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Essential Materials:
Magoosh GRE Prep
ETS’s Official Guide to the GRE book (+ our free video explanations)
ETS’s PowerPrep Software: If you are a Mac user that can’t use ETS’s Poweprep, or
would prefer to take the practice test on paper, you can print out ETS’s practice test
PDF (with video explanations here). Take note that the Poweprep software and the paper-
based test have overlapping material, so it won’t be of much help to do both, unless you
space them out far enough so that you won’t recognize the questions and answers! I
recommend using the Poweprep software if you can, since taking the test on a computer
is a better simulation of exam day conditions.
Subscribe to the Sunday New York Times (NYT), online or print
Reading material: this may be any non-fiction scholarly book, history and social science
preferable. You may also choose one of the recommended magazines: Scientific
American, Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, National Geographic, The
Economist. You are reading (a) to build your reading comprehension skills, (b) to refine
your understanding of grammar and usage, and (c) to expand your vocabulary.
a journal or notebook (yes, a physical hard copy item)
Notecards (or Quizlet.com)
WordSmart (or Wordnik.com)
Supplemental/Optional Materials:
Any of the steps listed in the schedule for the materials below are purely for extra practice, so
they are to be done as optional tasks if you have extra time.
Any one volume of the Manhattan GRE books. It’s an eight-volume set, so buy as much
as you think will help you and as you can afford. One of the purposes of getting one
book is to get the code in the back, to register and get access to six CAT tests online.
Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
NOTE: Don’t write in any of the test prep books, because for any of them, after a period of time
you may want to go back and do a problem again that you haven’t seen for a while. You can
only start it fresh if the page is free of your marks.
This 90-day plan is demands a manageable pace that must be followed diligently so things don’t
get out of hand. It’s designed to have you improve as much as you can improve in a three month
period. I have designed twelve weeks, assuming 1-2 hours for each of the five weekdays, and
one 4-5 stint on the weekend (―Day Six‖). If you would prefer to work on both weekend days,
and free up some weeknight time, feel free to make those changes.
Also, as much as possible, get enough sleep during this month. REM sleep plays an important
role in encoding long term memory, and in an eight hour period of sleep, the last hour has the
most REM. If you are getting 7 hours/night instead of 8 hours/night, you are depriving your
brain of one of its most powerful systems for learning and remembering. Caffeine and energy
drinks will keep you feeling awake if you don’t get enough sleep, but they don’t do bupkis to
replace the lost opportunity to encode more information into long term memory.
Abbreviations
OG = the ETS Official Guide to the GRE
MC = Multiple Choice math questions
MA = Multiple Answer math questions
NE = Numeric Entry math questions
QC = Quantitative Comparison math questions
TC = Text Completion verbal question
SE = Sentence Equivalence verbal question
RC = Reading Comprehension verbal question
AWA = the Analytical Writing Assessment, the essay-writing section
Week One
Week One, Day One
1) Go to http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/about/content/, and read about the content of the
GRE. Click on and read each sub-heading link.
2) In the OG,
Read pp. 1-9
Read pp. 11-17, 25-31
Read pp. 43-46
Read pp. 107-109
3) Start reading through the GRE Math Review, pp. 207-221. Take notes in your journal on
whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Arithmetic Exercises (pp. 219-220) and correct your answers.
4) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Integer Properties‖, the first two videos in that section
Week One, Day Two
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, pp. 222-233. Take notes in your journal on
whatever is unfamiliar.
2) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Integer Properties‖, up to ―Squares of Integers‖
3) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
For each Magoosh problem, after you submit your answer, on the next page which tells you
whether you were right or wrong, there’s a video solution and below that a text summary. If you
got the question right, skim the text summary to verify you got it right for the right reason. If you
got the question wrong, see if you can figure out for yourself why the right answer is right. After
thinking through it yourself, watch the video, taking notes in your journal about any concept or
any aspect of the question type that was unclear to you
Week One, Day Three
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, pp. 233-243. Take notes in your journal on
whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Algebra Exercises (pp. 243-246) and correct your answers.
2) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Integer Properties‖, up to ―GCD LCM Rule‖
3) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
Week One, Day Four
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, pp. 248-259. Take notes in your journal on
whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Geometry Exercises (pp. 259-262) and correct your answers.
2) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Integer Properties‖, up to ―Consecutive Integers‖
3) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
Week One, Day Five
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, pp. 263-275. Take notes in your journal on
whatever is unfamiliar.
2) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Integer Properties‖, the last two videos in that section
In Math: under ―Arithmetic, Percents, Ratios‖, the first video in that section
3) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 QC
Week One, Day Six
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, pp. 275-296. Take notes in your journal on
whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Data Analysis Exercises (pp. 296-298) and correct your answers.
2) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In AWA: all ten videos
3) Today, you are going to write four essays, half an hour each. You will write two Issue essays
and two Argument essays.
For topics, go to the ETS GRE Issue Pool
(http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/pool) and the ETS GRE
Argument Pool
(http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/pool). Figure out a
way to pick topics at random (maybe you print the lists, cut it into slips of paper, and choose
some at random). Write the essays in a word processing program.
Now that you have these essays, what do you do with them? If you have a friend or mentor who
is a gifted writer, see if they would read the essays for you and critique them. If they are willing,
you can show them the assessment criteria in the OG, and ask them to follow it. If you can’t
convince anyone else to read it, you may try posting them on that same GMAT club forum, and
see whether an expert there will critique your essay. Failing either of these options, at least you
can set the essays aside, and in a couple days re-read them with the OG’s rubric beside you.
Week Two
Week Two, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Arithmetic, Percents, Ratios‖, up to ―Multiples of 10″
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 3-7
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the first 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word.
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
Week Two, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Verbal: under ―Text Completion – Overview‖, all six videos
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 9-14
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 TE
5 SE
Week Two, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Arithmetic, Percents, Ratios‖, up to ―Word Problems with Fractions‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 15-20
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 QC
Week Two, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Verbal: under ―Text Completion – No Shifts‖, all four videos
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 21-25
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 RC
Week Two, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Arithmetic, Percents, Ratios‖, up to ―Percent Increase and Decrease‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 27-33
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
20 MC
Week Two, Day Six
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 topics from the ETS Issue Pool & Argument Pool. Again, choose
topics at random. Write the essays in Word.
When done, share the essays with a trusted friend/mentor, or post in the GMAT forum, or set
aside and critique it yourself with the OG rubric in a few days.
2) In the OG & McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math:
a) in OG, on pp. 54-74, do the Verbal Reasoning Practice Sets 1-6
b) in OG, on pp. 145-160 do the Quantitative Reasoning Practice Sets 1-4
c) in McGraw-Hill, on pp. 293-296, do GRE Math Practice Section 1
Treat this as a mock GRE. You might even combine it with the two essays, and do consecutive
batches 2-3 set without interruption, to simulate more effectively a real GRE. Set a timer for the
time limits. Here are the time limits to observe:
OG Verbal Reasoning Set 1 = 9 minutes
OG Verbal Reasoning Set 2 = 10 minutes
OG Verbal Reasoning Set 3 = 9 minutes
OG Verbal Reasoning Set 4 = 10 minutes
OG Verbal Reasoning Set 5 = 10 minutes
OG Verbal Reasoning Set 6 = 10 minutes
OG Quantitative Reasoning Set 1 = 22 minutes
OG Quantitative Reasoning Set 2 = 23 minutes
OG Quantitative Reasoning Set 3 = 24 minutes
OG Quantitative Reasoning Set 4 = 11 minutes
McGraw-Hill, GRE Math section = 35 minutes
After you are done, check all your answers. For any question you got right, skim the explanation
to verify that you got it right for the right reason. For any question you got wrong, read the
explanation thorough, taking notes in your journal on any concepts you didn’t understand and
anything about the question format that psyched you out. If you still can’t make sense of the
question after reading the explanation, email us at Magoosh.
If you are doing much better than expected on either Math or Verbal, this might be a good time
to consider whether you should switch to another version of the 3-month plan (see explanations
of them at the top).
