GRE 1 Month Preperation

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com/gre/2012/1-month-grestudy-schedule/
Before You Begin: This study schedule was updated in June 2015. If you
began prepping with this schedule before June 2015, we recommend that you
complete your prep with the same schedule that you started with. You can
find the previous version of this study plan here. :)
Questions about the revised schedule? If youre a Magoosh Premium GRE

student, send us an email at help@magoosh.com.
Bonus: This study schedule is also available in a redesigned, printable

version!
Before you begin, check out some strategies for making the most of your
study schedule.
Magoosh GRE 1 Month GRE Study Schedule Daily Schedule
Google Docs
OK, you are starting more or less from scratch, and you want to prepare for
the GRE in one month. You need a strategic plan to organize yourself. Fasten
your seatbelts!
Note: This is a detailed, step-by-step daily breakdown of the 1 month

scheduleif youd like more broad goals and tasks for every week with less
focus on math basics, you should use the general version.
Essential Materials:
1) Magoosh GRE Prep
2) ETSs Official Guide to the GRE book
If you already own a 1st edition of the Official Guide, dont feel you have to
buy the 2nd edition. The only difference between the two books is that the
2nd edition has an extra practice test at the very back. If you run out of
practice tests, then you might want to pick up the 2nd edition even if you
already own the 1st.
3) ETSs PowerPrep Software: If you would prefer to take the practice test on
paper, you can print out ETSs practice test PDF (with video explanations
here). Take note that the PowerPrep software and the paper-based test have
overlapping material, so it wont be of much help to do both, unless you
space them out far enough so that you wont recognize the questions and
answers! I recommend using the PowerPrep software if you can, since taking
the test on a computer is a better simulation of exam day conditions. You can
now use PowerPrep for Mac.
4) A journal or notebook (yes, a physical hard copy item)
5) Magooshs online GRE Flashcards. Theyre free and you can use them on
the web, on your iPhone/iPad or Android.
6) Notecards (or Quizlet.com)
Supplemental/Optional Materials:
The books of official questions: The Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning

Practice Questions and The Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions.
If you are need more high quality practice question, these are excellent
sources!
Easy magazines: Time, Newsweek, Scientific American (start lowbut not too
low; these magazines are still filled with decent content)
Difficult magazines: Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, The Economist
Vocabulary.com: provides conversational example sentences and a flood of
example sentences
Word Dynamo (Dictionary.com): gives you little quizzes & games to add some
variety to vocab learning
Magoosh iPhone/Android app, for mobile practice
One volume of the Manhattan GRE series: if you know one area or question
type is particular difficult for you, and you can fit some outside reading into
this already intense schedule, then it might be worthwhile to buy one volume
of the this 8-volume set. Any one volume would also give you access to their
online resources, including practice tests.
A note on learning GRE vocabulary: first of all, its important not only to learn
the literal dictionary definition (the denotation), but also to understand the
metaphorical use of the word in context (the connotation). For example, the
word opaque literally means not transparent, but metaphorically it can
means hard to understand or, describing a person, it can mean thickheaded, stupid. Ultimately, you should strive to learn both the denotation
and the connotation of each word.
Daily review of vocab is vital. I wrote this schedule recommending the

Magooshs GRE Flashcards, but DO NOT limit yourself to just these words. AS
YOU READ and find more words you dont know, look them up, make
flashcards (including context), and make your own flashcard decks. You could
have one pile for words whose denotation you are trying to master, another
containing words for which you know the denotation but not the connotation,
and a done stack that gets reviewed only rarely.
A note on the prep books: Dont write in any of the test prep books, because
for any of them, after a period of time you may want to go back and do a
problem again that you havent seen for a while. You can only start it fresh if
the page is free of your marks.
This one-month plan is a furiously intense pace, designed to have a person

improve as much as possible in a months time. I have designed four weeks,
assuming 2-4 hours for each of the five weekdays, and one 5-6 stint on the
weekend (Day Six). If you would prefer to work on both weekend days, and
free up some weeknight time, feel free to make those changes. Note: Many
folks find that each days assignments take 2-4 hours, although times to
complete them will vary for different students. It is possible that a days
assignments will take significantly longer, and you may have to devote longer
weekend sessions to finishing the weeks work.
Also, as much as possible, get enough sleep during this month. REM sleep
plays an important role in encoding long term memory, and in an eight hour
period of sleep, the last hour has the most REM. If you are getting 7
hours/night instead of 8 hours/night, you are depriving your brain of one of its
most powerful systems for learning and remembering. Caffeine and energy
drinks will keep you feeling awake if you dont get enough sleep, but they
dont do bupkis to replace the lost opportunity to encode more information
into long term memory.
I realize it will be hard both to follow this plan diligently and get 8+ hr/night
of sleep if you are working full-time. If you are working full-time, I would say it
will be very hard to improve as much as you could in only one months time,
and I would recommend pushing the test date a little further back, if possible.
If thats not possible, then just do as much of this plan as you can, as much
as time will allow.
A note about additional materials:
Magoosh contains all the information you need for wild success on the exam
and many students have achieved spectacular results using nothing but
Magoosh. Nevertheless, this plan recommends that you buy additional
materials and use them, in addition to the Magoosh materials. Heres why:
These plans were structured with far-reaching pedagogical principles in mind,
and a deep consideration for how the human brain learns. Most people
cannot hear or read something just once and, from that single hearing,
remember it completely and understand it fully.
At Magoosh, we are very ambitious for our students; we want them to learn
as thoroughly and as masterfully as possible. We recommend using these
additional resources to provide additional practice, alternative explanations,
and extra review. Not every student will need or want additional materials,
but for those who do, the books we recommend are the best for the overall
goal of doing very well on the exam.
Week One
Week One, Day One
1) Go to ETS.org, and read about the content of the GRE. Click on and read
each sub-heading link.
2) In the Official Guide,
Read Chapter 1 Introducing the GRE revised General Test
Read Chapter 2 GRE Analytic Writingskim or skip the example essays and
the commentary on them, and read everything else
Read Chapter 3 GRE Verbal Reasoningjust the introductory pages, before

the Sample Question Set
Read Chapter 5 GRE Quantitative Reasoningjust the introductory pages,

before the Sample Questions
3) Start reading through the GRE Math Review in the Official Guide, up to the
Arithmetic Exercises. Take notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar.

