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You can attend the first session of any of our online or in-person GRE courses absolutely free. Crazy, right? <\/i><\/b>Check out our upcoming courses here<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n <\/i><\/b>Once you\u2019ve studied for the GRE for a few weeks<\/span><\/a>, it\u2019s time to take your second GRE practice test. Here\u2019s how to ace that test, and what to do once you finish it. <\/span><\/p>\n Believe it or not, many people get a lower score on the second GRE practice test. If that happens to you, it doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re studying incorrectly (usually). It just means you didn\u2019t adjust your test-taking strategy as you learned the material. <\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019re following this guide, you probably didn\u2019t know much about the GRE when you took your first GRE practice test. If you didn\u2019t know anything about a particular topic, it would have been fairly easy to guess. After all, there was no reason to work on a problem when you didn\u2019t even understand what it was saying. But you\u2019ve learned a lot of math, vocabulary, and test strategy over the last few weeks. Problems that were a total mystery last time will make a lot more sense when you read them this time. <\/span><\/p>\n That makes it easy to get bogged down in GRE problems that you sort of understand, but still can\u2019t quite solve quickly. You may catch yourself thinking: \u201cbut I <\/span>know<\/span><\/i> I know how to do this!\u201d Listening to that voice is a good way to waste your time on problems that are too tough and miss your chance to solve the ones that you could get right. <\/span><\/p>\n You can avoid the \u201csecond GRE practice test effect,\u201d but it takes some care and attention. Really focus on guessing, timing, and <\/span>marking problems<\/span><\/a> when you take your second GRE practice test. Remember: guessing isn\u2019t only for problems that you don\u2019t understand; it\u2019s for any problem that will take more time than it\u2019s worth. Your goal is to maximize the overall number of problems you get right, <\/span>not<\/span><\/i> to get any particular problem right. So, be prepared to let go and move on. Between practice tests, you can learn new things and improve your abilities. But when you sit down to take a practice test, what you know is what you know. Be realistic, and do the best you can with what you have. <\/span><\/p>\n Okay, so you\u2019ve taken your second GRE practice test! Now it\u2019s time to review. <\/span><\/p>\n Reviewing a practice test is a big task! That\u2019s one reason <\/span>not to take too many practice tests<\/span><\/a>. Reviewing a practice GRE should take at least 4 hours\u2014as much time as you spent taking it. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Start your review at a high level. Look at the results, but don\u2019t dive into the individual problems yet. Do some introspection first. Focus on your test-taking behaviors and how they affected your performance:<\/span><\/p>\n Next, zoom in\u2014but only slightly. When you look at the results of a Manhattan Prep practice GRE, you can sort the problems by problem type, by timing, or by difficulty level:<\/span><\/p>\n Glance over each section from beginning to end, then sort it in all three of these ways. Don\u2019t look at the individual problems just yet! Here are some questions to ask yourself:<\/span><\/p>\n Your goal here is to learn about yourself as a test-taker. If you know ahead of time which problems tend to bog you down, you can avoid them next time. If you\u2019re missing easy problems, that might point to <\/span>careless errors<\/span><\/a>, or it might indicate a great area to study next. <\/span><\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s time to generate your <\/span>assessment report<\/b>. To do this, click this link on the Practice Exams page in your online Student Center:<\/span><\/p>\n Follow the prompts, and you\u2019ll eventually see a set of pages that look like this:<\/span><\/p>\n These reports will tell you about the content from your GRE practice test. Here are some things to think about:<\/span><\/p>\n Based on this, set a couple of priorities for your next few weeks of studying. Note that your weakest areas aren\u2019t necessarily your highest-value ones! If you saw two probability problems and missed both of them, that doesn\u2019t mean you need to study probability, even though your accuracy was 0%. Balance your weaknesses against which areas appear more frequently and which areas will be easiest for you to learn. <\/span><\/p>\n Finally, it\u2019s time for the last step: problem-by-problem review. That\u2019s the most important part of reviewing your second GRE practice test, because it\u2019s where you\u2019ll learn the most. We\u2019ll go over it in detail in the next article\u2014and we\u2019ll also look at <\/span>how<\/span><\/i> to address your biggest weaknesses.\u00a0?<\/span><\/p>\n See that \u201cSUBSCRIBE\u201d button in the top right corner? Click on it to receive all our GRE blog updates straight to your inbox!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Chelsey Cooley<\/a> You can attend the first session of any of our online or in-person GRE courses absolutely free. Crazy, right? Check out our upcoming courses here. Once you\u2019ve studied for the GRE for a few weeks, it\u2019s time to take your second GRE practice test. 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<\/a>\u00a0is a Manhattan Prep instructor based in Seattle, Washington.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/i><\/b>Chelsey always followed her heart when it came to her education. Luckily, her heart led her straight to the perfect background for GMAT and GRE teaching: she has undergraduate degrees in mathematics and history, a master\u2019s degree in linguistics, a 790 on the GMAT, and a perfect 170Q\/170V on the GRE.\u00a0<\/em><\/i>Check out Chelsey\u2019s upcoming GRE prep offerings here<\/a>.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"