Taking or considering the GRE Exam or graduate school? You’ll love our short, approachable, and insightful episodes about the GRE Exam and graduate school admissions. This podcast is hosted by Tyler York, co-founder and CEO of Achievable, a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam. You can try it for free at https://achievable.me/ , and the course is only $199 to purchase.
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Sentence Equivalence questions are one of the more unique and tricky problem types on the GRE Verbal, and often includes some tough vocabulary. Clay Daniel, founder of Clayborne Test Prep and Tutoring, has been tutoring the GRE for decades. In this podcast, Clay walks you through three GRE Sentence Equivalence problems in a set from an ETS GRE POWERPREP practice test (you can access 2 tests for free, and buy three more on ETS' website).
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Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Optimizing for time is crucial to crushing the GRE Quant section. Matt Roy, founder of GuideToGRE, longtime dedicated GRE tutor, and author of Achievable's GRE course shares his tried-and-true methods for finding shortcuts to GRE Quant problems that will help you save time and improve your score.
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Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Reading Comprehension problems on the GRE give you a lot of answers that sound right, but only one answer can be right. In this episode, Brian Prestia, owner of Reason Test Prep with 20 years of GRE tutoring experience, shares his philosophy for tackling Reading Comprehension questions on the GRE Verbal section by cutting through the ambiguous answers to reach a single correct answer.
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Getting a great GRE score requires perfection, right? You at least have to try to answer every question, right?? Yuri and Seth are partners at TestCrackers and have tutored thousands of students on the GRE. In this episode, they share something counterintuitive - you don't need to answer every question for a great GRE score. What? How? They explain in this episode.
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Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Once you finish school, you probably don't challenge yourself academically and truly test your potential all that often. Ian Siegel, founder of Streamline Learning with over 15,000 hours of tutoring under his belt, wants you to see the GRE as an opportunity to do so. In this episode, Ian talks about how the GRE can reinvigorate your life by giving you a new challenge that engages your mind.
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
What is NLP? And how can it help me manage my anxiety on test day? Bara Sapir, founder of City Test Prep, author of a GMAT book and the Full Potential Manual, and founder of MindFlow Speed Reading, is probably one of the only people in the world well versed in test preparation and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). In this episode, she explains what NLP is and how its confidence-inspiring techniques can help you handle your anxiety on your GRE test day.
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Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
You should practice for the GRE. You knew that. But how do you practice in a way that ensures you're prepared on test day? Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning, which was founded in 2009, and tens of thousands of students use his materials to prepare for all kinds of tests each year. In this episode, Mike shares his approach for GRE practice tests, how to leverage vendor practice tests versus the official ETS PowerPrep GRE practice tests, and how to make the most of each of these kinds of tests to maximize your score on the real GRE.
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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
You won't be able to answer many GRE Quant questions if you don't have the formulas to do so. Math, right? Well, what are the formulas that you need to know to answer GRE Quant questions? Jeff Eisenberg has been a GRE tutor for over 31 years, and has seen all the shifts and changes that the test makers ETS has made in the Quant section. In this episode, Jeff tells you what math formulas you need to know to be able to answer your GRE Quant questions.
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Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Quantitative Comparison problems are one of the trickiest question types on the GRE Quant section because they typically ask you to deduce an answer logically rather than solve a problem. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros, and has been in the test preparation space for almost 30 years. In this episode, Amy shares her four step process for solving Quantitative Comparison questions.
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Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
What's the most effective way to study vocab for the GRE? Brooke Hanson is the founder of SuperTutorTV and has over 30 million views on Youtube. In this episode, Brooke shares her tactics for vocab memorization that work for any test before giving GRE specific tips and tricks to help you maximize your GRE Verbal score.
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