Hi all, I just did the GRE for the first time today. I scored 155 in the quant, which I’m really unhappy with. I had a lot of anxiety going in, and ran out of time so I could not attempt like 5 questions across both sections. It’s not that I find the maths hard, I just need to speed up with answering. I need to be at a 164 for the schools I am applying to and have rebooked a test in 3 weeks time. I also have the option to book it for 6 weeks time, but this is my last opportunity as that date is close to the deadline for applications at my chosen masters programme. Please can you advise on how I can improve on speed. I’m determined to do so and happy to put in as much time as it takes, outside of work. Thank you.
Ensure your foundation is strong
Take the Foundation Quiz #1s under the Quizzes dropdown
- plug any holes you find
Go through timed practice (not practice tests)
Incrementally reduce the time you have over continuous sets of 10-15 questions spanning the difficulty levels on the test
Aim to maintain high accuracy 85%
- Keep an error log*****
- target weaknesses you find here
- conceptual
- strategy
- silly errors
- Misreading
- Math errors
Review your test taking strategy (Big part of the solution)
- what questions are you doing first
- how long do you spend before skipping a question