6 Week Study Plan

First Week
Plan for the Week

During the first week of the 6-week study plan, you will become familiar with the majority of the
components of the GRE test. You should take your time and thoroughly understand the content
of the tutorials and you should emphasize to try and fully understand each of the practice
questions. In terms of vocabulary, you should utilize the vocabulary section of
MyGRETutor.com every day; not as a means to memorize many words, but as a way for you to
gain exposure to the type of words that you'll expect to see on the GRE. The vocabulary tutor in
MyGRETutor.com will monitor your progress and shows you those words that match your skill
level, which is exactly what happens on the real exam.
You'll need to spend at least 6 days in preparing for the GRE, spending 2 hours each day, for a
total of 12 hours. Here is a sample plan:
Day 1: Become familiar with the format and features of the GRE, including timing
tactics, adaptive testing, scoring and section order. These and other relevant topics
are all discussed in the tutorials section of MyGRETutor.com. The first day is an
introduction day, where you become acquainted with the GRE. Think back to what
type of test taker you are. Do you speed through questions? Do you tend to jump
around from question to question, doing the easy ones first and then going on to the
hard ones? As with all of the days in this plan except for those days when you take a
practice test, spend the last 30 minutes of your study time in the vocabulary section of
MyGRETutor.com. Go through a handful of words to get a feel of the difficulty level
that you'll experience on the real GRE. In 30 minutes, you should strive to view
approximately 20 new vocabulary words. When viewing a vocabulary whose
definition you do not know, read the definition out loud, and use the word in a
sentence.
Day 2: Go over the Arithmetic tutorials sections, and do approximately 10 question of

the practice questions for that section. Don't do all of the practice questions quite yet,
because you'll have time in future weeks to finish most of the questions. Remember,
you want to slowly absorb the tutorial and website information, because if you rush,
there is a good chance that any new knowledge will retain in your short-term memory
only, and so that won't help you during the exam. As always, spend the last 30 minutes
in the vocabulary section.
Day 3: Spend this day on vocabulary building.
Day 4: On this day, complete the Algebra tutorials section, and complete
approximately 10 practice questions on that topic. Finish the day with more
vocabulary practice.
Day 5: On the fifth day of the first week, complete the Text Completion section of the
tutorials. Like you've done before, complete approximately 10 of each question type in
the practice questions section. Finish with vocabulary practice.
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Day 6: On day 6, complete the essay tutorials section, and become familiar with the
type and scope of the essay topics that you'll be given.
Week Study Plan for Math Component of GRE

During the course of the week, you'll have ample time to go over all of the tutorial sections that
pertain to arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. While you are doing this, not that most of the math
content is the type of math that you'd expect in 8th or 9th grade, at the most. Although you may
experience tricky equations, there are no questions from trigonometry, calculus, or any similar
high level math. But be warned, because that doesn't mean that the GRE math questions are easy.
For the math component of the GRE, you will need to know or at least be familiar with the
following:
Simple arithmetic such as addition, subtraction and multiplication.
Exponents and percentages.
Be able to compute simple probabilities and execute counting problems.
Be proficient with simple algebra, including equations and inequalities.
Be familiar with Geometry, including solid geometry, lines and angles, parallel lines,
as well as volumes.
Week Study Plan for Verbal Component of GRE

Here are the three main question types for the verbal component of the GRE:
Text Completion: You will be presented with one or several sentences, with a single,
two, or three blanks. If the sentence that you are shown has a single blank, then you
will have five answer choices, but if the sentence has two or three blanks, you will see
three answer choices for each blank. Your task is to select that choice(s) for each blank
so that the sentence is coherent and correct.
Reading comprehension: The bulk of the questions that you will see on the verbal
sections of the GRE revised General Test will be reading comprehension questions.
There are three types: single answer,, multiple answers, and select in passage. The
passages range in length from a single paragraph, to three or more paragraphs. Most of
the reading passages are short.
Sentence Equivalence: You will be presented with a short snippet of text with a
single blank, along with six answer choices. Your task is to select TWO of the answer
choices, so that when either of them is inserted into the blank, the sentence is
grammatically, stylistically, and logically correct. Moreover, the two answer choices
that you select should generate sentences that are similar in meaning.
Week Study Plan for Essay Component of GRE
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Essay writing is one of those things that takes years of practice, and so do not expect to learn
how to write well over the course of four weeks, especially if it has been a long time since you
have written anything. You can, however, prepare for the exam by becoming familiar with the
format and the grader expectations of the essays. If you haven't written in a long time, then we
recommend that you glance over the different essay topics that you'll find on the GRE website.
All of the topics for both the issue and argument essay are listed on the GRE website, but
because there are so many of them, it is not feasible to prepare and memorize an essay for each
topic. However, just glancing at the list should give you an idea of what the topics are like. Look
at these topics, and brainstorm on ideas and themes that you could write about if you were given
those topics. There are two essays that you'll be asked to write:
Issue Essay: You are given an essay topic, and you are given 30 minutes to analyze
the issues pertaining to the topic.
Argument Essay: You have no choice for the essay topic, but instead are given a
topic, and you are allotted 30 minutes to critique the effectiveness of the provided
statement.
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Second Week
Plan for the Week
In the second week, you'll finish the tutorials, do more practice questions, and you'll take your
first simulation exam. You'll need to spend at least 6 days in preparing for the GRE, spending
upwards of 2 hours each day, for a total of 12 hours. Here is a sample week plan:
Day 1: Complete the Algebra tutorials section, and complete approximately 10

