Hello there! I am a new member at gregmat. And after following the two months roadmap for couple of days Since I had a very least if not zero idea about how to start plus I have a very limited amount of time(ex:2.5~3 m max) infront of me to prepare myself for the test, I am feeling now overwhelmed and puzzled. I am so frustrated and tensed at the same time thinking about what should be my optimum approach for a better prep and result. So, I am requesting @gregmat and any interested kind experts to help me out here by sharing a guideline or advice like what should I do specifically right now to take my preparation step by step in given time constraints. I would be sooo grateful and in debt if anyone could come out and show some light! I am willing to try with my full devotion, I just need some complete pair of optimum advices/ Steps using the gregmat materials which I can follow and complete my prep in my limited time. I would be eagerly waiting for the reply.
NB:Today was my third day at week 1 of two month roadmap. and specially while doing the verbal classes, I am feeling I missed out something that I should have known and gone through beforehand.
Thanks.
Hey! Welcome to the club!
If you’re going through 2 month plan, probably you know where you’re standing. You should take the practice test, because you need to know about your weaknesses and your strengths. Here is the link to practice tests if you haven’t taken that already:
If you’re good with math, focus on the verbal, or vice versa.
So if you’re feeling comfortable with quant, I would recommend do the harder quant questions from Big book in time every day. There are about 15 hard questions in each test and there are 54 tests in general (27x2). So by spending only 1 hour for quant (2 min per question) you can finish Big book’s harder quant questions in 27 days. Also you may find the GRE harder questions’ solution by Greg from the link below.
Side note You do need to have the GRE big book, but you don’t need to buy it. Just google it, and you’ll find it. Wink, wink!
I would say even if you want do Manhattan questions, do the harder ones first. (Again, this is for the case when you have a good math foundation. Otherwise, watch Greg’s 2 months plan quant sections as well, at a faster speed, you may hear my voice A LOT! Just please skip my questions and save yourself some extra time!)
For verbal you DO need to master AT LEAST 2 things!
1- Math technique (AKA support / contrast)
2- Vocab
For math technique Greg’s got a tool box. He’s been teaching that technique in many series, including the 2-month plan. Let me know if you couldn’t find it. Also, I made a list from support/contrast words, that’s been circulating in the forum. I think my friend Vishu @HoldMyBeer knows where to find the direct link.
For vocab, Greg’s list works. Tried and Tested.
Below is my answer to another student about how I learned vocab for the GRE:
"The best way that worked for me was using memes as well as word usage. I’ve been forcing myself to use the words in a day to day basis. Even if I’m talking to myself. Other than that I made my own flashcards to memorize vocab.
I used Vocabulary.com only to test my knowledge.
And then I had made a copy of Greg’s excel sheet and about 10 days before my test I had gone through all the words , all 800ish words back then, as the first thing to do in the morning, even before going to the washroom! =)) "
For long passages you need to learn not to read the passage. You should learn about transition words and then you’ll learn to look at a long passage like this:
And then in your spare time you can test your knowledge by going to the below links and choose the difficulty level by selecting the related labels.
Here’s the link to Quant questions:
And here’s s the link to the Greg’s verbal questions: