1 month GRE Study Schedule

Essential Materials:

1) Magoosh GRE Prep 2) ETSs Official Guide to the GRE book 3) ETSs PowerPrep Software 4) A journal or
notebook (yes, a physical hard copy item) 5) Note cards (or Quizlet.com) 6) Barrons 1100 Words You
Need to Know

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; DI
Data Interpretation; TC = Text Completion verbal questions; SE = Sentence Equivalence verbal
questions; RC = Reading Comprehension verbal questions; PA = Paragraph Argument; AWA = the
Analytical Writing Assessment, the essay-writing section

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 Chapter 1 Introducing the GRE revised General Test
Read Chapter 2 GRE Analytic Writing skim or skip the example essays and the commentary on them,
and read everything else
Read Chapter 3 GRE Verbal Reasoning just the introductory pages, before the Sample Question Set
Read Chapter 5 GRE Quantitative Reasoning just the introductory pages, before the Sample Questions
3) Start reading through the GRE Math Review, up to the Arithmetic Exercises. Take notes in your journal
on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Arithmetic Exercises and correct your answers.
NOTE: Many GRE test takers struggle with remembering math, so for these readers, I am suggesting this
first week working through of the OGs Math Review section. If you are someone for whom math comes
easily, I would say: skim this section, do the exercises, and spend the rest of the time devoted to this
building your vocabulary, say with Princeton Reviews Word Smart book.
4) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Integer Properties, the first ten videos in that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion Overview, the first three videos in that section
If the content in the video is new to you or relatively unclear, take notes on it in your journal. If the
content is very familiar, feel free to click ahead to the summary at the end, just to verify that you
understand it all.

Week One, Day Two
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, up to about halfway through the Algebra
section. Take notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar.
2) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Integer Properties, the last five videos in that section
In Math: under Arithmetic and Fractions, the first five videos in that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion Overview, the last three videos in that section
In Verbal: under Sentence Equivalence, the first three videos in that section
3) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the first 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards

4) In Magoosh Practice, do 20 Math MC, by filtering for Math in Section. Check off all of the Subjects
(Algebra, Coordinate Geometry, Data Interpretation, etc.), set the Difficulty to Adaptive, Question Pool
to Unanswered, Time to No Limit, and Mode to Practice Mode.
For each Magoosh problem, after you submit your answer, on the next page which tells you whether you
were right or wrong, theres 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,
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 the GRE Math Review, up to the Algebra Exercises. Take notes in your journal on
whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Algebra Exercises and correct your answers.
2) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Arithmetic and Fractions, the last seven videos
In Math: under Percents and Ratios, up to Percent Increases and Decreases
In Verbal: under Sentence Equivalence, the last three videos in that section
In Verbal: under Reading Comprehension, the first four videos in that section
3) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
4) In Magoosh Practice, do 20 Math MC, by filtering for Math in Section. Check off all of the Subjects
(Algebra, Coordinate Geometry, Data Interpretation, etc.), set the Difficulty to Adaptive, Question Pool
to Unanswered, Time to No Limit, and Mode to Practice Mode.

Week One, Day Four
1) Continue reading the GRE Math Review, up to the Geometry Exercises. Take notes in your journal on
whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Geometry Exercises and correct your answers.
2) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Percents and Ratios, the last four videos in that section
In Math: under Algebra, Equations, Inequalities, the first four videos in that section
In Math: under Data Interpretation, watch first two videos in that section
In Verbal: under Reading Comprehension, the last seven videos in that section
In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, the first three videos in that section
3) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
4) In Magoosh Practice, do 20 Math MC, all subjects.

Week One, Day Five
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, up to about halfway through the Data Analysis
section. Take notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar.
2) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Algebra, etc, up to Factoring Rational Expressions
In Math: under Data Interpretation, finish last two videos in that section
In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, watch all remaining videos in that section
In AWA: all ten videos in that section
3) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
4) In Magoosh Practice, do 20 Math MC.

Week One, Day Six
1) Finish reading through the GRE Math Review. Take notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar. Do
the Data Analysis Exercises and correct your answers.
2) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Algebra, etc, up to Three Equations with Three Unknowns
3) Download and read the Magoosh GRE eBook.
4) Today, you are going to write two essays, half an hour each. You will write one Issue essay and one
Argument essay.
The good news is that any prompt that you could possibly see test day is already on the gre.org site:
http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/pool
There are hundreds of essays for both the Argument and Issue. You can choose the essay at random, or
you might want to choose an essay topic that seems challenging to you. Write the essay in a word
processing program. If you can turn off the spell check all the betteryou wont have the luxury of spell
check test day.
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 cant 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 OGs rubric beside you.

