Here at Kaplan, we talk a lot about how to prep for the GRE. In fact, that’s our business. We’re experts when it comes to preparing for the test. Do your advisees need strategies for learning vocab and tackling GRE verbal questions? We’ve got them. Do your advisees need help with math content that they haven’t seen since high school, but that they will need to re-discover for the GRE? We can help! Our courses have them covered.
Your advisees may not be at the point that they’re ready to prep, though. They might still be asking themselves whether they actually need to prep for the GRE.
They do.
Why?
Top 5 Reasons to Prep for the GRE
- They have a lot of competition. 2013 GRE test volumes were the second highest in program history. According to ETS, the test maker, “The GRE® Program saw impressive growth around the world in 2013, ending the year with the second highest annual GRE test volumes in the program’s history, 731,000. Volumes in the United States increased a noteworthy 5 percent and students in Europe and Asia tested in record numbers compared to 2012, with the most significant increase occurring in India.”
- It costs $185 to take the GRE. At that price tag, students don’t want to take it more than once.
- A high GRE score may help grad school students get financial aid. The ETS site lists “selection of graduate fellowship applicants for awards” as an appropriate use for GRE scores.
- Your advisees need to build stamina. This is a four hour test. They don’t want to sit through it for the first time on test day!
- Skills that your advisees practice for the GRE are transferrable to grad school. Although they may not use algebra, for example, in their specific grad program, the critical thinking skills, writing skills, and creative problem solving skills that they use in their GRE prep will absolutely help them in their grad program, no matter what they’re studying.
