I think I could have done better on the quant section if I had moved along quicker on my first section. It could be that Magoosh gives you lower scores than the actual test in order to incentive you to continue using their products to then get you a higher score, but as far as actually difficulty of problems it seemed spot on.Īlso, since a lot of people reading this are about to take the test: I promise you that you will run out of time quicker than on your practice tests. The questions were loaded with easy ones both times I took it, but punished me hard for the few challenging ones it gave me. The only test prep that I thought was off was ETS quant practice. I found that my attention to detail and dedication to actually getting the correct answer was much higher on test day, where in practice exams I was far quicker to move on from a challenging problem. Unlike others I didn't think the exam was much easier than Magoosh prep. Good LuckĮxpected Score Range on Magoosh (on test date with roughly 75% of practice questions completed) : 157-162 Verbal, 152-157 Quantitative I think they provided me with sufficient material to ace the GRE (Well, atleast the Quant Section). In my opinion, Magoosh and Manhattan provide the best test prep material for GRE (after ETS of course). I have a really good mathematical background but still GRE has so many tricks in the bag that you can't find your way around without a lot of practice. Needless to say, 100 of those hours were spent practicing the Quant section because it's not as easy as people seem to believe. I studied around 6-8 hours everyday for three weeks (147 hours approx:). The case is, however, opposite for the verbal side. My Quant score was actually higher than any of those gotten during the practice tests. Magoosh Estimated Verbal Score: (151-156) I, then, spent the third and last week of my preparation using timed practice tests: I also purchased the Magoosh subscription and solved 80% of their math problems (with only 75% accuracy).įor Verbal, I did RC section from 5lb Book (~100 questions) and 300 questions from Magoosh (with 57% accuracy). I started out with Manhattan 5 lb book (completing the math section in one week - all ~30 chapters). I spent around 70% of my time studying for the Quant section as I intended to apply for a math intensive field and therefore couldn't dedicate much time towards the verbal section. Having said that, I believe it is incumbent upon me to share my personal experience as well. The advises and suggestions I received were paramount during my three weeks GRE preparation. But to be fair, after Powerprep 2 I spent a lot of extra hours beefing up my vocabulary so my V score turned out to be better than expected.įirst of All, I am really grateful to everyone who has shared his or her experience on this forum. Powerprep is quite accurate in estimating my Q score. In the real test, you will receive much easier questions in the first section. Their adaptive algorithm might work, but given the vast amount of "Hard" and "Very Hard" questions in their question bank, what you would get in their practice tests is a mix of the most difficult questions. I have a magoosh subscription but I would not recommend using the practice test function. You thought you would forget the content after 1.5 months but you would not. The "revision" i did a day before is the biggest mistake in this process.
Hours studied: ~25 days * 8 hours/day = 200 hours Thanks to the absence of any form of prepping, got a V152 Q148 A4.0. I am not a native speaker (Asian). Took the GRE in 2015 and completely bombed it. Despite all the adversities I had to overcome, I showed a very nice result, so, American people, do not complain, international students have to work thrice as hard as you have.
I even had to travel to Hungary from Belarus to take this test, since we don't have GRE test centers. Some motivation: only 100 Belorussians took this test, this test is unbelievably challenging for us. For that, you need a good rest and clear head during the exam.
I recommend you not to be concerned about any mock test result and just try to do your best at the exam. Time studying: 2 years (with interruptions)Īs you can see, none of the mock test, even PowerPrep, predicted the score. So I was very surprised at my real GRE score. I am not a native speaker (I come from Belarus), where the level of English is not very high.
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