GRE Feedback Report for Princeton Review



GRE Feedback Report for Princeton Review

1. Was the GRE Training helpful for understanding the format of the GRE test?

Yes=14

No=

Partly=1

NR=

Please provide your comments and suggestions to help understand GRE formats better.

Some of the suggestions provided by the Fellows-elect regarding what would help meet their needs better include the following:-

• The questions in mathematics in the actual GRE test are lengthier and tougher than those practiced at Princeton Review. Actual patterns need to be followed and Geometry needs to be emphasized more

• More tests would have helped us analyze ourselves better through the progress of each. The English comprehension and analogies required more sessions.

• The instruction format was quite conventional with class room teaching given emphasis. There was no interactive strategy used by the instructors, may be due to time limitations which led to the inefficiency in the module it self. In fact, whatever was taught in class is available on online classes of the Princeton Review and fellows can learn better from the website itself. In general the training was good to introduce me with the GRE format, however there was scope for more learning and training.

• Techniques and intensive practice to increase vocabulary. Feed back on analytical writing

2. Were all sections of the GRE test i.e. verbal, math and analytical writing skills covered in your GRE training? (Tick/Mark the appropriate box)

|Skills |Yes |No |Partly |

|Verbal |9 |1 |5 |

|Math |11 | |3 |

|Analytical Writing |7 |2 |5 |

Please provide your comments and suggestions regarding areas for improvement in terms of coverage of verbal, math and analytical writing skills.

Some of the suggestions and ideas provided by the FEs included the following:-

• The writing part was not practiced much in class, but for a few tips. The comprehensions and analogies (tips and practice) sections inadequately addressed.

• Some topics in the quantitative section that were not covered adequately

during the classes. Many in the class were struggling with the concepts and by the time they were comfortable the classes were over. Thus there was no means they could have approached the faculty with queries.

• The feedback to the essays never reached me.

• FEs felt that more verbal practice sessions other than the drills were needed

and more comprehension passages would have been particularly helpful. In maths charts and graphs should be included in drills as there were no chart and graph sessions in the drills.

• For the verbal section, incorporation of certain techniques such as giving relevant sentences with the corresponding words, and also focusing more on the ‘word wave formation’ which was taught in the last class would be helpful.

• For analytical writing, only relevant tips were given to improve whereas a periodic checking of 3-4 essays written by the students and accompanying feedback could be more helpful.

3. Were all aspects of the GRE exam covered satisfactorily by your GRE training?

No =2

Yes =12

Partly=1

NR=

4. Did your GRE training benefit you in terms of practice in test taking?

Yes=7

No=1

Partly=5

NR=1

What would you like to see improved upon for this training in terms of getting GRE test taking practice?

Some of the suggestions provided by our FEs are as follows:-

• More and more practice on computer really helps in gaining confidence to take the GRE. More drills and comprehension passages should be there at . Apart from that, the hit parade in the preparation book should also contain the sentences using the words which will make memorizing easy. The drills contain the words that were already in hit parade so new words should be there in the drills.

• Special focus in view of the nature of the fellows; intensiveness and interactive nature of the training should be put in place. Otherwise the module available on Princeton Review website with full fledged class room tutorials and practice tests will serve the purpose without involvement of the resources which are being put to use.

• The questions in English specially the analogies were tougher in the actual test than what we had practiced. The wordlist was not exhaustive enough.

• Students should also be exposed to other GRE-Preparation tools other than those designed by Princeton itself such as Kaplan which is very helpful for test takers.

5. What would make the GRE class more productive or interesting?

• More practice in the classroom will be more productive.

• Pacing the classes slower and not rushing through everything would definitely help the majority who are not on top of things either in one of the sections or even both.

• Behavior of English teacher was not very positive.

• Certain tricks are written in the books provided by the Princeton review. But those were likely to be effective for students who had more time for preparation unlike this group. So training for this group of students should be ones that they can master quickly.

• Beside their tips of taking test and solving tough problems their must be sufficient time for practice their online drills and books. This will definitely make GRE class more productive.

• Practice with improved vocabulary and fundamentals

• As mentioned in the above questions, the class room format need to be made more interactive with longer time duration classes.

• The tutors were good with their oration but were a little stingy with regards to time. No extra time or help outside the normal class rooms were encouraged

A single subject class in stretch (continuous three hours) became too exhausting. The three hours were usually cut short to 2 ½ hours as both the instructor and the students felt tired. I would suggest that under these situations:

o Two subjects (verbal as well as quant) are taught in a single day

o or Two instructors are allotted the subject so that the weariness of the instructor can be avoided

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