practice questions on that topic. Finish the day with more vocabulary practice.
Day 2: Go over the reading comprehension tutorials section, and do the first 10
practice reading comprehension questions. Finish with more vocabulary practice.
Day 3: Start and finish the data analysis and quantitative analysis tutorials section, and
do approximately 10 practice data analysis questions.
Day 4: Take the first practice exam. Take it under real test conditions, meaning that
you should do the entire practice test in one sitting. This is how it is going to be when
you take the actual GRE, so you should practice and practice in similar conditions that
you should expect on test day.
Day 5: Go over the first simulation GRE exam, and, if time permits, quickly brush up
on some of the topics that you had trouble with during the course of the two weeks.
Don't skip the review of the practice test. Don't just look at the answers, but try to
understand why it is that you got a question wrong. What went wrong? Were you
confused? Learn from your mistakes!
Day 6: This is a vocabulary day! Take 2 hours going over vocabulary words, both new
and ones that you have seen.

When doing the math practice questions, be sure to notice the format of the questions. After
having read the tutorials section, and while you are doing the practice questions, keep these ideas
in mind:
If at any time you find that you are doing a lengthy calculation, STOP! The GRE will
never require you to do long math problems. Instead, look for a shortcut. Can you
simplify the problem?
Often-times, you can estimate the answer to eliminate several of the possible choices.
This is an especially good tactic when you are running out of time. View the tutorials
section on more information on how to estimate and, if necessary, how to guess.
Learn how to use the provided paper that you'll get during the test. Don't scribble, and
write legibly. Practice using only one or two pieces of paper when doing the math
problems, and this should mimic real test conditions.
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For the Quantitative Analysis questions, learn how to spot tricks or how to know when
NOT to choose choice E: The relationship cannot be determined. Review the tutorials
section on quantitative analysis if you need to.

Again, as is the case with the math section, really try to understand the practice questions. Don't
try to memorize the problems, but just try to get a sense for the type of problems that you should
expect on the verbal section of the GRE. Here are two additional tips:
Practice active reading -- you can do this outside of your daily two hour study session.
When you are reading a newspaper, try to imagine that you are taking the GRE. Can
you summarize the article that you have just read? What's the main idea? What is the
author's tone? Such active thinking will help you to focus your thoughts.
By now you have seen many vocabulary words, and you'll see many more. But, be
sure to review those words that you have seen, and try to master as many words as you
possibly can. Utilize the mastered and "not mastered" lists that are available in the
vocabulary section. This list is populated with those words that you've seen and
mastered and with those words that you've seen and have not yet mastered.

Remember that because you only have a short time during which you can compose your essays,
so try to write using simple, straight-forward English. Simple is better, especially if you are
stressed and under a time limit! Again view the essay topic pool that is available on the GRE
website, and for several of the topics, brainstorm on ideas and also try to come up with possible
paragraphs that you would write if you were given that topic. Try to come up with paragraphs
that are convincing, concise, and which help to further you main hypothesis.
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Third Week
Plan for the Week
Week three is for practice questions and your second practice test. You'll need to spend at least 6
days in preparing for the GRE, spending upwards of 2 hours each day, for a total of 12 hours.
Here is a sample week plan:
Day 1: Do approximately 10 of the practice questions in each of the Arithmetic and

Algebra sections of the practice questions part of MyGRETutor.com. Twenty
questions is quite a few, but be sure not to rush. Spend time to understand the
reasoning behind the explanation for each question. Don't just check if you get the
question right or wrong, but try to understand WHY it is that you may have gotten it
wrong. Spend approximately 30 minutes in the vocabulary section.
Day 2: Spend approximately 30 minutes in the vocabulary section.
Day 3: Do approximately 10 of the practice questions in the Geometry and Data

Analysis sections of the practice questions part of MyGRETutor.com. Spend time to
understand the reasoning behind the explanation for each question. Don't just check if
you get the question right or wrong, but try to understand WHY it is that you may
have gotten it wrong. Spend approximately 30 minutes in the vocabulary section.

