Study planning questions on the forums

I see a lot of posts on here from people who are asking for help with their study planning. Often these posts take the form of, “I’ve done abc and have def score - how do I get to xyz score?”

A couple of observations and opinions (these do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Gregmat team):

  1. Often, the post has lots of details about what the person did, but nearly all these posts don’t provide much of a plan for people to comment on. There is a wealth of information on Gregmat about study planning, but you will have to think critically to use it. I recommend the “So You Wanna 340?” videos as well as the “Quant and Verbal Progression” videos. These videos have the principles of raising your score.

  2. It takes quite a bit of time and effort to design a study plan, especially if one has to consider what you’ve done, your timeframe, and your score goals. Often, quite a bit of back and forth is required. Expecting a commenter have an extended dialogue with you and to provide a lot of detail is asking a lot. It’s probably well worth hiring a Gregmat tutor to help you design a plan. I can’t think of a better investment for your GRE prep if you’re in the position of wondering what to do next.

As it is with most things in life, the effort, energy, and yes, expense you put into solving your own problem is probably commensurate with how well it gets solved.

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