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90 Day GRE Study Plan for Beginners
By Mike on March 5, 2012 in Study Guides and Plans

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Any of the steps listed in the schedule for the materials below are purely for extra practice, so they are to
be done as optional tasks if you have extra time.
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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 thick-headed, stupid.
Ultimately, you should strive to learn both the denotation and the connotation of each word.
Nothing beats physical stacks of flashcards: 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. Daily review of vocab is vital. I wrote this schedule
recommending the Barrons 1100 Words as a basic word list, but if you have another vocab list you
would like use as your starting point, use that. DO NOT limit yourself to just the Barrons words, or just
the MGRE words. AS YOU READ and find more words you dont know, look them up, make flash cards
(including context), and mix them into your piles.
A note on the prep books: %on&t write in any of the test prep 'ooks( 'ecase for any of them( after a period of
time yo may want to go 'ack and do a pro'lem again that yo ha)en&t seen for a while* Yo can only start it
fresh if the page is free of yor marks*

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This 90-day plan is demands a manageable pace that must be followed diligently so things dont get out
of hand. Its designed to have you improve as much as you can improve in a three month period. I have
designed twelve weeks, assuming 1-2 hours for each of the five weekdays, and one 4-5 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.
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.

Abbreviations
OG = the ETS Official Guide to the GRE
MC = Multiple Choice math questions
MA = Multiple Answer math questions
NE = Numeric Entry math questions
QC = Quantitative Comparison math questions
DI = Data Interpretation
TC = Text Completion verbal question
SE = Sentence Equivalence verbal question
RC = Reading Comprehension verbal question
PA = Paragraph Argument
AWA = the Analytical Writing Assessment, the essay-writing section
MGRE = Manhattan GRE

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Week One
Week One, Day One
1) Go to http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/about/content/, and read about the content of the GRE.
Click on and read each sub-heading link.
2) In the OG,
Read Chapter 1, Introducing the GRE revised General Test
Read Chapter 2, GRE Analytic Writing (just the descriptions of the question, not all the sample
material)
Read the introductory few pages of Chapter 3, GRE Verbal Reasoning (everything up to the sample
questions)
Read the introductory few pages of Chapter 4, GRE Quantitative Reasoning (everything up to the
sample questions)
3) Start reading through the GRE Math Review, the entire Arithmetic section. Take notes in your journal
on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Arithmetic Exercises and correct your answers.

Week One, Day Two
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, the first half of the Algebra section. Take notes in
your journal on whatever is unfamiliar.
2) Download and read the Magoosh GRE eBook.
3) In Magoosh, watch the following videos
In Math: under Integer Properties, the first two videos in that section
4) In Magoosh, do the following problems
10 MC

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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,
see if you can figure out for yourself why the right answer is right. After thinking through it yourself,
watch the video, taking notes in your journal about any concept or any aspect of the question type that
was unclear to you

Week One, Day Three
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review: finish the Algebra section. Take notes in your
journal on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Algebra Exercises and correct your answers.
2) Download the Magoosh GRE Math Formula eBook.
Read carefully the first section, GRE Math Formulas: How to (Not) Use Them. Right now, just skim
the rest of the book, just to get a sense of what topics are covered. As you move through this plan, you
will cover all of these. Use this for reinforcement and review: as you cover a particular math topic in the
Magoosh lessons, read the corresponding part of this book to verify your understanding. By the end of
this plan, you should know every section of this book.
In Math: under Integer Properties, up to Squares of Integers
10 MC

Week One, Day Four
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review: read the Geometry section. Take notes in your
journal on whatever is unfamiliar. Do the Geometry Exercises and correct your answers.
In Math: under Integer Properties, up to GCD LCM Rule

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10 QC

Week One, Day Five
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review: read the first half of the Data Analysis section. Take
notes in your journal on whatever is unfamiliar.
2) Download the Magoosh Complete Guide to GRE Vocabulary
Read carefully the section Making Words Stick, about learning vocabulary, and the section
Vocabulary in Context: Articles from Magazines and Newspapers. Skim the rest of the book to get a
sense of the layout and style. As you build vocab through this plan, periodically go back to this book to
verify your understanding and to make connections to other words. The more ways you have of
remembering a word, the more likely you are to remember it!
In Math: under Integer Properties, the last two videos in that section
NOTE: As you finish each section of lesson videos, take the practice quiz at the end of the set.
In Math: under Arithmetic and Fractions, the first video in that section
10 QC

Week One, Day Six
1) Continue reading through the GRE Math Review, pp. 275-296. Take notes in your journal on whatever
is unfamiliar. Do the Data Analysis Exercises (pp. 296-298) and correct your answers.
In AWA: all ten videos
3) Today, you are going to write four essays, half an hour each. You will write two Issue essays and two
Argument essays.

