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GRE Prep Time Table for 2 and 4 Months

Raghuram Sukumar —  August 15, 2010 — 83 Comments

How does your time table for GRE Preparation look like or do you have a time table at all? To get high GRE Score, you need to have 3 things

  1. 20 Step GRE Exam Study Plan
  2. GRE Preparation Time Table (this article)
  3. GRE Score Tracker (future)

In this blog post, I will give a sample GRE preparation time table for 2 and 4 months preparation. At end of this article there is a poll.

4 Months GRE Time Table

Lets assume you have 4 months for your GRE Exam from today. Your daily GRE preparation study time table should look like the following

  • Weekdays: 3 hours
    • Morning:
      • 1 Hour: GRE Verbal (Strategies and Words)
    • Evening:
      • 30 Minutes: GRE Verbal (review words from morning)
      • 30 minutes: GRE Math
      • 30 minutes : GRE Practice test (or study)
      • 30 Minutes Test Review
  • Weekends: 6-10 hours
    • Sundays: 1 full test

Above study plan will work well if you have 4 or more month to study for GRE. Spending 3 hours just for GRE test preparation is not an easy task. It takes lot of dedication and motivation. If you are a college student, it will be  lot tougher to allocate 3 hours per day. But, you have no other choice, but eliminate all the distraction and concentrate on improving your GRE Score.

2 Months: GRE Time Table

  • Weekdays: 5 hours
    • Mornings:
      • 1 Hour: GRE Verbal (Strategies and Words)
      • 1 Hour – Math (Strategies and formulas)
    • Evening:
      • 1  hours: GRE Verbal (review words from morning)
      • 30 minutes: GRE Math
      • 1 Hour: GRE Practice test (or study)
      • 30 Minutes for Test Review
  • Weekends: 10 to 15 hours
    • Sundays: 1 full test, Study.

When you have less then 2 months for your GRE Exam. 5 Hours per day should be the minimum time you have to spend on GRE Preparation.

Your GRE Time Table?

If you are planning to appear for GRE exam in near future, do you have a time table like the one above or you just randomly spend less some time for test preparation? Can you vote below and if you have additional comments, do leave a comment (with your GRE Score and how much time you spend per day)

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83 responses to GRE Prep Time Table for 2 and 4 Months

  1. sameena begum May 1, 2013 at 11:33 PM

    Iam a b.pharmcy 3rd yr stdnt cn u plz advise me weadr I shld go fr ms or phd?am cnfusd
    Wil look frwadr 4 u a reply

  2. sameena begum May 1, 2013 at 11:29 PM

    Thank u so mch
    Its the perfct timetble I was lookng for nd is much useful 4 stdnts

  3. Dear raghu sir…
    please give more information On: why there is two separate test for same “biology related subject”
    1.biology paper, And
    2. Biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology paper.
    please elaborate your views on this question.
    thank you…

  4. I Search alot for dis kind of info.thanq.i get lot of info what i want..suggest the materials also i wil be very happy.

    • Hey Bhargavi,
      I would suggest Kaplan work book for verbal and Barrons for math.
      Since building a vocab for GRE is a process and not a preparation what I did is read magazines of American publications like Time etc as it would really help you to know how sentences are formed. Also any novels by P.G Wodehouse will increase your vocabulary by leaps and bounds.

      Thanks,
      Hemanth

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