If you have less than 1 month for GRE, then following study plan is customized just for you, but get ready to work your ready for bumpy road and burn midnight lamp.
Today I will talk about GRE Exam preparation strategies and study tips when you have just 1 month to GRE Exam date. Last week, I covered GRE Test Prep Time Table for 2 and 4 Months. Make sure you read the 4 month schedule before proceeding with this article.
If you were preparing for GRE Exam of over 4 months, by now you should have noted down all the formulas and test taking strategies. During last 1 month, you should concentrate on improving
- Problem solving speed
- Confidence
- Timing and accuracy
- Decision making
First 3 to 4 months of your preparation should have determined your broad GRE Score range (100 points range). For example, based on your skill level before you started preparing for GRE + efforts during last 2 to 3 months should decided, if you are going to score between 100o to 1100 or 1300 to 1400 (or so).
If you decide to push yourself to extreme limits with GRE test prep effort in last month, you should be able to improve your score by 200 points. With 1 month left and your practice test scores are is not upto your expectation, then you have to be aggressive with your GRE Test preparation.
1 Month GRE Study Time Table
- Weekdays: 6 to 7 hours
- Mornings:
- 1 Hour: GRE Verbal and GRE Math
- 1 Hour – Practice Test
- 1 Hour Test Review
- Evening:
- 1 Hour: GRE Verbal (review words from morning)
- 1 Hour: Practice Test (Paper and Computer Based)
- 1 Hour: Test Review
- Mornings:
- Weekends: 15 to 20 hours
- Sundays: 1 full test, Study
- Analytical Writing Practice (2 to 3 hours)
As you can see the aggressive nature of this tGRE preparation time table. Basically, you have to work on completing GRE Test on time. By taking 2 tests per day, you will get used to taking the test. Also, it will expose any weakness you may have.
If you are spending too much time on single problem, then you should be able to make a decision at that instance and move along.
If you are stuck at first few questions and getting them incorrect will lower your score range, you should be able to move on to next question. But, on the exam day, it will be very hard for you to move on to next question. Only by practice you will get that mental toughness to solve the problems without getting stuck.
What do you think?
Do you think the time schedule is doable? Do you have any suggestions or improvements to above time schedule? Leave your comments.
now finished with BCA 3yrs course in Bangalore university Am i eligible for MS in abroad …kindly help me out please
No, in USA you need to have a 4year course completed before you can do m.s.
hi i m preparing for GRE since last 6 months.i m following 4 books for GRE.they are Barrons GRE, Kaplan GRE ,1014 practice questions by Princeton Review and official guide to GRe by ETS.now i m thinking to take GRE date in the first week of August. So i want to know is that either these books and time will be sufficient or not for the final day of the GRE?
hi,
barrons-good vocabulary, kaplan-good for RC, 1014- hell this book is nothing but piece of junk, see reviews on amazon. Official guide- good for overview. Now books which are good
1. Manhattan series.
2. gruber’s guide.
3 kaplan math workbook.
4 gre for dummies.
for essay- do not waste time with kaplan. just go with GRE FOR DUMMIES. On the other hand manhattan is bit costly but there are 7 books in manhattan for every area. But i highly recommend that do not follow kaplan because they are good for rc but they do not provide argument rc passages. If you need further help let me know i know some softwares and sites which will be helpful in words in context.
good luck
Hi,
I have been preparing for GRE from last 1.5 months. I started with Barron old edition(only sentence completion, passages and entire quant section). Below are few books which I do have:
Barron new, Princeton, GRE official guide.
I have 1.5 months of preparation time. So please let me know which all books I need to prepare and also would like to know where I can get some practice tests.
Thanks in advance…
barron old edition is nothing but waste of time indeed the ocab ortion is awesome but quaint is not upto the level.manhattan is best in the series, then you can follow gruber’s guide, and do not forget about kaplan workbooks for gre and kaplan preliminary guide come up wooth 7 practice test. Princeton is good though. 2 practice test with gre official guide. 7 sets with kaplan 5 sets with manhattan and 7sets with gre for dummies. And when you going to give your exam cause some universities are going to end up at september 1st like university of florida….good luck
Ya u r right. I mainly concentrated on Verbal section from old Barron’s and Quant is really easy.
Before I started my preparation I took practice test and scored V 400 Q 700. I’m currently employed (2 yrs of exp) so doesn’t get enough time to prepare. I managed about 2 hrs per day for last 1.5 months. I recently took 1 more practice test and scored V 146 Q 157 on new scale,not much improvement???
Thanks for the suggestion on practice tests. I will surely go through them.