Do the Arithmetic Exercises and correct your answers.
NOTE: Many GRE test takers struggle with remembering math, so for these
readers, I am suggesting this first week working through of the Official
Guides Math Review section. If you are someone for whom math comes
easily, I would say: skim this section, do the exercises, and spend the rest of
the time devoted to this building your vocabulary, using our flashcards and
possibly more, such as Princeton Reviews book Word Smart.
4) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:
In Intro to the GRE: watch all 10 videos
In Math: watch the first 5 videos
In Verbal: watch the first 3 videos
If the content in the video is new to you or relatively unclear, take notes on it
in your journal. If the content is very familiar, feel free to click ahead to the
summary at the end, just to verify that you understand it all.
Week One, Day Two
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, up to about halfway

through the Algebra section. Take notes in your journal on whatever is
unfamiliar.
In Math: watch the next 10 videos
In Verbal: watch the next 4 videos
NOTE: If you are close to finishing a module you want to finish, feel free to
move a lesson or two up a day or back a day so you can finish the module.
As long as you are reading these average numbers, some give-and-take is
fine. Also, when you get to end of a module, take the quiz, and keep
reviewing until you pass the quiz.
3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible.
4) In Magoosh Practice, in Math, do 10 Multiple Choice (MC) questions, 15

Quantitative Comparison (QC) questions, and 3 Data Interpretation (DI)
questions. Filter for Math in Section. Uncheck all of the Subjects (Algebra,
Coordinate Geometry, Data Interpretation, etc.), set the Difficulty to
Adaptive, Question Pool to Unanswered, Time to No Limit, and Mode to
Practice Mode. You are not entering a practice time beforehand, but keep a
pace of 90 sec/question, or 15 minutes for 10 questions.
Notice you are doing ALL topics from the get-go, whether you have already
studied these or not. This means that you will make some mistakes at the
beginning: see this post on a productive attitude toward making mistakes. If,
after a week or so of practice, you find that there is simply too much new
material for you, then narrow your studies to those topics youre more
actively studying plus one or two that youre unfamiliar with. You should be
constantly challenged. If you do narrow the topics of study, expand back to as
wide a scope as possible as quickly as possible.
Also, in Verbal, do 10 Text Completion (TC) questions, 10 Sentence

Equivalence (SE) questions, and 10 Reading Comprehension (RC) questions.
Similar settings as above.
NOTE: for each RC, you should do all the questions (usually 3) associated with
a passage on one sitting. This may mean you do 9 RC questions some days,
and 12 some days. Thats fine, as long as the average pace is around 10 RC
questions/day.
For each Magoosh problem, after you submit your answer, on the next page
which tells you whether you were right or wrong, theres a video solution and
below that a text summary. If you got the question right, skim the text
summary to verify you got it right for the right reason. If you got the
question wrong, watch the video, taking notes in your journal about any
concept or any aspect of the question type that was unclear to you.
NOTE: For all math, you will doing mixed practice. The temptation is to work
on what you are studying at the moment, but that fails to simulate real test
conditions. You dont really understand a concept until you can answer a
question about it in mixed practice. At the beginning, we know you will make
mistakes on topics that you have studied in depth yet, and thats OK. See
this post on having a productive attitude toward mistakes. If you make
mistakes and the beginning and study them well, that will prime your mind
for deeper understand when you learn more about those concepts in the
lessons.
Week One, Day Three
1) Continue reading the GRE Math Review, up to the Algebra Exercises. Take
notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Algebra Exercises and
correct your answers.

Spend 10 30 minutes reviewing previous decks, completing any that are
started but not yet mastered.
4) In Magoosh Practice, do math problems. Again, check off all of the Subjects
(Algebra, Coordinate Geometry, Data Interpretation, etc.), set the Difficulty to
Adaptive, Question Pool to Unanswered, Time to No Limit, and Mode to
Practice Mode. Do
20 Multiple Choice math questions
3 Data Interpretation math questions
In verbal, do
10 Text Completion verbal questions
10 Sentence Equivalence verbal questions
10 Reading Comprehension verbal questions.
Week One, Day Four
1) Continue reading the GRE Math Review, up to the Geometry Exercises.

Take notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Geometry
Exercises and correct your answers.

4) In Magoosh Practice, do
15 Quantitative Comparison math questions
NOTE: If each days work is taking a long time, trim the number of questions
in each section, rather than cutting one question type completely. If you
must, reduce quantities, but always retain the diversity in your practice.
Week One, Day Five
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, up to about halfway

through the Data Analysis section. Take notes in your journal on whatever is
unfamiliar.

