YashRR Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) I have given the GRE Twice, The first Time around , I had given the following tests Kaplan MST(Free Test)- Q:166 V:150(316) ETS PowerPrep Test-1 : Q: 159 V:150(309) ETS PowerPrep Test-2 : Q: 160 V:153(313) Actual GRE Exam (First Try) 25th November 2014 - Q:161 V:152(313) [Did not send the scores and decided to give it again] This was followed by 6 months of extensive prep while trying to keep up with my FULL TIME JOB. Tests: Magoosh-Test 1: Q:163 V:159 (322) Magoosh-Test 2: Q:163 V:157 (320) ETS Paper Test-1 from the official Guide: Q:167 V:160 ETS Paper Test-2 from the official Guide: Q:164 V:159 PowerPreps were Given after 6 months, so did not remember the questions, and the scores were as follows: ETS PowerPrep Test-1 : Q: 164 V:156(320) ETS PowerPrep Test-2 : Q: 166 V:155(321) Actual Exam: June 19th 2015 Q:163 V:158(321) I have highlighted my powerprep scores and my actual exam scores because, in both the attempts the combined score was the same. This does not, however, indicate that one will get the same score as the power prep attempts, rather it goes to show how accurate a predictor, the powerprep can be. I must say that Magoosh material was slightly harder than the real thing. Edited July 2, 2015 by YashRR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arm457 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) I'm getting really frustrated by this exam after studying for a little over 2 months. I'm studying about 3 hours a day, so I've probably studied above 150 hours. I finished the Manhattan GRE 8 book series my first month, and I've done all of the Magoosh questions, and I'm going through all of my incorrect answers at this moment. My exam is early August, so I have a little under a month to improve to 160+ on each section which is my goal. In order taken: ETS Powerprep 2 #1: 157Q, 154V Manhattan GRE #1 : 156Q, 156V Magoosh Practice Exam #1: 158Q, 154V Manhattan GRE #2 (Taken today): 159Q, 152V (WTFFFFFF) I'm applying to humanities grad programs (comp lit/middle eastern studies), and it seems my quantitative is going up, but my verbal is somehow getting worse? I find that I'm consistently doing terrible on reading comprehension. My last exam I got 8 correct out of 20 OMG. I was a literature major in college too, 3.7 GPA from top 25 school. Extremely frustrated at this point, don't know what to do. Hopefully someone can chime in. Thanks! Edited July 8, 2015 by Arm457 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockturtle Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) I just took the GRE this afternoon (after having followed this thread for a while), so here's my contribution! I spent a little over a month studying. In order taken, ranging from a month prior to ~2 weeks prior: PowerPrep #1: 165V / 169Q <---- I kind of cheated on this practice, verifying answers with a graphing calculator. Manhattan: 164V / 164Q PowerPrep #2: 170V / 163Q Actual exam: 168V / 167Q <---- AAAHHHHHH!!! "Unofficial scores" had better not mean "these will change", because I needed this. None of the practice tests were super close to my scores, but I guess the PowerPrep #1 was closest (if perhaps a little dishonest, on my part. Oops). I was a little disturbed by the fact that my quant score seemed to be decreasing with every practice test, and I think Magoosh's math formula ebook saved my skin. I didn't look at it until a few days ago. Double oops. I also used the Magoosh vocabulary flashcard app to pretty decent effect. However, I did find that my memory of most unfamiliar words I learned didn't last very long: a week at most, and then they dropped right out the back of my head. So I'd recommend reviewing them heavily in the days right before you take the exam, to keep it fresh. Now to wait on those essay scores... \(꒪ȏ꒪;)/ Edited July 15, 2015 by mockturtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulihuo Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I studied 2hrs/day 3-4 days/week 3 months. My practice test scores never went up. They were always about 159V and 156Q on both Manhattan and ETS powerprep. Actual score: 168V/162Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fahad.Baloch Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Does the GRE scale up your raw score because of the difficulty level? I've done about 6 mock tests so far and my Quant range is between 155-161 and Verbal is 150-155. So I'm hoping to do better on the actual test as I need at least 310 or above to make a cogent application for my Masters in Petroleum Engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaheer