MAYDAY! AYUDA!! HELP!!

[smartypants14]

Hi everyone,

I am planning on taking the GRE next weekend (17th) but i might push it back since magoosh is estimating my score for quant to be 145-150 and verbal 146. I reached a verbal score of 157 on kaplan then it went down to a 148, so i need some help on how to do some major damage control. I really just want to take the test once, and do really good, because i will be applying by october 1st and then again for the fall semester.

Any advice or resources on quant? any help whatsoever would be greatly appreciated.

Im determined and focused to get my score up so help help help!!!

 

Thanks

[jeffster]

Just keep practicing all the tricks the various prep books teach you.  The GRE quant section is really about speed, and little else.  I think most people with rudimentary math skills and a bit of practice before hand could ace this section... given time to work through everything.  But you don't have that time; you have to identify all the shortcuts.

 

If they don't come really naturally to you, the only way is through repetition and practice.  So, good luck!

[danieleWrites]

GRE test preppers are good, but they can't tell you what your real GRE score will be. The only way you can do that is to take the test. I haven't met a GRE test taker that wanted to take it more than once; you're not alone in that. The fact is, a significant number of people have to take it twice. This is no reflection on the intelligence of the person, or their abilities in their field, or what they know. All it reflects is a person's ability to take the GRE and all the GRE really measures is your ability to take the GRE.

 

Study hard, but don't let yourself obsess and stress out over the test. Your emotional state will effect your ability to perform on any test. You can put so much pressure onto yourself to be a GRE rockstar that you set yourself up for failure. Accept the fact that you may be one of many that have to retake the GRE, and, if you do, it will be okay, to take unnecessary pressure off of yourself. Do leisure activities, as well as getting some fresh air, good food, exercise, and time with friends and family. I've seen people in the courses I teach nearly kill themselves trying to earn a 99% when they already have a 92%. In the end, they're in tears because they didn't rock the class, but the A is still on the transcript. Put in the study time, but give yourself permission to be something less than perfect, while you're at it.