Success in GRE: A 10 Point Plan

We all desire for that awesome score in GRE don’t we? But only a few are fortunate enough to get a score that attracts the admission board. Now getting a score like that is not a magic or a miracle. It is just that the student worked a little harder, put a little more effort than you. Let us now see some 10 quintessential requirements that facilitate success in GRE.

1. Acquaint yourself with GRE thoroughly: There should be some basic interest in you to know about the exam. Students always wait for ‘readymade’ information. I suggest you take time out of your ever busy schedule and gather some concrete information about GRE. The information that you gather makes you more knowledgeable than the information you glean from your friends or different sources. You can actually visit the official GRE website to secure complete information.
2. Understand the nature of the exam: It is very important to know the nature of the exam, i.e. GRE. Or for that matter any exam you take. You should know the number of sections in the exam and the score pattern. As you are running through the various sections of the exam, it is also important to know for yourself your areas of comfort and vice-versa. You in fact need to jot down all these points in a book or a note pad. You can also discuss these things with your friends or teachers.
3. Learn the directions: Each section has a set of rules to be followed. Read those rules thoroughly. Such a thing will also help you save some time while taking the actual exam. Knowing the pros and cons of each section and the score pattern will enlighten you and make you even more focused.
4. Get the hang of the exam: Yes, it is very very important to get the ‘feel’ of the exam before you actually take it. In order to attain such a thing it’s better you practice a lot may previous years GRE papers. There are many committed publishers coming up with Practice GRE Tests in the market. Take a few and see where you stand. You can actually compare your performance with your friend’s!!
5. Learn the nuances of a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT): Besides knowing the theoretical details of the test, knowing the technical details of the test is equally important. Only then will you become adept with using the mouse. You should also know how actually the entire test runs over a Computer. All these things will familiarize you with test and help you save time.
6. Time Management: It is important for you to know the time you can afford to spend behind a question. Not having knowledge of this will see you ending with lot many questions to answer and little time. God forbid if any such thing should happen!! Don’t you then want to practice more and more??
7. Don’t rush during the exam: In an urge to jump to the next question you might be reading a question impulsively. This might prove ‘hazardous’. Read a question completely and thoroughly before answering it.
8. Don’t fall a prey to worry and distress: It happens that sometimes we might not know an answer, despite the relentless hard work you have put in. Learn to forgive yourself for that. Still try answering it by doing some intelligent guessing. Take the examination in your stride.
9. Be prudent: Try answering all the questions by using your time judiciously. Have faith in yourself.
10. To err is human: Despite all the advice and suggestion your performance in the exam might not be ‘upto the mark’. Remember ‘to err is human’. Thanks to ETS you can emend your mistakes in the next GRE. ETS conducts the Computer Adaptive Test Version of GRE five times a year, once a month for students desiring to improve their score. Isn’t that a blessing? Cheer-up!

I am sure the 10 Point Plan will help you reap rich dividends in GRE. Read the article at least 3 times to understand the essence.

Do you have some more tips to share with us?? Put them right here and help us all.

Wishing you Success!!

Regards,

Anu Veluri

Manager- learnwordlist.com

 

54 Responses to “Success in GRE: A 10 Point Plan”

1. poku dennis oteng on November 16th, 2009 3:10 am

   Please I would like to know more motivational messages since I want to be a motivational speaker so please kindly send me more of it. thank you.

2. AnuVeluri on November 16th, 2009 7:13 am

   Hi Poku, pls do not worry we keep sending messages time and again..keep checking your mailbox..:)

3. sung chin on November 29th, 2009 1:43 pm

   Everytime after reading your article I am pleased and I also want to be motivational speaker . thanks for ur lesson.

4. AnuVeluri on November 29th, 2009 5:06 pm

   Hey thanks Sung Chin..ur comment has indeed lifted our spirits..keep stopping by..:-)

5. yasha on December 28th, 2009 6:20 pm

   hello sir,
   thankz a tonn for the above information.They are really helping could please put some light on elimination strategy.That if we dont know the exact answer is there any way we can eliminate the rest and reach the best. In my exam i have confronted the hurdle of getting two most probable option.

   thankyou

6. zeeshan on December 29th, 2009 6:47 am

   The suggestions offered by the team of learnwordlist.com immensely improve my knowledge about GRE.And particulary, A 10 point plan.

7. AnuVeluri on December 29th, 2009 11:55 am

   Zeeshan..pls do run through the other blogs too…

8. HABUMUREMYI KAYIJUKA Prosper on December 29th, 2009 12:00 pm

   Great! Long time, but just was the job that made me a littre bit busy! so, recently I partiipated in the test prepared for us to be admitted to University of Cape Town! All those 10 points really helped me significantly to feel comfortable while passing the test. I now wait for results but full of hope to performe!!!

