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Introduction Your GRE Preparation Game Plan Essential Study Materials One-Month GRE Study Plan Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 GRE studying tips for any remaining days Wait! I want to know more about how to prepare for the GRE in one month! GRE Preparation Supplemental/Optional Materials A Few Notes on GRE Study

Your GRE Preparation Game Plan

● Step 1 : Take a practice test. Find out where you are compared to where you need to be. Taking a practice GRE exam early on can also help you diagnose problem areas, figure out score goals, and set priorities. ● Step 2 : Get your foundations in place. Familiarize yourself with the test, its format, its question types, and its scoring. ● Step 3 : Set up your schedule. While we have everything you need to prep for the GRE in one month, you’re the one who needs to decide when and how this fits in with your other priorities. ● Step 4 : Practice daily. This includes work on both the GRE Quantitative section and the GRE Verbal section, GRE vocabulary study, and lessons on GRE-specific strategies. ● Step 5 : Test yourself. Complete daily practice questions on the concepts and strategies you’ve just learned. ● Step 6 : Prepare for the full exam. This includes the AWA (writing section)! How to do it? Weekend essay writing practice and mock GRE practice tests, simulating real test conditions. ● Step 7 : Mentally and physically prepare. Get enough sleep, perform confidence-boosting exercises, and model healthy eating the days before the test. This outline will guide you to GRE mastery over the next month. It’s a simple formula with proven success!

Essential Study Materials

1. Magoosh GRE Prep, including Magoosh GRE lessons and Magoosh GRE practice
2. ETS’s Official Guide to the GRE book: If you already own a 2nd edition of the Official Guide, don’t feel you have to buy the 3rd edition.
3. ETS’s Free PowerPrep Tests: When you’re done, we offer video explanations here. I highly recommend using PowerPrep Online if you can, since taking the test on a computer is a good simulation of exam day conditions.
4. A journal or notebook (yes, a physical hard copy item)
5. Magoosh’s online GRE Flashcards. They’re free and you can use them on the web, on your iPhone/iPad or Android.
6. Notecards (or Quizlet.com)
7. Magoosh’s GRE Complete Guide: This comprehensive, web-based guide to the GRE gives you the quick but very helpful overview you need to understand this test. You’ll see how the GRE is designed and scored, what skills it tests, how to find and use the best GRE prep, and how to prepare for the GRE’s different sections.
8. A Guide to GRE Practice Test Resources: This page includes instructions on where to find good full-length GRE practice exams, and how to take practice tests and incorporate them into your studies. This page also has links to Magoosh’s free GRE diagnostic quizzes.
9. Before you get started, Magoosh’s GRE expert Chris has some tips for how to use this schedule.

○ Math—Mental Math: Squaring Shortcuts: 12 minutes * ○ Verbal—Intro to Text Completions: 4 minutes ○ Verbal—Elimination Method: 6 minutes * ○ Verbal—Understanding the Sentence: 4 minutes If the content in the video is new to you or relatively unclear, take notes on it in your journal. If the content is very familiar, feel free to click ahead to the summary at the end, just to verify that you understand it all.

Week 1, Day 2

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ Math—Number Sense: 10 minutes ○ Math—The Use and Abuse of Formulas: 2 minutes * ○ Math—Learn From Your Mistakes: 4 minutes * ○ Math–Intro to Quantitative Comparison: 13 minutes ○ Math—QC Strategies—Estimation: 10 minutes * ○ Math—QC Strategies—Matching Operations: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Properties of Real Numbers: 8 minutes * ○ Math—Positive and Negative Numbers I: 6 minutes * ○ Math—Mental Math, Addition, and Subtraction: 6 minutes ○ Math— Positive and Negative Numbers II: 10 minutes * ○ Verbal—Difficult Words: 9 minutes * ● Do the following practice questions: ○ 10 Multiple Choice Questions: 19 minutes * ○ 15 Quantitative Comparison Questions: 18 minutes * ○ 3 Data Interpretation Questions: 4 minutes * ○ 10 Text Completion Questions: 10 minutes * ○ 10 Sentence Equivalence Questions: 8 minutes * ○ 10 Reading Comprehension Questions: 17 minutes * Bonus : Using Magoosh’s GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible. Spend 10 – 30 minutes reviewing previous decks, completing any that are started but not yet mastered.

