<p>I'm planning on taking the GRE at the end of August. I'm trying to figure out a timeline for studying. Does anyone have an idea of a great timeline to study for the GRE in 2 months?
Also, I have a question that no GRE book explains.
How do you figure out the area of concentric circles. One question in particular gave the radius of the smaller circle as 8, and the larger circle as 12. Then they asked for the area of the shaded area, which is the area between the smaller circle and the larger circle.</p>
<p>I would say generally:
1. Take a diagnostic test at the beginning of your studying so you know where you stand.
2. Go through one or two study books slowly, taking the time to do all the practice problems and exercises.
3. Spend a week or two just learning words -- don't overdo it, just do as many as you can actually learn in a night.
4. In the last two weeks, do as many practice tests as you can get your hands on, and do them within the right amount of time and with no cheating.<br>
5. The night before the test, don't do anything test-related. Just eat a good dinner and go to bed early. If you don't know where the testing center is, you should visit it in the days before the test!</p>
<p>At most testing sites, the computer-based general GRE test is offered several times every business day, including over the summer. (I think it's a great idea to take it over the summer, by the way -- you can get it over with and have your scores in hand before the real application crunch hits). The dates you saw were for the paper-based test, not the computer-based one.</p>
<p>I don't believe applicants in the US and Canada are eligible to take the paper-based test; it's only available in certain other countries where the computer-based test is not available.</p>
<p>i've studied for GRE in three months by waking up at 5 am every day and studying for it for 3 hours until 8-9 am -- i had class at 10 so generally at 9am i had to get going -- i'm not a morning person at all, but i noticed that in the evening i was more sleepy and more likely to get bord with what i was reading or frustrated -- in the morning, memory is refreshed and more receptive to new material (early mornings are also very quiet -- if you live with roommates or significant other they are generally asleep and not bothering you) -- i did regular homework during the day and on the weekends and went to sleep quite early -- it was ok because i knew that i would live by this schedule only for 3 months and then revert back to going to bed at 1am</p>
<p>learning a lot of words helped out -- repetition is key -- like every week i'd try to learn 15-20 words/day or so and then every 3 weeks i'd go over all the words i learned so far -- it is ok if you don't remember them all precisely -- sometimes you just get a feeling for what the word might mean because you saw it somewhere one of those days you were studying words -- it is just important to see it as least a few times</p>
<p>for math, just don't forget to study up probabilities -- those questions are always on there and it is easy to forget this stuff unlike general algebra</p>
<p>nspeds: thank you so much, I think I must be stressing out because as soon as I read your reply I was like DUH!</p>
<p>mollibatmit: that's a great approach to studying which I'm kind of following right now but I'm scared to take that initial practice test for fear of getting a low score and this having a negative effect on my self-esteem and motivation (I may feel overwhelm). Instead what I was thinking of doing is to study everything thoroughly and then take a practice test to see my weaknesses. That way I'll see a better score and then work to see which areas need to be improved upon.</p>
<p>Kihyle: I admire your tenacity in waking up at 5am. I definitely have to become as disciplined as you since I find it hard to study in the afternoon. I've been studying in the evenings and fine my attention quickly wandering off. I fortunately have a great amount of free time and our library is open from 9-5pm, I've attempted to study early but I'm so tired I can barely concentrate and I've been trying to avoid caffeine.</p>
<p>Does anyone know any alternatives to getting energy/waking up other than caffeine??? I hate getting addicted to caffeine and then having to go through the pain of weaning myself off of it.</p>
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<p>I completely agree. I have not taken a single practice test yet... except for a practice verbal.</p>
<p>Kihyle, that is really good advice. I never thought of that!</p>
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Does anyone know any alternatives to getting energy/waking up other than caffeine??? I hate getting addicted to caffeine and then having to go through the pain of weaning myself off of it.
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<p>Just training and stamina. The more you practice staying up until 2am to 4am, the easier it is. In fact, it becomes so easy that one becomes unable to sleep before that time! </p>
<p>Also, you could become a vegan. I have several friends who do it, and they say that the diet gives them at least two more hours a day.</p>