Week Three
Week Three, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Arithmetic, Percents, Ratios‖, the last four videos in that section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 35-39; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
Week Three, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Verbal: under RC videos, the first six videos
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 39-41, do the ―Practice Problems‖ on p. 41 and check your answer; take notes in your
journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 TE
5 SE
Week Three, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Algebra, Equations, Inequalities‖, the first four videos in that section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 43-44; take the ―Number Properties Test 1″ (pp. 45-47), grade yourself, and read the
solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 QC
Week Three, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Verbal: under RC videos, the last five videos
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―solved GRE Problems‖ on pp. 49-50 and ―GRE Practice Problems‖ on p. 51, grade
yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 RC
Week Three, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Algebra, etc‖, up to ―Factoring – Rational Expressions‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 52-56; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
20 MC
Week Three, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to write four essays, half an hour each. You will write two Issue essays
and two Argument essays.
For topics, go back to the topics from the ETS Issue Pool & Argument Pool. Again, choose
topics at random. Write the essays in Word.
When done, share the essays with a trusted friend/mentor, or post in the GMAT forum, or set
aside and critique it yourself with the OG rubric in a few days.
Week Four
Week Four, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Algebra, etc‖, up to ―Three Equations with Three Unknowns‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 56-57, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 57), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take
notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
Week Four, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Verbal: under SE videos, the six videos of that section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
take ―Number Properties Test 2″ (pp. 59-61), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes
in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 TE
5 SE
Week Four, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Algebra, etc‖, up to ―Working with Formulas‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―solved GRE Problems‖ on pp. 63-64 and ―GRE Practice Problems‖ on pp. 64-65, grade
yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do 10 QC
Week Four, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Verbal: in ―Text Completion – Sentence Shifts‖, the first four videos
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 67-69; do the ―Practice Problems‖ on p. 70, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take
notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do 10 RC
Week Four, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Algebra, etc‖, the last five videos in that section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 71-74; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards.
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems: 5 MC, 5 NE
Week Four, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the hard copy practice GRE in the OG, starting on p. 303.
For the two essay questions, write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you
will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback,
or critique later with the OG rubric.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in
between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real
GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for
dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
Week Five
Week Five, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Word Problems‖, the first three videos in that section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 75-76, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 76), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take
notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up
and write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do 20 MC.
Week Five, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Verbal: in ―Text Completion – Sentence Shifts‖, the last five videos
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 77-81; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up
and write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems: 10 TE, 5 SE
Week Five, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Word Problems‖, up to ―Age Questions‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 81-84, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 84), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take
notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do 10 QC.
Week Five, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Verbal: in ―Text Completion – Double Blanks‖, all five videos in that section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 87-89, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 90), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take
notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do 5 RC.
Week Five, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Word Problems‖, up to ―Shrinking and Expanding Gaps‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―Arithmetic Computation Test 1 (pp. 90-96), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take
notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do 10 MC.
Week Five, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take your first of the MGMAT practice tests. Take the whole test,
and then read & study the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong — whatever
about the concepts or the questions format was unclear.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in
between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real
GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for
dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
Week Six
Week Six, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Word Problems‖, up to ―Three Criteria Venn Diagrams‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―solved GRE Problems‖ on pp. 99-100 and ―GRE Practice Problems‖ on pp. 100-102,
grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do 20 MC.
Week Six, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos:
In Verbal: in ―Text Completion – Tripe Blanks‖, the first four videos in that section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read p. 103, do the ―Word Problems‖ on pp. 103-104, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take
notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up
and write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems:
10 TE
10 SE
Week Six, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Word Problems‖, up to ―Growth Tables‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 104-107; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems:
10 QC
Week Six, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos:
In Verbal: in ―Text Completion – Tripe Blanks‖, the last three videos in that section.
