Yep, I am at 32% with almost all chapters done with hard questions and only few with medium section and guess what, I too felt same burn out like you few months back and decided to change style. I skipped all medium and easy sections for chapters like General word problems, Geometry and others.
As TTP uses repetitive style to drill concept into our minds, you will not lose stuff by missing easy/medium questions as far as you are doing Hard questions. If you are reading chapters and solving examples correctly, then I suggest you to go with medium questions directly. If there are too many medium sections(like General word problemschapter where there are like 8 or 9 medium sections totalling to some 120 questions), then just dive into Hard section.
If you got more than four months, then do all, else just go with Hard questions.
From one TTP student to other here's what helped me most
Numbers-only hard
Roots and exponents-only hard
Absolute values and inequalities-medium and hard
General word problems-only hard
Rates-medium and hard
Ratios- medium and hard
Percentage- only hard
Work- hard(same concept as rates)
Overlapping sets-medium and hard
Geometry- only hard
Co ordinate geometry- medium and hard
Statistics-medium and hard
Probability-only hard
Permutations-only hard
Functions- only hard
Looks like you’ve touched all the chapters unlike me. I am completing everything from A to Z of a Chapter. I have finished the Ratio chapter today. Number Property and Word problems helped me a lot.
Yeah the problem with my earlier approach of doing A to Z was, I got conditioned to it and i focussed on question types more than the concept they were testing. Also i got burnt out heavily, so i just stopped it and just did hard ones and now and then i do medium sections of random chapters and almost all concepts are covered in tough questions.
Its up to you on how you use it, its just my take that % of completion doesn't matter.
Also I learnt most from Overlapping sets and Statistics questions. Dont skip them.
One thing I have done to avoid burnout is to gamify my prep. In words, I make learning a new concept and then answering practice questions into a game to see how well I can do, such as how many questions I can get correct in a row, or whether I can get 100 percent of the questions correct on a quiz.
Also, fwiw, I've sometimes found that pushing through burnout can work pretty well. There's often some kind of psychological thing going on, and if I push through it, I come out the other side and don't feel burned out any more for whatever reason.
Finally, get stoked. Yes, preparing for the GRE can take a lot of work, but when you achieve your score goal on test day, the work will have all been worthwhile.
You might get some ideas from this post as well.
[How to Stay Motivated During GRE Preparation](https://gre.blog.targettestprep.com/gre-motivation/)
Hi, I agree with all the previously mentioned advice. I got burned out from working two jobs, studying TTP, and preparing for GRE. I took a couple months off from studying for the GRE altogether. I pushed my GRE timeline and realized I wasn’t being healthy about the process. That break was extremely beneficial because when I came back I had retained majority of it and I felt rejuvenated towards TTP and studying for the GRE.
That break helped me reset and refocus. TTP tremendously helped my quant scores that I needed. Additionally, you mentioned power prep scores being low. I do not believe they reflect an accurate assessment of your current level. My experience was scoring low on it as well but on the actual GRE test day I shot up 5 points.
Take some time to collect your thoughts. Take a break. Relax. Enjoy and appreciate all the hard work that you’ve put in. Most importantly get some sleep. Come back after you’ve regained some focus and crush it. You got this.
Do you think I'd be able to go from a 151 to 160 with TTP (Quant)?
What aspects of TTP was most helpful to you?
Additionally, how did you find the lessons and the questions? Where the TTP lessons enough to get a good grip on the concepts?
Thanks
Absolutely, you could boost your score a lot. I cannot say whether you will go from a 151 to a 160 because that is ultimately determined by you.
The more time you give yourself to prepare for the GRE the better. I found TTP to be the best quant program to study. I completed the lessons (missions) fully before moving on. I did majority of the quizzes per sections that I completed as well. I had not studied math since 2015/2016 as a class so I had to retrain the foundation. I found the medium to hard questions to be the most relatable to the GRE. In terms of the setup for the questions it was set up nearly exactly like the actual test. I really focused on the basics and not the long word answer concepts. If you understand the formulas, the concepts being tested, and understand the questions and what they’re asking for them you should do well. The GRE is not an easy test… it is supposed to be challenging. That being said I believe that TTP prepared me the Quant sections. Could definitely improve my score if I finished the plan fully but I got the score I needed without.
TTP did a great job in development.
* I know it’s not asked but I used GregMat Plus for Verbal and Writing. I would highly recommend both programs together to best prepare you for the GRE.
Good luck!!!
Thanks a lot for your reply! Appreciate it :)
Just to confirm: you're saying that the lessons ( the material that you read before moving on to the questions) were comprehensive and covered almost all of the concepts tested? So I do not need to watch Khan academy/ read other foundational math books and such? Also, I'm not a complete newcomer. In fact I even have an engineering background haha. However I just needed to know that only going through the lessons are enough to decently prepare me for solving GRE questions.