Week One, Day Six
1) Finish reading through the GRE Math Review. Take notes in your journal on
whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Data Analysis Exercises and correct your
answers.
In Writing: watch all 10 videos
3) Download and start reading the Magoosh GRE eBook. Continue reading
whenever you have the time over the course of the next two weeks.
4) Today, you are going to write two essays, half an hour each. You will write
one Issue essay and one Argument essay.
The good news is that any prompt that you could possibly see test day is
already on the ETS website: the pool of possible Issue prompts and the pool
of the possible Argument prompts.
For each essay, you can choose the essay prompt at random from the
respective pool, or you might want to choose an essay topic that seems
challenging to you. Write the essay in a word processing program. If you can
turn off the spell check all the betteryou wont have the luxury of spell check
test day. For each essay, hold yourself to a strict 30 time limit.
Now that you have these essays, what do you do with them? If you have a
friend or mentor who is a gifted writer, ask them to read the essays for you
and critique them. If they are willing, you can show them the assessment
criteria in the Official Guide, and ask them to follow it. If you can afford it, hire
a writing coach or writing tutor: show that tutor the assessment criteria in the
OG, and have them give you feedback. If you cant afford a writing tutor and
cant convince anyone else to read it, you may try posting them on
TheGradCafe, and see whether an expert there will critique your essay.
Failing any of these options, at least you can set the essays aside, and in a
couple days re-read them with the Official Guides rubric beside you.
Week Two
Week Two, Day One

3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions:
Week Two, Day Two

Week Two, Day Three

Week Two, Day Four

Week Two, Day Five

Week Two, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to write two essays, half an hour each. You will write
one Issue essay and one Argument essay.
For topics, go back to the topic pools on the ETS website, and pick a topic.
Write the essays in Word.
When done, share the essays with a trusted friend/mentor, or post in

TheGradCafe, or set aside and critique it yourself with the Official Guide
rubric in a few days.
2) In the Official Guide:
a) do the Verbal Reasoning Practice Sets 1-6
b) do the Quantitative Reasoning Practice Sets 1-4
Treat this as a mock GRE. You might even combine it with the two essays,
and do consecutive batches 2-3 sets without interruption, to simulate more
effectively a real GRE. Set a timer for the time limits. Here are the time
limits to observe:
Verbal Reasoning Set 1 = 9 minutes
Quantitative Reasoning Set 1 = 22 minutes
After you are done, check all your answers. For any question you got right,
skim the explanation to verify that you got it right for the right reason. For
any question you got wrong, read the explanation thorough, taking notes in
your journal on any concepts you didnt understand and anything about the
question format that psyched you out. If you still cant make sense of the
question after reading the explanation, email us at Magoosh.
Week Three
Week Three, Day One

10 Multiple Answer math questions
Week Three, Day Two

10 Multiple Answer math questions
Week Three, Day Three

10 Numeric Entry math questions
Week Three, Day Four

10 Numeric Entry math questions
Week Three, Day Five

Week Three, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take one of the hard-copy practice GRE at the back
of the Official Guide.
For the two essay questions, write the essays in a word processing program.
These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in
the online forums asking for feedback, or critique later with the Official Guide
rubric.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively
short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are
planning to bring to the real GRE. Note how your sleep the night before
affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and
what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
You can take a short break when you are done, but before too long, grade the
entire thing while it is still fresh in your mind. Study the solutions for any
problems you got wrong, and right observations in your journal.
Week Four
Week Four, Day One

Week Four, Day Two

Week Four, Day Three
In Math: watch the next 10 videos, new lessons
In Verbal: you should be just about done with verbal lessons. Watch the
remaining few

Week Four, Day Four
In Math: watch the next 10 videos, new lessons
Also, pick any four lessons, math or verbal, that you feel you need to review,
and watch those.

Week Four, Day Five
In Math: you would be about done with the math lessons; watch any
remaining lessons.
In addition, pick any four lessons, math or verbal, that you feel you need to
review, and watch those.

3) In Magoosh Practice, do the following questions at minimum:
Week Four, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the practice GRE on the CD that comes with
the Official Guide. This is the Power-Prep test. This CD will work in a
Windows computer. If you have a Mac, you can download the software at this
ETS page.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GRE conditions. Give yourself relatively
short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are
planning to bring to the real GRE. Note how your sleep the night before
affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and
what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and
concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
At the end, copy the essays you wrote into a Word doc, and as before, these
you will share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums
asking for feedback, or critique later with the Official Guide rubric. Give
yourself a short break when the test is done, and then check all your work,
studying carefully the questions you got wrong.
Any Remaining Days
Keep working on GRE math and verbal every day. Suggestions
1) Keep watching 10-12 Magoosh videos a day. Go back and re-watch any
videos in which you think you need to learn the topic more thoroughly.
2) You should have answered most of the Magoosh questions at this point;
you can finish any remaining questions. You can try again Magoosh questions
that you have already answered, and see if you do better on the question the
second time around.
3) Keep drilling your stack of vocab cards every day
4) Theres a second Power Prep Test you can take on the computer. Theres
also another paper GRE in the back of the OG: even if you dont take that
under test like conditions, it still would be good to work through all the
problems.
Day before the test:
1) No GRE preparation all day
2) Eat a large, healthy, leisurely dinner no alcohol!
3) Go to bed earlier than usual.
Day of test
1) ABSOLUTELY NO LAST MINUTE GRE PREPARATION!
2) Eat a large breakfast, full of protein
3) Do relaxing, fun activities to pass time until the test
Bring to the test
1) A liter of water
2) Healthy energy-packed snacks (nuts, protein bar, etc.)
3) On breaks, make sure to get up, move & stretch moving & stretching the
large muscles of the body (legs & torso) will get oxygen flowing throughout,
which will help keep you awake and keep you thinking clearly.
More from Magoosh
90 Day GRE Study Plan (Verbal Focused)

