Tips on How to Beat the GRE Test

In the United States and Canada, Graduate schools use the GRE to measure a student's ability and abstract thinking skills in Analytical Writing, Math, And Vocabulary.

Why We Need the GRE?

• As the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) is a standardized test that universities use to figure out if the applicant is a good fit for the program they are applying to, it plays a big role in getting you into a good college, so to help you prepare for it, we've developed a list of Tips and Tricks for GRE.
• General Tips Before GRE Exams:
• Before you begin your preparation, make sure you gather all updated information regarding the GRE test pattern and GRE Test Eligibility. Once you have done that, follow the following Action Plan:
• Make sure you know what you're getting into. Find out your strengths and weaknesses and how the exam is set up.
• Take a lot of GRE practice tests. Even if you study a lot, you will eventually forget what you learnt if you don’t put that knowledge to use. 
• Give the same importance and attention to all your GRE Subjects Preparation. Do not spend all of your time on just one area and not pay attention to the rest.
• If you can, make extensive GRE Vocabulary notes and refer to good GRE study materials found online for free in pdf or interactive quiz format.

GRE Exam Tips for Test Day:

• Before taking GRE test online, read all directions carefully and check different formats of questions that could show up. If you do this, you will answer the questions faster. Additionally, you can follow also the steps given below:
• Take the easy questions first to spend more time on the hard ones.
• Read questions carefully and double check for words like (except, NOT, etc.) in the question stem.
• Try to answer all of the questions on the paper. There is no negative marking, so there is no reason to not attempt all questions.
• To choose the right answer faster, use the process of elimination in GRE RC to tick off options that are unlikely to be the answer.
• Pace yourself. Make sure you don't spend too much time on each question. If you can't figure it out, move on to the next one.
• Do not forget to double-check your answers.

GRE Exam Vocabulary Prep Tips

• Unfortunately, there isn’t any quick fix to the vocabulary situation. After all, you can’t expect to remember thousands of words in a day. Using GRE vocab improvement methods like Mental Maps, you can remember a substantial number of words, but the best approach is to constantly work on improving your vocabulary by following the steps below:
• Read high-quality articles, journals and publications, make GRE flashcards to remember more words, and use new words to understand better what they mean.
• Remember to be aware of punctuation and structural words, and think about how a word is used when you hear or read it, too.
• Consider the meaning of each word and choose your options accordingly.
• In GRE, the “memorize words” approach doesn’t work if you do it by rote. Instead, try to understand its meaning and what other words it can be used with so that you can remember it when you need to.

GRE Test Completion Tips:

• Before you try to solve the sentence, read the whole thing to figure out the context of the sentence. To figure out what word will be used, try to figure out how the sentence is put together.
• Try to find words and phrases that show how the sentence is structured and what it means. For example, when someone says "however," it could be about a caveat or mitigation. For example, when someone says "furthermore," it could be about more support for a point.
• Consider how positive or negative a word is. Try to figure out what tone the sentence is in to choose the right word. A positive word is likely to be used in the blank when the sentence's tone is positive, and a negative word will be used when the tone is negative.
• Try to get rid of the word you know isn't the answer. In this way, you will be able to choose the best answer.
• Read the passage or sentence again to make sure that the answer you chose fits the passage and makes sense. Make sure that the answer you chose fits the passage and makes sense.

GRE Sentence Equivalence Tips:

• Solving GRE Sentence Equivalence questions becomes easy when you think about how these words are used in the context of the question, and not in an isolated way. How do the questions help you narrow down the answer choices? There should be hints or clues in them to help you do this.
• Try to get a sense of the text's tone and what it is saying. Is the author using "positive words" or "negative words", etc. Determining the category and tone can help you make a decision.
• Pay close attention to grammar, punctuation, and grammatical structure to help you understand what the sentence means and how it fits together in a way that makes sense.
• Eliminate words that you know for sure can't be the answer. Make sure to do this because it will help you narrow down the options.

GRE Tips for RC (Reading Comprehension):

• When reading passages in GRE, don't read the whole thing at one time. Practice speed reading and skimming so you can quickly figure out what the main parts of the text are. The following tips will help you get accurate answers to the passage questions:
• Before you read the questions, make sure you understand the question. Often, reading the questions will help you find the answer in the text.
• Try to highlight or write down important parts of the passage to think of them when you answer questions.
• Do not bring extraneous knowledge to the text or make assumptions in GRE RC questions about information while answering questions.

GRE Test Tips for Critical Reasoning:

• Critical Reasoning in GRE is not a separate section, but is integrated with the Reading Comprehension section. Hence, the tips for RC questions apply to the critical reasoning questions as well. However, the difference lies in the way options are eliminated here. Unlike Reading Comprehension questions- where the correct option is based on data given in passage- Critical Reasoning Questions in GRE are supposed to solve with logical reasoning. 
• When going through GRE Critical Reasoning passages or answering questions, recognize the keywords or signal words to understand the text's tone or question faster and easier. Practice every day to improve your accuracy and speed in GRE CR questions such as:

GRE Test Maths Tips: 

• A good GRE Maths Preparation strategy is to set a time limit for yourself while answering a question. Then, try not to go over that time. If you do this, you will solve problems more quickly and manage your time better. The following tips will also come handy during the test:
• Use calculator cautiously. Simple math calculations and conversions often are much faster when you do them in your head. 
• When there are numbers in the answer choices, be sure to solve backwards to get the answer you want. Check your work to make sure you did everything right as you worked through Problem Solving questions
• Read the word problems very carefully so that you don't miss any important information or questions that are in them. Take your time to read and understand everything before trying to solve it.
• A GRE problem-solving question isn't the same as a typical maths question. Keep in mind all the information given and try to figure out what the question is asking when you solve Quant comp.
• When working on table or graph questions, make sure you look at the information very carefully.

Tips for GRE AWA Writing

• The most effective strategy for GRE AWA (Analytical Writing Assessment) is to go through as many GRE sample essays one can find online, observe the structure of the essays that have received good remarks from the evaluators, and check how the writers have used good grammar and punctuations to enhance the essay.
• Practice writing GRE essays to learn how to put your ideas into words that people can understand.
• Think about the given task from all angles. Decide if you want to write in support or against the task and use evidence to back up your decision.
• Clearly mention what you think is the main issue. An important part of writing a thesis statement is making your position on the subject clear.
• When you write your response, follow a set pattern of organization and put your paragraphs in the right order.
• Try to write about only one thing or subject at a time. Form your opinion build on that. Do not try to write for both sides of the argument as it makes your position hard to understand. 
• Use examples from the real world to back up your claims or points. It doesn't have to be a personal experience, but make sure that the examples are relevant and short.
• The more direct and declarative your point, less the room for misinterpretation.
• In the end, make sure your essay has a good ending.

Conclusion:
We hope you implement the tips and tricks for different sections of the GRE test that we have discussed in this article, which will help you prepare in the best way possible and make sure that you do well on the test, too. 

All the best!