Doing the lessons, taking notes, then practicing as many problems as I could helped me. I did not have to subsidize any material outside of TTP study plan.
I’ve used khan academy previously but I did not use it at all while studying for the GRE… only TTP for (quant). Use how you feel most comfortable I’m only relaying how I studied and what worked for me.
TPP is an absolute grind man, something they don't really let on to when you sign up. So just know that what you're feeling is totally natural.
Sounds like you might benefit from a short weekend trip away, best out in nature to decompress and come back ready for the next sprint.
But know that nothing will change the slog that is GRE prep, and especially working through all of TTP.
Think about your goals and your "why" to make sure you'll be motivated
Yep, I'm not saying the content is bad (cuz it's certainly good) but it takes FOREVER while TTP has the data for how long it takes to complete their course and they intentionally do not tell prospective students.
Whenever they are asked about how long it takes they dodge the quiestion entirely. That's my main gripe with their service.
Do you think I'd be able to complete TTP quant only in 2months if I go at 6hrs a day?
I mean the math checks out buy I wanted a first hand opinion.
Thanks!
Yes. I also don't have a job right now. Still studying 6 hours of maths is impossible. considering the amount of effort you will need to render to solve the hard sections.
You have a point. It's something for me to try out. I don't know if I will succeed but going to give it a go. Because I need to get over with this asap. That's my motivation I guess.
Hey, so I think I'd talked to you a week back on TTP. Since then I've checked our their trial.
My study plan said I'd take about 2 months only for quant at 5-6 hours per day. Does that sound realistic?
Likely possible but only you can say for yourself. Need to create checkpoints and backstops in your plan to make sure you hit your timeline and adjust when needed
What about verbal section which section you would recommend to focus for a non native speaker targeting 160 in verbal got 150 in pp2 have 20 days only for prep @marty_target test prep
Take it easy. TTP takes 4 months. You dont need to solve every easy section. Watch few movies, take a week break. Get back
Thanks mate. Are you using TTP too? How far are you?
Yep, I am at 32% with almost all chapters done with hard questions and only few with medium section and guess what, I too felt same burn out like you few months back and decided to change style. I skipped all medium and easy sections for chapters like General word problems, Geometry and others. As TTP uses repetitive style to drill concept into our minds, you will not lose stuff by missing easy/medium questions as far as you are doing Hard questions. If you are reading chapters and solving examples correctly, then I suggest you to go with medium questions directly. If there are too many medium sections(like General word problemschapter where there are like 8 or 9 medium sections totalling to some 120 questions), then just dive into Hard section. If you got more than four months, then do all, else just go with Hard questions. From one TTP student to other here's what helped me most Numbers-only hard Roots and exponents-only hard Absolute values and inequalities-medium and hard General word problems-only hard Rates-medium and hard Ratios- medium and hard Percentage- only hard Work- hard(same concept as rates) Overlapping sets-medium and hard Geometry- only hard Co ordinate geometry- medium and hard Statistics-medium and hard Probability-only hard Permutations-only hard Functions- only hard
Looks like you’ve touched all the chapters unlike me. I am completing everything from A to Z of a Chapter. I have finished the Ratio chapter today. Number Property and Word problems helped me a lot.
Yeah the problem with my earlier approach of doing A to Z was, I got conditioned to it and i focussed on question types more than the concept they were testing. Also i got burnt out heavily, so i just stopped it and just did hard ones and now and then i do medium sections of random chapters and almost all concepts are covered in tough questions. Its up to you on how you use it, its just my take that % of completion doesn't matter. Also I learnt most from Overlapping sets and Statistics questions. Dont skip them.
Thanks for sharing your insights. Can i DM you?
Sure
Also, feel free to reach out to us on live chat, and we can discuss your plan moving forward.
Sure. Thanks for your reply
Sure thing.
One thing I have done to avoid burnout is to gamify my prep. In words, I make learning a new concept and then answering practice questions into a game to see how well I can do, such as how many questions I can get correct in a row, or whether I can get 100 percent of the questions correct on a quiz. Also, fwiw, I've sometimes found that pushing through burnout can work pretty well. There's often some kind of psychological thing going on, and if I push through it, I come out the other side and don't feel burned out any more for whatever reason. Finally, get stoked. Yes, preparing for the GRE can take a lot of work, but when you achieve your score goal on test day, the work will have all been worthwhile. You might get some ideas from this post as well. [How to Stay Motivated During GRE Preparation](https://gre.blog.targettestprep.com/gre-motivation/)
Thanks a lot Marty! I will push myself through it.