Day 5: Again practice brainstorming for the essays sections, and go over some of the
essay topics in the pool of topics that are available on the GRE website.
Day 6: Take the second practice test. Do the WHOLE test, including the essays. You'll
be required to do the essays during the real test, so it's best that you get used to the
actual test format.

During week 3, you'll just be doing as many practice questions as possible. At this time, you may
be approaching some of the more difficult math questions. Try to notice how the difficult
questions often require you to have a firm understanding of relatively easy concepts. Also, note
that some of the harder math questions will require you to perform a series of steps, each of
which in themselves is easy. It is knowing which steps to carry out and which information you
should use that makes such questions difficult.
By now you will have noticed that your success on the verbal part of the GRE is based primarily
on one thing: your depth and breadth of your vocabulary. By now you should have reviewed
hundreds of words, and hopefully you have learned many new ones. During each day that you
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are preparing for the vocabulary section, access the vocabulary page and select to view those
words that you have mastered and words that you have not mastered. Those lists will be
populated with words that you have seen, and so those lists are a great way to review all of the
words that you have seen.

Simply as was the case in week #2, you'll want to practice on brainstorming and on writing
sample paragraphs. There is only one way for you to prepare for the essay sections, and that is to
practice, Practice, and PRACTICE. Writing is something that takes a very long time to perfect,
and so get as much practice as possible. Luckily, the types of essays that are deserving of high
scores are not necessarily complicated; instead good academic essays are brief, to the point, and
precise.
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Fourth Week
Plan for the Week
Week 4 is for practice questions and your third practice test. You'll need to spend at least 6 days
in preparing for the GRE, spending upwards of 2 hours each day, for a total of 12 hours. Here is
a sample week plan:
Day 1: Go over the practice test that you took on the last day of week 3. Don't just
look at the scores, but actually look at the questions. Was there a trick that you
missed? Truly study the test.
Day 2: Do approximately 10 of the practice questions in the Arithmetic and Algebra

sections of the practice questions part of MyGRETutor.com. Twenty questions is quite
a few, but be sure not to rush. Spend time to understand the reasoning behind the
explanation for each question. Don't just check if you get the question right or wrong,
but try to understand WHY it is that you may have gotten it wrong. Spend
approximately 30 minutes in the vocabulary section.
Day 3: Spend approximately 30 minutes in the vocabulary section.



During week 4, try to make a list of the "tricks" that you are expected to know. For example, one
commonly-used trick on the GRE is that a negative number squared will give you a positive
number, and thus for the equation x2=4, x 2 OR -2. You have to remember this tricks that the test
takes will throw at you. When doing the various practice questions, think of these tricks and be
sure that you can spot such tricks right away.
During each day that you are preparing for the vocabulary section, access the vocabulary page
and select to view those words that you have mastered and words that you have not mastered.
Those lists will be populated with words that you have seen, and so those lists are a great way to
review all of the words that you have seen.
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Practice writing short, concise statements, and again continue to look over the pool of essay topic
questions that are available on the GRE website. Pick a few of the topics and brainstorm with
some ideas. What would be the main point of an essay if were you were given such a topic?
What proof or examples would you use? These types of questions are the questions that you'll
need to answer right away when taking the real test, so prepare yourself now by getting used to
such reasoning processes. Writing is something that takes a very long time to perfect, and so get
as much practice as possible. Luckily, the types of essays that are deserving of high scores are
not necessarily complicated; instead good academic essays are brief, to the point, and precise.
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Fifth Week
Plan for the Week
Week 5; almost done -- one more week after this. You'll need to spend at least 6 days in
preparing for the GRE, spending upwards of 2 hours each day, for a total of 12 hours. Here is a
sample week plan:
Days 1-4: Practice with practice questions! Vary them from different categories. By
now you should be nearing completion of the practice questions!
Day 6: Take the next practice test. By now you should be familiar with the format, and
so during this test, focus on spotting tricks and shortcuts in the math section, and when
guessing on a verbal question, be sure that you eliminate at least some of the choices
-- that's exactly what you'll want to do on the real test.

