GRE and Grad School Admissions Blog

Start Early on Your Grad School Applications

Applying to grad school can feel like a maze of requesting documents, taking tests, and writing essays. How do you make sense of it all, and be successful in your quest for admission to a graduate program? We’ll break it down, step by step. In this post, let’s talk about timing, and the importance of […]

10 Ways to Effectively Study Vocab Words

Before we get started on our list of 10 effective ways of studying vocab words, you’ll need to get your words together! If you don’t already have a list prepared or given to you, you can hop over to our GRE Free Help Area and grab our Repeat Offenders List! This contains the GRE’s top 700 […]

How to Write a Great Grad School Admissions Essay

The essay is one of the most important parts of your grad school application. Depending on the schools you apply to, it is sometimes called the statement of purpose, the biographical essay, the letter of intent, or the personal statement. Schools place a premium on this essay because they want to see how you write and think. They want to […]

Working While in Grad School… is it Possible?

For many students, the ability/possibility to work while in grad school is a big determinant. Institutional aid only covers so much, so the feasibility of attending one school over another often comes down to this factor. However, while many students would like to work while they are in school, many programs prohibit it, or, at […]

How is the GRE Scored?

Confused by the scoring used in the GRE? Let’s break it down. The GRE has three distinct sections that score differently: Quantitative, 40 questions, It reports on a 130-170 score scale in 1-point increments. Verbal, 40 questions. It reports on a 130-170 score scale in 1-point increments. Analytical Writing, 2 essays. After both essays receive […]

Vocabulary and Sentence Completion on the GRE

Let’s be honest, no one can memorize all the vocabulary you might encounter on the GRE. Most of the lists of “GRE words” are just “SAT words” on steroids. Prep books frequently instruct students to keep a vocabulary diary, make flash cards, or read at a higher level to expand your working vocabulary and familiarity with […]

Problem Solving Steps for GRE Math

The GRE Quantitative section doesn’t just test your math knowledge. Above all, it assesses your problem-solving skills. ETS, maker of the exam, suggests some general steps to follow when solving quantitative problems. While a fairly new offering from the test maker, the three-step approach that ETS describes is based on a classic set of problem […]