GRE Snacks

Let's be honest - things go sideways on the GRE.

If you need things to go exactly to plan to perform well, you'll panic when anything goes wrong - and as we just said, something is probably going to go wrong.

Instead, Orion shares how you can have the right attitude and approach to adapt, overcome, and improve your way to GRE success.

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When practicing for and taking the GRE, you need to make tradeoffs between accuracy and efficiency. Getting questions right (accuracy) is important when you start studying for the GRE, but that flips as you get closer to the test date. In fact, for the majority of GRE students has taught, Orion has found that people are actually spending too much time trying to be accurate all the way up to and including the exam itself. Remember, a missed question is worth zero! Orion explains how to balance these two motivations in this episode.

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A lot is on the line when you take the GRE: months of studying, your dreams of grad school, the validation of your family and peers - it's easy to understand why it makes people anxious. Conquering your test anxiety can be the difference between a good and great GRE score. In this episode, Orion explains how he teaches his students to 'trust your training' and beat back your test anxiety in crucial moments. 

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Knowing when to cut your losses is so important, both in life and in maximizing your GRE score. No one question is worth blowing up the rest of your test for. But often times, due to sunk cost fallacy, people stick with a question far too long trying to get their perfect score - often at the expense of a good score. In this episode, Orion shares the systems he teaches his students for recognizing the right time to cut their losses.

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This episode is a deep dive into how rehearsal can help you stay calm and get excellent results on your GRE test. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the size and scope of the GRE - there's thousands of English vocab words and at least three years of math that you need to know backwards and forwards. By identifying and reinforcing the right behavior through rehearsal, you ensure that you're executing properly on test day.

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You only get better - at what you practice. What you get better at, whether that's good things like your GRE quant problems, or bad things like procrastinating, is related to what you're investing your time, attention, and energy into. This is precisely why you need to ensure you're practicing in the right way for the GRE exam to prepare yourself for future success. We explain further in this podcast.

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Did you know that being made to identify your own gender or race before a test can affect your final score? This is stereotype bias - and it is your enemy on the GRE. It can be personal too - maybe you think you are bad at math, for whatever reason. You need to use strong intention to oppose the effect of this bias on your test scores - especially if you are worried about being from an underrepresented group or another country. Ignore that bias and conquer the test.

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One week to go - how do you ensure you'll be at peak performance on your GRE test day? Orion shares his mental and physical tips that will set you up for success.

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Orion's dissertation for his Doctorate in Psychology was about mindfulness and its effect on the GRE reading comprehension section - fitting, right? In this episode, Orion shares what he learned about mind wandering and how you can prevent your own mind wandering on the GRE exam.

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Taking the GRE, you're up against a cold, unfeeling test and the unrelenting clock - it seems logical that involving your emotions would be a bad thing. And it can be, if you are nervous or anxious, et cetera. But your emotions can be useful on the GRE in the right circumstances and with the right approach. Orion explains on this podcast.

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