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GRE Study Plan : How to score 320+ on

GRE in less than 3 months
23/06/2013

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GRE, Vocabulary

Chirag

So youre aiming for a 320+ score on GRE to target top universities and you need a GRE Study plan to
get you that target score . You need to organize yourself very well. Ive designed this GRE Study plan
to get you that 320+ score. Follow the schedule, and you will be good

GRE Study Plan

Essential Materials:
ETS Official GRE Guide 2nd Edition
Manhattan 8 New GRE Strategy Guides(At least buy one (Preferably RC) to access their 6
online tests)
Princeton 1014 Practice questions for New GRE
Manhattan 500 Essential Words
Manhattan 500 Advanced Words
Nova Math Bible
Powerscore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
ETS Powerprep Software
A Notebook (Hard copy)

Optional Materials:
Magoosh GRE Prep(Strongly Recommended)
Barrons 1100 words you need to know
Manhattan 5 lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems(1800+ Practice Problems)
Majortests.coms 1500 Wordlists
Barrons 333 High Frequency words(If you have time, must read all of these)

GRE Study Plan:

-> Daily Schedule: First Month
-> Verbal
35 words per day from Manhattan 500 Essential & Advanced Words.
Also write it down in your Notebook too.
Learn RC Strategies from Manhattan RC Guide

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Practice 2 RCs per day from Codecoax.com

-> Quantitative
Finish all the Manhattan 6 Quantitative Series of Books in 20 Days
Next, Start with the Princeton 1014 Practice Questions
Optional: Do sums from Manhattan 5 lb. book of GRE Practice Problems

-> Daily Schedule: Next 15 Days

->Verbal
Go with Manhattan SE TC Guide and attempt all the SE TC Questions
Next, go with SE TC Drills from Princeton 1014 Practice Questions
For CR, Practice all the CR Drills from PowerScore GMAT CR Bible
Optional:Go through Majortests.coms 1500 wordlists / Barrons 1100 words
-> Quantitative
Finish Princeton 1014 Practice Questions
Next, go with ETS Official Guide and solve all the Quantitative sums
Optional: Do sums from Manhattan 5 lb. book of GRE Practice Problems
Optional: Solve Magoosh Practice Problems

-> Daily Schedule: Next 20 Days

->Verbal
For RC, Practice all the RC Drills from Manhattan RC and Princeton 1014 Practice Questions
Optional: Go through Majortests.coms 1500 wordlists/ Barrons 1100 words
->Quantitative
Go with Nova Math Bible and Finish it
Optional: Do sums from Manhattan 5 lb. book of GRE Practice Problems
Optional: Solve Magoosh Practice Problems
-> Daily Schedule: Next 17 days (Take Mock Exams)

Take mock exams and analyze your mistakes and work on them.! Also solve Magoosh Practice
Questions.
Optional: Go through Barrons 333 High Frequency words
1st Day: Kaplan 1st MST / Magoosh Practice Test
2nd Day:Kaplan 2nd MST/ Magoosh Practice Test
3rd Day:Kaplan 3rd MST/ Magoosh Practice Test
4th Day:Kaplan 4th MST/ Magoosh Practice Test
5th Day:Kaplan 5th MST/ Magoosh Practice Test
6th Day: ETS Official Guide 1st Practice Test
7th Day: ETS Official Guide 2nd Practice Test
8th Day: Manhattan 1st MST
9th Day:Manhattan 2nd MST
10th Day:Manhattan 3rd MST
11th Day:Manhattan 4th MST
12th Day:Manhattan 5th MST
13th Day:Manhattan 6th MST
14th Day: ETS Powerprep 1st Test
15th Day: ETS Powerprep 2nd Test
16th Day: Revise words, Math formulaes and Take proper rest
The D Day: The GRE Exam

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A day after exam: Come back to this post and tell us how it went in the comments!
You can change this GRE Study plan as per your convenience considering you have more months to
prepare. I have considered that you work 3 hours/day on weekdays and 5-6 hours/day on weekends.
I hope this GRE Study Plan helps you to achieve that 320+ GRE Score. All the best
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25 thoughts on GRE Study Plan : How to score 320+

on GRE in less than 3 months
23/06/2013 at 6:33 PM

great.

tithy

24/06/2013 at 2:34 PM

Glad it helped

Chirag

23/06/2013 at 7:00 PM

Really its very good information for all. Me too planning to write the GRE in the
month of sep last week.

sai krishna
manohar

thanks to highereducationblog

23/06/2013 at 7:33 PM

Welcome

Chirag

24/06/2013 at 12:27 PM

hey!! thanks for the post.. it is too good!! but how about AWA?? how to prepare for
it!!

mounica

24/06/2013 at 2:27 PM

Hey thanks for pointing that out, I forgot to write about AWA..

