April 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Telephone, or Why You Need a Strategy Mountain
It's not enough to just watch strategy videos and practice using those strategies. Here's how to make a strategy cheat sheet and why you should do so.
Vince Kotchian
April 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Quick Hit: Coach Yourself
In this "quick hit" article (2 minute read), Vince explains how you can be your own coach in terms of noticing, accepting, and fixing your little quant issues.
Vince Kotchian
April 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Prompt Engineering
In this article, Vince explains why the effort entailed to break vague GRE prep questions down into more specific, defined ones will help you get better, more actionable answers.
Vince Kotchian
March 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Error Log
In this article, Vince explains how to set up a basic error log and why maintaining one will improve your GRE score.
Vince Kotchian
February 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Quick Hit: Get A Tutor To Watch You Work
In this "quick hit" article (2 minute read), Vince discusses why it can be valuable to have a tutor watch you take a practice section toward the end of your GRE prep.
Vince Kotchian
February 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What's Your Strategy Level?
Strategy mastery goes far beyond watching videos. In this article, Vince discusses some ways to improve your facility with any GRE strategy.
Vince Kotchian
January 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The New ETS Official Guide
In this article, Vince reviews the new 4th edition of the ETS Official Guide and outlines the main differences from the previous version. Includes a quick breakdown of the new questions.
Vince Kotchian
December 31, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Don't Be a Philistine
In this article, Vince muses about our attitudes towards learning and appreciating, and how that might impact our engagement with GRE prep.
Vince Kotchian
December 2, 2024 at 9:30 PM
30 GRE Words with Mnemonics Story
In this AI-fueled short story, Vince teaches you 30 GRE vocabulary words that are not in the vocab mountain by using his mnemonics to help you remember the definitions.
Vince Kotchian
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
6 Ways to Get More out of GRE Tutoring
Vince has some basic tips that should both help you get more out of tutoring and help make your tutor's job easier, so you can maximize your potential GRE score.
Vince Kotchian