Janelle Marie

I am 33, and I recently took the GRE for the first time. Although I got straight A's in math in highschool and tested out of any math requirement in college... that seems like a looong time ago. I have been working in the field of mental health, and I am an avid reader. Therefore, I did quite well on the verbal side without any study at all. However, I did put forward what felt like a monumental study effort on the quantitative side and still scored on the low side. I echo the importance of beginning to study and work problem sets well in advance of the test day if at all possible. I did not do that (because of living overseas / work situation / lack of study materials and time, etc), and I really only gave myself 2.5 months to study. I admit that I regret that, because "refreshing" on math would take more time than I originally anticipated. Therefore, if I do not get in to any programs this application cycle, I will plan to begin a long-term study plan for a second try at the GRE. Oh joy!