The GRE general test measures your verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing skills. So, only hard work is not enough, you have to do smart work to get ready for the GRE test. Test takers who have the requisite knowledge and have honed their critical thinking skills, will find most questions very doable and perform well on the test. This article by Best GRE coaching in Ahmedabad Shiksha will guide you regarding the same.
A GRE study group is helpful to students for building concepts or reviewing tests and learning from each others’ error patterns and shortcuts/problem solving – algorithms/time – management – methods.
1. Study on time
Most important thing to prepare for GRE exam is to give sufficient time daily to practice for all three Quant, Verbal and AWA (Analytical writing) sections. Because of study group, students meet at regular times as attending students cannot procrastinate. You alone might postpone studying, when in group, however, all have to be present at a specific time and study a particular portion, so study is done regularly.
2. Motivation in right direction
Studying alone for the GRE exam is quite boring. If you see any GRE book or material, it seems lengthy, covering many concepts and practice questions. It can be tough to break out the books and go to the library for few hours especially when you are spending those hours alone. By joining a study group, you can break this monotony and learn faster. In group study, topic wise pares of materials are completed on daily basis and lengthy material is done within few weeks. Do not be afraid of getting a little competitive, either. As long as you keep the competition friendly, trying to outperform your peers. It is a great way to stay motivated to improve.
3. Get new perspective
GRE studies require alternate methods of study and application to give the answer quickly. When students get together, they share ideas and hash out problems that would be too difficult for an individual to solve alone. In addition to learning new perspectives on a topic from group, you can also find new study techniques, ways to improve your learning abilities and sharpen your mind. In a group, you can discuss the topic of issues and arguments of Analytical writing part. In this way you might get new directions of thinking on a single topic. You also can help other members of the group to improve, by sharing your study tricks or may get some better tricks from them.
4. Build vocabulary
In the verbal part of GRE coaching, vocabulary is an essential part to give answers. Reading the words and their meanings alone does not help you to remember for long time. The best way to remember words with meanings is to discuss them in a group. If you recall the words with meaning and their synonyms with your friends after reading, it helps you to memorize them for a long time. You can also use those words in general talk and that helps your friends to understand the meaning of a word used in different ways. In a group, you can also quiz each other to recall the words and build your vocabulary. You can give and take tricks to crack the logic of reading comprehension, relate blanks with words provided in options and discuss how to solve logical reasoning questions. Speaking out words loud in a group or trying to explain to someone else helps reinforce them. The more you repeat the information, the stronger your long – term memory for that information becomes.
5. Quant tricks and techniques
Quant is a subject in which the more you apply the logic and tricks, the less calculation you need to do. Using standard methods to solve the math question is done by every student but by applying the time saving techniques, you can omit the steps of lengthy calculations. Discussing your doubts in a group may gives you smart way to solve the questions. You may spent hours starting a single practice question, frustrated that you are still unable to understand it, then that is where your GRE study group can help you. Maybe your friend really understands probability calculations and she understands them so well that she can explain the concepts to you in a really good way for you to review the concepts. In the process of trying to explain something to your friend, your brain will think through GRE material. All that exchanging will add up to some quality GRE knowledge for the exam day.
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