As a GRE prep teacher, I find about half my students suffer from test anxiety, often at debilitating levels. Test anxiety can take even the brightest test takers and stunt their effective IQ during the exam. But there’s a simple, research-proven way to take that negative stress and use it to your advantage so thatContinue reading “Use Stress to ace a test?”
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Simple Ways to Prep for Your GRE While You’re In School
With fall semester college classes back in swing many students are tempted to postpone their GRE prep. Whether it’s GRE quantitative, GRE verbal, or GRE analytical writing, there’s a better solution than postponing it; a very simple solution that will keep you from losing hard-won ground as you prepare for the GRE test. © CodyContinue reading “Simple Ways to Prep for Your GRE While You’re In School”
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GRE Resources
GRE Books GRE prep books, even from the big prep companies, can be a mixed bag. They often have errors (sometimes LOTS of errors) and most contain problems and topics I’ve never seen on a GRE! The two books I can wholeheartedly recommend are. . . The 5 Lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems fromContinue reading “GRE Resources”
What is the GRE?
Many grad schools around the world require you to take the GRE—but what is the GRE? And what do you absolutely have to know about it? The GRE, officially known as The Graduate Record Examination General Test, is supposed to test your verbal, mathematical and analytical thinking skills. (Whether it actually does this very well is aContinue reading “What is the GRE?”
Einstein on Education
“If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.”
Pro advice for making your best GRE score
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Learn how to stay focused and increase your productivity by avoiding distracting signals. Written for business people, but works for students too!
Bruce Lee on Focus
Quick study tips for GRE mastery.
Find out how to do a single, 10 minute review of your notes that can DOUBLE your recall one month later
Find out how to do a single, 10 minute review of your notes that can DOUBLE your recall one month later. A simple trick I used to get the highest exam grade in the class with only 30 minutes of study. Note taking secrets that will enable you to write half as much while remembering moreContinue reading “Find out how to do a single, 10 minute review of your notes that can DOUBLE your recall one month later”
The GRE: When Should You Start Prepping?
If you really want to get the best GRE scores possible, start studying long before you will be taking the GRE test. Ideally, that means at least a month beforehand. And don’t forget to schedule your test with enough time for your GRE scores to get to your grad school of choice. GREContinue reading “The GRE: When Should You Start Prepping?”
Top Five GRE Tips
Start studying for your GRE early. How early? You can improve on your GRE math (quantitative) scores quickly since most of it is basic, and most people just need a refresher. Building an adequate GRE vocabulary, however, takes a long time. Several months is best. Be strategic with what you study for the GRE. For example, it’s notContinue reading “Top Five GRE Tips”
Does Race Affect Academic Performance?
It does. And so does gender. Exactly how it effects your test scores totally depends on the thoughts floating around in your head, no matter what color it is. In fact, race and gender aren’t really the culprit; for that we have to look to stereotypes. In the classic study on stereotype threat researchers Claude SteeleContinue reading “Does Race Affect Academic Performance?”
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What’s a Good GRE Score?
Is your score good enough to get you into the grad school you want? The best way to find out is to talk to an admissions adviser at the grad school. It also really helps to know how other people in your field of study–your competition–do on the GRE. Want to see how your scoresContinue reading “What’s a Good GRE Score?”
GRE Prep Course (video version)
Watch the GRE course video lectures on the GRE topics you need, such as how to quickly and effectively memorize large amounts of vocabulary or the proven methods for increasing your effectiveness on those evil reading comprehension questions. I explain each concept while you follow along doing practice problems and taking notes as needed. HiContinue reading “GRE Prep Course (video version)”
GRE Exam Scores – How Grad Schools Use Them
Exactly how important is your GRE exam score for getting into grad school? If you’re planning on going to grad school in the near future, chances are you’ll have to take the GRE exam. Unfortunately, grad schools are all over the map on exactly how they use those scores. For some schools, it can beContinue reading “GRE Exam Scores – How Grad Schools Use Them”