NOTE: If you are close to finishing a module you want to finish, feel free to move a lesson or two up a day or back a day so you can finish the module. As long as you are reading these average numbers, some give-and-take is fine. Also, when you get to the end of a module, take the quiz, and keep reviewing until you pass the quiz. Notice you are doing ALL topics from the get-go, whether you have already studied these or not. This means that you will make some mistakes at the beginning: see this post on a productive attitude toward making mistakes. If, after a week or so of practice, you find that there is simply too much new material for you, then narrow your studies to those topics you’re more actively studying plus one or two that you’re unfamiliar with. You should be constantly challenged. If you do narrow the topics of study, expand back to as wide a scope as possible as quickly as possible. NOTE: For all math, you will be doing mixed practice. The temptation is to work on what you are studying at the moment, but that fails to simulate real test conditions. You don’t really understand a concept until you can answer a question about it in mixed practice. At the beginning, we know you will make mistakes on topics that you haven’t studied in depth yet, and that’s OK. See this post on having a productive attitude toward mistakes. If you make mistakes at the beginning and study them well, that will prime your mind for deeper understanding when you learn more about those concepts in the lessons.

Week 1, Day 3

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ Math—Order of Operations: 11 minutes * ○ Math—Intro to Decimals: 11 minutes ○ Math—Rounding: 6 minutes * ○ Math—Multiples of 10: 9 minutes * ○ Math—Intro to Fractions: 11 minutes ○ Math—Conversions: Fractions and Decimals: 8 minutes * ○ Math—Fraction Properties I: 8 minutes ○ Math—Comparing Fractions I: 10 minutes * ○ Math—Comparing Fractions II (Advanced): 10 minutes * ○ Math—Operations with Fractions: 8 minutes *

○ Verbal—Elaboration Sentence: 4 minutes * ○ Verbal—Apposition: 2 minutes ○ Verbal—Intro to Sentence Shifts: 4 minutes ○ Quiz: Text Completion—No Shifts: 7 minutes * ○ Verbal—More Reversers: 2 minutes ● Do the following practice questions: ○ 10 Multiple Choice Questions: 19 minutes * ○ 15 Quantitative Comparison Questions: 18 minutes * ○ 3 Data Interpretation Questions: 4 minutes * ○ 10 Text Completion Questions: 10 minutes * ○ 10 Sentence Equivalence Questions: 8 minutes * ○ 10 Reading Comprehension Questions: 17 minutes * Bonus : Using Magoosh’s GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible. Spend 10 – 30 minutes reviewing previous decks, completing any that are started but not yet mastered.

Week 1, Day 5

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ Math—Intro to Ratios: 9 minutes ○ Math—Combining Ratios: 11 minutes * ○ Math—Ratios and Rates: 6 minutes * ○ Quiz: Percents and Ratios: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Divisibility: 10 minutes * ○ Math—Divisibility Rules: 8 minutes ○ Math—Multiples: 8 minutes * ○ Math—Prime Numbers: 6 minutes * ○ Math—Prime Factorization: 8 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Counting Factors of Large Numbers: 12 minutes * ○ Math—Squares of Integers: 5 minutes * ○ Verbal—Double Shifts: 3 minutes ○ Verbal-Time Shifts: 4 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Verbal—Shifts in Perception: 2 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Verbal—Multiple Shifts: 4 minutes *

● Do the following practice questions: ○ 20 Multiple Choice Questions: 38 minutes * ○ 3 Data Interpretation Questions: 4 minutes * ○ 10 Text Completion Questions: 10 minutes * ○ 10 Sentence Equivalence Questions: 8 minutes * ○ 10 Reading Comprehension Questions: 17 minutes * Bonus : Using Magoosh’s GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible. Spend 10 – 30 minutes reviewing previous decks, completing any that are started but not yet mastered. Bonus : Download and start reading the Magoosh GRE eBook. Continue reading whenever you have the time over the course of the next two weeks.

Week 1, Day 6

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ Math—Greatest Common Factor: 5 minutes * ○ Math—Least Common Multiple: 9 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) GCD LCM Formula: 5 minutes * ○ Math—Even and Odd Integers: 10 minutes * ○ Math—Testing Cases: 5 minutes * ○ Writing—Intro to Analytical Writing Section (AWA): 5 minutes ○ Writing—Essay Organization: 3 minutes * ○ Writing—Writing Tips: 12 minutes * ○ Writing—Time Management: 4 minutes ○ Writing—Intro to Issue Task: 7 minutes ○ Writing—Issue Task Example: 12 minutes * ○ Writing—Intro to Argument Task: 3 minutes ○ Writing—Logical Fallacies: 9 minutes ○ Writing—Argument Task Brainstorming: 6 minutes * ○ Writing—Argument Task Example: 9 minutes * ● Do the following practice questions: ○ 1 Issue Task Essay: 30 minutes * ○ 1 Argument Task Essay: 30 minutes *

Week 2

Week 2, Day 1

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ Math—Consecutive Integers: 9 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Remainders: 11 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Integer Properties Strategies: 6 minutes * ○ Quiz: Integer Properties: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Intro to Algebra: 7 minutes ○ Math—Simplifying Expressions: 6 minutes * ○ Math—Multiplying Expressions: 7 minutes * ○ Math—FOIL Method: 8 minutes ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Factoring—GFC: 5 minutes * ○ Math—Factoring: Difference of Two Squares: 12 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Factoring—Quadratics: 7 minutes * ○ Verbal—False Contrast: 7 minutes * ○ Verbal—Deviating From the Norm: 5 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Verbal—Reverse Apposition: 2 minutes * ○ Quiz: Text Completion—Sentence Shifts: 7 minutes * ○ Verbal—Intro to Double Blank Sentences: 7 minutes ● Do the following practice questions: ○ 20 Multiple Choice Questions: 38 minutes * ○ 3 Data Interpretation Questions: 4 minutes * ○ 10 Text Completion Questions: 10 minutes * ○ 10 Sentence Equivalence Questions: 8 minutes * ○ 10 Reading Comprehension Questions: 17 minutes * Bonus : Using Magoosh’s GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible. Spend 10 – 30 minutes reviewing previous decks, completing any that are started but not yet mastered.

Week 2, Day 2

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ Math—Factoring—Combined: 4 minutes ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Advanced Numerical Factoring: 7 minutes *

○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Factoring—Rational Expressions: 5 minutes * ○ Basic Equation Solving: 6 minutes * ○ Math—Eliminating Fractions: 9 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Quadratic Equations: 8 minutes * ○ Math—Two Equations, Two Unknowns—1: 7 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Two Equations, Two Unknowns—II: 10 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—System—Number of Solutions: 7 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Three Equations with Three Unknowns: 9 minutes * ○ Verbal—Multiple Sentences: 7 minutes * ○ Verbal—Relationship Between Blanks: 3 minutes * ○ Verbal—Back to Back Blanks: 5 minutes * ○ Verbal—Other Blank is the Clue: 5 minutes * ● Do the following practice questions: ○ 10 Multiple Choice Questions: 19 minutes * ○ 15 Quantitative Comparison Questions: 18 minutes * ○ 3 Data Interpretation Questions: 4 minutes * ○ 10 Text Completion Questions: 10 minutes * ○ 10 Sentence Equivalence Questions: 8 minutes * ○ 10 Reading Comprehension Questions: 17 minutes * Bonus : Using Magoosh’s GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible. Spend 10 – 30 minutes reviewing previous decks, completing any that are started but not yet mastered.

Week 2, Day 3

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ Math—Absolute Value Equations: 10 minutes ○ Math—Function Notation: 12 minutes * ○ Math—Strange Operators: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Inequalities—I: 13 minutes * ○ Math—Inequalities—II: 11 minutes * ○ Math—Absolute Value Inequalities: 9 minutes * ○ Math—Simplifying with Substitutions: 5 minutes * ○ Quiz: Algebra, Equations, and Inequalities: 7 minutes *

○ (OPTIONAL) Verbal—Multiple Word Answers: 4 minutes * ● Do the following practice questions: ○ 10 Multiple Choice Questions: 19 minutes * ○ 15 Quantitative Comparison Questions: 18 minutes * ○ 3 Data Interpretation Questions: 4 minutes * ○ 10 Text Completion Questions: 10 minutes * ○ 10 Sentence Equivalence Questions: 8 minutes * ○ 10 Reading Comprehension Questions: 17 minutes * Bonus : Using Magoosh’s GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible. Spend 10 – 30 minutes reviewing previous decks, completing any that are started but not yet mastered.

Week 2, Day 5

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Double Matrix Method: 9 minutes ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Three Criteria Venn Diagrams: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Intro to Sequences: 7 minutes ○ Math—Arithmetic Sequences: 8 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Recursive Sequences: 10 minutes * ○ Math—Inclusive Counting: 4 minutes * ○ Math—Sums of Sequences: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Backsolving: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Picking Numbers: 13 minutes * ○ Verbal—Working Backwards: 6 minutes * ○ Quiz: Text Completion–Triple Blanks: 7 minutes * ○ Verbal–Intro to Sentence Equivalence: 3 minutes ○ Verbal—Synonymous Sentences I: 4 minutes * ○ Verbal—Synonymous Sentences II: 4 minutes * ● Do the following practice questions: ○ 20 Multiple Choice Questions: 38 minutes * ○ 3 Data Interpretation Questions: 4 minutes * ○ 10 Text Completion Questions: 10 minutes * ○ 10 Sentence Equivalence Questions: 8 minutes *

○ 10 Reading Comprehension Questions: 17 minutes * Bonus : Using Magoosh’s GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible. Spend 10 – 30 minutes reviewing previous decks, completing any that are started but not yet mastered.