I am taking GRE on 30th july and toefl on 25th august. I’m aiming for fall 2013 and have shortlisted few Universities:
1. universities in southern california
2. The University of Texas at Dallas
3. North Carolina State University
4. San Jose State University
more to come…
My Profile:
10th – 90%
12th – 79%
Btech(CS) – 74%
Apart from this I have presented paper in 2 national events, 2 yrs of work experience as Systems Engineer.
Looking at my current GRE score of 303 and toefl around 100. Please let me know your views.
Thanks
Sanket
hey, Sanket
your profile is good though, and you scored well on gre and toefl practice test. Your paper work plus gre and toefl will be enough to get into the best universities ,my score in verbal is 150 and 165 to 168 in quaint, and 100 in toefl. But do not go for barron’s it’s nothing but waste of time. go for workbooks of kaplan and manhattan and gruber’s. And do not forget about official guide and you can apply for spring session also.
All the best
Hi,
I took gre on monday. It go well. Verbal was too difficult and I screwed up little
Managed a score of 298 (V 140 Q 156). What are the chances of getting into below universities for fall 2013,
1. The University of Texas at Dallas
2. San Jose State University
3. university of illinois Chicago
Thanks…
Oops… 298 (V140 Q158)
Hi,
I just started with the GRE preparation some 2 weeks back and I ahve taken my GRE date as 20th Aug.
Somehow I am able to manage the vebal section but I am very poor in quant section.I currently working with Samsung and due to heavy work load I am not able to manage my time.I am poor in quant and not finding any proper book to start with.I have Nova for quant.
Kindly help me that how can I gear up in this 1 month 8 days. Can anybody help me for the universities (Ms in Telecommunication.)
Thanks in advance.
Krishna Gandhi
hiee
im sairamya
planing to study in us….
so joined one of the gre coaching center in my place…
but didn’t concentrate on the syllabus and right now i have 1month that is MAY and by the ending of june i am planning to write the exam(but didn’t book the slot yet) as now i hav completed my Btech 3rd year.
so please help me what to do now
this 1month will be enough to go through the entire syllabus?
im really tensed up….
please suggest me some plan to prepare for the exam and suggest me whether this 1mnth will be enough to prepare and to get good score.
thank you
so, how was the exam
i think it’s upto your level of study that where you stand right now. first write test from official guide and see what score come. if you do not have enough time to prepare so revise high frequency gre words. For faster learning use mnemonics it will really helpful. Go through all the sections once and all chapters of quaint once. Then see the level of questions asked in the gre. gruber’s is best for people who are short on time.
All the best
Its not just about actual timing — when i say i will study for 6 hours a day — it wil take atleast 7 hours for something to sink in to my head. Effective use of the time and dedication – omy i wish i could achieve that somehow!
how to prepare in gre
I would spend 6hour per week for english course because my optional faculty in D’youville college is Education
can someone help me with barron’s wordlists…i did them once but seem to remember less than 1/4 th of them…got a month to go…any suggestions?..thanks in advance..
hi,
this is pramod. can u please tell me a way to manage GRE and my college.
my college timings are 9 to 5.
my GRE date is on june 16th. and my colllege sem exam ends by 1st week of june….
can u please help me with a time table for coping up both.
If you are an early bird then i guess you can manage around 2 hrs min in the morning….and about 3 hours in the evening…if possible try reading in your free time mayb lunch or other break times………and for your sem exams may b 3 hrs in d evening will do…..sounds a bit hectic…but it will reward you…..all the best for ur exam
About time table.. Its just perfect. Don't think any modification required..
This will be great for me. Will definitely get motivation for studies to keep improving scores.
I appreciate HSB's efforts in taking this.
Thanks
Swapnil
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i gave my gre on oct 7th i had secured 750 quant:440 verbal :310 im planning to retake my exam this nov24th can u suggest me plz so that it will be helpful
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hi friend
i am have booked the GRE by the end of next month… but watever i practice in quants section i am not improving… Give me some tips how to improve in quants sections… In all the practice test i score the same level its not at all improving…
Yup man…. right… 15 is impossible for me too…
I made a score 1270,and that too in one month ,by just putting 1 hour per day
which is just right ,if the hours are too many one loses the motivation very quickly
time table for weekdays is good but studying for 15-20 hours during weekends is kinda impractical..at least fr me.
The banner sucks!!! plz remove it…
Whoah!
Is this time table for people with no colleges or jobs?
This is just implausible!!!!
There's too much to give and too less time.
Personally, I think an hour a day is perfect….Much more on holidays of course.
After a while, most paper tests become quite tesious and easy,,,
I would like to know your GRE Score ( if you have already take the test or after you complete the test).
