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EconMist · 06-13-2006, 06:49 PM

Hi folks,

I am officially starting preparation for GRE and I will be applying for Ph.D. econ this fall for admission for fall 2007. My questions are:

1. If one is going for a 600 on the verbal, how many words do you think should suffice coupled with sufficient practice to secure that score.
2. What test prep material do you think is very helpful as far as scores...perhaps based on your experience.
3. How long in advance should one schedule a test.

Thank you

EconMist

douggator · 06-13-2006, 09:35 PM

1. I got one of those GRE wordlists online, I just googled "GRE wordlist" and picked one that had about 1500 words. A lot of them I knew already, but some of the new ones I learned ended up being on my test.
2. I used a Princeton review book which came with a CD, and did tons of practice problems in the quant and verbal sections.
3. Long enough so that you have enough time to study and prepare, but not too long where you lose motivation or something unexpected makes you alter your schedule. I think the end of summer would be best, that way you aren't having to balance school work with GRE studying.
I got 800/640/4.5

rogo22 · 06-14-2006, 02:29 AM

I pulled an 800/6?0/6.0 and studied in small doses over an entire summer while working full time. I grabbed the kaplan and peterson books and reviewed the word lists every once and a while and did all of the computerized and paper review questions. I found the peterson book to be the better of the two, but the more computer question sets you can get the better. I'm north of the border, but I was able to book my test less than a month in advance.

Guest Who · 06-14-2006, 04:35 PM

This is where you should be going. The UC system simply kicks a$$.

http://www1.ucgateways.org/GRE/

andyecon · 06-15-2006, 02:15 AM

For me, Barrons was the best book for GRE prep.

fss · 06-15-2006, 10:22 AM

Hit the Barooons and you will get most of the things covered.

Freethinker · 06-15-2006, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyecon

For me, Barrons was the best book for GRE prep.

Agree... for verbal section prep.

Of course, don't forget the Official Guide. As to scheduling, study in small doses for a month or so, and try to have at least a couple of reasonably free weeks before the test (I'm guessing you are in a country where you can schedule any time). In essence, don't try to cram everything in a few days and do try to go well-rested to the test.

werner · 06-16-2006, 08:14 PM

cramming is alright for the quantitative part, at least when you're ok with something like 800/390/4.0

of course it looks very impressing when you have a high verbal score, but as an economist there might be more interesting topics for you to study in your leisure. I guess we are not supposed to use the big words in papers anyway.

simba · 06-30-2006, 12:27 PM

Well from someone I heard is that if you cramm Barrons fully and dont do silly stupid mistakes in the test, you would easily get a score above 600 in Verbal.

Azimuth · 06-30-2006, 10:04 PM

A friend of my friend scored 800q/600v/5awa. I talked to him and he told me he studied for 3 weeks only. His native language is not English, however, he told me that he likes to read a lot. I guess luck does play a role in the GRE (he agreed too

).

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06-13-2006, 09:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
douggator Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 27	1. I got one of those GRE wordlists online, I just googled "GRE wordlist" and picked one that had about 1500 words. A lot of them I knew already, but some of the new ones I learned ended up being on my test. 2. I used a Princeton review book which came with a CD, and did tons of practice problems in the quant and verbal sections. 3. Long enough so that you have enough time to study and prepare, but not too long where you lose motivation or something unexpected makes you alter your schedule. I think the end of summer would be best, that way you aren't having to balance school work with GRE studying. I got 800/640/4.5

06-14-2006, 02:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
rogo22 Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 22	I pulled an 800/6?0/6.0 and studied in small doses over an entire summer while working full time. I grabbed the kaplan and peterson books and reviewed the word lists every once and a while and did all of the computerized and paper review questions. I found the peterson book to be the better of the two, but the more computer question sets you can get the better. I'm north of the border, but I was able to book my test less than a month in advance.

06-14-2006, 04:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Guest Who Within my grasp! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 119	This is where you should be going. The UC system simply kicks a$$. http://www1.ucgateways.org/GRE/

06-15-2006, 02:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
andyecon Within my grasp! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 346	For me, Barrons was the best book for GRE prep.

06-15-2006, 10:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
fss Eager! Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 38	Hit the Barooons and you will get most of the things covered.

06-16-2006, 08:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
werner Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 12	cramming is alright for the quantitative part, at least when you're ok with something like 800/390/4.0 of course it looks very impressing when you have a high verbal score, but as an economist there might be more interesting topics for you to study in your leisure. I guess we are not supposed to use the big words in papers anyway.

06-30-2006, 10:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
Azimuth Eager! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 79	A friend of my friend scored 800q/600v/5awa. I talked to him and he told me he studied for 3 weeks only. His native language is not English, however, he told me that he likes to read a lot. I guess luck does play a role in the GRE (he agreed too ).

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