percentile) Total 331   My starting score: 294 (eww)   The tools I used:   EMPOWERgre course I can't even begin to emphasize how absolutely awesome this course is. I wonder how different things would've been had I not found it. I guess the course is relatively new so the word isn't out there is much as it is for some of the other courses, but EMPOWERgre is ridiculously better than any other course I encountered, and unfortunately I had quite a bit of experience seeing what's out there.   Magoosh flash card app on iPhone I'm really surprised that Magoosh shares this app away for free. It's clean, easy-to-use and really helpful to memorize vocab on the go I take a moment at lunch, Or ride my bike somewhere and spend a few minutes reviewing vocab.   Manhattan Prep 5 MST’s - these tests fill a void. There just doesn't seem to be enough for reliable practice test material out there. majortests.com is a joke. Little quizzes, and they're advertising them like practice tests. How is that not fraud? So the Manhattan tests were essential to measure how my ability was coming along over the course of my prep.   GRE power prep tests - it's really not fair that there are only two official practice tests. Obviously since these a real test they are the truest measure of performance. Fortunately, I had one saved for near the end of the course so that I knew I was in good shape for the real thing.   Manhattan Prep 5 pound book - a really useful source for practice questions. It almost seems endless so once I learn the tactics and the content I would do practice sets out of the book and I felt that really helps reinforce what I learned in the course.   What Made A Difference: EMPOWERgre - I'm actually shocked that everybody isn't talking about this course. It's just leaps and bounds better than anything I've seen, including the Kaplan course that is 10 times as expensive. Here’s what I liked about it: it’s an on demand course so I can watch the lessons when I want to. The price is absurd ($59 a month) compared to other options out there. It covers the content and the strategy. The x-factor is the instruction. The instructors have an awesome energy that breeds confidence, and they didn’t just show me the content they showed me how to implement it. For example, on math they show a strategy called test it. It’s a totally different way to approach the questions that makes it faster to get the answer. They show you what to look for to know you can use test it, and how to use it. I must have used test it at least 8 times in each math section. I showed it to two of my friends who are just starting out, and it blew their minds. I’m happy I got the score I want, but it’s kind of stupid how I just found out about it on a whim. This is the course anyone prepping for the GRE should take. Period.   Be Open Minded (don't be stubborn) - when I began prepping had an idea of how I thought it was supposed to do each of the question types, but by the time I master the question types, I was approaching them entirely differently. See you have to keep an open mind to be able to adapt reproach and implement what you learn in the training.    A Short-Lived Passion - while I was prepping I kind of got obsessed with the test. It became, really I should say I made it my top priority. As I've learned in college if you decide to eight something you will. If you have to do something you might as well have a great outlook about it, and the GRE is exactly one of those things.     What Didn’t: majortests.com - Everything I touched really worked, except this. If this is all you use, there’s no way you could be prepared for the real thing. They just offer small practice sets and call each one a test. What are they getting out of that?    All in, I'm so relieved to be done, and thankful that I was able to get a score I'm happy with.    I hope this helps!

You can't beat PowerPrep in terms of realism, because it is real. The only drawback is that there are just 2 lousy tests available. Why just 2? The LSAT has like 100 tests available.
 
Mechanician, I took a Kaplan MST, and I think you might be right about the math, or at least in stage 1.
 
Kaitlynlea, I agree. Triage is a game changer. I think if everyone knew about it, it would blow the curve.