I am going to give the test in the future.
And no offense intended ok………………….This site has proved to be a real boon to me…!
But I would prefer a much more streamlined, more concentrated and effective way.
I mean, seriously….this time table is much more brute force than well made.
And well, I do have quite some guidance from my cousin who scored a 1600 on the GRE, so I stand validated.
You don't stand validated since your cousin scored 1600. You will stand validated when you score 1600 in GRE. Your cousin is not going to study for you and take GRE for you. There is always the rule of privileged few. Only few can get into MIT, Harvard or Stanford (or IIM or IIT). Not everyone who writes GRE gets 1600. There is a difference between brute force and hard work. Schedule I have given looks like brute force to you because you have your cousin as point for your reference, who probably have higher IQ and intellect than rest of us.
Again, I challenge you – take the GRE and let us know if you scored 1600 in GRE by preparing for 1 or 2 hours per day.
C'mon now, you're taking this personally!
I'm not saying you're time table is wrong or infeasable.
Its just that, it should be more streamlined and better adapted to cases such as well, people who do have higher IQ's….or can figure out a problem faster.
This is not like an IIT examination where you're tested on course-specific material pertaining to what you have studied related to your course in the past year. All in all, you need to essentially study and comprehend all the courseware you have in the period of a few years or months from scratch!
This is a test to check one's aptitude as compared to others. So something like, better strategies or time saving tricks will work out better here because the courseware you're dealing with should have by now been imbibed in you.
But of course, its not and that's why we study techniques and practice tests. It's a test more about refinement than sheer studying.
PS……Some tips about online practise tests would be most beneficial.
hello HSB m glad that i am a member in this Blog ,this is Raghuram pursuing my B.Tech 3rd year 2nd semester under the stream of mechanical engineering.These are my academic credentials.
B.Tech CGPA till 3-1 (8.1/10 )
Intermediate 92.0%
SSC- 90%
can you please tell me the way to get good funding for US universities . I am going to publish a paper on Neural networks.I have won few paper presentations & attended for many conferences & also having good industrial exposure too .can you tell me the way so that i can get good funding & sponspr ship i.e. requirements to be fulfilled in B.Tech
awaiting for your kind response ………………………….:D:D
Dude.. Either u haven't taken GRE or you are a genius.. trust me, decision making is by the my most important and difficult thing in GRE. I literally ruined my GRE (even though i still manage a 1030), because I spent too much time on 1 question in quants sec.. GRE is more of a test of ur personality and decision making abilities rather than your high-school math skill.. AND BTW.. FYI.. i am a B.Tech 4th year student and still manage to follow that schedule.. so i don't really see any reason anyone else can't..
Cheers,
Adios Amigo
Also – did you spend 3 hours to 4 hours per day studying for college and course work all through the year?
No, I study much less than that.
But you have to be quite retarded to require 3 to 4 hours of diurnal studying for Engineering.
Coz if you don't get something in the first few tries…..well, you're retarded!
Dear Aditya
Instead of bragging like an idiot why dont u take GRE at the end of this month(since u r genius so u dont need to spend time on high school level probs !!) and convey us the scores. by the way give the name and GRE ref number of this so called cousin of urs. u r a looser. try to appreciate HSB's effort which he is doing altruistically for free !!
I would give the exam at the end of this month….cept I'm not! And I don't quite know how "loosers" like you define bragging, because I haven't quite been a blowhard at all………just citing references that's it.
You can't give the test in one month because theres really very few techniques to study for it in ONE MONTH…..and have an incredible score….
Which is my problem here……….ya see….15 hours is just impossible…..I'm saying, can't there be a better prep way than just simply long brute force hours!!!!!
And no, I will not give the ref number or the name of my cousin…..coz i'm ashamed to give it to a dicksh*t who spells "loser"……."looser"…
Which village are you from again Thakur? And don't question my feelings towards this site…..its a wonderful site….with more tips n help than probably anywhere else.
You need to read more…..and better…! You know reading comprehensions can be a b*tch!
lol…screw this…
Didn't mean to start any fights here…sorry….
Let's all dial the language down n talk constructive stuff as always ok?
LOL..
What happend to your previous page template? I have trouble visiting your web page, the page is distorted, have you done anything wrong with the template?
by the way, thanks for GRE schedueling
Man, one have to work hard to acheive somethin in life. GRE is almost like CAT examination. U have to practice hard to get adapted to all sort of situations that may arise during the time of exam. So, 6 -7 hours during weekdays and 15 – 20 hours during weekends is needed, if one has to get a good score in GRE with just 4 months preperatio.