3 Week Study Plan, Third Week

Plan for the Week

In the third and final week leading up to the real test, you'll review your second practice test, you'll do as many more practice questions as you can, and you'll finalize your preparation for the real test. You'll need to spend at least 5 days in preparing for the GRE, spending 2 hours each day, for a total of 12 hours. Here is a sample plan for the first week of the three week plan:

• Day 1: Review the second practice test. Go over all of the questions, and with whatever time you have remaining, study some new vocabulary words and review those that you have previously seen.
• Days 2-4: Do as many practice questions as you can. Again, as was the case in week #2, sample from all of the practice questions categories. If you spend 1.5 hours each day doing practice questions, you should be able to get through at least half of the questions in each section. As always, finish each day doing vocabulary words.
• Day 5: It is now very close to the test day, and so be sure that you do not try to learn new vocabulary words. If you try to do this, you'll be just memorizing, and that may confuse you during the test day. At this time, also finalize that you have your registration for your test AND that you know how to get there on test day. Ideally, you should try and drive or otherwise visit the test center just to make sure you know how long it takes to get there. It would be unfortunate if you were to find out on test day that the test center is 2 hours aways as opposed to what you thought was 1 hour, in which case you'd add unnecessary stress on the test day. Also, briefly review any of the tutorials sections that you have had most trouble with, and review those questions that you've seen in those sections.

Week Study Plan for Math Component of GRE

During week #3, you'll just be doing as many practice questions as possible. At this time, you may be approaching some of the more difficult math questions. Try to notice how the difficult questions often require you to have a firm understanding of relatively easy concepts. Also, note that some of the harder math questions will require you to perform a series of steps, each of which in themselves is easy. It is knowing which steps to carry out and which information you should use that makes such questions difficult.

Week Study Plan for Verbal Component of GRE

By now you will have noticed that your success on the verbal part of the GRE is based primarily on one thing: your depth and breadth of your vocabulary. By now you should have reviewed hundreds of words, and hopefully you have learned many new ones. During each day that you are preparing for the vocabulary section, access the vocabulary page and select to view those words that you have mastered and words that you have not mastered. Those lists will be populated with words that you have seen, and so those lists are a great way to review all of the words that you have seen.

Week Study Plan for Essay Component of GRE

Simply as was the case in week #2, you'll want to practice on brainstorming and on writing sample paragraphs. There is only one way for you to prepare for the essay sections, and that is to practice, Practice, and PRACTICE. Writing is something that takes a very long time to perfect, and so get as much practice as possible. Luckily, the types of essays that are deserving of high scores are not necessarily complicated; instead good academic essays are brief, to the point, and precise.