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Fortissimo:
I recommend magoosh, ets material and manhattan gre something. Forgotten the name. It's a gre quant question book. Quant is not my strong point. Verbal has been my strong point since I was born.

My scores were 157Q, 167V and 4.0AWA. Don't know what happened with AWA ooo.

Asin boss I doff my hat once more 4 ur verbal and as SirRiddy rightly pointed out, comman drop tips 4 dem boiz abeg

ProfTPE:
I finished my Test a while ago. My experience: GRE quant isn't really as difficult in contrast with the materials I prepared with. Most of 5lb and other materials are not truly representative of the actual test. Magoosh is cool to a large extent. I wasn't happy with my Quant score, I aimed for at least 160 but scored 154. The format I got was VQVQV. The first verbal was so tough. This really affected my composure, it turned out to be the experimental section after all. My verbal score was 156. That's an aggregate of 310. I'm applying to a number of Texan Schools....my discipline is Engineering. I don't know how 154 will affect my chances. I regret not paying attention to silly mistakes... To those hoping to write..... I'll reiterate you stick with magoosh and ETS materials alone. Magoosh mimics ETS tricks "quite" well. So if you've got the money you can subscribe to one of their plans...... or do it the way I did. You wouldn't spend more than 2500....I'm ready to share the Google Drive folders with anyone. Freely I received, freely I'll give. All you need is a data plan and a PC. For verbal I'll strongly advise you download the "GRE vocabulary" app from play store, you can download the "Vocabulary Builder" app too, but don't use the latter until you've mastered the GRE vocabulary. No word was strange to me on the Test. So that's about it from here. Cheers.

Congratulations friend... with310 u r good to go sir! U can try out Arlington Texas or UH... all d best Happy 4 u

Cool2015:
Lol. It's difficult to trust people in Nigeria.
I can trust a Nigerian in other civilized countries buh I may not trust a Nigerian in Nigeria.

Your philosophy, your business

stolid:
The actual GRE quantitative is as simple as the official quant. Only try be wary of careless mistakes. That magoosh review was posted years back, and the GRE quant is taking a new dimension, although still smiple.

Tor, d guy has really got trust issues

Yes very true... M surprised u didn't av doubts dis time tho

So I eventually wrote the GRE yday V-147 Q-158.

My Experience...

Well about 3months ago just after taking my ielts, it dawned on me that I will be needing the GRE too 4 my admission. Let me quickly add too that by then, I no next to nothing about the GRE not even the meaning of the acronym. So I started to google tips on how to ace d gre, eventually I came across this thread and it took me about a day to read all the comments 4rm page 0 to 7 then, without hesitation I followed the thread and got my 1st set of materials here (every oda materials I used too was 4rm here anyways). I was so naive and after speaking with SirRiddy and a couple of friends here, I was encouraged to register.

Preparations
Bulk of my preparations were based on d ETS handbook and d magoosh videos and about a month to d exam wen I took d powerprep test, my score was V-147 Q-163, I obtained about same score with the Baron GRE software too. Obviously, d verbal was my weakness and I intensified efforts to boost my score to about 153 @least
For the list of words. I love playing mobile games so much, so i got the magood vocab android apps and each time I get d urge to pllay games, I just launch d app. I was able to learn d words and I think it contains about 1000words.

Lesson Learnt
Not until last Thursday, I was struggling hard with d verbal, I never wanted to admit that I was weak. By the time I started applying the strategies 4rm book(s) and as expected it began yielding results but that was few days to d exam.
Also with d scores I was getting 4rm d Quant, I became complacent and relaxed preparation efforts and focused more on d quant. Did it affect me? Well, mayb...

Recommendations
Regardless of whatever fore knowledge you have about gre prior to now, I can assure u dat everything u need to excel u can find in dis group.
Also never let go of prayers in all u do. Whether u have a good gre score or not, 'alubarika olohun lo ju' (God's blessings is the ultimate), so don't let anything deprive u of ur happiness.

Credits and Honorable Mentions.
Honourable thread creator, SirRiddy, Dicapino, everyone b4 me dat have shared their experiences, and to every member of this team dat has commented on the thread. Ese gan, thank you all. 1love, see u all @ d top.

Cephas

Cool2015:
U knew about this and u r pretending!!!! Na wa ooo

Lol , I will take ur criticism in good faith... Thanks

holychic:
The link is not the right link for the GRE study materials. please can you also send for practice materials.

Oops! My bad, I must have copied the wrong thing. Apologies for wasting your mb

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pascal2young:
finally did almighty GRE today........CHAI...........
scored 301........
would give my experience later......thanks to the bosses in the house......feeling down

Baba, 301 is not a bad score and like they say, GRE is just one of the many essentials for admission. Beyond all, God's blessing is the ultimate and that comes at no cost.. So cheer up bro , shake it off and share us your experience

Kapitain:
Hello House, I wrote the GRE exam 2 weeks ago.

Preparation: I read on and off since January. I kept on procrastinating on when to write the exam, so I wasn't serious with studies. I became serious 3 months ago. In July, I started building my vocabulary with Magoosh Android app, Gruber 3400 word list and some Hit parades I saw online. I judiciously studied for QR during this period with the Manhattan 8lbs book series (My overall Best Prep Book). I was reluctant to study the AW, even to look up the pool online. I didn't use the POWER PREP at all.

Registration: I eventually registered the 2 weeks to my exam date. I immediately became very serious with my studies (eat, study, eat study, eat, study, sleep!). I registered using Paypal. I studied the ETS QR and VR books of questions after registration. 2 days before the exam, I read kaplan for the essay strategies, coupled with their sample essays with scores of 6. I also watched "magoosh wednesday vocabs with Chris" and other GRE videos on youtube.

Test Day: Arrived French Connection (Lagos) by past 9 am. This was due to traffic Jam (I left my abode Iyana Isolo by 6am). after all the necessary checks at the center, I started my exam. The exam was tricky (all the sections). But I noticed the 2nd sections of both QR and VR were harder. I became tensed towards the end of the exam 'cause of the tough questions and limited time remaining. I just quickly guessed (I carefully looked at the answers before each guess).

After the test, I saw my scores and sent them to 4 schools. I came out, ate the pringles and malt I was offered right there at the center before going home.

Summary: As the previous contributors said, scoring high in the GRE is doable, It just requires intense practice. Register about 1 month to your exam date. It will make you more serious with studies. 3 - 6 months is best for preparation (don't prepare for too long).
MY score: QR160, V152, AW4

Thank You DanjaNinja, SirRiddy, and all others for your immense morale during my preparations.

Wow! Congratulations broda

Thanks SirRiddy, please guys refer to the link above for the videos, it is about 998mb for all, dat shouldn't cost much na but if u can't afford dat much data, just pm me if u stay anywhere in lagos

With less than 3weeks to my long awaited GRE exam. Preparation is going fine and I am getting more confident on daily basis even tho I am still having slight challenges with the verbal aspect. Once again thanks to every member of the team that has made up this forum. I have all the magoosh videos and all materials necessary for practise, I got them at no cost and freely will I give... I will also like to brainstorm together with anyone willing. I hope to make u all proud

Cc: SirRiddy and DanjaNinja

"Gbogbo wa la dudu ni nigeria"---- Best ans since time memorial

Congratulations DanjaNinja Greater heights.. Let d testimony keep pouring in... Will join u soon