I recently took the GRE on September 27 and scored a 317 overall: 164Q / 153V / 4.0 AWA. I’m very happy with my Quant and AWA, but my Verbal score needs significant improvement to reach my target of 330+.
For context:
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I completed the 1-month GregMat plan and mastered ~95% of the vocab lists.
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On test day, the Verbal difficulty wasn’t due to vocab gaps as much as deciding between multiple plausible answers in SE/TC and confidence in RC answer elimination.
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My pacing was fine — I finished each section with ~1 minute left.
I’m now deciding between repeating the 1-month plan but Verbal-only or doing the Overwhelmed Plan (focused on Verbal). Since my weakness is more about applying vocab and refining RC strategies rather than learning the words themselves, I’d love your recommendation on which plan would be more effective for my retake prep.