Comments on: How hard is the GRE? http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:25:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: flsred http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html/comment-page-1#comment-1205 flsred Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:18:33 +0000 http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html#comment-1205 Not too bad. Study and know the 5 links for analogies. The analytical section has changed. You now will be required to write a position paper on two randomly generated topics. This is the hardest part. Not too bad. Study and know the 5 links for analogies. The analytical section has changed. You now will be required to write a position paper on two randomly generated topics. This is the hardest part.

]]> By: lothar6680 http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html/comment-page-1#comment-1206 lothar6680 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:18:33 +0000 http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html#comment-1206 Not too bad. I'd say it's only marginally harder than the SAT. How and what you study depends largely on how much time you have before you need to take it. I'd suggest that you take the CD in the back of the Kaplan book and take at least two practice exams, with the same time constraints, etc. as if you were taking it for real. Then identify the subject areas you scored lowest in, and work on these. The best way I've seen most folks learn is to keep taking practice exams, reviewing the answers, and seeing what they did wrong. You can study the subject matter, but your odds of running across the same content you'll see in the exam are pretty low. The practice exams will give you an excellent feel for how long the exam is, how to pace yourself, the types of questions you need to skip over on the exam, etc. More than anything, knowing the structure of the exam and being confident that you will be able to finish will help you out the most. Allow yourself one minute per question - if you don't have an answer at the end of a minute, skip it and come back to it later. You don't have to sit there and time yourself, but you'll get a feel for how long is too long to sit on a particular question. One free tip - quantitative comparison questions on the math portion (where they say which value is larger, column a or column b) - plug in the numbers -2, -0.5, 0, 0.5, and 2. As long as you work the math correctly, you'll get every one of these questions right. Good Luck! Not too bad. I’d say it’s only marginally harder than the SAT. How and what you study depends largely on how much time you have before you need to take it. I’d suggest that you take the CD in the back of the Kaplan book and take at least two practice exams, with the same time constraints, etc. as if you were taking it for real. Then identify the subject areas you scored lowest in, and work on these. The best way I’ve seen most folks learn is to keep taking practice exams, reviewing the answers, and seeing what they did wrong. You can study the subject matter, but your odds of running across the same content you’ll see in the exam are pretty low. The practice exams will give you an excellent feel for how long the exam is, how to pace yourself, the types of questions you need to skip over on the exam, etc. More than anything, knowing the structure of the exam and being confident that you will be able to finish will help you out the most. Allow yourself one minute per question – if you don’t have an answer at the end of a minute, skip it and come back to it later. You don’t have to sit there and time yourself, but you’ll get a feel for how long is too long to sit on a particular question.
One free tip – quantitative comparison questions on the math portion (where they say which value is larger, column a or column b) – plug in the numbers -2, -0.5, 0, 0.5, and 2. As long as you work the math correctly, you’ll get every one of these questions right.
Good Luck!

]]> By: wugga-mugga http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html/comment-page-1#comment-1200 wugga-mugga Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:18:33 +0000 http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html#comment-1200 Just grab a guide. If you were up on your academics during your undergraduate studies it will be a breeze. The math section is actually (from a math standpoint) at a lower level than the math they expected you to know on the SAT. The "reading" sections should also not give you much problems, they just want you to demonstrate that you have a college level vocabulary, and can read and analyse readings at a high level. Now the subject GRE's can be absolutely brutal, but the general GRE is not that rough. Just grab a guide. If you were up on your academics during your undergraduate studies it will be a breeze. The math section is actually (from a math standpoint) at a lower level than the math they expected you to know on the SAT. The "reading" sections should also not give you much problems, they just want you to demonstrate that you have a college level vocabulary, and can read and analyse readings at a high level.

Now the subject GRE’s can be absolutely brutal, but the general GRE is not that rough.

]]> By: mavsman15 http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html/comment-page-1#comment-1201 mavsman15 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:18:33 +0000 http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html#comment-1201 a freind of mine took it and she said it was a bytch a freind of mine took it and she said it was a bytch

]]> By: taylordavies_89 http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html/comment-page-1#comment-1202 taylordavies_89 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:18:33 +0000 http://the-gre.com/how-hard-is-the-gre.html#comment-1202 hard hard

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