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For topics, go to the ETS GRE Issue Pool
(http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/pool) and the ETS GRE
Argument Pool (http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/pool).
Figure out a way to pick topics at random (maybe you print the lists, cut it into slips of paper, and choose
some at random). Write the essays in a word processing program.
Now that you have these essays, what do you do with them? If you have a friend or mentor who is a
gifted writer, see if they would read the essays for you and critique them. If they are willing, you can
show them the assessment criteria in the OG, and ask them to follow it. If you cant convince anyone else
to read it, you may try posting them on that same GRE club forum, and see whether an expert there will
critique your essay. Failing either of these options, at least you can set the essays aside, and in a couple
days re-read them with the OGs rubric beside you.

Week Two
Week Two, Day One
In Math: under Arithmetic and Fractions, up to Multiples of 10
In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, first four videos
2) In McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math
read Chapters 1-2
3) In Barrons 1100 Words You Need to Know
Look over the first 20 words (in Barrons or whatever vocab source you are using). For each one, if the
definition (both denotation and connotation) is not immediately obvious to you, make a flashcard for the
word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and write down
any words you dont know.

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10 MC
3 PA

Week Two, Day Two
In Verbal: under Text Completion Overview, all six videos
In Math: under Data Interpretation, all four videos
read Chapter 3 and do the exercises
Look over the next 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately obvious to you, make a
flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
5 TC
5 SE
3 PA
3 DI


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Week Two, Day Three
In Math: under Arithmetic and Fractions, the last six videos in that section
4) Read
Your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any words you
dont know.
10 QC
2 PA

Week Two, Day Four
In Verbal: under Text Completion No Shifts, all four videos

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4) Read
dont know.
5 RC

Week Two, Day Five
In Math: under Percents and Ratios, the first four videos in that section
In Verbal: under Paragraph Argument, watch remaining videos
4) Read
dont know.
20 MC
2 PA

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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 topics from the ETS Issue Pool & Argument Pool. Again, choose topics at
random. Write the essays in Word.
When done, share the essays with a trusted friend/mentor, or post in the GMAT forum, or set aside and
critique it yourself with the OG rubric in a few days.
2) In the OG & McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math:
a) in OG, do the Verbal Reasoning Practice Sets 1-6
b) in OG, do the Quantitative Reasoning Practice Sets 1-4
c) in McGraw-Hill, do GRE Math Practice Section 1
Treat this as a mock GRE. You might even combine it with the two essays, and do consecutive batches 2-
3 set without interruption, to simulate more effectively a real GRE. Set a timer for the time limits. Here
are the time limits to observe:
OG Verbal Reasoning Set 1 = 9 minutes
OG Quantitative Reasoning Set 1 = 22 minutes

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McGraw-Hill, GRE Math section = 35 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.
If you are doing much better than expected on either Math or Verbal, this might be a good time to
consider whether you should switch to another version of the 3-month plan (see explanations of them at
the top).

Week Three
Week Three, Day One
In Math: under Percents and Ratios, the last four videos in that section
read the intro to Part Three, and Ch. 7 through the section on Real Numbers; take notes in your journal on
anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
10 MC
3 DI

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2 TC
2 PA

Week Three, Day Two
In Verbal: under RC videos, the first six videos
read Chapter 7 up to the first set of Practice Problems; do the Practice Problems and check your
answer; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
10 TC
5 SE

Week Three, Day Three
In Math: under Algebra, Equations, Inequalities, the first four videos in that section

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In Ch. 7, read the Ch. 7 section on Even & Odd Numbers; take the Number Properties Test 1, grade
yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
dont know.
10 QC
3 DI
8 RC
2 PA

Week Three, Day Four
In Verbal: under RC videos, the last five videos
In Ch. 7, do the solved GRE Problems and GRE Practice Problems (immediately after Number
Properties Test 1), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or
unfamiliar.

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4) Read
dont know.
5 RC

Week Three, Day Five
In Math: under Algebra, etc, up to Factoring Rational Expressions
In Ch. 7, read up to and including the section on Prime Numbers; take notes in your journal on anything
new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
dont know.
20 MC

Week Three, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to write four essays, half an hour each. You will write two Issue essays and two
Argument essays.

