Time is of the essence, they say. There are few areas in life in which this cliché is more pertinent than it is to the GRE. Clever time saving strategies cannot fill in any deficits of knowledge the way learning a vocabulary list can. They can, however, help you perform much better on the anxiety-provoking [...]
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ETS Announcement: GRE Score Reports Update
A few days ago, ETS made a major announcement regarding score reports. The gist of it is that on test day: You can send four free score reports, one to each institution. You can send score reports for all the GRE tests that you have taken in the last four years The second announcement is [...]
Is the Revised GRE Adaptive?
This is a great question, whether you’ve taken the old GRE or are just embarking on your GRE journey. The short answer is that the new GRE is still adaptive, but in a very different way. The Adaptive Nature of the Revised GRE On the old GRE, the test adapted within each section. The [...]
How to Improve Your GRE Score
Hire a GRE Tutor/Take a Class The most obvious approach is to hire a tutor, if one is offered in your area, or take a class, if you find one nearby. One advantage of a tutor is he/she can help target areas where you need work, assigning practice problems and citing helping resources. While a [...]
New GRE Score Conversion
We’ve recently received a number of emails asking about how to interpret scores received on the New GRE. The New GRE point scale is confusing, to say the least. You’ll receive a score from 130 to 170 for each section math and verbal rather than a score based on the previous scale of 200 – [...]
How to Get a Perfect Score on the New GRE
For some achieving the impossible is scaling Mt. Everest. For others it is bowling a 300. And for an even more select group, it is getting a perfect GRE score. But who achieves such a score, and is it possible for anyone? That’s an interesting question, when I hope to answer – if there really [...]
The Experimental Section on the GRE
The revised GRE is a test that can take almost four hours to complete. The last thing a test taker wants is another grueling math or verbal section, especially if that section does not count. Yet that is what the experimental section basically amounts to. Below are some frequently asked questions regarding the experimental section [...]
What is a Good Score on the Revised GRE?
Here at Magoosh, our students regularly ask us what a good score on the new GRE is. The short answer is that a “good” score is different for everyone. But in this post I’ll give you a longer, more comprehensive answer. Determining what a good score is for you will take some time and research. [...]
Should I Retake the GRE?
Yes. And no. It depends. Sure, not the sort of wishy-washy answer you want to hear, but the truth is the answer depends on your own specific case. While I couldn’t possibly account for every case , below are some questions that apply to most. And how you answer them will determine whether you should [...]
The New GRE Scoring Scale: Your Updated Scores
The scores for the new GRE are finally here! In fact, they arrived a week early. That’s good news for those eager to submit their applications to their respective schools. For those hoping to know what the cutoff scores are for a given university, you have come to wrong place. Nobody knows the answer to [...]
