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One of the most common complaints I hear from GRE test takers is that ETS has not shared enough official practice questions or tests. On the contrary, GMAT, which is very similar to GRE, shares hundreds of practice problems (some free, but mostly paid) for prospective test takers. Well, things have now changed slightly for GRE. If you are planning to take the GRE now or onwards, the good news is that ETS has recently launched two additional full-length online practice tests. ETS calls them GRE POWERPREP PLUS Online Test 1 and GRE POWERPREP PLUS Online Test 2.
Even worse, ETS twice updated its GRE official guides (containing hundreds of official practice questions) but the second update, which was done in 2016, was just an aesthetic update. Not even a single new question was added. (Only the front cover got updated)
The best part of these two tests is that they have tons of new questions. This means that you get more practice with a never-before-published practice test that simulates the actual computer-adaptive tests.
The two ETS free tests do not have and never had any detailed explanations with every question. So, this is another welcome addition since now students can easily understand any question that eludes them.
The two free tests do not give the difficulty level of any question. But the 2 GRE POWERPREP PLUS Online tests show the difficulty level of each question. This is a good thing as students will now know the exact difficulty level of questions that they need to work on to improve their scores.
ETS POWERPREP PLUS provides scored sample responses and reader commentary so that you can compare your essay response to the scored sample essay responses. The option to access sample essay responses and reader comments are available on the GRE POWERPREP PLUS Test score report.
You can pause the GRE POWERPREP PLUS tests at any point during the test, unlike the previous free powerprep basic tests. You can even quit a test by saving your progress and continue at the same point later on. This may not be a wise thing to do since one should always take full-length practice tests in one sitting.
One area where ETS has always lacked is a high number of quality quantitative questions. On the actual GRE, one still encounters a higher number of tricky questions, but in all ETS's official material, one does not find that many hard level questions. So I still feel that the quant questions, though a little better than the previous ones, do not parallel the way questions would come on the actual GRE quant sections.
While GRE has done a good job by adding explanations to their PLUS tests, the explanations are not that thorough. Especially on the verbal section, you would not find proper reasons of eliminating specific answer choices. So you will have to spend a lot of time understanding the options on your own. Quant explanations, on the other hand, are better and self-explanatory.
GRE POWERPREP PLUS Tests do not have an experimental section, another area that still leaves something to be desired. It is always more helpful to have full-length tests that are a complete reflection of the actual test. A student may get inflated scores without an experimental section since it would require lesser time to finish. And we all know, the longer the exam, the harder it is to concentrate for prolonged time periods.
Once you purchase the GRE POWERPREP PLUS Tests, you can just take a test once. Now this means that you should ONLY consider these tests once you feel that you are fully prepared and after you have done all other full-length tests. In other words, do these tests only at the end preferably a few days before your GRE test date.
However, if someone is looking for more quantitative practice, then you should not purchase these. I still feel that Manhattan's 6 online tests are far better at quant than ANY of ETS's material out there - whether free or paid. Also, Manhattan tests are much cheaper too - you can get 6 tests for half the price and with far better explanations and question types.
In the end, though I love the content in these exams, I strongly believe that one can fully practice for the full-length test by only using the free ETS power prep basic tests along with Manhattan tests. However, if you have a 'spare' $80, then purchasing them would not do any harm.
You may have heard that there is no better way to practice for the GRE than by taking a mock exam, especially one written by ETS (the maker of the GRE). The extent to which this is true depends on how you use GRE books and resources like the ETS POWERPREP practice tests. Taking a test once, figuring out your score, and then hoping that your brain will avoid the same kinds of mistakes on the test is wishful thinking. Following the steps below will help you get the most out of your official ETS GRE practice test materials.
Practice tests allow you to determine your strengths and weaknesses. Focus on your weaknesses by finding practice problems that test the concept with which you are struggling. Manhattan GRE and Magoosh are both great resources.
No mock test is the same as that provided by the ETS practice test. Still, it is important to remember that some are better than others. Manhattan GRE provides six practice tests, all of which have challenging content.
Magoosh has a variety of great GRE prep materials as well. We offer a free GRE practice test with answers and explanations, guided study schedules, and a GRE Prep book loaded with practice questions, answers, and a full-length test.
I know that one can pay for the registration of GRE via Paypal or, Visa, or Mastercard. However, can anyone make the payment for PowerPrep Plus ( 39.9$ each) tests via Paypal ? or, are these 2 tests needed to be bought via Visa or mastercard only?
How many days before actual GRE exam should ets powerprep 2 be taken? I gave my ets powerprep2 5 days before my GRE. Should I give one more mock test between this period? I scored 317 in the ets powerprep2.
These books are practically the same! The only difference is that the 2nd edition has an additional practice test at the end, which could be helpful if you are looking for extra practice sources. However, since you already own the 1st edition, there is no real need to buy the second one.
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I came to know that there are different versions of Verbal and Quantitative on the second sections. I attempted both tests and got my results. I wanted to ask about the questions that I did not get to do because the software gave me another set of questions. Where can I get those?
I just gave ETS poerprep II timed test 2, and got a score of 156 on verbal. Bu i have only 13 and 8 questions correct in verbal section 1 and section 2 respectively. Is it possible or is there some fault ?
Hello Chris, I will be taking my GRE exam in 20 days and I am finding all of magoosh s material extremely helpful! I have just taken my first power prep practice test from ETS and scored 155 in verbal and 164 in quant. While I am happy with my quant score, verbal is tough for me since english is not my native language. Do you know if universities take this into account when evaluating an application?
I want to pursue a management engineering masters program in universities such as USC or Cornell, do you know if these scores are in range for that?
While one answer is not true across all universities, a friend of mine who works for a prominent US university says they do take English-speaking status into account when looking at scores. I am not an admissions expert, but you can always reach out to those universities and ask for more information about their admissions procedures. They will be in the best position to tell you whether you should try to raise your scores or not. ? Good luck!
I took my first powerprep test yesterday. Just wanted to mention here that the questions that appeared for the test was exactly the same as the pdf practice test questions.Even the order remained the same
So I seriously urge everyone to try powerprep first.If you had already gone through the pdf questions then powerprep may not be an actual indication of the level of preparation.
For the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning measures of the computer-based GRE revised General Test, the reported scores are based on the number of correct responses to all the questions included in the operational sections of the measure.
The Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning measures are section-level adaptive. This means the computer selects the second operational section of a measure based on your performance on the first section. Within each section, all questions contribute equally to the final score. For each of the two measures, a raw score is computed. The raw score is the number of questions you answered correctly.
I have taken the two test included with the CD (powerprep II) and have come away confused. On the 1st test my verbal score was 10 points lower then on the second test and my quantitative was 8 points lower on the second test. Has anyone noticed a difference in scores between the 1st and second test?
I have taken several of the Manhattan Prep and ETS practice tests, but am consistently getting different results from each. For example, on my last ETS test I scored 169V/162Q but on the Manhattan Prep test taken the next day scored 164V/160Q. I have consistently lower scores on Manhattan Prep tests than ETS tests and was curious which test you thought was more accurate.
Also, I have encountered an issue with IE when attempting to access the POWERPREP software (with both the CD and the web version) and was curious if perhaps you were aware of the issue and knew of a potential workaround.
Your videos are super helpful. I cant seem to find any explainations for the 2 practice tests which are on the included CD from the GRE revised boook 2nd edition. Do you have corresponding videos for these questions? I just completed practice test 1 on the CD.
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