Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Notes
Contents
Introduction
I remember when I started my GRE journey to build my profile for studying abroad, finding the right materials was a big challenge for me. Thankfully, a friend shared her amazing resources, and it was a great help. I believe the GRE is not super difficult. Because it’s a standardized test, the question formats are always the same. As long as you understand the methods to solve them, you will do well.
Study Plan
My study schedule is based entirely on Magoosh. I will update this blog with all the course videos at the earliest opportunity.
Week 1, Day 1
- General Introduction to the GRE: 6 minutes
- What’s on the GRE?: 5 minutes
- Intro - Math Section Breakdown: 3 minutes
- Intro - Verbal Section Breakdown: 4 minutes
- Intro - Scoring Range: 2 minutes
- Intro - Computer Adaptive Testing: 2 minutes
- Intro - Skipping Questions and Pacing: 8 minutes
- Intro - Study Plans and Resources: 3 minutes
- Intro - Stress Management: 8 minutes
- Intro - Test Day: 4 minutes
- Math - Intro to GRE Math: 5 minutes
- Math - Mental Math: GRE Estimation: 4 minutes
- Math - Mental Math: Dividing by 5: 2 minutes
- Math - Mental Math: Doubling and Halving: 6 minutes
- Math - Mental Math: Squaring Shortcuts: 12 minutes
- Verbal - Intro to Text Completions: 4 minutes
- Verbal - Elimination Method: 6 minutes
- Verbal - Understanding the Sentence: 4 minutes
Week 1, Day 2
- Math - Number Sense: 10 minutes
- Math - The Use and Abuse of Formulas: 2 minutes
- Math - Learn From Your Mistakes: 4 minutes
- Math - Intro to Quantitative Comparison: 13 minutes
- Math - QC Strategies-Estimation: 10 minutes
- Math - QC Strategies-Matching Operations: 7 minutes
- Math - Properties of Real Numbers: 8 minutes
- Math - Positive and Negative Numbers I: 6 minutes
- Math - Mental Math, Addition, and Subtraction: 6 minutes
- Math - Positive and Negative Numbers II: 10 minutes
- Verbal - Difficult Words: 9 minutes
Week 1, Day 3
- Math - Order of Operations: 11 minutes
- Math - Intro to Decimals: 11 minutes
- Math - Rounding: 6 minutes
- Math - Multiples of 10: 9 minutes
- Math - Intro to Fractions: 11 minutes
- Math - Conversions: Fractions and Decimals: 8 minutes
- Math - Fraction Properties I: 8 minutes
- Math - Comparing Fractions I: 10 minutes
- Math - Comparing Fractions II (Advanced): 10 minutes
- Math - Operations with Fractions: 8 minutes
Week 1, Day 4
- Math - Fraction Properties II: 7 minutes
- Math - Mixed Numerals and Improper Fractions: 10 minutes
- Math - Operations with Proportions: 6 minutes
- Math - Word Problems with Fractions: 3 minutes
- Quiz: Arithmetic and Fractions: 7 minutes
- Math - Intro to Percents: 5 minutes
- Math - Working with Percents: 3 minutes
- Math - Number Sense and Percents: 4 minutes
- Math - Percent Increases and Decreases: 10 minutes
- Math - Sequential Percent Changes: 6 minutes
- Math - Simple and Compound Interest: 13 minutes
Week 1, Day 5
- Math - Intro to Ratios: 9 minutes
- Math - Combining Ratios: 11 minutes
- Math - Ratios and Rates: 6 minutes
- Quiz: Percents and Ratios: 7 minutes
- Math - Divisibility: 10 minutes
- Math - Divisibility Rules: 8 minutes
- Math - Multiples: 8 minutes
- Math - Prime Numbers: 6 minutes
- Math - Prime Factorization: 8 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Counting Factors of Large Numbers: 12 minutes
- Math - Squares of Integers: 5 minutes
- Verbal - Double Shifts: 3 minutes
- Verbal - Time Shifts: 4 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Verbal - Shifts in Perception: 2 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Verbal - Multiple Shifts: 4 minutes
Week 1, Day 6
- Math - Greatest Common Factor: 5 minutes
- Math - Least Common Multiple: 9 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) GCD LCM Formula: 5 minutes
- Math - Even and Odd Integers: 10 minutes
- Math - Testing Cases: 5 minutes
- Writing - Intro to Analytical Writing Section (AWA): 5 minutes
- Writing - Essay Organization: 3 minutes
- Writing - Writing Tips: 12 minutes
- Writing - Time Management: 4 minutes
- Writing - Intro to Issue Task: 7 minutes
- Writing - Issue Task Example: 12 minutes
- Writing - Intro to Argument Task: 3 minutes
- Writing - Logical Fallacies: 9 minutes
