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Posted on March 15, 2010 by GRE Tutor
Since your score will depend on how many correct answers you give within a definite period of time, speed and accuracy both count. Don’t fall into the common errors born of haste. Read all the answer choices, not just some. Make sure you are answering the question asked and not one it may have reminded you of or one you thought was going to be asked. Write down key words like NOT and EXCEPT to make sure that you do not end up trying to answer the exact opposite of the question asked.
Posted on March 10, 2010 by GRE Tutor
Now more than ever it is important for you to avoid getting so caught up in figuring out one question that you lose track of the time. Remember, you can’t move on to the next question until you’ve answered the one on screen. If a question is taking too long, guess at the answer and go on to the next question. This is not the time to prove that you stick to a job no matter how long it takes
Posted on March 6, 2010 by GRE Tutor
Your job is to answer correctly as many questions as you can within the time allowed for that particular section of the test. Because of the computer-adaptive nature of the test, you can’t simply skip time consuming questions or questions that stump you, and hope to return to them if you have time left over. To move on to the next question, you must enter and confirm an answer for the question currently on your screen. Therefore, whenever you decide it’s worth your while to spend time working through a complicated question, you’ve got to keep one eye on the clock to make sure getting this one answer correct isn’t costing you too much time.
Posted on March 3, 2010 by GRE Tutor
As you will learn in the tutorial, there are six boxes at the bottom of the screen, three to the left and three to the right. They read, in order, from left to right: Quit, Exit, Time, Help. Confirm, Next, Avoid the ones to the left, especially the two leftmost ones. If you click on either of those boxes, you’re abandoning ship, quitting either the particular section on which you’re working or the whole test. Three is no point in doing so. Even if you’re dissatisfied with your preformance and unwilling to have your scores sent to the graduate schools you selected, you still can use this test as a practice session. Don’t bail out midway.
Posted on February 28, 2010 by GRE Tutor
Raise your hand to let the proctor know you need assistance, and, when he or she crones up to your carrel, ask for a restroom break. Feel free to wash your face, nibble a quick snack, stretch, or do anything else that will relax you before you move into the test-taking mode. Any time out you take before the test actually starts is “free”: it doesn’t cost you any of that all important question-answering time.
Posted on February 25, 2010 by GRE Tutor
The computerized GRE makes you work through four tutorials:
- How to use a mouse
- how to select an answer
- how to use the testing tools
- how to scroll
Remember you must complete these tutorials. They are mandatory, even if you are an expert in computer usage. And it can only be helpful to thoroughly familiarize yourself with these particular computer functions.
Posted on February 22, 2010 by GRE Tutor
The way to do your best on any test you ever take in to get a good night’s sleep so you are well rested and alert.
Tactic 4 – Memorize the directions for each type of question
These don’t change. The test time you would spend reading the directions can be better spent answering the questions.
Posted on February 20, 2010 by GRE Tutor
The GRE Bulletin recommends that you allow 4.5 hours for the CBT. There are three scored sections on the test; there may also be one or two additional sections. These sections range in length from half an hour to an hour and a quarter each; you must also allow time for a ten-minute break midway through the session, as well as for the untied tutorial on computer-based testing. You will also need up to half an hour for signing in, during which time you may be photo-graphed and even fingerprinted! If you sign up to take the GRE at 8:00 a.m., do not make a dentist appointment for 12:00. You can’t possibly get there on time, and you’ll just spend the last hour of the test worrying about it.
Posted on February 18, 2010 by GRE Tutor
When you sign up to take the test on a specific date, you will be given a choice of time slots. Some people are morning people; other work well in the mid-afternoon. Consider how your energy and alertness levels very during the course of a day. Also, consider possible transportation problems, such as rush hours. Whit these and other relevant factors in mind, select the time slot that works best for you for test.
Posted on February 16, 2010 by GRE Tutor
Before studying the specific tips that will enable you to do your best on this computer-based test or CBT, briefly review the key features of the exam:
A typical CBT consists of 58 multiple-choice questions in two sections, plus two essay questions.
The verbal section contains 30 questions: roughly 9 antonyms, 7 analogies, 6 sentence completions, 8 reading comprehension questions. These appear on screen in no set order: 2 sentence completions may be followed on screen by 2 antonyms.
The mathematics section contains 28 questions: 14 are quantitative comparisons, 10 are standard multiple-choice questions, and 10 are data intrepretation questions based on tables or graphs.
Because the CBT you take will be tailored to your skills, it may vary slightly from the typical test described above.
In the multiple-choice sections, you receive more credit for getting a hard question right than you do for answering an easy question correctly.
You cannot skip questions; you must answer the question on screen and confirm that you are satisfied with your answer choice before you can proceed to the next question.
Once you have confirmed an answer, you cannot go back and change it.
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