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 108-109, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 109), grade yourself, and read the
solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 RC
Week Six, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Word Problems‖, the last four videos in that section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 111-113, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (pp. 113-114), grade yourself, and read the
solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems:
5 MC
5MA
Week Six, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take another one of the MGMAT practice tests. Take the whole test,
and then read & study the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong — whatever
about the concepts or the questions format was unclear.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in
between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real
GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for
dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
Week Seven
Week Seven, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Power and Roots‖, the first five videos in the section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 115-116, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 117), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
read pp. 117-120, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 121), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
Week Seven, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Power and Roots‖, up to ―Simplifying Roots‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 122-125, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (pp. 125-126), grade yourself, and read the
solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up
and write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 TE
5 SE
Week Seven, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Power and Roots‖, the last four videos in the section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 127-131; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 QC
Week Seven, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Coordinate Geometry‖, the first four videos in the section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read p. 132, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 133), grade yourself, and read the solutions; read pp.
134-136, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 137), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes
in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 RC
Week Seven, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Coordinate Geometry‖, the last five videos in the section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―Arithmetic Computation Test 2″ (pp. 138-142), grade yourself, and read the
solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down
any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
20 MC
Week Seven, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take another one of the MGMAT practice tests. Take the whole test,
and then read & study the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong — whatever
about the concepts or the questions format was unclear.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in
between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real
GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for
dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
Week Eight
Week Eight, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Geometry‖, the first four videos in the section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―solved GRE Problems‖ on pp. 145-146 and ―GRE Practice Problems‖ on pp. 147-149,
grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
Week Eight, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Geometry‖, up to ―Polygons‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 151-153, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 154), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
read pp. 154-157, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 158), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 TE
5 SE
Week Eight, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Geometry‖, up to ―Circle Properties‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 158-159, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 160) and ―Algebra Test I‖ (pp. 160-165), grade
yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 QC
Week Eight, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Geometry‖, the last three videos in the section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―solved GRE Problems‖ on p. 168 and ―GRE Practice Problems‖ on pp. 169-171, grade
yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 RC
Week Eight, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Statistics‖, all five videos in the section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 172-173, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 173), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
read pp. 174-178, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 179), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 MC
10 NE
Week Eight, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take another one of the MGMAT practice tests. Take the whole test,
and then read & study the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong — whatever
about the concepts or the questions format was unclear.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in
between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real
GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for
dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
Week Nine
Week Nine, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Counting‖, the first four videos in the section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 180-183, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 183), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
read pp. 184-186, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 186), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
20 MC
Week Nine, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Counting‖, up to ―MISSISSIPPI rule‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―Algebra Test 2″ (pp. 187-192), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your
journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 TE
5 SE
Week Nine, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Counting‖, the last four videos in the section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―solved GRE Problems‖ on p. 195 and ―GRE Practice Problems‖ on pp. 196-197, grade
yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 QC
Week Nine, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Probability‖, the first three videos in the section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 198-205, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 205), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 RC
Week Nine, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Probability‖, up to ―Determining Independence‖
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 207-209, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 210), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
read p. 211 do the ―Practice Problems‖ (pp. 211-2), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take
notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
Week Nine, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take another one of the MGMAT practice tests. Take the whole test,
and then read & study the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong — whatever
about the concepts or the questions format was unclear.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in
between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real
GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for
dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
Week Ten
Week Ten, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under ―Probability‖, the last four videos in that section
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 212-216, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 216), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
20 MC
Week Ten, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
At this point, you should be done with all the Magoosh lesson videos. Keep up a pace of
watching 4-5 videos a day, watching whatever videos you decide you need to see a second time.
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 218-219, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 219), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
read pp. 220-225; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 TE
5 SE
Week Ten, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for a second time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 225-229, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 229), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 QC
Week Ten, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for a second time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―Algebra Test 3″ (pp. 231-236), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your
journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 RC
Week Ten, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for a second time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―solved GRE Problems‖ on pp. 241-2 and ―GRE Practice Problems‖ on pp. 243-245,
grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
Week Ten, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take another one of the MGMAT practice tests. Take the whole test,
and then read & study the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong — whatever
about the concepts or the questions format was unclear.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in
between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real
GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for
dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
Week Eleven
Week Eleven, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for a second or third time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 247-250, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 250), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
read pp. 251-252, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 253), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
20 MC
Week Eleven, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for a second or third time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 253-257, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (pp. 257-258), grade yourself, and read the
solutions; read pp. 259-262, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 262), grade yourself, and read the
solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 TE
10 SE
Week Eleven, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for a second or third time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read p. 263, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 264), grade yourself, and read the solutions; read pp.