90 Day GRE Study Plan (Math Focused)
90 Day GRE Study Plan for Beginners
90 Day GRE Study Plan for Advanced Students
By the way, students who use Magoosh GRE improve their scores by an
average of 8 points on the new scale (150 points on the old scale.) Click here
to learn more.
About Mike McGarry
Mike creates expert lessons and practice questions to guide GMAT students to
success. He has a BS in Physics and an MA in Religion, both from Harvard,
and over 20 years of teaching experience specializing in math, science, and
standardized exams. Mike likes smashing foosballs into orbit, and despite
having no obvious cranial deficiency, he insists on rooting for the NY Mets.
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76 Responses to 1 Month GRE Study Schedule
Will Energy May 28, 2013 at 9:01 pm #

My verbal score is 152 last time. I will take the GRE again one month later. I
want to increase my reading speed. How to do it effectively?
Mike McGarry
Mike May 29, 2013 at 10:08 am #
Dear Will,
Well, the first thing that leaps to mind is to get more comfortable with
reading, you need to read every day. You need to read demanding,
challenging material, on topics that you dont necessarily find interesting, and
try to get the most out of it. The NYT, the WSJ, the Economist magazine &
Atlantic Monthly & Scientific American are all good places to get started.
Building your active vocabulary also will help. I would strongly suggest
watching all of Chris Vocab Wednesday videos on this blog.
Finally, keep in mind that GRE Reading Comp is not a speed reading contest.
Its not about speed its about understanding. Heres a link to an article
about GRE RC with many links to other relevant articles:
http://magoosh.com/gre/gre-reading-comprehension/
Heres a particular good post on RC
http://magoosh.com/gre/2011/faq-how-do-i-improve-on-the-readingcomprehension/
BTW, my friend Chris is a verbal genius. You would do well to absorb every
single scrap of advice you can wring out of this blog.
I hope all this helps.
Mike :-)
nwachi May 28, 2013 at 6:43 am #

hi ,I wrote GRE in may and didnt have good scores,148 quant,147 verbal,3.0
AWA.I will be writing it again at the end of June and really need advise on how
to improve my scores especially analytical writing Scores.i also find the verbal
comprehension questions very hard,any advice on how to tackle
comprehension questions will be of good use to me.thanks
Mike McGarry
Mike May 28, 2013 at 10:07 am #
Dear Nwachi,
Here are my recommendations:
1) Read every single article on this blog, especially Chris verbal articles
2) Sign up for Magoosh
3) Follow this study plan assiduously.

4) If you have the time, I would also recommend buying the verbal volumes
of the MGRE set
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/manhattan-gre-book-review/
Does all this make sense? Best of luck to you.
Mike :-)
Karthik May 22, 2013 at 12:44 pm #

How do i go about improving my vocabulary skills? Is the mnemonics
approach efficient?
Mike McGarry
Mike May 22, 2013 at 5:10 pm #
Karthik,
Mnemonics work for some folks. I have always been a fan of making flash
cards, and simply drilling them over and over and over. MGRE has some good
sets of flashcards already prepared. I would recommend watching every
Vocab Wednesday video on this blog. I would also recommend the GRE
vocab ebook:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/gre-vocabulary-ebook/
Finally, in a little over a month, Magoosh is going to launch a vocab flash card
app keep your eyes on this blog for that.
I hope all this helps.
Mike :-)
Swapna May 18, 2013 at 12:52 am #

Hi Mike,
Ive taken the revised GRE for the first time and scored 303 (V-148, Q-155,
AWA 4.0). Although I am quite happy with my Quant score(considering I am
applying to Biology), I only have 44 percentile in verbal. All the universities
that I want to apply require a minimum of 50 percentile which would be 153. I
want to buy 1-month GRE plan from Magoosh since my test is on June 20th
and I wanted to know if it is different from the regular 6-months valid
premium GRE plan. I am hoping to see an improvement in my verbal and also
in my quant even though I am quite ok with the quant score. I want to use
Magoosh for the entire month and just a little skeptical about the 1-month
plan. Thanks!!
Margarette Jung
Margarette May 19, 2013 at 10:29 pm #
Hi, Swapna
The 1-month plan is exactly like the 6-month plan: full access to all of our
material, features, and support. The only difference is the length of the
subscription. Getting to at least 50th percentile is definitely doable in a
month, with a bit of hard work and focused practice! If you have any other
questions as you get started, feel free to let us know and wed be happy to
help! :)
Best,
Margarette
radha April 26, 2013 at 10:06 pm #

I am taking my gre this june nd I am nt at all gud at vocab I am so tensed plz
tell me how imprv my vocab in one month :-(
Mike McGarry
Mike April 29, 2013 at 9:31 am #

Dear Radha,
In addition to signing up for Magoosh and following this particular plan
assiduously, I recommend
(1) read through every article on the blog, paying particular attention to the
Vocab Wednesday videos
(2) see the links for vocabulary aids at the top Wordsmart, Wordnik, and
Word Dynamo visit those sites every day.
(3) read the NYT every day, looking up every single word you dont recognize.
(4) I would recommend the MGRE flashcard set get those, and drill them
every day
(5) every time you write everything, even in texting & email, abandon all
abbreviations, and write out everything with complete precision. Strive to
make every sentence you create a masterpiece, as much as you can.
Does all this make sense?
Mike :-)
kendra April 26, 2013 at 9:39 pm #

Hello I took the gre on the 15th and did really bad. I am now doing the 30 day
plan and hope this will increase my score. V138 Q140 for grad school I need a
294.
Mike McGarry
Kendra,
If you sign up for Magoosh and follow this plan religiously, I believe you will
see significant improvement. Best of luck to you.
Mike :-)
kendra April 29, 2013 at 9:46 am #

