Got a 166V and a 170 Q. Only thing I'm slightly disappointed in is the 4.5 AWS(Used to get 5.0 on all my mocks). But yeah, really happy! If anybody wants to ask anything about the test, I'll try to answer as best as I can!

Got my scores disappointed with myself. I completely messed up my preparation in the last 10 days.

Writing my mistakes so others don't fall for this. I used GregMat, a great teacher and great platform.

My experience:

- I found that verbal section was way more challenging/difficult than in ETS official books which throw me out of balance

- After writing 1 quant and 2 verbal you feel lazy in the last quant section and section 2 verbal just throws you out of loop.

- Overall quant was easy. 2 questions were difficult in section 2  and maybe could reach solution but it would take more time to solve so, if you don't know how to solve skip them  

- Powerprep plus Test 3 and real exam had the same level of difficulty. I feel like the quant questions were a little similar. Those 2 were different. So, take one ETS plus test at least 10 days before exams.
My mistakes:

My Mistakes:

- I took a mock test in the last week of preparation which just made me panic more. I took the powerprep plus test two days before the original test. I took about 3 tests within 1 week and instead of revising I just focused on verbal only because verbal marks were so low in mocks.

- Completely ignored quant at later days I was confident, I knew my weakness which was Combinatorics related questions. I got 2 difficult question one from combinatorics and one geometry in 2 sections. Both were from Multiple choice- choose one, which I did at first. Trying to forcefully solve this wasted my time. I made mistake in this question and possibly others because of this + thinking about verbal section 2 and how I messed it up

- Verbal in exams were difficult for me , especially section 2. I feel like I could not understand any of the questions and was trying to solve every question by POE.

- Completely ignored AWS writing and only picked it up at last week. Do this before as well. Do not leave it for last as last week can be a little stress full and completely new thing can increase anxiousness

- Took too much time to study vocabulary. Daily I was studying vocabulary and giving way much time revising it. Which gave me a false sense that I was studying and improving myself. I was studying from notes which took way too much time.

For Vocab, GregMat flashcards were not as friendly for me. Studying from note and revising from them too way much time I realized it too late. I did made a simple custom website from GregMat vocab with AI for all 34 groups if anyone needs it here is the link.

Livelink: https://sangameeee.github.io/GRE-vocabulary-GregMat-34-Groups-1024-words-flashcard/

Github repo link: https://github.com/Sangameeee/GRE-vocabulary-GregMat-34-Groups-1024-words-flashcard

Best of luck.

Targeting a 160 quant minimum for my test. For this (POWERPREP PLUS #2), I had a stupid mistake in section 1 (9/12 correct), and 2 correct guesses in section 2 (9/15 correct). There were 3 more questions that I knew how to solve that were taking too much time, and other where I made a stupid math mistake

This week, I plan to work on strategy and high-level timing practice, alongside diagnosing mistakes. Would that be enough to move the needle 2 points?

I have planned retakes in November and December, but it’d be nice to get the test out of the way.

I've studied all the Reading Comprehension strategy videos on Gregmat's PrepSwift, but they're just a bunch of different concepts, without ever showing how to apply some or all of these strategies to a given RC passage under timed conditions. Should I rephrase/simplify every sentence, every paragraph, take notes/not take notes?

Like, it's really easy to take up a known/familiar RC passage and just say, "this sentence is the main idea" or "xyz is the primary purpose", but this doesn't explain how one actually does it in the exam under a time crunch. By contrast, the writing section does have quite a few videos where essays are written live to given prompts. Are there similar live solved RC questions on Gregmat, or on another good resource?

hey everyone, not sure what to do next.

i have done the GREGmat im overwhelmed plan, which led to a 319, and then the magoosh 1 month plan, which brought me somehow down to a 313?? im so devastated that my score did not increase but yet DECREASED significantly. i took it today so i know i should relax a bit but really don't know how because this is stressing me out.

i was originally aiming for M7 schools and some T15, but now I feel like I need to lower my expectations because it feels impossible to do well. i feel like ive dug myself into a deeper hole somehow?

has anyone else had a score decrease? and what does this mean? granted i got sick 2 days ago so my mind isnt as sharp as i would like it to be but i feel like that cannot be the only contributing factor right??

How Spotting GRE Traps Helped Saarthak Score 335 (Q170, V165)

335 GRE. Q170. V165. Only 5 questions wrong! But Saarthak says one of his biggest breakthroughs wasn't learning harder concepts. It was learning to see how the GRE tries to trick you.

In his preparation, GRE Prep Club played a huge role. In an absolute sense a great score is achievable and possible even with free material we have on the forum, especially on teh quant side!!

Best Regards