   Great thankx to You and wish Marry Christmass and Happy new year!!

9. AnuVeluri on December 29th, 2009 12:02 pm

   Hmmm Yasha..in fact there are many blogs on the website that help u dealing with a question..I will give u the links pls run through them..I am sure this will help u…

   http://learnwordlist.com/blog/gre-reading-comprehension/2009/08/gre-word-list-test-blog-barrons-vocabulary

   There are blogs pertaining to Antonyms, Analogies and Sentence Completion and these deal with tough GRE situations..

10. emran on December 31st, 2009 9:09 am

    what can i do when words are so close in their spelling ? it’s very much tough to memorize.

11. AnuVeluri on December 31st, 2009 1:17 pm

    Can u give an example Emran?

12. yasha on January 3rd, 2010 5:09 am

    hey thanx anuveluri the information (link) is actually useful.

13. AnuVeluri on January 3rd, 2010 6:42 am

    Yasha I strongly suggest you to participate in the forum..it is actually a place for hard working students like you. You can start some topics and invite participation..the site’s all yours so we together can make it a best platform for GRE studies..what say??..:)

14. christine mbita on January 4th, 2010 9:25 am

    Each tme i learn a new meaning of a word i have beein uising for a long time.

    How can they stick to my head apart from practising them?

15. merin on January 4th, 2010 11:30 am

    thank you very much for your fantastic GRE notes. but,recently, you are note as frequent as before. please come soon with new and very important GRE preparation materials. I have GRE exam at February 6,2010.

16. AnuVeluri on January 5th, 2010 7:22 am

    Hi Christine..u have to put that word to a lot of use n practice..only then u will not forget it..

17. AnuVeluri on January 5th, 2010 7:23 am

    Hi Merin, we are available 24 hrs a day..so nothing as ‘ as frequent’ we are always there..pls feel free to post your queries..

18. vidhya on January 28th, 2010 6:39 am

    hi, its really excellent,keep on posting more energetic informations like this .THANK YOU

19. AnuVeluri on January 28th, 2010 8:29 am

    Hi Vidhya, there are many more blogs on the subject..do read them all..when are u planning to take GRE?

20. Amrutha on January 29th, 2010 5:35 pm

    Hello Mam/Sir,
    I always start preparing GRE by myself…i dont have any friends or any closed ones to encourage and motivate….i start with self motivation and quit after a week or two,,because i feel like i am not good enough to get high marks…so is there any source which can constantly motivate me and guide me and tell encouraging words to me?

21. AnuVeluri on January 29th, 2010 5:50 pm

    Hi Amrutha, I think you are very good enough to take GRE..your flawless language is enough an indication for that..n yes we are here to motivate you guide you all the time..pls take all the tests and read all the blogs on the site..n good students like you should be in the forum too..pls register in the forum and share your views with other students who are just like you..there’s a big GRE student community there and yours will be a worthy inclusion..so hope to see u thr..n pls do feel free to put forth any query/comment..

    Wishing you success!!

22. Nigussie on February 15th, 2010 7:35 am

    thank you

23. Hamda on March 18th, 2010 6:50 am

    Hey guys thanx once again for feeding us with your wise tips for taking this exam..god bless ur efforts..still have 10 days to take tthe real exam and u r still providing an amazing things…Anu and his team i love your site..appreciate ur words;) I aim to score 1560 in the gre 800 in math and 760 to 800 in the verbal section..pretty aspiring..Right?? but YES!!! I am willing to do it and to rock the world of GRE..me a GRE winner!!!!! so, wish me the best of luck

24. abhilash on March 18th, 2010 10:42 am

    great site

25. AnuVeluri on March 18th, 2010 1:57 pm

    Dear Hamda, thanks for all these inspiring world..well Anu and ‘her’ team wishes you astounding success!!

    Wish you all the best!!

26. AnuVeluri on March 18th, 2010 1:58 pm

    Hey Abhilash, thanks a ton..but when are u taking GRE and do stop by the forum too…

27. Hamda on March 21st, 2010 8:58 am

    Well, here Iam again..i JUST needed to come back to read those wonderful tips again..and Funny to say that Anu I thought you were a guy!! :0 sorry but i dont really know how i come up with that!! he he he..thanx dear Anu..love you any way.i will be taking several practice exams and wants to rap up my current newly gained words. ur site definitely was a great help for my gre prepration…keep on and i will come back to tell you how i did in the real exam..and thanx 4 ur support:)

28. AnuVeluri on March 22nd, 2010 4:46 am

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31. shipra on June 2nd, 2010 8:52 am

    Hii Rebekah Klein

    Thanks!!!