Yea Ive been doing the 30 day plan and also using the Barron book
Mike McGarry
Kendra,
I assume you are familiar with our book reviews:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2011/new-gre-book-reviews/
Remember not only to watch all the Magoosh lessons, but also to watch all
the video explanations after each question certainly whenever you get the
question wrong, even if you *think* you understand why you got it wrong.
Mike :-)
Naveen April 18, 2013 at 1:37 pm #

hi mike,
I have scored gre 282 with 152 quant, 130 verbal and toefl 74. Realy i am so
weak in verbal. I am planning to write exam after 1month. So please suggest
me how to improve my verbal and i need badly to score 300+ atleast. Toefl
too. plz suggest me.
Mike McGarry
Mike April 18, 2013 at 1:54 pm #
Naveen,
Heres what I recommend
(1) Study this 1-month plan assiduously

(2) Buy Magoosh, watch all the verbal lessons, then watch them all a second
time.
(3) Buy the MGRE verbal books and read through them
(4) Over and above your GRE prep, read English, high level challenging
English, for at least two hours each day.
(5) Take notes, in English, on all of the above.
(6) For the next month, give up any TV, any video games, any electronic
entertainment. Focus on improving your English.
Mike :-)
Trimella March 31, 2013 at 9:56 am #

I really need to strengthen my verbal score but have about a month to
prepare. Will the 30-day be enough prep? Other than time, what are the
major differences in the verbal focused and. 30-day study schedule?
Mike McGarry
Mike April 1, 2013 at 4:00 pm #
Dear Trimella,
This 30 day plan is an intense plan. if you follow it, you will definitely see
improvement. Now, whether this improvement is enough to achieve your
goals depends on where you are now, how fast you learn, your backgrounds,
etc. etc.
Because the 3-month Verbal plan is longer, it contains more material. if you
are confident in your math, you might consider dropping some of the math
prep in this 30 day plan and substituting in more verbal work fro that Verbal
plan -as much as you can fit in a 30-day period.
Does this make sense?
Mike :-)
Joe August 26, 2012 at 8:17 am #

Hi Mike,
I took the GRE yesterday and scored 161V/155Q but I consider myself a way
more quantitative person. I used Kaplan prep materials to study math in the 2
months leading up to the test then the week before I realized that the
questions were way too easy (after taking the power prep test) so I bought
Magoosh and spent the week cramming. Needless to say I think you guys
saved my math score.
Im applying to quantitatively heavy masters programs and I need to get my

math score up at least 5 points. I think I just fell victim to test jitters + stupid
mistakes so Im going to take it again in a month. Do you think the schedule
here will help me accomplish the 5 point gain? Can you suggest any tweaks?
Do you think it is worth combining with the Manhattan math prep books?
Mike McGarry
Mike August 26, 2012 at 10:28 pm #
I think the schedule here will help you. I would also suggest look at the math
resources in 90 Day Verbal Focus plan, esp. the NOVA book you can mix
some of those in. Also, the MGRE books are great, so those cant hurt. If you
learn all the math strategies Magoosh teaches, all the math strategies in the
MGRE books, I think you will be more than ready next time.
Mike :-)
Kim August 22, 2012 at 6:09 pm #

Hi, Mike, I just took GRE yesterday and got V 142/ Q156 which I am not proud
of.
I am planning on retaking either early october or early november, which
would you recommend? (my applications are due dec.1)

and would I be able to boost up my score with one month plan?
Mike McGarry
Mike August 23, 2012 at 11:01 am #
Dear Kim:
Yes, absolutely. If you follow this plan and get Magoosh as part of that
process that combination will definitely raise your score.
Mike :-)
Kim August 27, 2012 at 10:26 am #

thank you Mike,
so, again, I am planning on retaking either early october or early november,

which would you recommend? (my applications are due dec.1)
Mike McGarry
Dear Kim
You are quite welcome.
Assuming you will be able to continuing studying solidly through the month of
October, I would say the November date would allow you more prep time,
which is always preferable.
Mike :-)
Kim August 27, 2012 at 4:28 pm #
thank you so much Mike!

I guess Ill retake it early november
Mike McGarry
You are quite welcome. Best of luck to you.
Mike :-)
sriram August 16, 2012 at 12:08 am #

should buy gre OG 1st edition or 2rd edition?
Mike McGarry
Always buy the most recent, most up-to-date edition. Here, that would be the
2nd edition.
Mike :-)
sriram August 17, 2012 at 4:43 am #

thanks mike
Mike McGarry
You are quite welcome.
Mike :-)
hi August 15, 2012 at 6:46 am #

having a good experience with Magoosh. Thanks team !
Mike McGarry
Thank you for your kind words. Best of luck to you!
Mike :-)
Monica Lazaro August 2, 2012 at 12:28 pm #

Hello,
I have purchased your product and was wondering about the 30 day study
plan. I see that the math sections do indeed skip around. I wanted to make
sure that all the videos are covered in the month span?
Thank You!
Mike McGarry
Monica: Yes, all the videos are covered in the one month span.
Mike :-)
ALI SOHAIL July 17, 2012 at 11:56 am #

hi mike..i learned about your one month plan.i have been preparing for some
time for GRE now.but not getting the desired score in practice tests i
gave.actually i feel i have over studied.coz i have been studying regularly for
5 months i guess..My AWA is really weak..quants is just abt 680-700 mark.and
verbal i get score around 420.i need atleast 315 plus (1300 old score).will u
one month plan will help??..can i be assured of 315 my target score.?. is there
any money back guarantee?
Mike McGarry
Mike July 20, 2012 at 9:50 am #
Dear Ali:
To follow the 1-month plan fully, you need to purchase the Magoosh product
and, yes, the Magoosh product could help you considerably. There is a score
guarantee if you have already taken an official GRE
(http://gre.magoosh.com/score-guarantee), but its not clear to me whether
you have done so. You are looking for a rather large improvement: even with
the Magoosh materials, this will take a great deal of work. I dont know what
your timetable is, but if you have the time, I would strongly recommend the
full 3-month Verbal Focus Plan (http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/90-day-grestudy-plan-verbal-focused/)if you want to fit all this improvement into only
one month, then GRE preparation will have to be a full-time job for you.
Magoosh has radically improved the performance of students like you. The
limiting factor on how much you can improve is purely how much time &
energy you can devote to it in this remaining period.
Does that make sense?
Mike :-)
Dileep July 15, 2012 at 9:49 pm #

