Test Prep: GRE

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know

1. Welcome to the GRE

• Structure of the GRE
• GRE scoring
• How the GRE test adapts to you

2. Preparation and Test-Taking Strategies

• Establish baseline score and set goals
• Prepare a study timeline
• Build your study sequence

3. The GRE Analytical Writing Assessment

• Overview of the GRE essays
• Review sample GRE issue essay prompt
• Review sample GRE argument essay prompt
• Scoring criteria for both essays
• Develop a thesis for the issue essay
• Issue essay examples
• Argument essay flaws
• Language, grammar, and writing mechanics
• Analyze an issue essay
• Analyze an argument essay

4. GRE Quantitative Introduction

• Overview of GRE math questions
• Build math concepts
• Test-taking math skills
• Build mental math skills

5. GRE Quantitative Techniques

• Using the calculator
• Quantitative comparison technique
• Estimation technique
• Backsolving technique
• Translation technique
• Variables in choices (VIC) technique
• Adding numbers technique
• Make things look alike technique
• Find patterns technique
• Trial-and-error technique

6. GRE Arithmetic

• Integers: Factors, multiples, and remainders
• Integers: Even and odd and primes
• Order of operations
• Number properties
• Adding and subtracting fractions
• Multiplying and dividing fractions
• Decimals
• Mental percents
• Taking percents and increasing by percents
• Percent change
• Ratios and proportions
• Direct proportion and inverse variation
• Exponents
• More exponents
• Fake exponent rules
• Scientific notation
• Square roots
• Cube and fourth roots

7. GRE Algebra

• Operations with expressions
• Multiplying expressions
• Algebraic identities
• Linear equations
• Linear equations with two variables
• Quadratic equations
• Linear inequalities
• Functions
• Symbol functions
• Coordinate geometry
• Function graphs
• Distance between points
• Equation of a line
• Finding intercepts
• Special slopes
• Solving incomplete points and equations
• Solutions of lines and inequalities
• Quadratic equation graphs
• Circle equations
• Absolute value graphs and graph shifts

8. GRE Word Problems

• Averages
• Mixtures
• Rate
• Work
• System of equations
• Interest
• Number lines
• Arithmetic sequences and sums
• Sequence word problems

9. GRE Geometry

• Point, lines, segments, and planes
• Angles
• Parallel lines
• Polygons
• Triangles
• Pythagorean theorem
• Special right triangles
• Area of a triangle
• Congruent triangles
• Similar triangles
• Quadrilaterals
• Circles
• Circle area and circumference
• Boxes
• Cylinders

10. GRE Data Analysis and Statistics

• Frequency
• Mean, median, mode, and range
• Quartiles and percentiles
• Standard deviation
• Normal distribution
• Intersection and union of a set
• Venn diagram problems
• Permutations
• Combinations
• Basic probability
• Either/or probability
• Probability word problem example
• Graph and chart questions

11. GRE Verbal Reasoning

• Overview of verbal reasoning
• How to build vocabulary
• Use word roots to build vocabulary
• Improve reading comprehension
• Identify the function of a passage
• Reading efficiently

12. Question Type: Text Completion

• Overview of text completions
• Learn the text completion technique
• Use signposts
• Double-blank text completions
• Triple-blank text completion
• Analyze complex sentences
• Difficult vocabulary in text completions
• Review text completions

13. Question Type: Sentence Equivalence

• Sentence equivalence overview
• Difficult vocabulary in sentence equivalence
• Review sentence equivalence

14. Question Type: Reading Comprehension

• Reading comprehension overview
• Read for the big picture
• Read critically
• Basic question technique
• Detail questions
• Whole passage questions
• Word-in-context questions
• Inference questions
• Select-all and select-in-passage questions
• Wrong answer types
• Review reading comprehension questions

15. Question Type: Function

• Overview of function questions
• Basic function question technique
• Review function questions

16. Question Type: Logic

• Overview of logic questions
• Logic question technique
• Strengthen an argument technique
• Weaken an argument technique
• Explain a paradox
• Wrong answer types
• Review logic questions

Conclusion

• GRE test-taking strategies
• Conclusion and next steps