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33. Amanuel Temesgen on June 29th, 2010 3:15 pm

    please what is next step/excuse me how can I go to next step.

34. priya on August 6th, 2010 6:19 am

    helo, im priya. im about to write my GRe final test i think my present preparation for maths was not sufficient so can any one help me in guiding which book should i refer for maths in GRE, as wel a brief description about the sections in GRE test

35. shipra on August 7th, 2010 4:26 am

    Priya, currently we are not dealing with mathematics section.

36. Alok on August 20th, 2010 2:40 pm

    I am a Btech 2nd year student and I want to prepare for GRE.
    What sort of preparations can i start now for a better score.
    I am going through the book “Word power made easy” by Norman lewis. What other things can i do at the present??

37. shipra on August 21st, 2010 4:40 am

    Thanks for your comment Alok, You can start by taking all the test on learnwordlist.com.You can also take help from various other books.Don’t forget to visit ets.org from time to time.

38. NWEGUEH Alfred BEKWAKE on August 26th, 2010 9:33 am

    Thanks heartily for the opportunity offered by LearnWordList. I do a lot of online GRE exercise and this permits me to self-evaluate my English vocabulary strength. However, what I seem not to understand is why when I anser a GRE Synonym Test Prep exercise that I score above 50% at the end of the exercise I am not given the option to submit my score. Rather, there is a blank question that give no optional answer with an undined mark . Can you give a clue as to what to do? Thanks.

39. shipra on August 28th, 2010 4:20 am

    Bekwake,These test are there to help you with GRE test,there might be some technical fault we shall fix it soon.These test will help you immensely if you do them regularly.

40. sharma on October 16th, 2010 6:15 am

    hello sir,
    i plan to give my GRE in July 2011 and am aiming for a score of 1600. I understand that its quite ambitious but to get into the universities of my choice, I’d require this score. I have come to know that the pattern of the examination is being changed. Could you please give me more details on what changes to expect and how I should prepare for it. Hope to get a reply soon. Thank You.

41. shipra on October 18th, 2010 4:25 am

    Thanks for your comment, Chaged GRE will come in effect from 1 August ,2011. Read more:http://learnwordlist.com/blog/new-revised-gre-verbal-section-sample-questions-and-answers/2010/08/gre-word-list-test-blog-barrons-vocabulary

42. ruzbeh on December 5th, 2010 7:59 pm

    Thanks ..can u guide me more over how to mug up words??

43. shipra on December 7th, 2010 5:03 am

    Thanks for your comment Ruzbeh, simply mugging of words will not help you ,it is always suggested always learn new word with its contextual meaning.

44. Tesfini on March 19th, 2011 11:31 am

    Never give up!

45. bremansu on March 21st, 2011 1:47 pm

    hello there,

    please how can i register for the CAT. I want to start writing it as preparation towards the GRE proper.

    thanks

46. shipra on March 22nd, 2011 4:38 am

    Thanks for your comment Bremansu, Kindly visit ets.org in this regard.

47. Shah Mohammad Yousuf Ali on April 25th, 2011 4:17 pm

    Dear Anu Vekuri, Can’t you provide me some Real GRE Test Papers? I think it is not impossible for you,it’s just your intention or will to subscribe me that. I hope you will not dishearten me. I am eagerly waiting for your positive response.

48. shipra on April 27th, 2011 4:29 am

    Ali, GRE is CBT based exam so no hard copy of test is available in market. However you can always rely on Barrons practice test papers.

49. Mariama H Gandi on May 10th, 2011 11:35 am

    Your lessons are very interesting and educative.They have help me learn alot of things that were unknown or little aware of. I would like you to help me with imaginative words like description of scenes or events as want to be a prolific writer. Much obliged.

    Regards
    Mariama Gandi

50. shipra on May 11th, 2011 4:38 am

    Thanks Mariama, kindly stay tuned to our blog section.

51. chhavi on June 23rd, 2011 10:23 am

    please tel me how to learn vocab effectively???//

52. abed on August 24th, 2011 10:37 am

    hi, its really excellent
    I want to start preparation on the GRE revised

53. abed on August 24th, 2011 10:40 am

    I want to prepare on the Quant. R. GRE
    where can i found this

54. shipra on August 25th, 2011 5:45 am

    Abed, soon we will be coming up with Quant section as well.

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