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For topics, go back to the topics from the ETS Issue Pool & Argument Pool. Again, choose topics at
random. Write the essays in Word.
When done, share the essays with a trusted friend/mentor, or post in the GMAT forum, or set aside and
critique it yourself with the OG rubric in a few days.

Week Four
Week Four, Day One
In Math: under Algebra, etc, up to Three Equations with Three Unknowns
In Ch. 7, read GCD and LCM Revisited, do the Practice Problems immediately following that, grade
4) Read
10 MC
2 PA
Week Four, Day Two
In Verbal: under SE videos, the six videos of that section

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In Ch. 7, take Number Properties Test 2, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your
journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
5 TC
5 SE

Week Four, Day Three
In Math: under Algebra, etc, up to Working with Formulas
In Ch. 7, do the solved GRE Problems and GRE Practice Problems (immediately after Number
Properties Test 2), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or
unfamiliar.
4) Read your chosen reading material (one chapter, or a few articles). Look up and write down any words
you dont know.

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5) In Magoosh, do 10 QC

Week Four, Day Four
In Verbal: in Text Completion Sentence Shifts, the first four videos
Beginning reading Chapter 8, through all the Properties of Operations; do the Practice Problems
immediately following, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new
or unfamiliar.
you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do 10 RC

Week Four, Day Five
In Math: under Algebra, etc, the last five videos in that section
In Ch. 8, read the first part of the Fractions section, up to the examples following Equivalent
Fractions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.

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flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards.
you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems: 5 MC, 5 NE, 3 DI, 2 PA

Week Four, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the hard copy practice GRE at the back of the OG.
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 OG 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.

Week Fie
Week Five, Day One
In Math: under Word Problems, the first three videos in that section
In Ch. 8, finish reading the Fractions, section up to the Practice Problems; do the Practice
Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or
unfamiliar.

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4) Read three good-sized article from the Sunday NYT, noting grammatical structures. Look up and write
down any words you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do 20 MC.

Week Five, Day Two
In Verbal: in Text Completion Sentence Shifts, the last five videos
In Ch. 8, begin reading the Operations with Fractions section, the sections on addition & subtraction of
fractions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems: 10 TC, 5 SE

Week Five, Day Three
In Math: under Word Problems, up to Age Questions

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In Ch. 8, finish reading the section on Operations with Fractions, do the Practice Problems, grade
you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do 10 QC.

Week Five, Day Four
In Verbal: in Text Completion Double Blanks, all five videos in that section
In Ch. 8, read the section Decimals, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
you dont know.
5) In Magoosh, do 5 RC, 3 PA

Week Five, Day Five

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In Math: under Word Problems, up to Shrinking and Expanding Gaps
In Ch. 8, do the Arithmetic Computation Test 1, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in
your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
you dont know.

Week Five, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take your first of the MGRE practice tests. Take the whole test, and then read
& study the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong whatever about the concepts or the
questions format was unclear.
your journal.

Week Si!
Week Six, Day One
In Math: under Word Problems, up to Three Criteria Venn Diagrams

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In Ch. 8, do the solved GRE Problems on and GRE Practice Problems (immediately following
Arithmetic Computation Test 1), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on
4) Read

Week Six, Day Two
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos:
In Verbal: in Text Completion Tripe Blanks, the first four videos in that section
In Ch. 8, read the short Word Problem section, do the Practice Problems (Word Problems), grade
5) In Magoosh, do the following problems:
10 TC
10 SE

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Week Six, Day Three
In Math: under Word Problems, up to Growth Tables
In Ch. 8, read a little more than half the section on Ratios and Proportions; take notes in your journal on
you dont know.
10 QC
3 DI
3 PA
Week Six, Day Four
1) In Magoosh, watch the following videos:
In Verbal: in Text Completion Tripe Blanks, the last three videos in that section.
In Ch. 8, finish reading the section Ratios and Proportions, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself,
and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.

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4) Read
dont know.
10 RC
5 PA

Week Six, Day Five
In Math: under Word Problems, the last four videos in that section
In Ch. 8, read the Motion and Work Problems section, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and
read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
you dont know.
5 MC
5MA
5 RC

2E

Week Six, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take another one of the MGRE practice tests. Take the whole test, and then
read & study the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong whatever about the concepts or
the questions format was unclear.
your journal.

