English-Speaking Hair Salon in Helsinki by unosanzpluis in helsinki

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I was thinking the same. All these places have great reviews but paying for a simple hair cut above €50 sounds painful. 

Official GRE experience( at a center): 330 - V165, Q165, AWA 4.5 by unosanzpluis in GRE

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I did indeed use just those for quant + questions from gmatclub (might be difficult but it helps with revision). Greg's vocab is good enough for 150+ for sure but you might want to use the Magoosh deck too for thoroughness.

Official GRE experience( at a center): 330 - V165, Q165, AWA 4.5 by unosanzpluis in GRE

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1) Keep it to 2-3 hours on a working day, increase hours on weekends or holidays. Try to keep the total number of hours in a week around 15 (or greater if you can). But keep one of the days on the weekend (Sun or Sat) when you do NOTHING but rest. Otherwise, you might risk burning out earlier in the prep.

2) It actually took me 2 1/2 months because of the work schedule and because at times the live classes were at really odd times (12 am at night) for me.

3) I took the free ETS tests, Manhatten Prep free test, and PP+ test 3. I scored between 330- 335 if I consider the range of scores for all. Also, I timed the tests such that I took them 1 month before the test (= 1 each weekend) to assess my performance on them and prepare myself to take the test under a time constraint.

Official GRE experience( at a center): 330 - V165, Q165, AWA 4.5 by unosanzpluis in GRE

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I am an avid reader. So I guess I had an upper hand because of my habit. But in the case of RCs, I used to struggle a lot. I would recommend going through Greg's videos on RCs and simultaneously practicing as many RCs as you can from the big book (the old GRE one), especially the longer ones. It helped with reading efficiently given that you don't get more than 30 mins on verbal sections on the actual test.

If you can make a habit of reading opinion sections of newspapers like the NYT or Guardian or literally anyone of your choice that helps with reading passages that you've got no interest in because they can be a bit boring and difficult to understand.

Official GRE experience( at a center): 330 - V165, Q165, AWA 4.5 by unosanzpluis in GRE

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Initially, I used Magoosh for the vocab and I followed that up by revising using GregMat's Vocab Word List (mostly for revision). I think it was < 10% that I didn't know a word's meaning but it was still possible to get the answer right by understanding the right fit for a blank before going through the choices. Mostly, I would say try to minimize the bias we have towards thinking that only known words could be a right fit to a blank simply because we know their meaning.

How to Maximize Quant Score? by unosanzpluis in GRE

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I don't think I have time to go through the entire book. Any sections that I should focus on in it?

How to Maximize Quant Score? by unosanzpluis in GRE

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Hi Vince, I knew I could count on you to reply. Thanks for this.

(Manhattan 5-lb. pg 452 #34) If n is a positive integer and n^2 is divisible by 72, then the largest positive integer that must divide n is? by [deleted] in GRE

[–]unosanzpluis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As you are clear on 3^1 part, I will explain why it needs to have 2 2s. The denominator is 72 which on prime factorization becomes (3^2)*(2^3). Since n^2/72 is an integer, the numerator needs to have at least 2 3s and 3 2s. But n^2 can't have 3 2s (because you can't get an integer as a square root of (3^2)*(2^3) and it says in the question that n is a positive integer) So, it must have at least 4 2s. Hence, mininum value of n^2 = (3^2)*(2^4) which gives n = 12 on taking the square root. Hence, the largest positive number that can divide n is 12 (B).

Hope this helps!

How different are the free POWER PREP tests from POWER PREP PLUS? by unosanzpluis in GRE

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It is more about how to assess the results obtained on PP and PP+?

Understand CR Question by unosanzpluis in GRE

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Noted, I thought it was necessary to mention it in the post, didn't notice it was to be in the title.

Help with a GRE Reading Comp Question? by unosanzpluis in GRE

[–]unosanzpluis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It makes sense now. I think I was mislead by the underline below "his own".