Khan Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Took the GRE today. Scores were as follows: Verbal: 167 Math: 163 AWA: N/A Verbal score was slightly higher than expected. Had got 163 on the Magoosh Practice Test. Math score was slightly lower than expected. Had got 162 on the Magoosh Practice Test, but since everyone had said that their practice tests are harder than the real exam, I was expecting to score a bit higher than that. But I didn't find much a difference between the two. I was a bit sleep-deprived though and kept doubting my arithmetic and wasted a lot of time going back to double-check my working. And of course, I am not that well-versed in combinatorics and probability anymore - I don't remember much from when I last studied it nearly 10 years ago - so pretty sure I got some questions wrong because of that. Edited July 30, 2015 by Shaheer Khan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v.lam827 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Reading through most of these posts, it seems as if everyone's MPREP and PP scores are pretty consistent. My PP verbal has been significantly higher than most of my MPREP scores. Can anyone give me some insights on why they think that is? I mean, I am hoping that I get something close to PP, but is that too optimistic of me? PP: Q-163, V-164 MPREP: Q-161, V-156 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahlain Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I did much better on real test. Probably partly becaue of mindset. Magoosh 1 - 158V, 158Q Power Prep 1 - 166V, 160Q Magoosh 2 - 162V, 158Q GRE - 168V, 166Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bioquant Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 The following were taken over a two week period prior to the exam, in the order specified: Barron's 1 - 164 V | 164 Q Barron's 2 - 157 V | 170 Q Barron's 3 - 158 V | 169 Q Practiced problems from ETS's "Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions - Volume I" (sorry, no scores) ~ 6 hours Power Prep II Test I (timed) - 168 V | 170 Q Actual Exam - 167 V | 170 Q | ?.? AW --------------------- Thoughts I used the Barron's tests mainly for establishing a sense of pace, and for that purpose I think they were effective. At the same time, the Barron's book had rather poor explanations to the answers provided. Specifically, Barron's only offers a reason for why an answer is correct, but provides no explanation as to why the other answers are incorrect. Language is subtle and nuanced, and I found it frustrating to try to understand why the answers I marked were not equally - or at least partially - correct. The ETS practice book seemed to analyze all possible choices for most questions, which is why I picked it up. Subjectively, I felt that book gave me better insight into how I was thinking incorrectly when my answers deviated from the accepted ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSimon Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) 265 hours of studying Manhattan 1: 164 V | 158 Q Manhattan 2: 164 V | 164 Q Manhattan 3: 160 V | 166 Q Manhattan 4: 163 V | 164 Q Manhattan 5: 160 V | 164 Q (2 days before real test) Actual GRE: 168 V | 170 Q Pretty big difference... Edited August 9, 2015 by GSimon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyscientist Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Finally took the GRE today. My practice scores ranged quite a bit from 155 - 166 Verbal and 155 - 163 Quant. Today I got 159 and a 157. I'm frustrated that they're towards the lower end of what I know I can do but they should be enough to get into the programmes I want. Hope the AWA comes back alright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalallele Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 PowerPrep 2 - 157V : 155Q (312)Manhattan Prep - 152V : 152Q (304)Princeton Review - 157V : 153Q (310)Actual GRE - Taking 08/26 and will update afterwards, my goal is 156V : 160Q (316) so I'm going to focus on some of the quantitative concepts and the magoosh flash cards they seem to be helping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalallele Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Took the actual GRE today. My scores were pretty consistent with my practice exams. I will be retaking it again in a month or so when I've had more time to study:158V : 155 Q (313)Need to up my quantitative score by 5+ points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Darko Thirty Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Just took the GRE today! I alternated between Magoosh and Manhattan practice tests before doing the ETS Official Guide paper tests