Week 2, Day 6

● Do the following practice questions: ○ 1 Essay (start a practice test and skip other sections) * ○ 1 Essay (start a practice test and skip other sections) *

1. Today, you are going to write two essays, half an hour each. You will write one Issue essay and one Argument essay. For topics, go back to the topic pools on the ETS website, and pick a topic. Write the essays in Word. When done, share the essays with a trusted friend/mentor, or post in TheGradCafe, or set aside and critique it yourself with the Official Guide rubric in a few days.
2. In the Official Guide: a) do the Verbal Reasoning Practice Sets 1- b) do the Quantitative Reasoning Practice Sets 1- Treat this as a mock GRE. You might even combine it with the two essays, and do consecutive batches 2-3 sets without interruption, to simulate more effectively a real GRE. Set a timer for the time limits. Here are the time limits to observe: Verbal Reasoning Set 1 = 9 minutes Verbal Reasoning Set 2 = 10 minutes Verbal Reasoning Set 3 = 9 minutes Verbal Reasoning Set 4 = 10 minutes Verbal Reasoning Set 5 = 10 minutes

Week 3

Week 3, Day 1

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ Quiz: Word Problems: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Intro to Exponents: 9 minutes ○ Math—Exponential Growth: 8 minutes * ○ Math—Law of Exponents—I: 12 minutes * ○ Math—Negative Exponents: 11 minutes * ○ Math—Law of Exponents—II: 10 minutes * ○ Math—Units Digit Questions: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Square Roots: 14 minutes * ○ Math—Other Roots: 11 minutes * ○ Math—Properties of Roots: 4 minutes * ○ Verbal—Read Carefully—I: 2 minutes ○ Verbal—Read Carefully—II: 2 minutes * ○ Verbal—Difficult Words in Sentence Equivalence: 4 minutes * ○ Quiz: Sentence Equivalence: 7 minutes * ● Do the following practice questions: ○ 20 Multiple Choice Questions: 38 minutes * ○ 10 Multiple Answer Questions * ○ 3 Data Interpretation Questions: 4 minutes * ○ 10 Text Completion Questions: 10 minutes * ○ 10 Reading Comprehension Questions: 17 minutes * Bonus : Using Magoosh’s GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible. Spend 10 – 30 minutes reviewing previous decks, completing any that are started but not yet mastered.

Week 3, Day 2

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ Math—Simplifying Roots: 7 minutes ○ Math—Operations with Roots: 12 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Equations with Square Roots: 9 minutes * ○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Fractional Exponents: 7 minutes *

○ (OPTIONAL) Math—Exponential Equations: 6 minutes * ○ Math—Rationalizing: 13 minutes * ○ Math—Working with Formulas: 10 minutes * ○ Quiz: Powers and Roots: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Lines and Angles: 16 minutes * ○ Math—Triangles—Part I: 11 minutes * ○ Math—Assumptions & Estimation: 7 minutes * ○ Verbal—Flashcards: 4 minutes ○ Verbal—Word Roots: 11 minutes ○ Verbal—Mnemonics: 8 minutes ○ Verbal—Reading in Context: 10 minutes * ● Do the following practice questions: ○ 10 Multiple Choice Questions: 19 minutes * ○ 15 Quantitative Comparison Questions: 18 minutes * ○ 10 Multiple Answer Questions * ○ 3 Data Interpretation Questions: 4 minutes * ○ 10 Text Completion Questions: 10 minutes * ○ 10 Reading Comprehension Questions: 17 minutes * Bonus : Using Magoosh’s GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible. Spend 10 – 30 minutes reviewing previous decks, completing any that are started but not yet mastered.

Week 3, Day 3

● Watch the following lesson videos: ○ Math—Geometry Strategies—Part I: 3 minutes ○ Math—Triangles—Part II: 14 minutes * ○ Math—Right Triangles: 13 minutes * ○ Math—Similar Triangles: 11 minutes * ○ Math—Special Right Triangles: 11 minutes * ○ Math—Quadrilaterals: 17 minutes * ○ Math—Area of Quadrilaterals: 6 minutes * ○ Math—Polygons: 7 minutes * ○ Math—Regular Polygons: 7 minutes *