{"id":11467,"date":"2018-04-26T18:17:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T18:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/?p=11467"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:40:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:40:16","slug":"study-like-athlete-rock-climbing-taught-gre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/study-like-athlete-rock-climbing-taught-gre\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Like an Athlete: What Rock Climbing Taught Me about the GRE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019ve <\/span>written before<\/span><\/a> about how it\u2019s healthy to think of GRE study more like an athletic event you\u2019re preparing for and less like run-of-the-mill studying. If you study for the GRE by memorizing formulas and glancing at written explanations, you\u2019ll likely get very little out of your study.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a student with some pretty terrible study habits, I first attempted the GRE in the same way I\u2019d always studied. I didn\u2019t do that well. When I prepared to take it a second time, I tapped into my experiences an an athlete and used them as a model for my study. To my happy surprise, I did much better.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would encourage you to think about GRE prep more like an exercise routine than a typical study session. In this entry, I\u2019ll share a few insights about GRE study from the world of rock climbing. I am by no means an expert rock climber, but I\u2019ve gone from embarrassingly bad to relatively competent in the couple of years I\u2019ve been climbing. Surprisingly enough, I\u2019ve found that climbing has taught me a lot about prepping for the GRE.<\/span><\/p>\n

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