GRE practice Schedule

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The Official Guide to the GRE Revised General Test (With CD)
Manhattan Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence
Manhattan Reading Comprehension & Essays .
Nova's Math Review

Week 1 - 3
Verbal :
Start with words. Barrons 333 High Frequency words and Kaplan 400. UseWord
Web to know the meaning, usage and synonyms. This exercise is purely to improve your
vocabulary and confidence.
Quants :
Review the math formulae. Understand the type of questions that you will be asked. This
information is available in the ETS Official Guide.

Week 4 - 6
Verbal : Time to go through the ETS Official Guide. By week 5 you must start with
Manhattan Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence and Manhattan Reading
Comprehension.
Quants : Start Nova's math review.
End of 6 weeks : Time for your first practice test. Take the test at the same time as you
have booked the actual exam. Take the full test. Do not skip the essay section.

Week 7 - 9
Verbal : Review the words behind Manhattan SE book.
Complete the Medium and Hard Sections of the Manhattan Text Completion and Sentence
Equivalence and Manhattan Reading Comprehension.
Quants : Continue and complete the math review.

End of Week 7 : Full length practice test 2.

End of Week 8 : Full length practice test 3.
End of Week 9 : ETS Powerprep I
Week 10 and 11
Verbal : Stop learning new words.
Review your mistakes in the practice tests so far. Try 1019 practice questions by Barrons.
Start practising and strategizing for Essays.
Quants : Solve all the problems in ETS Official Guide and be thorough about all the topics
( at least the basic formula)
Week 12
Verbal : Review all your practice tests. Review the mistakes in powerprep 1. This reviewing
will give you a lot of insight on the type of questions you might go wrong.
Quants : Write down all the formulae in a sheet of paper and revise them when you have
time.
2 days before your GRE : ETS Powerprep exam 2
Last 2 days :
Revise your essays. Structure them and practice.
Final day : Keep calm and pwn the GRE.