Week Two, Day One
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Algebra, etc, up to Working with Formulas
In Verbal: under Text Completion No Shifts, the first two videos of that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
10 MC - 5 QC - 5 TC - 5 SE - 5 RC - 3 PA

Week Two, Day Two
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Algebra, etc, the last five videos of that section
In Math: under Word Problems, the first two videos of that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion No Shifts, the last two videos of that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions
20 MC - 5 QC - 3 DI - 5 TC - 5 SE - 5 RC - 3 PA

Week Two, Day Three
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Word Problems, the first two videos of that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shifts, the first two videos of that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
10 MC - 5 QC - 3 DI - 5 TC - 5 SE - 5 RC - 3 PA

Week Two, Day Four
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Word Problems, up to Shrinking and Expanding Gaps
In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shifts, to up Time Shifts
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
20 MC - 5 QC - 5 TC - 5 SE - 5 RC - 2 PA

Week Two, Day Five
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Word Problems, up to Sums of Sequences
In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shifts, to up Multiple Shifts
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
10 MC - 2 DI - 10 QC - 10 TC - 5 SE - 5 RC - 2 PA

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 http://gmatclub.com/forum/analytical-writing-assessment-awa-144/, and click a
post at random to assign yourself a topic. 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:
a) do the Verbal Reasoning Practice Sets 1-6
b) do the Quantitative Reasoning Practice Sets 1-4
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:
Verbal Reasoning Set 1 = 9 minutes; Verbal Reasoning Set 2 = 10 minutes; Verbal Reasoning Set 3 = 9
minutes; Verbal Reasoning Set 4 = 10 minutes; Verbal Reasoning Set 5 = 10 minutes; Verbal Reasoning
Set 6 = 10 minutes; Quantitative Reasoning Set 1 = 22 minutes; Quantitative Reasoning Set 2 = 23
minutes; Quantitative Reasoning Set 3 = 24 minutes; Quantitative Reasoning Set 4 = 11 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 didnt understand and anything about the question
format that psyched you out. If you still cant make sense of the question after reading the explanation,
email us at Magoosh.

Week Three, Day One
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Word Problems, the last three videos in that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion Sentence Shifts, the last three videos in that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
20 MC - 2 DI - 5 QC - 5 TC - 5 SE - 5 RC - 2 PA

Week Three, Day Two
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Coordinate Geometry, the first six videos in that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion Double Blanks, the first two videos in that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
10 MC - 2 DI - 5 QC - 5 TC- 5 SE - 5 RC - 2 PA

Week Three, Day Three
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Coordinate Geometry, the last three videos in that section
In Math: under Geometry, the first three videos in that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion Double Blanks, the last three videos in that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
20 MC - 2 DI - 5 QC - 5 TC - 5 SE - 5 RC - 2 PA

Week Three, Day Four
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Geometry, up to Polygons
In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, the first two videos in that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
10 MC - 5 QC - 5 TC - 5 SE - 5 RC - 2 PA

Week Three, Day Five
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Geometry, the last six videos in that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, up to One Sentence Triple Blanks
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
20 MC - 5 QC - 5 TC - 5 SE - 5 RC - 2 PA

Week Three, Day Six
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Power and Roots, the first eleven videos in that section
2) Today, you are going to take the hard copy practice GRE at the back of the OG.
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 Four, Day One
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Power and Roots, the last three videos in that section
In Math: under Statistics, all five videos in that section
In Verbal: under Text Completion Triple Blanks, the last three videos in that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
10 MC - 5 MA (Section: Math- Multiple Answer) - 3 DI - 10 QC - 10 TC (Section: Verbal- Text
Completion) - 5 SE - 5 RC - 3 PA

Week Four, Day Two
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Counting, the first six videos in that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
20 MC - 10 MA (Section: Math- Multiple Answer) - 5 QC - 5 TC (Section: Verbal- Text Completion) - 5
SE - 5 RC - 3 PA (Or substitute above with mock test)

Week Four, Day Three
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Counting, the last five videos in that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
10 MC - 2 DI - 5 NE (Section: Math- Numeric Entry) - 5 QC - 5 TC (Section: Verbal- Text Completion)
- 5 SE - 5 RC - 2 PA

Week Four, Day Four
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Probability, the first six videos in that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the next 60 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
20 MC - 10 NE (Section: Math- Numeric Entry) - 5 QC - 5 TC (Section: Verbal- Text Completion) - 5
RC - 2 PA

Week Four, Day Five
1) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Math: under Probability, the last six videos in that section
2) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the last 20 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions.
10 MC - 10 NE (Section: Math- Numeric Entry) - 5 QC - 5 TC (Section: Verbal- Text Completion) - 5 SE
- 5 RC - 2 PA (Or substitute above with remaining practice test)



Week Four, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the practice GRE available through the GRE PowerPrep software.
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.

Any Remaining Days
Keep working on GRE math and verbal every day. Suggestions
1) Keep watching 6-8 Magoosh videos a day. Go back and re-watch any videos where you think you need
to learn the topic more thoroughly.
2) You can try again Magoosh questions that you have already answered, and see if you do better on the
question the second time around.
3) Keep drilling your stack of vocab cards every day
4) An online search will turn up batches of GRE practice questions and free GREs you can take online. If
you have an extra day, take another full length GRE. If not, work on a couple sections each day.

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 proteinn3) 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.