Any Grammar and or Linguistics professors here?

Im preppin to take the GRE and I dont want to score anything less than a 6 on the writing section, so I need tips and recommendations to where I can get the best and most efficient study and practice material available.

 

i just took the GRE on monday...

when i first started studying i was worried mainly about verbal (my vocab sucks).. i studied that like mad. i used the barron's review book and that was good since it has word lists and it has the high-frequency word lists for the GRE too.

for the writing portion i thought the barron's book was pretty good too. they kinda walk you thru how you should approach each issue/argument. they also give samples which are helpful. i think the ability to convey your thoughts and generalize your statements is what they are grading here.

hopefully i got better than a 6! LOL......

 

A 6 is the absolute best you can score on the AWA and thats what I am aiming for.

And atleast 750 on the other two portions, gonna study my ass off for it and it alone for the time being.

 

yea.. i studied everyday for two weeks after work (2-3hrs/day) and i did OKAY. i'll probably take it again in july/aug.

i got til october before apps are due.

 

haha acouple of my buds from India told me the best idea is to study the way they did, 8 hours a day for 9 months and both scored over 1400, well one had a 1550, so im takin their advice

 

making study plans and getting advice is the easy part...actually putting the axe to grindstone is way harder!!!!!!!!!!

 

Ya definitely, but my bud that got the 1550 said he just studied and practiced to the point where it because the most booring redundancy throughout all the practice tests, to the point where it was second nature. I figure you can never be over prepared.

 

^I see you might get deductions with spelling errors in written section.

 

This I know! Thats why I need some serious review and practice!! Gonna start by picking up a fresman english text book so I can begin reviewing all the sentence structure and grammar rules.

My writing has really gone to hell over the past 4-5 years.

 

blame s2ki