During week 5, continue to add to the list of "tricks" that you are expected to know. And, also
review the list each day. Are you confided that you'll be able to spot such tricks right away when
confronted with such questions?
During each day that you are preparing for the vocabulary section, access the vocabulary page
and select to view those words that you have mastered and words that you have not mastered.
Those lists will be populated with words that you have seen, and so those lists are a great way to
review all of the words that you have seen.
Again, pick sample essay topics from the pool of available essay questions on the GRE website
and brainstorm with some ideas. What would be the main point of an essay if were you were
given such a topic? What proof or examples would you use? These types of questions are the
questions that you'll need to answer right away when taking the real test, so prepare yourself now
by getting used to such reasoning processes. Writing is something that takes a very long time to
perfect, and so get as much practice as possible. Luckily, the types of essays that are deserving of
high scores are not necessarily complicated; instead good academic essays are brief, to the point,
and precise.
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Sixth Week
Plan for the Week
During week 6, you will finish preparing for the GRE. You'll review the last practice test that you
took, and, more importantly, you'll do more practice questions and then REVIEW all of the
practice questions that you have seen. You'll need to spend at least 6 days in preparing for the
GRE, spending upwards of 2 hours each day, for a total of 12 hours. Here is a sample week plan:
Day 1: Review the last practice exam that you took at the end of week #5. Really try
to understand why you may have gotten some of the questions wrong.
Days 2-4: Continue to do practice questions from ALL of the available sections.
Spend upwards of 90 minutes each day doing problems, and be sure to analyze and
study the explanations as well as provided hints for each practice questions. You'll
notice that the provided hints are meant to show you how you might want to approach
a problem. There is usually more than one way to arrive at a right answer, so your
method might be good, too, but be sure that you are comfortable with quickly
understanding each question and knowing if you have to guess or if you can eliminate
any of the choices. Most importantly, briefly review all of the practice questions
that you have done up to this point -- you should be pleasantly surprised that
some of the questions that you did early and which you thought were difficult are
straight-forward by this time. If this is the case, then you have most likely
followed the format of this plan and you should be well prepared for the GRE.
Day 5: Almost done! This really is the last day when you should be going over
vocabulary words and reviewing any of the tutorials that you may have struggled with.
Day 6: Ideally, drive or otherwise visit the exam center just to make sure you know
how long it takes to get there. It would be unfortunate if you were to find out on test
day that the examination center is 2 hours away as opposed to what you thought was 1
hour, in which case you'd add unnecessary stress on the test day. Also, briefly review
any of the tutorials sections that you have had most trouble with, and review those
questions that you've seen in those sections.
There really are no new topics that you'll learn this week; instead your week will be spent doing
practice questions. By now you should have realized that the math part of the GRE is not about
testing you and whether you have memorized formulas. Although simple formulas are required,
the main part of the math component of the GRE tests your ability to dissect and analyze a
problem. There is no way for you to guess what questions you'll see on test day, but by now you
should be confident enough to know that you can tackle a math problem with ease.
As with the math study plan for the GRE, the verbal study plan for the last week does not require
you to learn any new topics or ideas; instead you'll be doing plenty of practice questions.
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Like we've been saying all along, you can't learn how to write well in just six weeks, but you
CAN prepare for the type of essay that will be expected of you. Remember to write short, clear
sentences. The more complicated your writing, the more difficult it is to decipher, and the bigger
the chance that one of your essay readers will be confused and will be forced to give you a low
score. Remember; simple is better.
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First Week

Plan for the Week

Day 2: Go over the Arithmetic tutorials sections, and do approximately 10 question of

Day 3: Spend this day on vocabulary building.

Week Study Plan for Math Component of GRE

Exponents and percentages.

Be able to compute simple probabilities and execute counting problems.

Be proficient with simple algebra, including equations and inequalities.

Week Study Plan for Verbal Component of GRE

Week Study Plan for Essay Component of GRE

Day 1: Complete the Algebra tutorials section, and complete approximately 10

Week Study Plan for Math Component of GRE

Week Study Plan for Verbal Component of GRE

Week Study Plan for Essay Component of GRE

Day 1: Do approximately 10 of the practice questions in each of the Arithmetic and

Day 2: Spend approximately 30 minutes in the vocabulary section.

Day 3: Do approximately 10 of the practice questions in the Geometry and Data

Day 4: Do approximately 20 of the practice questions in the Geometry and Data

Week Study Plan for Math Component of GRE

Week Study Plan for Essay Component of GRE

Day 2: Do approximately 10 of the practice questions in the Arithmetic and Algebra

Day 3: Spend approximately 30 minutes in the vocabulary section.

Day 4: Do approximately 10 of the practice questions in the Geometry and Data

Day 5: Do approximately 20 of the practice questions in the Geometry and Data

Week Study Plan for Math Component of GRE

Week Study Plan for Math Component of GRE

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