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
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
The GRE calculator is a clunky but important tool that you will need to use on the GRE Quant section. But how should you use it? Matt Roy, founder of GuideToGRE, longtime dedicated GRE tutor, and author of Achievable's GRE course walks you through everything you need to know: what it can and cannot do, what it's limitations are when printing answers, and tricks for overcoming these limitations.
Achievable is a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam - visit https://achievable.me
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Erfun Guela is the founder of GRE Compass, authored a GRE prep book with over 100,000 sales, has 15 years of GRE tutoring experience, and has a perfect score himself. In this episode, Erfun challenges multiple common misconceptions about the GRE that he sees most test takers go into preparing the exam with. By avoiding these misconceptions, you can dramatically improve your approach and your score.
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Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
In this episode, Vince Kotchian, founder of Vince Kotchian Test Prep, author of a major GRE prep book, and creator of multiple GRE apps, draws from his wealth of experience to share how he advises students build a GRE study plan. He shares how he breaks it into three layers, explains how to create your study plan according to your own knowledge and weaknesses, and how long you should expect to need to study for. We go in depth with a lot of detail, giving actionable advice at each step.
Achievable is a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam - visit https://achievable.me
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
You look at the clock. You're behind. You panic a little and put your head down - it's time to go faster. This is a common behavior with GRE test takers, but it's actually counterproductive. In this podcast with Charles Bibilos, CEO and GMAT / GRE tutor at GMAT Ninja, Charles explains why speeding up on the GRE actually slows you down, and provides tips for not falling into this trap.
Achievable is a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam - visit https://achievable.me
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
You've got to take the GRE anyway, but which one is actually more useful after the exam is over? In this fun and lighthearted episode, Testcrackers founders Yuri Gottesman and Seth Capron share stories about how the GRE has helped stop them from getting beaten up, and debate about the merits of what you need to learn when mastering each section.
Achievable is a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam - visit https://achievable.me
TestCrackers is a renowned GRE & GMAT prep firm based in San Francisco - visit https://www.testcrackers.org/
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
On the GRE quant, a common trap to fall into is to try to solve the problem. Wait, what? In fact, solving a quant problem directly isn't always the fastest way to a solution, and can waste precious minutes when you're taking the exam. In this podcast with Charles Bibilos, CEO and GMAT / GRE tutor at GMAT Ninja, Charles shares how "engineer's disease" can get in the way of even the best mathematicians - and how to avoid it.
Achievable is a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam - visit https://achievable.me
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
The GRE is one of the only standardized graduate school admissions exams where you can skip questions - a key allowance that you should do your best to take advantage of. In this episode with Clay Daniel, founder of Clayborne Test Prep and Tutoring, he shares his strategies for skipping, and how they differ on the GRE quant and the GRE verbal.
Achievable is a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam - visit https://achievable.me
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Many think that main thing between them and a higher GRE Verbal score is the vocab. In this podcast with Charles Bibilos, CEO and GMAT / GRE tutor at GMAT Ninja, Charles explains how vocab isn't the problem, it's your process when approaching the questions. He then shares how to attack GRE Verbal questions with a consistent process that not only will help you get a better score, but also minimizes the importance of the vocab.
Achievable is a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam - visit https://achievable.me
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Clay Daniel, founder of Clayborne Test Prep and Tutoring, shares his best practices for handling GRE quantitative comparison questions. In this podcast, Clay goes through three GRE quantitative comparison problems in a set from the ETS practice PDF here: https://www.ets.org/pdfs/gre/paper-delivered-test-practice-book.pdf . Follow along as Clay walks you through how to work through this unique question type.
Achievable is a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam - visit https://achievable.me
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Testcrackers founders Yuri Gottesman and Seth Capron have tutored thousands of both GRE and GMAT students, with an average teaching experience of 18+ years across their entire staff. In this episode, Yuri and Seth deep dive into the differences between the GRE verbal and GMAT verbal, the GRE quant and the GMAT quant, and how each exam is perceived by graduate programs and MBA programs. Don't miss this expert deep dive on a critical topic.
Achievable is a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam - visit https://achievable.me
TestCrackers is a renowned GRE & GMAT prep firm based in San Francisco - visit https://www.testcrackers.org/