168 q, 157 v, 5 writing
Studied for 20 days for the q section, did it in 1 try
How long did you study for the GRE?
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Here’s my data point:
Took it once after only studying 3-4 days and got 167Q. This almost led to me abandoning academia, really kicked me into a depression hole. I retook it almost 2 years later (was way to traumatised to retry before that) and did manage to get 170Q. This time I studied for just under a month, but unlike my first try, for which I studied full time, here I was only able to put in 1-2 hours each day.
Interestingly, my verbal score actually fell in the second try. Both times got around 168.
As for writing, I got around 5 in each test. Studying for this seemed to make no difference. I used to think that this score is pretty meaningless, but then I met someone who writes really well and he did get a 6.
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I took the GRE three times. For the first two attempts, I spent ~2 months studying both verbal and quant at a very leisurely pace, not focusing a lot on speed/timing. Got 162V, 162Q both times. AW5.0 the first time, AW4.5 the second time.
Retook the GRE for the third try the following year. Purposely gave myself only 20 days, only studied for quant, timed myself on each question and focused on finishing each question in under 90 seconds. Got 166V, 169Q, 5.0AW.
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I took the old exam in 2002, pre-AW. I had spent a couple months studying for the LSAT, so the analytical part was a piece of cake. For the GRE, I only took a couple practice exams and scored similarly on the actual exam as I did on practice: 800 Q, 800 A, 680 V.