Week Seen
Week Seven, Day One
In Math: under Power and Roots, the first five videos in the section
In Ch. 8, read the short sections Percentage and Percentage Word Problems, do both Practice
Problems sets (one at the end of each section), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your
journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read

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10 MC, 3 TC, 3 RC, 3 PA

Week Seven, Day Two
In Math: under Power and Roots, up to Simplifying Roots
In Ch. 8, read the section Types of Average, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the
solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
5 TC
5 SE

Week Seven, Day Three
In Math: under Power and Roots, the last four videos in the section

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In Ch. 8, read the section Powers and Roots; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
you dont know.
10 QC
3 DI

Week Seven, Day Four
In Math: under Coordinate Geometry, the first four videos in the section
In Ch. 8, read the short Standard Deviation section, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and
read the solutions; then read Simple Probability section, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and
you dont know.
5 RC

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3 PA

Week Seven, Day Five
In Math: under Coordinate Geometry, the last five videos in the section
In Ch. 8, do the Arithmetic Computation Test 2, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in
your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
you dont know.
20 MC

Week Seven, Day Six
your journal.


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Week Eight
Week Eight, Day One
In Math: under Geometry, the first four videos in the section
In Ch. 8, do the solved GRE Problems and GRE Practice Problems (immediately following
Arithmetic Computation Test 2), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on
4) Read
10 MC
2 PA

Week Eight, Day Two
In Math: under Geometry, up to Polygons
Begin Chapter 9. Read the first sections, do the first Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the
solutions; then, read the Tables of Powers and Roots and the section Radical Expressions, do the

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Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or
unfamiliar.
4) Read
10 TC
5 SE

Week Eight, Day Three
In Math: under Geometry, up to Circle Properties
In Ch. 9, read the section Operations with Radicals, do the Practice Problems and then Algebra Test
I, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
dont know.

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10 QC

Week Eight, Day Four
In Math: under Geometry, the last three videos in the section
In Ch. 8, do the solved GRE Problems and GRE Practice Problems (immediately following Algebra
Test I), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
dont know.
5 RC
2 PA
Week Eight, Day Five
In Math: under Statistics, all five videos in the section

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In Chapter 9, read all the short sections from Translating Verbal Expressions into Algebraic
Expressions to Division of Algebraic Expressions, do the two sets of Practice Problems, grade
4) Read
dont know.
5 MC
10 NE
2 PA

Week Eight, Day Six
your journal.

Week "ine
Week Nine, Day One

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In Math: under Counting, the first four videos in the section
In Ch. 9, read the sections Algebraic Fractions and Factoring Algebraic Expression, do the Practice
Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; then, read the section Operations with Algebraic
Fractions, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal
on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
20 MC
2 DI

Week Nine, Day Two
In Math: under Counting, up to MISSISSIPPI rule
In Ch. 9, do the Algebra Test 2, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on

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4) Read
5 TC
5 SE

Week Nine, Day Three
In Math: under Counting, the last four videos in the section
Test 2), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
dont know.
10 QC


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Week Nine, Day Four
In Math: under Probability, the first three videos in the section
In Ch. 9, read the five little sections from Linear Equations to Equations with Radicals, do the
Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or
unfamiliar.
4) Read
dont know.
10 RC

Week Nine, Day Five
In Math: under Probability, up to Determining Independence
In Ch. 9, read the section Systems of Linear Equations, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and
read the solutions; then, read the tiny section Linear Inequalities, do the Practice Problems, grade

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4) Read
dont know.
10 MC

Week Nine, Day Six
your journal.

Week Ten
Week Ten, Day One
In Math: under Probability, the last four videos in that section
In Ch. 9, read the section Quadratic Equations and Inequalities, do the Practice Problems, grade

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4) Read
20 MC

Week Ten, Day Two
At this point, you should be done with all the Magoosh lesson videos. Keep up a pace of watching 4-5
videos a day, watching whatever videos you decide you need to see a second time.
In Ch. 9, read the section Functions, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions;
then, read a little more than half the section Algebraic Word Problems, take notes in your journal on
4) Read
10 TC
5 SE

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Week Ten, Day Three
Watch any 4-5 videos for a second time
In Ch. 9, finish reading the section Algebraic Word Problems, do the Practice Problems, grade
4) Read
dont know.
10 QC

Week Ten, Day Four
In Ch. 9, do the Algebra Test 3, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on

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4) Read
dont know.
5 RC

Week Ten, Day Five
Test 3), grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
dont know.
10 MC

Week Ten, Day Six

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your journal.