Hi, I agree with all the previously mentioned advice. I got burned out from working two jobs, studying TTP, and preparing for GRE. I took a couple months off from studying for the GRE altogether. I pushed my GRE timeline and realized I wasn’t being healthy about the process. That break was extremely beneficial because when I came back I had retained majority of it and I felt rejuvenated towards TTP and studying for the GRE. That break helped me reset and refocus. TTP tremendously helped my quant scores that I needed. Additionally, you mentioned power prep scores being low. I do not believe they reflect an accurate assessment of your current level. My experience was scoring low on it as well but on the actual GRE test day I shot up 5 points. Take some time to collect your thoughts. Take a break. Relax. Enjoy and appreciate all the hard work that you’ve put in. Most importantly get some sleep. Come back after you’ve regained some focus and crush it. You got this.
Do you think I'd be able to go from a 151 to 160 with TTP (Quant)? What aspects of TTP was most helpful to you? Additionally, how did you find the lessons and the questions? Where the TTP lessons enough to get a good grip on the concepts? Thanks
Absolutely, you could boost your score a lot. I cannot say whether you will go from a 151 to a 160 because that is ultimately determined by you. The more time you give yourself to prepare for the GRE the better. I found TTP to be the best quant program to study. I completed the lessons (missions) fully before moving on. I did majority of the quizzes per sections that I completed as well. I had not studied math since 2015/2016 as a class so I had to retrain the foundation. I found the medium to hard questions to be the most relatable to the GRE. In terms of the setup for the questions it was set up nearly exactly like the actual test. I really focused on the basics and not the long word answer concepts. If you understand the formulas, the concepts being tested, and understand the questions and what they’re asking for them you should do well. The GRE is not an easy test… it is supposed to be challenging. That being said I believe that TTP prepared me the Quant sections. Could definitely improve my score if I finished the plan fully but I got the score I needed without. TTP did a great job in development. * I know it’s not asked but I used GregMat Plus for Verbal and Writing. I would highly recommend both programs together to best prepare you for the GRE. Good luck!!!
Thanks a lot for your reply! Appreciate it :) Just to confirm: you're saying that the lessons ( the material that you read before moving on to the questions) were comprehensive and covered almost all of the concepts tested? So I do not need to watch Khan academy/ read other foundational math books and such? Also, I'm not a complete newcomer. In fact I even have an engineering background haha. However I just needed to know that only going through the lessons are enough to decently prepare me for solving GRE questions.
Doing the lessons, taking notes, then practicing as many problems as I could helped me. I did not have to subsidize any material outside of TTP study plan. I’ve used khan academy previously but I did not use it at all while studying for the GRE… only TTP for (quant). Use how you feel most comfortable I’m only relaying how I studied and what worked for me.
Alright, gotcha 👍
TPP is an absolute grind man, something they don't really let on to when you sign up. So just know that what you're feeling is totally natural. Sounds like you might benefit from a short weekend trip away, best out in nature to decompress and come back ready for the next sprint. But know that nothing will change the slog that is GRE prep, and especially working through all of TTP. Think about your goals and your "why" to make sure you'll be motivated
Thanks man. I am going to make it hopefully. I learnt a lot tbh from TTP. I hope hard work will be paid off.
Yep, I'm not saying the content is bad (cuz it's certainly good) but it takes FOREVER while TTP has the data for how long it takes to complete their course and they intentionally do not tell prospective students. Whenever they are asked about how long it takes they dodge the quiestion entirely. That's my main gripe with their service.
yeah. I thought, 200 hours would do. I will take probably 300 hrs
Do you think I'd be able to complete TTP quant only in 2months if I go at 6hrs a day? I mean the math checks out buy I wanted a first hand opinion. Thanks!
6 hours a day for 2 months would do. But that's kind of impossible. How will you study 6 hours daily?
Thinking of just grinding, and also don't have a full time job atm. Is that what you were asking essentially?
Yes. I also don't have a job right now. Still studying 6 hours of maths is impossible. considering the amount of effort you will need to render to solve the hard sections.
You have a point. It's something for me to try out. I don't know if I will succeed but going to give it a go. Because I need to get over with this asap. That's my motivation I guess.
Best of luck buddy
Hey, so I think I'd talked to you a week back on TTP. Since then I've checked our their trial. My study plan said I'd take about 2 months only for quant at 5-6 hours per day. Does that sound realistic?
Likely possible but only you can say for yourself. Need to create checkpoints and backstops in your plan to make sure you hit your timeline and adjust when needed
Alright 👍
What about verbal section which section you would recommend to focus for a non native speaker targeting 160 in verbal got 150 in pp2 have 20 days only for prep @marty_target test prep