265-267, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 267), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes
in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 QC
Week Eleven, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for a second or third time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
read pp. 268-271, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 271), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
read pp. 273-275, do the ―Practice Problems‖ (p. 275), grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 RC
Week Eleven, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for a second or third time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―Geometry Test‖ on pp. 277-281, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in
your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
Week Eleven, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the last of the MGMAT practice tests. Take the whole test, and
then read & study the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong — whatever about
the concepts or the questions format was unclear.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in
between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real
GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for
dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
Week Twelve
Week Twelve, Day One
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for an additional time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
do the ―solved GRE Problems‖ on pp. 284-285 and ―GRE Practice Problems‖ on pp. 285-287,
grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC
10 MA
Week Twelve, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for an additional time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
In a 35 minute sitting, take GRE Math Practice Section 2 (p. 303-306); grade it right after, but
you don’t have to check all the solutions tonight.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and
write down any words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 TE
5 SE
Week Twelve, Day Three
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for an additional time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
Go over the solutions to GRE Math Practice Section 2. For questions you got right, skim the
explanation, simply to verify that you got it right for the right reason, and that there’s nothing
further about that topic you need to know. For questions you got wrong, read the explanation
carefully, writing in your journal anything new you learn or anything you need to remember.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 QC
Week Twelve, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for an additional time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
In a 35 minute sitting, take GRE Math Practice Section 3 (p. 313-315); grade it right after, but
you don’t have to check all the solutions tonight.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you,
make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 RC
Week Twelve, Day Five
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
Watch any 4-5 videos for an additional time
2) In McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math
Go over the solutions to GRE Math Practice Section 3. For questions you got right, skim the
explanation, simply to verify that you got it right for the right reason, and that there’s nothing
further about that topic you need to know. For questions you got wrong, read the explanation
carefully, writing in your journal anything new you learn or anything you need to remember.
3) In Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the what should be the last 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not
immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any
words you don’t know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems
5 MC
10 NE
Week Twelve, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the practice GRE available through the GRE PowerPrep
software. Pay attention to any differences you notice between the MGMAT tests and this one:
this one is presumably much more representative of the real GMAT.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in
between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real
GRE. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for
dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
At the end, copy the essays you wrote into a Word doc, and as before, these you will share with a
trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback, or critique later with
the OG rubric.
After Week 12: Concentrated Review
At this point, if you have been following the schedule, you should have done every question in
both Magoosh at least once. For whatever days remain before the test, keep up work on GRE
math and verbal. Some suggestions for what to do:
1) Through selecting question type & difficulty on the ―Dashboard‖, do Magoosh problems over
again, and see how you do a second time.
3) Keep watching for a additional time 4-5 Magoosh lesson videos a day, on whatever topics you
feel you need to review
4) Keep reading your challenging material, to build vocabulary and acclimate your ear to
eloquent style.
5) Keep drilling your vocab cards.
6) Re-read any topics in the McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math — any topics where
you feel you would benefit from further review.
Day before the test:
1) No GRE preparation all day
2) Eat a large, healthy, leisurely dinner – no alcohol!
3) Go to bed earlier than usual.
Day of test
1) ABSOLUTELY NO LAST MINUTE GRE PREPARATION!
2) Eat a large breakfast, full of protein
3) Do relaxing, fun activities to pass time until the test
Bring to the test
1) A liter of water
2) Healthy energy-packed snacks (nuts, protein bar, etc.)
3) On breaks, make sure to get up, move & stretch – moving & stretching the large muscles of
the body (legs & torso) will get oxygen flowing throughout, which will help keep you awake and
keep you thinking clearly.
Any questions on this plan? Just leave us a comment!
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