Pricing

Being Busy Does Not Equal Being Productive

<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">We have this metaphor of just banging a sledgehammer against the bank vault door repeatedly and making no progress. What&rsquo;s the equivalent of this in GRE prep?</span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Solving questions (hundreds of them)</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Using the score as evidence if you&rsquo;re doing the right thing</span></span></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m getting the questions correct. I must be doing the right thing.&rdquo;</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m getting the questions wrong. I suck and I&rsquo;m doing the wrong thing.&rdquo;</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Refusing to change habits even though we have evidence that they&rsquo;re hurting our performance and ability to apply techniques and strategies</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Working on our strengths, not our weaknesses</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Just watching the videos</span></span></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">You are busy. Each video is like 1 hour long. So yeah you&rsquo;re busy</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">But of course if you don&rsquo;t learn the technique and hopefully master it, then essentially we&rsquo;re just watching Netflix right?</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Doing other things while you prep</span></span></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Yeah, you&rsquo;re busy. But browsing Reddit at the same time you&rsquo;re watching videos is not really going to work</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Studying vocab words and never reviewing/revising them</span></span></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Imagine you spent HOURS/DAYS learning groups 1-10 but you never revise them. </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Overcoming this &ndash; Vocab Mountain</span></span></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:square"> <li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Tedious, but productive</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Verbal (How to be productive)</span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Vocabulary</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Super productive, especially now, because the shorter GRE places more emphasis on vocabulary than the old one</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Old one (SE): 8 questions out of 40 (20%)</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">New one (SE): 7 questions out of 27 (25%)</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Recommendation</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Go to the vocab mountain and go up to the group you&rsquo;re on</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Shuffle all of the words</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Example (random group 1): How many of those words do you know? Should be 27 or more.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">You actually have to do the Vocab Mountain</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Have to say the definition out loud</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Sentence Equivalence Quizzes</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Pairing Strategy</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Math Strategy</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Identify the idea chunks in a sentence</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Determine whether the ideas support or contrast each other</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Logic Word List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yJan-Lri2-44SZLdO-RXXFMDARFjJiH-upEj8yOG-J8/edit#gid=0</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Guess the blanks</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">I find that when people struggle with this, what do you think they do? Just look at the answer choices (not a good idea)</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Reading</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Collection of different strategies</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Passage Level Strategies</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Identify Main Idea</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Simplify or Rephrase a Sentence</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Identify a Sentence&rsquo;s function</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">The ability to identify the structure of the passage</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">The ability to identify the author&rsquo;s opinion or tone (if there is one)</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">The ability to make inferences</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Question/Answer Choice Level Strategies</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Identify the question type</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Rephrasing the question</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Scanning (find the evidence quickly) </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Answer the question before you look at the choices</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Justify your answer with evidence (HUGE)</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Eliminate the wrong answers (HUGE)</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Single word eliminations</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Quant</span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">The WORST way to improve quant, the very definition of business rather than productivity, is just solving question after question.</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">This is a trap from which many of us will never escape, especially if you come from a STE background, you&rsquo;re really going to have to fight the assumption that you&rsquo;re &ldquo;already good at math.&rdquo; You MIGHT be good at math, but you have to actually prove it to yourself. </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Assessment quizzes </span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Arithmetic:&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/1yNWtpatymwLQFDN7" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0079d3">https://forms.gle/1yNWtpatymwLQFDN7</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Algebra:&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/Jbe9Y3MysMZSkmR89" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0079d3">https://forms.gle/Jbe9Y3MysMZSkmR89</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Coordinate Geometry:&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/QX5NC8VzH41pema39" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0079d3">https://forms.gle/QX5NC8VzH41pema39</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Geometry:&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/9U3bsaBzKVQmVBMAA" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0079d3">https://forms.gle/9U3bsaBzKVQmVBMAA</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Data Analysis Part 1:&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://forms.gle/8MGpxzFJRvwaxKGg7" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0079d3">http://forms.gle/8MGpxzFJRvwaxKGg7</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Data Analysis Part 2:&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/Fm2cdFF3YMShtfZV7" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0079d3">https://forms.gle/Fm2cdFF3YMShtfZV7</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Data Analysis Part 3:&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/aMprYCJBH5TLGXmo9" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#1155cc">https://forms.gle/aMprYCJBH5TLGXmo9</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">If the foundation turns out NOT to be good, what would be the most productive use of our time?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Again, it&rsquo;s NOT solving questions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">What you need to do is learn math</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">PrepSwift</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Target Test Prep</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Khan Academy</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">GRE Quant Concept Series (Greg Mat)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">How do you NOT forget the foundation?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Quant Mountain</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">https://www.gregmat.com/mountains/quant-mountain</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Quant Flashcards</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.gregmat.com/course-group/quant-flashcards" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">https://www.gregmat.com/course-group/quant-flashcards</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">My foundations ARE good. Now what? The most productive use of your time is a scaffolded approach&hellip;you&rsquo;re moving from easy to difficult</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">GRE Big Book Sections UNTIMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Consistently get 27, 28, 29, or 30 out of 30.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Next, we GRE Big Book Sections TIMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Starting out with extra time &ndash; give yourself 45 minutes, then 40 minutes, then 35 minutes, then 30 minutes</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">If you consistently do well, you can move on to what&rsquo;s next (see below).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Next, if everything is good, we start moving to the Official Material UNTIMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">If that&rsquo;s all good, we start moving to the Official Material timed</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">If that&rsquo;s all good, we can start doing medium, then hard, then extreme problems on the Greg Mat website</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Finally, we conclude with actual timed tests</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Strategies</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">In my opinion, people are aware of the quant strategies but don&rsquo;t practice them in isolation. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Strategies I strongly recommend you&rsquo;re good at</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Choosing Numbers</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Manipulating and Simplifying QC Answer Choices</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Making Deductions from given information</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Equal Not Equal (QC)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Backsolving</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">On my recent test, I used it twice</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Piece by Piece</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Three Skipping Periods</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:6px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top:6px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top:6px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">SNOWBALL METHOD</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top:6px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Imagine you&rsquo;re trying to clean your house and your house is a MESS. I mean just an absolute mess. What should you do first?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Pick up the dog toys on the floor and put them in the basket</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">DO THIS FIRST</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">It takes only 5 minutes and after it&rsquo;s done you get a hit of dopamine</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Handwash the dish pile that has been sitting in the sink for three days</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="margin-top:6px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.15pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">DAUNTING</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Don&rsquo;t I ALSO follow this advice during the test?</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">SE questions (these are the dog toys)</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p>