Which month is the best to take GRE?whats the best score(out of 340) for
applying to universities?Please help me with this.
Mike McGarry
Mike July 16, 2012 at 5:21 pm #
Dear Dileep: The best month? That depends 100% on you and your schedule.
When will you have the time to study, when will you be most prepared, etc.
The GRE is scored such that no one gets an advantage or a disadvantage any
of the 365 possible testing days in a year. When is the best month given grad
school admission deadlines? Well, you will have to choose graduate school
and contact them to find out their dates.
Similarly, whats the best score? In and of itself, this is not a fruitful question.
Again, contact those schools, or look for a guide that will help you determine:
what are the range of GRE scores among folks they accept. Take practice
GREs to get a sense of your range, and Magoosh can help you improve from
there. Its important to have a sense of where you are starting so you can see
what would be realistic for you to achieve.
Mike :-)
Dawit July 8, 2012 at 3:39 am #

Hi Mike and Chris,
Thank you for the great web page. I find it very essential to my GRE prep.
I will be taking my exam on Aug04 and have 30 days to prep. I am strong
when it comes to math. But weak toward verbal (vocab) and writing since
English is my 2nd language. Would you recommend 1 month GRE study
Schedule plan in my case. Also can I use Prin.Rev. Word Smart for the
GRE, 2nd Edition instead of the recommended Prin.Rev. Word Smart 5th
Edition?
Thanks again
-Dawit
Mike McGarry
Mike July 9, 2012 at 6:34 pm #
Dawit: Yes, use the 30 plan, but insofar as you have some additional time,
look over the 90 Verbal Focus plan perhaps you can work in a few
resources from that as well. Between the two editions of PR Word Smart I
dont think the difference would be big enough to cause concern.
Mike :-)
yemmygb June 30, 2012 at 12:50 pm #

thanks for the study guide. i intend to write the GRE on August 11. Will start
using this guide tomorrow.
Mike McGarry
Mike June 30, 2012 at 1:22 pm #
Thank you, and best of luck to you! Let us know if you have any further
questions.
Mike :)
Pranav June 26, 2012 at 2:49 pm #

Hey,
About this 1-month schedule of yours, would it be better to jump on some

sections in math which I get wrong on 10MC practice sets? Coz Im getting
some of the probability questions wrong and that section doesnt come up
until much later in the schedule. So should I follow it blindly?
Mike McGarry
Mike June 26, 2012 at 2:57 pm #
Pranav: If theres a single section, like probability, that is giving you a great
deal of trouble, then yes, sub those videos into the video rotation right away.
That way, youll get the familiarity you need, and youll be able to review
those videos again toward the end of the plan.
Mike :-)

Aight. Got it. Thanks.
Mike McGarry
Mike June 26, 2012 at 3:27 pm #
Youre quite welcome. Let us know if you have any further questions.
Mike :-)
Rohit June 23, 2012 at 1:30 pm #

Hi,
I gave GRE practice test on Powerprep II and got my scores:
Verbal: 430 530

Quant: 750 800
I am not able to make a correct estimate about my verbal score, which

obviously needs improvement. Could you please guide how to make a precise
estimate according to the new pattern?
Also, I had a major fight with time, I had to guess one whole RC passage in
both the sections due to lack of time! I guess practice would correct that, but
how to tackle that?
Chris Lele
Chris June 27, 2012 at 3:01 pm #

Hi Rohit,
It seems as though the GRE verbal section has been scaled down towards the
lower end of the range. Meaning, you received closer to a 430 than a 530.
Sorry I cant be more precise than that, but ETS tends to be mum with its
exact algorithm.
For practice, we offer tough questions on the Verbal section. Manhattan GRE
also offers six on-line tests, which give you plenty of practice.
Hope that helps!
Rohit June 28, 2012 at 12:29 am #

That means I can estimate my score to be more or less 150, according to the
concordance table. Right?
Also, are they giving out revised powerprep test this July?
bharat June 23, 2012 at 12:18 am #

dear mike,
i have my gre in 30 days flat and im at scratch
i have been reading barrons 800 essentials words for gre
im worried about the quant
i bought this ets material
and also subscribing to your 30 day plan
since i have only 30 days

and the only good thing is im completely free for these 30 days
and can spend time on gre.
do you have any tips for me please help me out.
Chris Lele
Chris June 27, 2012 at 3:04 pm #
Hi Bharat,
Im taking this for Mike :).
As for GRE tips, check out Magooshs ebooks:
http://magoosh.com/gre/gre-ebook/
The tips in the ebooks will definitely help you over the next 30 days.
Jaizen June 21, 2012 at 5:55 am #

Helllo,
I recently signed up for this course and I will be starting the one month prep
plan today!
I have taken the GMAT previously and therefore I think that 1 month may be
sufficient to get me a high percentile score. I do wonder though if you have
any prep plans that focus on the more difficult aspects of the GRE?
Thanks
Mike McGarry
Mike June 21, 2012 at 10:07 am #
Jaizen:
I realize you only have a month, but I would suggest going to:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/90-day-gre-study-plan-for-advanced-students/
Thats where you will find our recommendations for the most challenging test
prep material. Choose from that plan whatever looks good, whatever you can
fit in to your month of preparation. Best of luck to you!
Mike :)
nikhilla June 20, 2012 at 9:58 pm #

hey ..i m planning to take up my gre in aug 2012 and i hav maths phobia and
i m little bad at it can you suggest ways to improve on how to get approach
to solve math section please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike McGarry
Mike June 21, 2012 at 10:04 am #
Dear Nikhilla:
First of all, I would suggest looking at:
http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/90-day-gre-study-plan-math-focused/
I know you dont have a full 90 days until your GRE, but there are several
resources in that plan that can help you. Also, I dont whether you are a
Magoosh member yet, but the Magoosh lesson videos will be an enormous
help for you. Also, there are several helpful math articles on this blog that are
worth reading. Finally, free free to mail us any individual math questions, and
well give you detailed explanations. With our support, you will be able to
handle GRE math!

