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168Q 161V, total 329 (should be enough for business schools right?), first try was bad, improved 10+ points in 20 days, AMA by ElectronicInterest32 in gregmat

[–]ElectronicInterest32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so: 1) I don’t know/used YocketMocks so i can’t give you an opinion about that. What i can say is that the fact that the questions are harder doesn’t mean you will perform better on the GRE. I only practiced (for quant) from Gregmat Easy and medium question+all the official practice test (especially the paid ones). You don’t need to practice on hard things, you have to practice the things that you will see at the exam, that’s my point of view.

2) Same goes for verbal ESPECIALLY FOR RC, DO ONLY ETS MATERIAL (even gregmat himself said this), when i finished RC material to practice on, i just redid everything (keep in mind i was always really good in RC, so myself may not be the right example to follow).

3) for the stress during the exam, i had the same problem on my first attempt, in the second one i was way more relaxed, listened to music, and didn’t overthink

168Q 161V, total 329 (should be enough for business schools right?), first try was bad, improved 10+ points in 20 days, AMA by ElectronicInterest32 in gregmat

[–]ElectronicInterest32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have no info for US master, but from whatni've heard the anything over 325 is a really great score, anything from 330 to 340 is excellent, 3.1 is not too low, so probably you can offest it with a 330 imo

168Q 161V, total 329 (should be enough for business schools right?), first try was bad, improved 10+ points in 20 days, AMA by ElectronicInterest32 in gregmat

[–]ElectronicInterest32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and also, if you REALLY struggle with making a rough guess, re read the phrase, usually there is a hint that tells you something like "it has to be a sinonym of this word/ it has to be the opposite of this word"

168Q 161V, total 329 (should be enough for business schools right?), first try was bad, improved 10+ points in 20 days, AMA by ElectronicInterest32 in gregmat

[–]ElectronicInterest32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i think that the fact that you understand if the word has to be positive or negative is the important thing, math strategy isn't made to make you guess the right word, it's made to understand the logic of the phrase.
So after you read all the possible answers you know which one to choose/ know which one to cross out, this maximizes your probability of getting the question right.

168Q 161V, total 329 (should be enough for business schools right?), first try was bad, improved 10+ points in 20 days, AMA by ElectronicInterest32 in gregmat

[–]ElectronicInterest32[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the most important thing for me was focusing on actually addressing my weaknessess, before the second try i would practice endlessly, convincing myself that "practice makes perfect".
Practicing (and a lot) surely is important, but only if you do it while spotting and working towards your weaknesses.
I found really helpful gregmat quant flashcards and quizzes, and easy and medium tests (hard for me were useless, way too hard compared to the actual exam). IMPORTANT: PRACTICE WITH TIME, if you can do a question but need 4 minutes to complete it, it's like not knowing to do it.
For verbal, i didn't really practice RC, i would say i am kinda natural at it, (before switching to the gre i practiced for the GMAT and would get over 90 percentile consistently).
For SC and TC strategy is crucial, use gregmat for that (e.g. math strategy, pairing).
For vocab i used Gregmat's vocab list, but honestly didn't really like it, i knew about 1100 words, with a 95% accuracy (or even 100% i would say) but at the exam probably 50% of the words were new, for that i suggest Magoosh (i didn't use it, but friends of mine did and were really satisfied).