Preparing For GRE - An Approach

For tests like GRE it is absolutely important not to get nervous and feel uncomfortable at the test day. When you feel familiar to the atmosphere or if you think the gre test like a routine, you tend to perform better. It is a human tendency, when you do a thing again and again; you do it better than the first attempt. So why not prepare for the test day accordingly and do it from very start of your study for GRE.

Many students start preparing for Writing Section by writing essays on paper. If you are going to Type them in the actual test, why not actually start with typing them? Do it as you are asked to do in actual exam. Then you will get the idea about what is your typing speed, how you can manage, how much you can manage, etc. First time you may not finish your issue in 45 min.s but then you will understand it at the very start of the preparation not when your exam is a week away or so…

It is not always easy to prepare all on computers as we are, until now, have got used to paper based study; it’s ok, but remember you have to give test on computer.

Then the most important thing, The D-Day, the test day! As you must have known or you will get acquainted from others about the test center and the way in which test is carried out. You have to finish the test with only one break of 10 minutes and that too between writing section and Verbal-Quant section. So prepare accordingly. Make sure you practice enough Full-length tests. While doing them, do as if you are giving it on test center. Don’t allow yourself to get distracted by anything, don’t pause the test, don’t escape any section and complete the test in one go. That too if you can do in isolated room without facing anything but only the computer screen, it will work out better. This all allows you to feel accustomed to the test center environment. When you will sit in front of the screen on test day, you will not feel any different and any nervous, strange feelings will not get better of you.

Many times any examination doesn’t turn out the true reflection of talent of the person but it reflects to how much extent the person has performed to his strength at the given time and at the given situation. To perform to the highest limit of yourself, be yourself, be confident and to do just that you must defy every nerve that tries to overcome you. So try this approach of preparing for the test day, you will be able to go near your 100% at the day.

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Relieve word scare in GRE......

The GRE, or graduate record examination, tests your verbal, mathematical and critical abilities as part of the graduate school admissions process. This exam is required as a prerequisite before applying to a graduate school.Before getting your test taking nightmares , here is some information which will transform your nightmares to a sparkling dream with a great future in the US of A.

1. Firstly all it takes is 3 months to prepare for the GRE .However it should be kept in mind that those 3 months should be entirely dedicated to words and numbers , for almost 8 hours a day on an average.
This is not to scare you off but just to let you know that the fruits of this hard work are definitely sweet and its indeed a pleasure to bask in the glory of a 1400+ score .For those who have a background of a sound knowledge of math or who have a habit of regularly poring over the news paper pages or flipping through the novels , for them, 1 and a half to 2 months should be enough to get the hang of the exam and give their best shot.

2. Concentrating on the verbal ability , the major mistake most of the students do is that THEY SIMPLY READ THE WORDS . What they fail to realize is that application of the knowledge of those words in solving analogies , reading comprehensions ,antonyms and sentence completions , simultaneously as they are done with half of the wordlists , is of utmost importance .

3. To break the monotony of “mugging “ up the words , the best way is to relax , sit back, switch on the computer and enjoy a game of Verbal Warfare or Super Voca or even GRE Hangman!!And the best order to solve the questions is Barrons,Princeton , Nova ,Kaplan ,ETS and The Big book.

Hope this relieves the “word scare” and helps in flying out with 800 colors in verbal ability .