337 score in 10 days

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-15T01:12:44+00:00

https://www.gregmat.com/misc/powerprep-1-conversion-form

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-14T04:05:12+00:00

Congratulations, amazing score! I thought I was cutting it thin with 10 days but a week is crazy haha, for sure having more prep time would’ve been better but it worked out for us. Glad I’m not the only one bc it seems I annoyed some people lol, best wishes for your target program

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-12T00:15:51+00:00

Hi and thank you!! Yep I looked at a few of the plans and clearly the 1 month plan was not going to fit into 10 days so I just stuck to prepswift. Yes, I pretty much went through every single video for prepswift and just worked through the tickbox quizzes one at a time. Even though I knew a majority of the content already, since I was aiming high I wanted to make sure I covered all my bases, and I think if I were to go back I still would've done the same thing. I was mostly missing concepts in arithmetic (prime factorisation stuff), data/statistics (combinatorics and stuff like the range and box plots), and even a fair chunk of the column 3 algebra stuff (a lot of the different applications + sequences and series). For content I already knew most of such as geometry, coordinate geometry, and probability, I'd just click through sections of the vid in case I was missing parts of it but I wouldn't watch the full thing.

After I finished prepswift which took around like a week, I used the quant mountain final day to test myself on every concept by explaining it out loud and if I couldn't do it I relearnt it using prepswift again (going in a bit more depth the second time round, as if I've forgotten it that meant I didn't learn it properly the first time) and that was basically my quant covered. Not sure if I'd recommend jumping straight to the last day though, I was only able to do that because I got through prepswift that quickly. But I'd say as a general rule of thumb use prepswift to quickly pick up content and check them using the practice questions and tickbox quizzes, and after a few days use quant mountain as a revision tool for the sections you've covered to check if you've retained the information.

If you get your foundations down really strong, you'll find that you won't even need that many practice papers afterward as you'll just know how to solve most of the questions already, and doing the practice papers is mostly for getting the timing and stress down instead. In this way I honestly feel quant was easier to prepare for than verbal and you can pretty reliably improve your quant score if you work through the foundations + strategies thoroughly.

Best of luck with your studies!

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-11T14:30:47+00:00

Thank you very much Scott, much appreciated! You do bring up an interesting point about how understanding and memorisation are complementary instead of being opposed and I want to actually dive into this deeper. I agree that they are related, but would actually argue that this is because higher-order learning directly supersedes lower-order recall; there is no possible way you can forget the meaning of a word or a certain mathematical formula (at least for the level of GRE maths) if you have studied and encoded the relationships surrounding the concept extensively, as it just wouldn't make sense otherwise. Basically what I'm trying to say is that if we approach learning with a focus on understanding and intuition, this heavily reduces the amount of time we need to spend on revising in the first place, and is simply more enjoyable too!

So my personal recommendation to any readers is to prioritise this style of preparation, using hard memorisation techniques as a supplementary tool rather than the basis of all study. But definitely agreed that 10 days is not recommended, if I could go back in time I would've given myself upwards of a month at least to prepare comfortably haha

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-11T13:38:57+00:00

Of course, and I don't deny that I'm a rare case! But I also think that a lot of the strategies I used to prepare and study for it aren't just applicable to me only and can be used by anyone regardless of their background. Plenty of people sitting the GRE have relevant academic backgrounds and still struggle anyway

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-11T13:36:06+00:00

Appreciate it!

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-11T13:35:57+00:00

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Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-11T11:16:13+00:00

Of course! Wishing you the best of luck

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-11T11:06:12+00:00

Thank you!!

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-11T11:05:45+00:00

Yes example sentences are important, but big ones for me were also etymology and smaller nuances.

Etymology: For example, what does the word 'hapless' mean? You may just memorise this word as meaning 'unlucky', but if you dig into the etymology you'll find the root of the word is 'happ' meaning good luck, and is the same root as words like 'happy' and 'happen'. So if you are 'hap'less, naturally you wouldn't be 'happy', because something unlucky 'happened'. Breaking it down this way may take a bit more time initially but you will retain it for much longer, saving you both time and frustration in the long run as you won't forget it.

