Any tips for breaking the 80% barrier?
After 2 attempts I managed to improve from 30+% to 60+% percentile, but I do not have any idea how to break the 80% barrier, which seems to get harder and harder over time (due to the score scaling).
For the first attempt, I only practiced the first and second practice papers, for the second attempt, I practiced all the 4 practice papers.
Any tips or guidance will be greatly appreciated.
Breaking the 80% barrier
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Re: Breaking the 80% barrier
The first two practice test are by far the easiest. An approach that worked for me was to get my hands on every practice test available, ( the 4 ETS ones, the Princeton Review one, and the 6 crappy REA ones) and take all of them. A large part of doing well on the GRE is working under time pressure; try to optimize both your speed and your accuracy.
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Re: Breaking the 80% barrier
Where do I find the ETS tests?
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Re: Breaking the 80% barrier
These websites have the 4 GRE tests:
http://www.math.ucsb.edu/mathclub/GRE.html (This has 3 of the 4 practice tests)
http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/practice_book_math.pdf (This is the most recent practice test provided by ETS)
http://www.math.ucsb.edu/mathclub/GRE.html (This has 3 of the 4 practice tests)
http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/practice_book_math.pdf (This is the most recent practice test provided by ETS)