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Hello everyone, I've begun preparing for GRE since mid January (with an unexpected one-month break in February :upset: ). I'd like to give my GRE by the end of April (and it's the fourth of April and I'm still scared to book the test date!). I think prep wise I'm being sincere. I've made considerable improvement in my Quant section and Verbal section. I put in an hour or two's effort everyday (since I'm working at a job which requires me to also spend two hours on commute). I seem to have plateaued in terms of progress. I'm aiming for a good GRE score (around 310+) but now I'm not really sure if I can reach that target. There are days where I do very well with practice questions and then there are days where I do horribly (like today for instance, I got every question on every RC incorrect). This demotivates me and it's hard to keep myself positive on days like this and I feel like a failure. Because of this I also feel like putting off taking mocks. Has anyone ever been in a place like this before or am I being too unrealistic? How do you suggest I deal with this? I've started doubting my self-worth, wondering if my English is really that bad that I can't correctly get the primary purpose of a passage? I do not even know how to asses my readiness for the GRE, or how much I COULD score, anything!

Last week I got a lot of negative feedback on my paper. How do you keep your motivation high in this situation? (Created a small weekend project to challenge myself)

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Hey guys, I have to take the GRE in 3 weeks and I can't get myself to start studying. I feel like I'm too overwhelmed and I keep putting it off. The reason I'm overwhelmed is because I took a practice test and I need to improve my score by roughly 400 points in 3 weeks. I'm not sure if this is impossible. Anyway, the reason I'm writing this post is actually to look for a study buddy. Someone out there who is also studying for the GRE (maybe someone else who is also on a time crunch). I'm hoping a buddy system would help me/motivate me to start studying. We could share with each other our study plans...keep each other updated on our progress....motivate each other....make helpful suggestions. We can do this through email or this forum too. Anyone interested??? If several of you are interested, we could even make this a study group! Please let me know ASAP!!!:)