HELP ME PLEASE!!! NEED ADVICE!!!

[karito]

Ok. I have been preparing for GRE for about 3 weeks and I'll be taking test at the end of October. So far I have been study with GRE princeton review and math refresher book. I'm done with this two books and decided to start with Barron's GRE. Now my question is particularly for math. I'm aiming to score around 500-600 for math. I'm finding the barron's book quite challenging to follow/understand I'm getting confused...I did not had that problem with following GRE princeton?? Help what to do? should i keep studying with princeton or continue with barron's? Any one please advice. Thank you.

[fromcttoupenn]

The difficulty level of princeton review is nothing when compared to the actual GRE. It gives you a false impression that you'd do good on the test. I don't want to discourage you but its better to improve your mistakes if you have some time left,which is more than enough in your case. I would suggest you to complete Barron's (thoroughly) and then take a look at Nova's if you still find some concepts difficult to understand. Personally, I did not use Nova's but its highly recommended by people on this forum.
Good luck for your test.

[karito]

Originally Posted by fromcttoupenn

The difficulty level of princeton review is nothing when compared to the actual GRE. It gives you a false impression that you'd do good on the test. I don't want to discourage you but its better to improve your mistakes if you have some time left,which is more than enough in your case. I would suggest you to complete Barron's (thoroughly) and then take a look at Nova's if you still find some concepts difficult to understand. Personally, I did not use Nova's but its highly recommended by people on this forum.
Good luck for your test.

Thank you! Okay, I'm planning to keep studying with barron's. Indeed more challenging than princeton. I just have difficulty following some of their tactics, particularly to solve geometry problems. Like re-drawing figures so i'm thinking this might confused what i already know, ugh...but let's continue practicing

[karito]

I've been studying all day with barron's but i can't seem to make much progress. It's really time consuming for me. I'm getting really frustated. I feel stupid please anyone else advice....
how about getting nova gre prep? would this be easier to follow than barron's? Again I just need to score between 500-600

[karito]

anyone else? please. thanks

[umg]

Originally Posted by karito

Thank you! Okay, I'm planning to keep studying with barron's. Indeed more challenging than princeton. I just have difficulty following some of their tactics, particularly to solve geometry problems. Like re-drawing figures so i'm thinking this might confused what i already know, ugh...but let's continue practicing

Some of the tactics listed in Barrons are quiet baffling to be honest,particularly the redrawing tactic which is absolutely rubbish.

[Erumnaaz]

Hi everybody !!

I am new to this forum...i am preparing for gre can anyone guide me what all materials i need to practice and how much time i need to give for preparation..i tried for gre big book bt i cannot find it in the market so i bought barrons and kaplan. so is tht enough??..Also please someone guide me how to make effective use of this forum and how to prepare for the exam....

Thanks.