OVER ALL gre TEST TACTICS

1. Learn the section directions now. Use the time saved during the test to work on questions.

2. Be especially careful in the first portion of every section. Successful answers to the earliest questions will lead to higher scores.

3. You can write on the scratch paper provided. You can also remember to bring some extra scratch paper. Use the process of elimination to cross out wrong answers; do scratch work.

4. Easy questions usually precede hard ones.

5. Double check your work and answer before you click on the screen bubble. You cannot skip any question and you cannot go back after you've answered a question.

6. Answer every question, making educated guesses if you have to. Just try to eliminate one or more choices before guessing.

7. Don't spend too much time on any one question. You should spend only seconds on the easiest questions, and hesitate to spend more than 1-2 minutes on even the hardest ones.

8. Practice, practice, practice!

9. Bring a watch to the test center. You can't be guaranteed that there'll be a working clock there.

10. Don't bring a calculator since you're not allowed to use one.

11. Bring a couple of IDs to the test center. Make sure at least one of the pictures actually looks like you. Also bring any authorization voucher you may have received from the Educational Testing Service.

12. Read the words in the question carefully. Be sure to answer the question asked and not the question you recall from a practice test.

13. Know the Question Types to Expect on the GRE: * analogies * sentence completion * reading comprehension * math multiple-choices * quantitative comparisons