<p>First practice two weeks ago, got 780 math 370 verbal (Kaplan) - very bad verbal
So I started memorizing 100 words - 750 math 400 verbal (Kaplan)
Memorized more words - 770 math 430 verbal (Kaplan)
*Since I'm not a native English speaker, getting 430 was already good enough for me, so I tried other practice books</p>
<p>Baron - 750 math 400 verbal, 740 math 430 verbal
At this point I don't bother math anymore. I decided to just worry on verbal. </p>
<p>Princeton - 450 verbal and 440 verbal</p>
<p>At this point my goal is to at least reach 500ish.</p>
<p>I think I progressed the most when I spent the last 1 week (3 days weekend + 3 work days) to study. For the whole three days of weekend I stared 18 hours at the computer memorizing 1500 words from online websites such as english-test.net, princetownreview, gre.jumbotest.com, etc. Of course I did not succeed, I was able to memorize 1000 but the other 500 was too obfuscating. After that I told myself screw this and continue to do some more practice test on the next 3 work days:</p>
<p>GRE (ets) - 480 verbal, 550 verbal (!!!!), 470 verbal, 490 verbal
GRE Powerprep (only once) - 720 math, 470 verbal - I think this was VERY important to give you the "feel" of the actual test.</p>
<p>Result: 800Q, 500V. I did not expect to get a perfect score on my Q :D I was also thankful for the verbal, considering that I only studied 2-3 weeks and I'm non-native.. Writing was meh, 4 is expected (score not come out yet)</p>
<p>I think GRE SHOULD be similar to your practice test average by plus or minus 50, plus 50 when you're at your best, minus 50 when you're at your worst. I also did spend almost half of the total time on the first 10 questions, especially math. Even on questions that are easy and obvious, I double checked them five times using different solving methods.</p>