Advice on Studying

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I’ve completed the “I’m Overwhelmed” plan and taken all the module quizzes. In Geometry/Data, I did skip some of the quizzes, practice problems, and videos for each section, although I completed all module quizzes. Currently, my fundamentals scores are in the 40-60% range across most concepts, based on my performance on a few initial videos and quizzes.

I’m unsure if revisiting skipped quizzes and practice problems in the “I’m Overwhelmed” plan would be more effective or to continue with targeted practice on the concepts I find challenging. I’m also considering whether I should transition to the 2-month strategy-focused plan next.

So far, I’ve concentrated on quantitative sections, with vocabulary on the side. I’m wondering about the best way to incorporate the reading/verbal sections into my routine, as I’d like to improve comprehensively.

I aim to reach a 325+ by my first official GRE attempt next March. My baseline score from August was 285, taken with no preparation, and I plan to take a mock test in November to measure my progress.

Thank you for any advice you can offer on proceeding from here!

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At your current stage I’d do the overwhelmed plan again since you have plenty of time. So just work on your Quant foundation for now.

For verbal, why don’t you join/follow the 2024 TCSE and Reading series we’re doing this week?

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What would be a good way to approach the plan for a 2nd time? I feel like I need to apply the concepts more and more in order for them to sink in.

Where do I find this series for verbal or is part of the 2month plan?

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You’d do the following for each module:

  1. For each part:
    1. Do the “Progress Quiz” on the RHS
    2. If you score <85: Do the whole part again completely
    3. If you score >= 85%:
      1. Review the topics again on the LHS for the questions you got wrong
      2. Attempt those specific questions that you got wrong again
  2. Take the end of module tickbox quiz
    1. If you get < 75%: Repeat the whole module
    2. If you get >= 75%: Move to the next module

You probably need to be doing the Quant Mountain or Quant Flashcards more, doing problem solving isn’t the way to memorise.

For recordings, you can check under “Ongoing Series” here:

You can also join the live classes here:

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Okay, Tyvm. How many hours do you suggest studying? I usually do 2-4, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to maintain 2 hours on weekdays and even study on weekends.

Can I follow the 2024 TCSE and Reading series, and will it be the same as if I was doing the two month plan(so I don’t double dip the same videos etc?)

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Usually around 3 hours a day for those who study outside of work/other stuff, and 6 hours a day for those who are studying for the GRE full time.

Yeah you can follow this week’s new series instead.

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ok thanks so much for the advice so far!

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@ganesh hey another question,

for studying 2-4hours/day, aiming for 3, how much of that should be quant/verbal? I was thinking of doing more quant then verbal for now, so if I do 3hrs, 1hr would be TC/SE etc or I might have 1-2days out of the week just for verbal.

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Sounds okay, but we recommend using the study plan to not have to think about stuff like this

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okty!

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Thanks for asking, this thread was helpful. I find the videos time-consuming/cumbersome which makes it difficult to get through as well as there are so many different links on the two-month plan and overwhelming to comprehend/follow. If the videos were < 50 min long then it would be more manageable.

One strategy that I am trying out is writing a separate to do list and mark the time it takes to complete each video/homework and plan out my week accordingly, as some days require more than 4 hours.

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If I have until the end of December to study, and I’m scoring around 65-70% on Quant Prepswift quizzes, would it be better for me to follow the Overwhelmed or the 1-Month Study plan?

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I gave the power prep test 2 scored 144 in verbal and 160 in Quant

In the first section of verbal i just got to attempt only 5 questions.I started with SE first and then went to short passages and suddenly the time for the section had elapsed.I was shocked when i experienced this and realised i spent a lot of time understanding short ones as i felt it would be quick even if i read everything.

In second section i did not get time for long para and its 3 Qs. I managed to answer the 3 blankers correctly but did not feel confident in SE majorly because of vocab

I do know the startegies but some how fail to get the correct answer out of it. sometimes i don’t know which word to refer from the evidence side of the blank. I believe i went through the videos where u solve it for us but did not take initiative in solving them before hand or separately in verbal

In Quant the questions were easy but i made really silly mistakes. I completed each section before hand but had a Question in the back of my mind whether i am just doing it in rush or not

In analytical writing i wrote an essay for issue writing for the first time. Got the R1 , R2 and concession also in my mind quickly with proper examples to support it.

Followed your template but while formulating sentence i used to constantly think of whether i can make it better or not and did not want to repeat words while rephrasing and i feel that took some more time and wasn’t able to write second examples for all and conclusion was just one liner due to shortage of time

I do wanna get my score around 330 i want to get 168 around in Quant and 160+ in verbal but my exam date is this 29th of sept i know i don’t have time in my hands and that why need to know what to prioritise first and how to proceed further.

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Thank you for any advice you can offer on proceeding from here!

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@gregmat

Note: this should be in its own post but I’m getting errors trying to move the comment. So I’ll condone this one.

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okay will take care of that from now onwards

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Hi! Did you email me? The score looks very familiar to me.

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yeah i did it as you told me during our QnA session and proceeded with the ets mock

what would be our next step?

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I believe I replied to your email right?

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actually i got another mail before your reply saying i had to ask my queries here on the forums and one of your teammates assisted me in doing so anyways lets keep the conversation on email itself thank you for responding.