https://empowertestprep.com/blog/ GRE study advice from EMPOWER Test Prep: how to plan your prep, what to expect on the test, and how to choose an online GRE course. en-us Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/10/Your-Verbal-and-Quant-Training-Should-Not-COMPETE/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/10/Your-Verbal-and-Quant-Training-Should-Not-COMPETE/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepStudy PlansPouring every hour into your weak GRE section can quietly drag down your strong one. Here's how to build weeks where both scores climb together. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/09/Test-Day-Is-Over-Now-What/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/09/Test-Day-Is-Over-Now-What/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepGrad School Advice & TipsYour GRE is over and you have a score. Use the next few days to pick one door: done, applying, or a smarter retake. Here's how to choose well. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/07/PROVE-the-Answer-or-Dont-Pick-It/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/07/PROVE-the-Answer-or-Dont-Pick-It/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepVerbalOn GRE Verbal, an answer that sounds right is just a guess. Learn to point to the exact words that prove it, and watch your speed go up too. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/06/Morning-or-Afternoon-Pick-a-Test-Time-That-Matches-Your-Training/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/06/Morning-or-Afternoon-Pick-a-Test-Time-That-Matches-Your-Training/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepGeneral GREStudying every night but booked a morning GRE? Here's how to pick a test time that fits your training, and how to retrain when it doesn't. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/05/Volume-and-Surface-Area-Stop-Memorizing-Formulas-You-Can-BUILD/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/05/Volume-and-Surface-Area-Stop-Memorizing-Formulas-You-Can-BUILD/Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepMathBlanked on the cylinder formula mid-section? Learn the two ideas that let you rebuild every volume and surface area formula in seconds. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/03/Paraphrase-EVERY-Sentence/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/03/Paraphrase-EVERY-Sentence/Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepVerbalYou reread GRE Verbal sentences far more than you think. One slow, annoying habit fixes it, and it makes you faster, not slower. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/02/Sequences-and-Patterns-Find-the-CYCLE/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2026/02/Sequences-and-Patterns-Find-the-CYCLE/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepMathThat GRE question about the 100th term looks brutal. It isn't. Write out a few terms, spot the repeat, and the rest is just counting. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/12/Year-End-Audit-Grade-Your-OWN-Study-Habits/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/12/Year-End-Audit-Grade-Your-OWN-Study-Habits/Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepStudy PlansBefore you set a 2026 GRE goal, grade how you actually studied this year. Seven blunt questions show what to keep, what you skipped and what to fix. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/11/The-Argument-Essay-Is-Gone-Its-Skills-Are-NOT/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/11/The-Argument-Essay-Is-Gone-Its-Skills-Are-NOT/Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepVerbalAnalytical WritingThe GRE cut the Argument essay, but the skill it trained still decides Verbal points. Here is how to keep the eye that catches weak arguments sharp. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/10/Absolute-Value-Think-DISTANCE-Not-Rules/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/10/Absolute-Value-Think-DISTANCE-Not-Rules/Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepMathMemorized absolute value rules crack under the GRE clock. One number line sketch solves most of these questions faster, and here is how to draw it. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/08/Your-GRE-Score-Is-ONE-Part-of-Your-Application/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/08/Your-GRE-Score-Is-ONE-Part-of-Your-Application/Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepGrad School Advice & TipsChasing three more GRE points while your essays sit blank is a bad trade. Here's how to give the score its due and finish the rest of your application. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/07/Explain-Your-Work-Out-Loud/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/07/Explain-Your-Work-Out-Loud/Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepStudy PlansGot a GRE question right? Now explain WHY out loud in plain words. 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Find the radius FIRST and the work shrinks. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/03/Wrong-Answer-Choices-Follow-PATTERNS-Learn-Them/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/03/Wrong-Answer-Choices-Follow-PATTERNS-Learn-Them/Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepVerbalGRE wrong answers are built the same few ways every time. Learn the five Verbal traps and three Quant traps and you'll cut bad choices in seconds. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/01/Review-a-Practice-Test-the-RIGHT-Way/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2025/01/Review-a-Practice-Test-the-RIGHT-Way/Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepStudy PlansChecking only your misses wastes most of a GRE practice test. Here is how to review all 54 questions so the next test goes better. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/12/Remainders-Made-SIMPLE/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/12/Remainders-Made-SIMPLE/Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepMathRemainder questions on the GRE look like theory. They are really pattern questions, and a short list of small numbers cracks them in seconds. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/11/Sleep-Is-a-Study-Tool-Treat-It-Like-One/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/11/Sleep-Is-a-Study-Tool-Treat-It-Like-One/Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepGeneral GRELate night cramming feels heroic, but a tired brain makes the exact silly mistakes you're trying to fix. Here's how to protect your sleep before the GRE. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/09/Weighted-Averages-The-Shortcut-Hiding-in-Mixture-Problems/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/09/Weighted-Averages-The-Shortcut-Hiding-in-Mixture-Problems/Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepMathMixture problems look like two lines of algebra. Most are weighted averages you can solve on a number line in about 30 seconds. Here's how. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/08/Fall-Applicants-Get-the-GRE-DONE-Before-the-Essays-Start/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/08/Fall-Applicants-Get-the-GRE-DONE-Before-the-Essays-Start/Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepGrad School Advice & TipsDoing GRE prep and application essays at the same time usually wrecks both. Here's why to finish the test first, and a backward calendar to do it. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/07/Quadratics-and-Factoring-Learn-the-Patterns-COLD/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/07/Quadratics-and-Factoring-Learn-the-Patterns-COLD/Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepMathThree factoring patterns show up on GRE Quant again and again. Learn to spot them in seconds, dodge the two-root trap, and skip algebra you never needed. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/05/Just-Graduated-Train-While-Your-Study-Habits-Are-FRESH/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/05/Just-Graduated-Train-While-Your-Study-Habits-Are-FRESH/Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepGrad School Advice & TipsStudy PlansJust graduated? Your study habit is at its peak right now, and a full time job will drain it fast. Here's how to train for the GRE before the window closes. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/04/Old-Practice-Tests-and-the-New-GRE-How-to-Use-Them/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/04/Old-Practice-Tests-and-the-New-GRE-How-to-Use-Them/Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepStudy PlansYour old GRE practice tests still have real value, but their scores don't. Here's how to turn that old stack into training for today's shorter test. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/02/Fewer-Questions-Less-Room-for-Silly-Mistakes/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/02/Fewer-Questions-Less-Room-for-Silly-Mistakes/Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepGeneral GREThe shorter GRE gives you only 54 scored questions, so one careless slip costs more. Here's how notes on paper protect your score, and how to train them. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/01/Build-an-Issue-Essay-Template-BEFORE-Test-Day/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2024/01/Build-an-Issue-Essay-Template-BEFORE-Test-Day/Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepAnalytical WritingYou get one 30 minute Issue essay on the GRE. Build its structure now, so on Test Day your brain only has to work on ideas. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2023/12/No-Break-on-the-New-GRE-Train-Your-Focus-for-Two-STRAIGHT-Hours/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2023/12/No-Break-on-the-New-GRE-Train-Your-Focus-for-Two-STRAIGHT-Hours/Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepGeneral GREStudy PlansThe shorter GRE has no scheduled break, so 118 minutes of focus is now part of the test. Here's how to train that stamina on purpose. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2023/10/The-Shorter-GRE-Didnt-Change-Your-Pace-Per-Question/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2023/10/The-Shorter-GRE-Didnt-Change-Your-Pace-Per-Question/Tue, 24 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepGeneral GREMathThe GRE got shorter, but your clock per question barely moved. Here's the real math, and why rushing on a shorter test quietly costs you points. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2023/09/The-GRE-Gets-SHORTER-on-September-22-Heres-What-Changes/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2023/09/The-GRE-Gets-SHORTER-on-September-22-Heres-What-Changes/Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepGeneral GREOn September 22 the GRE drops to about two hours. Here's what really changes, what doesn't, and the panic moves that will quietly cost you points. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2023/08/How-Many-Hours-Do-You-REALLY-Study/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2023/08/How-Many-Hours-Do-You-REALLY-Study/Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepStudy PlansYou say you study 15 hours a week. A stopwatch might disagree. Here is how to run one honest week of tracking and what to do with the truth. https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2023/06/Topic-Drills-vs-Mixed-Sets-You-Need-BOTH/https://empowertestprep.com/blog/2023/06/Topic-Drills-vs-Mixed-Sets-You-Need-BOTH/Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWER Test PrepStudy PlansAcing a topic drill feels great, but the GRE shuffles everything. Here's how to drill first, then mix, so test day holds no surprises.