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University GRE tutors
Preparation works best from a diagnostic test, targeting the specific question types that consistently cost marks. The quantitative section rewards recognising familiar structures more than mathematical depth, and the analytical writing is the most structurally trainable section of the three.
- USD 25-35 per hour
- One-to-one, online
- Free 1-hour trial class
What University actually demands
First-year modules move at several times school pace and assume prerequisites that are often shakier than students realise. Support here is usually about closing a specific gap quickly rather than working through a syllabus.
A graduate admissions test covering verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning and analytical writing. The quantitative content is not advanced; the difficulty is in the framing of the questions and the time pressure.
Where University GRE students lose marks
- Vocabulary memorised from lists without the context that makes it usable in sentence-equivalence questions
- Quantitative comparison questions approached by full calculation when estimation would be faster and safer
- Analytical writing prepared last, despite being the most structurally trainable section
- Practising untimed, which builds accuracy but not the pacing the test actually rewards
Is this the right subject at this level?
Graduates applying to master's and doctoral programmes, particularly in the United States. Requirements vary by programme, so it is worth confirming whether a score is needed at all before committing months to it.
What it costs
USD 25-35 per 60-minute one-to-one lesson at University, the same rate in every city we teach in. Billed monthly against lessons actually taught, with no prepaid blocks and no minimum commitment.
Paired lessons (2 students) are USD 18-25 per student. Small group lessons (up to 6 students) are USD 13-18 per student. What each format is good for is here.
How we teach it
One-to-one, online, with a shared whiteboard. The first thing we establish is the exact syllabus the student is entered for: schools do not always publish the version they actually enter, and preparing for the wrong paper structure wastes a term.
After that the work is diagnostic: a past paper under timed conditions, marked together against the published scheme, to find out where the marks are genuinely going. That is almost always more useful than covering the syllabus again more slowly. The full process is here.
GRE: questions parents ask
Is the GRE quantitative section advanced maths?
No, the content is roughly school level. The difficulty is in how questions are framed and the time pressure, which is why recognising familiar question structures matters more than mathematical depth.
How should vocabulary be prepared?
In context rather than from lists. Sentence-equivalence questions test how a word behaves in a sentence, and a memorised definition often is not enough to choose between two plausible options.
Do I definitely need the GRE?
Not always. A growing number of programmes have made it optional or dropped it. Confirm with each programme before committing months of preparation to it.