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Test Prep: GRE

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Overview

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Study effectively for the GRE. This GRE test prep course prepares you for the analytical writing, verbal reasoning, and quantitative reasoning sections of the exam.

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Vince Kotchian

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