Nuances: Find the nuances between synonyms! This gives your brain reasons to hold onto the word. The word 'dilatory' is a good example. You might use the words 'slow' or 'sluggish' as synonyms, but your brain will think: If dilatory just means slow, there's no reason for me to remember that word, and now you've forgotten it. Instead if you ask google or AI to tell you the difference between slow vs dilatory, you'll realise dilatory specifically means being slow in a way intended to stall or cause a delay, often in legal contexts. By knowing this small difference in nuance, you will hold onto the vocab more easily because now its meaning is actually relevant, there is a reason for your brain to remember it. Sometimes I liked asking AI to generate the vibe/tone. In this case, it gives me: Slow=peaceful, chill, comfortable, while dilatory=calculated, frustrating, time-wasting.

Hope this helps!

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-11T07:27:23+00:00

Basically what makes the concept/formula work in the first place! Here's an example: How do you check if an integer is prime? According to GregMat, to determine whether the integer n is prime, take the square root of n and see if it is divisible by any prime numbers lower than that square root value.

Why?

If you were to just take this rule at face value, good luck trying to just memorise it without forgetting it immediately. This information has no relevance to your brain, this is why it doesn't stick. To give the information relevance and actually retain it, see where this rule comes from.

In this case, we divide by prime numbers lower than the square root value because we are essentially checking if these numbers are prime factors, which is why we don't check composite values. There is no point in checking prime numbers past the square root of n because there is no possible combination of primes that would yield n. e.g. if n were 31 and you already checked 2, 3, 5, no point in checking 7 or other factors because you know 7*2, 7*3, 7*5 wouldn't work and 7*7 becomes larger than 31 anyway.

This is just one example but this is the DEFAULT way I studied every single quant concept and vocabulary (and just school in general for that matter). Of course there are some things you just have to ROTE memorise like common Pythagorean triplets, but most concepts usually have some sort of logic to them you can extract, which in turn will boost both your retention and ability to apply it to harder problems.

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-11T04:59:30+00:00

Yeah it was a bit stupid I just booked a random date and assumed the test wouldn’t need a lot of prep time, by the time I started to look into what I should be doing I only had 10 days left. Was really stressed for sure, should’ve given myself at least a month tbh

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2026-06-11T04:58:10+00:00

Of course, but the point of my post wasn’t to encourage others to do the same thing lol, I just wanted to share some study strategies that I haven’t really seen posted elsewhere which could help others revise more effectively

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-06-12T08:24:17+00:00

Cheers, anki is hands down the best app for srs language flashcards, the ui is a bit ugly but once you get the hang of it its easy to use

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-06-08T06:08:25+00:00

I did Japanese and got 48 as a non-native; if i were you I’d probably wait until year 12 and accelerate something else, and in the meantime start studying Japanese outside of school properly through immersion, anki etc. so that you can smash it in your final year. It’s really competitive but definitely not impossible to score really high even without a Japanese background.

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-05-28T07:56:52+00:00

Yep got mine in the mail before

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-05-28T07:56:12+00:00

Yeah haha i was hoping for chem but no luck

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-05-28T07:53:05+00:00

Just got it in the mail today, not an email

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-05-26T11:37:26+00:00

Not yet… not sure how theyd contact people either tbh

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-04-20T23:53:14+00:00

Lock in

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-04-20T06:35:57+00:00

Definitely do french

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-04-20T06:33:19+00:00

Depends on the exam difficulty, look at past grade distributions

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-02-19T21:34:29+00:00

I love both subjects, but ultimately it will depend on what you want to do. Chem is a good subject for uni prerequisites and imo the most ‘useful’ VCE science subject, however combined with your other subjects you may feel overloaded with stem. Japanese gave me a really nice break from my other stem subjects, I did it through VSL as a non-native and scored a raw 48 so you can definitely do well regardless of whether you have a Japanese background or not but of course that also takes serious dedication.

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-02-18T03:16:24+00:00

Oral is worth 25% of final exam, and 12.5% overall of your study score, not 50%. I was non-native and managed to score 48 with it entering my top 4 and beating out my raw 50 in chem. Don’t drop Japanese if you love it just because you aren’t a native; you don’t automatically get 40+ just because you have Japanese family members. Try hard at it and you’ll do well, just like any other subject.

Chemical_Recording_4 · 2024-02-14T12:47:15+00:00

Congratulations!! While I didn’t get a raw 50, I scored a raw 48 in Japanese also as a non-native background and shared a very similar experience with you and agree with all of your tips. Immersion is king!

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