Mike :)
Priscilla S. June 20, 2012 at 6:42 pm #

Hey Magoosh team,
Just wanted to thank you guys for this study plan. I became a premium
subscriber and followed it, while doing plenty of practice outside of the guide.
I scored significantly higher than my first GRE. Thanks again.
Mike McGarry
Mike June 21, 2012 at 9:55 am #
Congratulations! Also, thank you very much for letting us know about your
success.
Mike :)
Pranav June 20, 2012 at 11:21 am #

Hi. Ive recently signed up for your 1 month course and my test is in 20 days.
Ive been reading some classics and Im not really worried about the
quantitative section, I know Ill nail it with some practice. Any suggestions as
to how to follow this schedule? Im planning on doing 2 days work in 1 day, is
that all right?
Mike McGarry
Mike June 20, 2012 at 11:41 am #
Dear Pranav:
You sound as if you are already quite comfortable with both Verbal and
Quantitative, so I think if you have the time, doing 2 days in 1 sounds like a
good plan. Best of luck to you, and let us know if you have any specific
questions.
Mike :)

Well I find the Verbal section tough sometimes as English is my secondary
language. I guess Ill give more time to improve my vocabulary. Thanks for
the quick reply. Great course, Im already loving it!
Mike McGarry
Mike June 20, 2012 at 1:35 pm #
Im glad you like it. Best of luck to you.
Mike :-)
John May 27, 2012 at 8:23 am #

This is my first comment after reading this post.
Amazing
Im preparing for GRE from past 2 months and due to my busy work schedule
almost 12hours a day, I couldnt find right strategy to prepare. Although I
have done some practice but after reading this schedule by Mike. I think I
found my bible at the right time. Im sure it will really help me. But Mike can
you tell me how to build vocabulary, because Im very bad at it . Please help
with that too.
Thanks a lot.
Chris Lele
Chris May 29, 2012 at 1:25 pm #
Hi John,
Mike thanks you for the kudos :).
As Ive written most of the posts pertaining to your question, I thought Id

chime in. In a nutshell, you want to approach vocab prep for the New GRE
differently from other standard vocabulary exams.
The key is supplementing vocab list study with reading in context. A great
place to get started is our new Vocabulary E-book:
Let me know if you have any questions :).
Ross May 15, 2012 at 10:13 am #

Hi Mike,
I have about 60 days to prepare and I have a little head start on the
vocabulary section.
Would you suggest following the 30 day or the 90 day plan?
Thanks
Ross
Mike McGarry
Mike May 15, 2012 at 12:03 pm #
Ross: Id say, tailor one of the 90 plans. You will probably have to either skip
some videos or watch them at a faster clip, and you can probably judge for
yourself which other materials to skip, compress, or accelerate. You can
compare resources to the 30 day plan, which includes only the bare
essentials. Of the four 90 plans, the math-focused plan assumes you have a
bit of a headstart on the verbal side. I hope this helps. Let us know if you
have any further questions.
Mike :)
KATIE May 4, 2012 at 1:41 pm #

What do the numbers before the question types represent?
Example: 6 QC (Section: Math- Quantitative Comparison , check off all

Subjects)
My question is about the number 6 here does this mean 6 questions? 6

minutes? Not sure, can someone please clarify?
Thanks!
Margarette Jung
Hi, Katie
That should read 5 QC, and it refers to the number of questions. Well fix
those throughout the plan. Thanks for letting us know, and feel free to send
us any other questions you have along the way!
Best,
Margarette
KATIE May 4, 2012 at 3:13 pm #

you guys are soooo good thanks for the prompt response!
Margarette Jung
haha youre welcome, glad we could help! :)
Best,
Margarette
Nimrod March 4, 2012 at 12:47 pm #

*thank, of course

Hi Mike and the rest of the Magoosh team, tank you for all the great advice!
I took the GRE for the first time a month ago (157V, 152 Q. I panicked a bit),
and now im regrouping, reconsidering and preparing myself for a second
round. Id love to hear your suggestions:
Since Ive taken a formal course, Ive already studied for three and a half
months before the test. It seems that without time pressure I can nail most of
the GREs math questions, but since Ive spend most of my adult life avoiding
Math, it needs to be strengthened further. As for the Verbal part with

English as a second language, im realistic about my chances to hit the 170,
but I hope for the best.
In any case, I am a book learner, so I consider buying the Manhattan guides.

