now you're a plastic vein (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} misera) wrote in mysneaker, |
I took them near the end of October.
I studied for about a month before the test. I read the Princeton Review Cracking the GRE book, and made a bunch of vocabulary flashcards. I read through and did the practice questions on number2.com while at work. I didn't study much for the math at all, just went over basic principles: area of triangle, circle; algebraic equations - not really getting or remembering anything from school.
I did a LOT better than I thought I was going to. my goal had been "at least 600 on the verbal and a total over 1000" as one school I'm applying to had the former as a requirement, and another had the latter. I surpassed both.
the test itself was...meh. I wasted too much time on trying to figure out the answers to the math section, so toward the end, the last 8 questions or so, I was purely guessing with no thought at all. the verbal I didn't run out of time on (I did considerably better on the verbal). the analytical writing part - I okay (still better than I thought I would)(I never score well on stupid essays like that anyway - I'm a CREATIVE WRITER, darnit!)
you'll do fine. you'll do better than you expect. good luck!
(are you applying this year? if so, to which programs?)
