I have been seeing many people preparing for the GRE. They spend most of the time in some coaching class. I have also taken up the GRE test and I have succeeded in scoring good marks in it. I did the same mistake of joining an institute(not mentioning the name here). I then felt that I have done the biggest of mistakes. The classes will not help you much. They teach the same old formulas and the same old techniques. Some techniques will be useful but you can actually solve the questions using your own tricks. Here is my advice to the GRE aspirants. Buy a Barrons book for yourself. Try learning all the 50 word lists. If you find it hard to crack the word lists use the mp3 file format of all the 50 word lists. You can find it in the internet. Make it a point to listen to it daily. Some people can easily grasp things when they listen to it rather than reading. For others use a dictionary or a thesauras and keep searching for the usage of the word until you are comfortable withe the word. Try using those words in your daily context. You will learn quickly in this way. Crack the quants part of Barrons. Do some quants exercises from books like Nova, Big book, etc. If you dont find these books dont worry I have other ways for it. Now coming to the test part. After you are done with reading everything, start taking tests. Tests are the only way to crack GRE. The more tests you take the more your timing and your accuracy will be improved. Take standard tests like Kaplan, Princeton, 800scores and Powerprep. Take powerprep in the end. This is not because it will judge your score. Many have the wrong perception that powerprep score will be close to your final GRE score. I personally never did well in all the powerprep tests. It is advisable to take powerprep in the end because it has the same user interface as the final GRE exam. If you take some other test say 800scores or Kaplan, the interface will be different and you will be confused when you enter the exam. After taking the tests analyse your weak point. Study that part hard and continue taking tests. Check whether you are improving. If not, nothing else can be done. Keep studying and hope that you will not repeat the same mistakes in the final GRE exam. The most important thing is that don't be discouraged by the scores you get in these exams. It is the final GRE exam that matters. If everything goes right as it did for me, you will end up on a very decent enough score. My final advice will be to schedule your test once you are half done with the preparation. You must give yourslef enough time to prepare for the exam. Dont hastily schedule your test and go half prepared for the test. Plan accordingly and crack your GRE. I hope this article might have helped a few. All the best for your future.