Week Eleen
Week Eleven, Day One
Watch any 4-5 videos for a second or third time
Begin Chapter 10. Read the section Points, Lines, Angles, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself,
and read the solutions; then read the section Polygons, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and
4) Read
20 MC


D2

Week Eleven, Day Two
In Ch. 10, read the section Triangles, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions;
read the section Quadrilaterals, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take
notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
10 TC
10 SE

Week Eleven, Day Three

D2

In Ch. 10, read the section Perimeter and Area, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the
solutions; read the section Circles, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read the solutions;
take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
dont know.
10 QC

Week Eleven, Day Four
In Ch. 10, read the section Solid Geometry, do the Practice Problem, grade yourself, and read the
solutions; read the section Coordinate Geometry, do the Practice Problems, grade yourself, and read
the solutions; take notes in your journal on anything new or unfamiliar.
4) Read
dont know.

DD

10 RC

Week Eleven, Day Five
In Ch. 10, do the Geometry Test, grade yourself, and read the solutions; take notes in your journal on
4) Read
dont know.
10 MC
5 PA

Week Eleven, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the last of the MGRE practice tests. Take the whole test, and then read &
study the explanations, taking notes on whatever you got wrong whatever about the concepts or the
questions format was unclear.

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your journal.

Week Twele
Week Twelve, Day One
Watch any 4-5 videos for an additional time
At the end of Ch. 10, do the solved GRE Problems and GRE Practice Problems, grade yourself, and
4) Read
10 MC
10 MA

Week Twelve, Day Two

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In a 35 minute sitting, take GRE Math Practice Section 2; grade it right after, but you dont have to check
all the solutions tonight.
4) Read
5 TC
5 SE
5 RC

Week Twelve, Day Three
Go over the solutions to GRE Math Practice Section 2. For questions you got right, skim the explanation,
simply to verify that you got it right for the right reason, and that theres nothing further about that topic
you need to know. For questions you got wrong, read the explanation carefully, writing in your journal
anything new you learn or anything you need to remember.

DF

4) Read
dont know.
10 QC
3 RC
Week Twelve, Day Four
In a 35 minute sitting, take GRE Math Practice Section 3; grade it right after, but you dont have to check
all the solutions tonight.
4) Read
dont know.
5 RC
3 DI
Week Twelve, Day Five

DG

Go over the solutions to GRE Math Practice Section 3. For questions you got right, skim the explanation,
simply to verify that you got it right for the right reason, and that theres nothing further about that topic
you need to know. For questions you got wrong, read the explanation carefully, writing in your journal
anything new you learn or anything you need to remember.
Look over the what should be the last 20 words. For each one, if the definition is not immediately
obvious to you, make a flashcard for the word. Review your flashcards
4) Read
dont know.
5 MC
10 NE

Week Twelve, Day Six
1) Today, you are going to take the practice GRE available through the GRE PowerPrep software. Pay
attention to any differences you notice between the MGRE tests and this one: this one is presumably
much more representative of the real GMAT.
your journal.

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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 OG rubric.

#fter Week $%& 'on(entrated Reiew
At this point, if you have been following the schedule, you should have done every question in both
Magoosh at least once. For whatever days remain before the test, keep up work on GRE math and
verbal. Some suggestions for what to do:
1) Through selecting question type & difficulty on the Dashboard, do Magoosh problems over again,
and see how you do a second time.
3) Keep watching for a additional time 4-5 Magoosh lesson videos a day, on whatever topics you feel you
need to review
4) Keep reading your challenging material, to build vocabulary and acclimate your ear to eloquent style.
5) Keep drilling your vocab cards.
6) Re-read any topics in the McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math any topics where you feel
you would benefit from further review.

Day )efore 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

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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.
Any questions on this plan? Just leave us a comment!
By the &ay, students &ho use Ma+oosh GRE i(,ro$e their scores on a$era+e 'y G ,oints on the ne& scale (150
,oints on the old scale)! =lick here to learn (ore)
About the Author
Mike McGarry is a Content Developer for Magoosh with over 20 years of teaching experience and a BS
in Physics and an MA in Religion, both from Harvard. He enjoys hitting foosballs into orbit, and despite
having no obvious cranial deficiency, he insists on rooting for the NY Mets.

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