How Much can you really raise your GRE score

[Thegreatdreamer01]

Anyone really know or should i just settle for an 8 to 10 point over all increase? 

 

 

[Ciarrai300]

I think it depends how much you prepared the first time you took it.  I took a practice test cold and only got like a 150 on the verbal section. I teach 4th/5th grade special education so most of what I was reading on a day to day basis was student writing or children's books.  Not exactly beefing up my analytical skills.  I took a course and got back into doing more academic reading and ended up with a 169.

 

On the other hand, I was pretty strong in math because, shockingly, a lot of the math on the GRE aligns with elementary school standards so it was fresh in my mind.  I only increased my score by like 5 points through taking a course and studying.

 

To sum up, if you did some prep in the first place you probably won't bump your score too much.  However, if you did no prep the first time studying hard and working on specific skills can make a huge impact.