- Writing - Argument Task Brainstorming: 6 minutes
- Writing - Argument Task Example: 9 minutes
Week 2, Day 1
- Math - Consecutive Integers: 9 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Remainders: 11 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Integer Properties Strategies: 6 minutes
- Quiz: Integer Properties: 7 minutes
- Math - Intro to Algebra: 7 minutes
- Math - Simplifying Expressions: 6 minutes
- Math - Multiplying Expressions: 7 minutes
- Math - FOIL Method: 8 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Factoring-GFC: 5 minutes
- Math - Factoring: Difference of Two Squares: 12 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Factoring-Quadratics: 7 minutes
- Verbal - False Contrast: 7 minutes
- Verbal - Deviating From the Norm: 5 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Verbal - Reverse Apposition: 2 minutes
- Quiz: Text Completion-Sentence Shifts: 7 minutes
- Verbal - Intro to Double Blank Sentences: 7 minutes
Week 2, Day 2
- Math - Factoring-Combined: 4 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Advanced Numerical Factoring: 7 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Factoring-Rational Expressions: 5 minutes
- Basic Equation Solving: 6 minutes
- Math - Eliminating Fractions: 9 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Quadratic Equations: 8 minutes
- Math - Two Equations, Two Unknowns-1: 7 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Two Equations, Two Unknowns-II: 10 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - System-Number of Solutions: 7 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Three Equations with Three Unknowns: 9 minutes
- Verbal - Multiple Sentences: 7 minutes
- Verbal - Relationship Between Blanks: 3 minutes
- Verbal - Back to Back Blanks: 5 minutes
- Verbal - Other Blank is the Clue: 5 minutes
Week 2, Day 3
- Math - Absolute Value Equations: 10 minutes
- Math - Function Notation: 12 minutes
- Math - Strange Operators: 7 minutes
- Math - Inequalities-I: 13 minutes
- Math - Inequalities-II: 11 minutes
- Math - Absolute Value Inequalities: 9 minutes
- Math - Simplifying with Substitutions: 5 minutes
- Quiz: Algebra, Equations, and Inequalities: 7 minutes
- Math - Intro to Word Problems: 1 minute
- Math - Assigning Variables: 9 minutes
- Math - Writing Equations: 7 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Verbal - Advanced Double Blanks: 5 minutes
- Quiz: Text Completion-Double Blanks: 7 minutes
- Verbal - Intro to Triple Blank Sentences: 4 minutes
- Verbal - Long Triple Blank Sentences: 5 minutes
- Verbal - Beware of Counterintuitive Choices: 3 minutes
Week 2, Day 4
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Number of Variables: 8 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Age Questions: 5 minutes
- Math - Intro to Motion Questions: 9 minutes
- Math - Average Speed: 10 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Multiple Traveler Questions: 9 minutes
- Math - Shrinking and Expanding Gaps: 12 minutes
- Math - Work Questions: 9 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Growth and Decay: 4 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Mixture Questions: 10 minutes
- Math - Intro to Sets and Venn Diagrams: 9 minutes
- Verbal - One Sentence Triple Blank: 7 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Verbal - Advanced Triple Blanks: 9 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Verbal - Hidden Clues: 3 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Verbal - Multiple Word Answers: 4 minutes
Week 2, Day 5
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Double Matrix Method: 9 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Three Criteria Venn Diagrams: 7 minutes
- Math - Intro to Sequences: 7 minutes
- Math - Arithmetic Sequences: 8 minutes
- (OPTIONAL) Math - Recursive Sequences: 10 minutes
- Math - Inclusive Counting: 4 minutes
- Math - Sums of Sequences: 7 minutes
- Math - Backsolving: 7 minutes
- Math - Picking Numbers: 13 minutes
- Verbal-Working Backwards: 6 minutes
- Quiz: Text Completion–Triple Blanks: 7 minutes
- Verbal – Intro to Sentence Equivalence: 3 minutes
- Verbal - Synonymous Sentences I: 4 minutes
- Verbal - Synonymous Sentences II: 4 minutes
Week 2, Day 6
- 1 Essay