Chirag

Will write about AWA in my next post

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28/06/2013 at 12:41 PM

Hihow does one access the Manhattan Practice Tests?

28/06/2013 at 10:24 PM

Buy any one of the book of Manhattan series (preferably RC) and in the book
there will be code to access the 6 online tests

Chirag

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23/07/2013 at 8:12 AM

hey chirag i hav still 30 days oly left for my exam.. i still coudnt able to start my
preparation. suggest me how to prepare for exams.. pl kindly help me out ..

dinesh

10/08/2013 at 8:31 PM

r the above tests u mentioned r all for free or should i pay for it ?if they r free juz
post the links ..and if should i buy juz tell me from where should i buy..

deepthi

23/08/2013 at 11:47 AM

Vaibhav

Heyy, Thank you soo much for guiding me directly or indirectly I finished my GRE
with a score of 317 Quant 165 Verbal 152. Ivee thoroughly followed your
timetable.. May God bless u.

23/08/2013 at 1:48 PM

Glad I was able to help. Congo

Would you like to share your experience with us?

Chirag

01/09/2013 at 11:18 AM

Hi Chirag,

Deep

I am going to give my GRE in NOV second week.

I was thinking of giving it since a long time but was not sure because of my job.
So I finally took a date thinking ill start studying at least then.
So now I have like 2 months, Ill also be doing my job alongside so consider 12 hrs

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of my day wasted there. I tried coming home and studying but it is very difficult.
Is there any hope of getting a good score? or shall I be postponing my date?
The material I have is all the notes from a class (IMFS). It contains notes on Verbal
and Quants.., a few flashcard apps and e-books (which I am not so used to
reading) (I have Magoosh GRE Prep, Manhattan 5 lb. Book of GRE Practice
Problems). I have not joined any classes as such. I am terrible at vocab and reading
too.
Can you throw some suggestion as to how do I go about with my preparations
while doing my job at the same time. And what all topics I need to focus on and
spend time at the most along with the most essential materials required (because
ill end up having a lot of things and then just end up messing up and not doing
anything properly.)

14/09/2013 at 11:35 PM

Karthik

Firstly great article!!I am going to start preparations for GRE and I just gave a
Princeton practice test just to see my level before I start.I got 313(165-Math,148Verbal). I am pretty confident in Quants but I really lack vocab knowledge.How
should I go about preparing for verbal if I want my score around 330-335 range?I
will be giving GRE in another three months time.Please suggest articles and news
journals to have an extensive verbal knowledge.

10/12/2013 at 9:22 PM

this is good n wondering to know about gre n great thanks for your suggestions
..i will now prepare well

venkatesh

23/12/2013 at 11:36 AM

great

iqbal
mahmud

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29/04/2014 at 2:28 AM

Anushree

Hi Chirag,
I just landed here in Indianapolis last night along with my husband & iam
currently on H4 visa and iam thinking of giving GRE on 30th of May for the fall 2014
. Iam planning for Indiana-Purdue ( IUPUI ) UNIVERSITY . So basically i just have a
month to study. Could you please help me out with some tips and tricks,timetable,study schedule,etc. Although i hold a strong ground in vocab bt i cant say
the same for Math i.e quants. I lag behind in this area. Could u pls.help me in any
which way.
And thanks for ur timetable although i dont think i can follow it now.

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30/04/2014 at 7:27 PM

Apoorv

Hi anushree, I am sorry to say but you are way late for fall 2014. I think the
deadline for fall admission to IUPUI is gone. I would advise you to follow the
blogs timetable in detail and apply for spring. you can check for yourself here..
http://cs.iupui.edu/graduate/admissions/requirements/cis/masters

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03/05/2014 at 6:18 PM

T Rupesh

hi chirag , is it k if i go through second edition GRE strategy guides?? or else i had to

but those third edition books?? please reply as soon as possible .. thanks in
advance

Reddy

28/05/2014 at 7:38 PM

Devin

Do you have any suggestions for preparing for the subject tests? I followed a
similar study plan for the general GRE, and did great! I now have 3 months to
prepare for the Psychology Subject GRE exam.
Looking forward to receiving your advice!

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