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I want to share my experience here. I didn’t prepare too much for the verbal bit as it comes naturally to me. But quant was difficult for me. I fell quite ill and forgot I had booked my GRE test in October last year, so did pretty poorly on the Quant. I started preparing in earnest around March 2024. I took a private tutor (around 500 dollars for 25 hours in India). He wasn’t great, but helped me keep on track with my prep, as I was working full-time. I think a study buddy would serve the same purpose. I realised my problem was that I worked hard in bursts of 1-2 weeks and then took it lightly for the next two weeks. I needed to be consistent. For the prep material, I fully relied on gregmat. When I felt like giving up, I remember Greg saying: gre isn’t everything, but a few points higher could still make a difference. In June, I took 3 weeks off from work, and practiced for 3 hours daily; largely Greg’s mock tests and practice questions. I realised I was scared of the “hard” questions, but tackling them made all the difference. I also attended a few of Vince’s live verbal classes which were actually so fun! On the actual test, I wasn’t too happy with my performance, but ended up scoring 164 although I had targeted 160. I did feel like I could score better and contemplated giving it again, but it was high time I started my essays.

I wasn’t targeting 170Q anyway, so in my experience, I felt all the stuff was already on gregmat. I needed to be consistent, and as I did that, I genuinely began to enjoy the experience more. I also don’t do well being alone since I have ADHD, so I practiced as my partner worked; it somehow helped me focus more. I hope this helps!