and PowerPrep tests.Magoosh 1: 155V / 158QMagoosh 2: 159V / 161QMagoosh 3: 163V / 161QManhattan 1: 160V / 163QManhattan 2: 162V / 160QETS Paper Test 1 from the official Guide: 166V / 165QETS Paper Test 2 from the official Guide: 165V / 165QPowerPrep II 1: 169V / 166QPowerPrep II 2: 167V / 163QReal Test: 166V / 168Q The questions on the real test seemed slightly harder than the PowerPrep tests, but those practice test scores were the most accurate! Magoosh and Manhattan practice tests are definitely more challenging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic_Fog Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I'll be taking the GRE tomorrow so I'll update then, but here's my practice scores (in order taken) PP1: 146Q 154VKaplan: 144Q 158VMagoosh1: 152Q 158VMagoosh2: 153Q 162VMagoosh3: 151Q 163VMagoosh4: 154Q 152V (Did not do writing here, was also done later at night and under great stress)PP2: 149Q 158V (It should be noted this one was taken without the writing, starting at 11pm after two days of very bad sleep and after an incredibly long day, but that I felt the math was the easiest I'd seen yet, so I'm not sure how that balances out). Hopefully my actual GRE scores are more in line with my Magoosh practice scores, because those have been pretty consistent so far and I think the last two practice tests were a little skewed because of the first week back to school and not really doing them at the same time of day as I would other practice tests, which were all done in early afternoon or early evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncreativeaccountname Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Manhattan: 160Q 154VOfficial Paper 1: 164Q 155VOfficial Paper 2: 164Q 157VPrinceton Review: 163Q 152V 3.5AWAPowerPrep 1: 166Q 150VPowerPrep 2: 166Q 157VActual Exam: 162Q 156VThe math on the actual exam was a little more tricky in the 2nd section than I practiced, the first instance I ran out of time on a math section (I don't know nerves or just actually harder). It felt the closer to the manhattan free practice. I used barrons verbal to practice and vocab flash cards starting in July. Maybe I am not good at studying, but I'm glad to not bomb the verbal portion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic_Fog Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) I'll be taking the GRE tomorrow so I'll update then, but here's my practice scores (in order taken) PP1: 146Q 154VKaplan: 144Q 158VMagoosh1: 152Q 158VMagoosh2: 153Q 162VMagoosh3: 151Q 163VMagoosh4: 154Q 152V (Did not do writing here, was also done later at night and under great stress)PP2: 149Q 158V (It should be noted this one was taken without the writing, starting at 11pm after two days of very bad sleep and after an incredibly long day, but that I felt the math was the easiest I'd seen yet, so I'm not sure how that balances out). Hopefully my actual GRE scores are more in line with my Magoosh practice scores, because those have been pretty consistent so far and I think the last two practice tests were a little skewed because of the first week back to school and not really doing them at the same time of day as I would other practice tests, which were all done in early afternoon or early evening. My actual GRE scores were quite similar to the PP2 scores. 150Q and 162V, AWA TBD but I feel fairly confident of getting at least a 4 if not higher. I think the math on the real thing was much easier than Magoosh, and I'm not sure if that was a good thing or not. It felt almost too easy, and I think I didn't pay as close attention because of that. I also rushed the last few questions on the first section because I had extra time and got too relaxed in the middle. Magoosh consistently predicted my Q to be 152-157, so I was a little let down, but my adviser doesn't seem too worried about it, so these are the scores I'll be doing. Edited September 6, 2015 by Mystic_Fog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aux22 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I did better on the real test, possibly because I was more focused?Powerprep: V156/Q158Kaplan: V158/Q156Actual GRE V159/Q160/AW4hours studied `~30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauBicara Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I took the actual GRE yesterday, and according to the scores that appeared on the screen following the exam, things went much better than my practice sessions. ETS I: 170V / 163QETS II: 166V / 163QETS III: 166V / 163QPowerprep I: 167V / 162QPowerprep II: 168V / 161QManhattan: 163V / 160Q Actual GRE: 170V / 170Q Hours studied: ~30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edotdl Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 PowerPrep 1: 162V/169QPowerPrep 2:160V/167QTook them back to back.Actual: 162V/170Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gvh Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) Fall 2014:ETS Powerprep #1: 08/31/2014 147Q 156VManhattan Prep #1 (Free): 09/06 152Q 157VManhattan Prep #2: 09/15 151Q 159VManhattan Prep #3 09/20 153Q 156VManhattan Prep #4 09/27 150Q 156VETS Powerprep #2: 10/04 148Q 158VManhattan Prep #5 10/14 158Q N/S First Actual Test (10/18/2014): 161V 152Q 4.5 AWASummer 2015:PR 1: V 155 Q 151PR 2 06/14: V 162 Q 153PR 3 06/23 V 157 Q 151PR 4 07/12: V 156 Q 153PR 5 07/19: V 161 Q 159PR 6 08/02: V 160 Q 155ETS PP 1: Q 157ETS PP 2: Q 155Manhattan 1: Q 156Manhattan 2: Q 154Manhattan 3: Q 155Final Actual Test (09/01/2015): 160V 160Q 4.5 AWA Hours studied: hundreds. Edited September 30, 2015 by Gvh Vince Kotchian GRE Prep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDtoMPP Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I've taken the GRE twice. The first time was with no studying :/Actual GRE March 2014: 163 V, 155 Q, 4.5 WFinally decided to retake recently and actually buckle down and study. My goal was to break 160 in each section. Magoosh practice test 1: 154 Q (didn't take verbal) Magoosh practice test 2: 158 V, 157 Q. Definitely frustrated with this.Powerprep II practice test 1: 161 V, 158 QPowerprep II practice test 2: 161 V, 161 Q (finally breaking 160 in Q)Magoosh practice test 3: 158 Q (didn't take verbal again) Actual GRE September 2015: 163 V, 162 Q I found Magoosh a lot harder than the actual test but it was great in preparing me. I definitely scored higher on the actual test than any practice test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBumChikiBum Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 My first post and I would like to contribute back to this thread. You guys have given me hope when I had thought that I am done for. This thread saved me from depression.Took GRE exam on : 01 October 2015 Important Realization : Quant has certainly become very very tough as the rumours say. I found Manhattan Quant on mocks easier !! Yes sir, I did. Exams in the order I gave them :MGRE 1 8/15/2015 158Q 154VMGRE 2 8/23/2015 157Q 157VMGRE 3 9/2/2015 159Q 155VMGRE 4 9/5/2015 164Q 154VETS GRE POWERPREP I : 157Q 152VMGRE 5 9/11/2015 159Q 156 VETS GRE POWERPREP II : 161Q 148VMGRE 6 9/17/2015 154Q 155VMGRE 1 (REPEAT) 9/24/2015 159Q 157VMGRE 2 (REPEAT) 9/26/2015 163Q 157VMGRE 3 (REPEAT) 9/27/2015 160Q 153VMGRE 4 (REPEAT) 9/28/2015 166Q 156VETS GRE POWERPREP II (29 SEPT 2015) : 158Q 154V (YES. MISERABLE SCORE) (I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED)ACTUAL GRE ON 01 OCT 2015 : 166Q 155V AWA(?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBumChikiBum Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Hours Studied : A LOT. MONTHS. 5 months total out of which 3 months was conc. Unlike other I did not push myself a lot at the end. Just watched movies and all. Also revised my Magoosh Flashcards. A lot of words were there from it. Manhattan's Verbal has unreasonably difficult words which you'll never get. But, it scares you enough to make sure that you study hard. Overall, found Verbal Easy and Quant extremely tough on Actual GRE. Still don't know how I got that score on quant. My sections : VQVQV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pax6pax6 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) I studied using the EmpowerGRE program, though I didn't find it very useful. I would recommend the program to someone who has very little to no familiarity with math, but if you have even a decent understanding of math, I couldn't see it helping all that much. I found that the time spent using the program would've been at least equally well spent just studying the official GRE guide. I did stop using the program after a month though, so my take on it isn't comprehensive.ETS Powerprep I: 162V 156QManhattan 1: 162V 155QManhattan 2: 161V 152QManhattan 3: 159V 155QManhattan 4: 161V 158QManhattan 5: 162V 159QETS Powerprep II: 161V 163QThe first practice test was taken in late August, and the most recent Powerprep was taken a few days before my real test.I took my official test yesterday:Official GRE Results: 166V 160QMy sections were: VQVQVMy verbal score was much higher than any practice test. I also found the quant sections on the Manhattan tests to be significantly more difficult than the Powerprep software and the actual test. Edited October 3, 2015 by pax6pax6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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