at least for the Math. I also have some of the NOVA questions and a tiny bit of
the Barrons and ETS books that I didnt reach on the previous round.
Im uncertain as to how to manage my time and exactly when to take the test
I have some time until im due to apply (im applying for 2013), and I need
the highest grade I can possibly get. However, having a job, I have no idea
how much time each day, other than the weekends, I could dedicate to
studying. Any thoughts?
Mike McGarry
Mike March 19, 2012 at 12:17 pm #
NImrod: First of all, I would say if English is your second language,
congratulations! You are much more fluent in a second language than I am! I
would also say, it might be more important to get the Manhattan books for
Verbal than for Math, because it sounds like you need more support on the
verbal side.. As far as when to take it, its hard to say. That depends on how
much you can study. You say you have a full-time job its really none of my
business, but beyond job and sleeping, what constitutes the other hours in
your weekdays? Is there any TV watching? This is very hard medicine, but I
would suggest: if you cut out all TV, you would have that much more time to
study for GRE. Of course, if most of those other hours are going to family,
then that cant be cut as blithely as TV watching. Do you have time
commuting to/from work that you could use for studying? Anything you can
do to put in just a few hours of consistent weeknight time will pay big
dividends over the long term. What builds long term memory is repeated
exposure, and its hard to get up to sufficient repetitions if you are just seeing
the material on binge sessions on the weekends. As far as when to take
the test: once you have watched all the Magoosh videos, done all the
Magoosh practice questions, and worked through whatever MGRE books you
are going to get, then that would be a good time to schedule the test. See if
you can map out your time to estimate when you would through with all of
that. Does all this make sense? Please let me know if you have any further
questions. Mike :-)

It did make sense, thank you. I got all of the Manhattan books, just in case.
Although you guys found a few flaws in the Verbal books, I found that the
drills are excellent even the easy ones are not that easy, so for people like
me, with English as a second language, Id recommend them wholeheartedly.
There isnt too much TV, but you are right, of course. I am wondering, though
I have taken the GRE and got the aforementioned scores. Assuming I will
have some time to practice (say, an hour or so a day, weekends, and some
holidays are near) and good books and videos, is it realistic to attempt to get
a top percentile grade, at least on the quantitative part? How many grade
points does all this effort usually add?
Mike McGarry
Mike March 19, 2012 at 2:49 pm #
You know, how realistic it is, how many points the effort adds, depends so
much on you: how you learn, how you work, how you remember, etc. The
more time each day you can put in consistently, the better your chances are.
Make sure you see each and every Magoosh video at least once, taking notes
on them as you watch them. I would recommend looking at the resources for
the Verbal Focused 3-month plan (http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/90-daygre-study-plan-verbal-focused/). In particular, I would recommend the GMAT
OG as an additional practice source. GMAT math tends to be a bit more
difficult than GRE math, so practice with the GMAT will strengthen you GRE
quantitative skills further. Also, check out http://gmatclub.com/forum/, an
online forum for the GMAT: check out their problem-solving forum, which is
essentially the same format as ordinary GRE quantitative MC. You will see
some high level math discussions there, and if you follow those regularly, that
will give you a huge edge on the GRE quantitative. Also, read all the math
posts on the Magoosh GMAT blog: http://magoosh.com/gmat/ you will find
some sophisticated math there as well. I hope all these suggestions help.
Mike :-)
Arun March 4, 2012 at 8:00 am #
Thanks Mike. To be very honest, I feel I made a right choice by picking

Magoosh for my GRE prep only for such reasons. The team behind Magoosh is
brilliant. Something that I couldn`t have got elsewhere. This blog coupled
with Magoosh`s Content makes it one of the most effective GRE prep ever
available. There are certain things money can`t buy. This is one such thing.
Mike McGarry
Mike March 19, 2012 at 11:29 am #
Thank you for you kind words. Let us know however else we might support
you.
Mike :-)
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Questions about the revised schedule? If youre a Magoosh Premium GRE

Bonus: This study schedule is also available in a redesigned, printable

Magoosh GRE 1 Month GRE Study Schedule Daily Schedule

Note: This is a detailed, step-by-step daily breakdown of the 1 month

1) Magoosh GRE Prep

2) ETSs Official Guide to the GRE book

4) A journal or notebook (yes, a physical hard copy item)

6) Notecards (or Quizlet.com)

The books of official questions: The Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning

Daily review of vocab is vital. I wrote this schedule recommending the

This one-month plan is a furiously intense pace, designed to have a person

A note about additional materials:

Week One, Day One

2) In the Official Guide,

Read Chapter 1 Introducing the GRE revised General Test

Read Chapter 3 GRE Verbal Reasoningjust the introductory pages, before

Read Chapter 5 GRE Quantitative Reasoningjust the introductory pages,

Arithmetic Exercises. Take notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar.

4) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:

In Intro to the GRE: watch all 10 videos

In Math: watch the first 5 videos

In Verbal: watch the first 3 videos

Week One, Day Two

1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, up to about halfway

2) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:

In Math: watch the next 10 videos

In Verbal: watch the next 4 videos

3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible.

4) In Magoosh Practice, in Math, do 10 Multiple Choice (MC) questions, 15

Also, in Verbal, do 10 Text Completion (TC) questions, 10 Sentence

Week One, Day Three

2) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:

In Math: watch the next 10 videos

In Verbal: watch the next 4 videos

3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible.

20 Multiple Choice math questions

3 Data Interpretation math questions

10 Text Completion verbal questions

10 Sentence Equivalence verbal questions

10 Reading Comprehension verbal questions.

Week One, Day Four

1) Continue reading the GRE Math Review, up to the Geometry Exercises.

2) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:

In Math: watch the next 10 videos

In Verbal: watch the next 4 videos

3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible.

10 Multiple Choice math questions

15 Quantitative Comparison math questions

3 Data Interpretation math questions

10 Text Completion verbal questions

10 Sentence Equivalence verbal questions

10 Reading Comprehension verbal questions.

Week One, Day Five

1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, up to about halfway

2) In Magoosh Lessons, watch the following videos:

In Math: watch the next 10 videos

In Verbal: watch the next 4 videos

3) In Magooshs GRE Flashcards, begin and master a new deck, if possible.

20 Multiple Choice math questions

3 Data Interpretation math questions

10 Text Completion verbal questions

10 Sentence Equivalence verbal questions

10 Reading Comprehension verbal questions.