In a traditional classroom, you'll listen to a live lecture, view notes or slides on a whiteboard, and interact with your teacher and classmates. You can do all of that from the comfort of your home in PowerScore's Live Online Course.
You get to:
- Listen to your instructor via live audio stream.
- View exercises and explanations on a virtual whiteboard.
- Chat via instant messenger with your instructor and classmates.
- Ask questions, make comments, answer practice problems, and receive your instructor's feedback all in real-time!
Get a feel for the online environment by watching a sample Math lesson. If you'd like to see a complete list of exactly what you'll encounter in class, take a look at our Live Online GRE Syllabus.
There are a total of 10 lessons in the PowerScore Live Online GRE Course - 5 lessons devoted to the Math section and 5 lessons for the Verbal section - for a total of 30 hours of live, interactive, real-time online instruction . The extensive schedule allows us to cover not only the fundamentals of the GRE, but also the strategies and shortcuts for handling those challenging problems that mean the difference between a good score and a great score.
- Course Intro
- Test Content/Format/Scoring
- 4 Quant Question Types
- Analyze Answers/Approximation
- Number Properties
- Fractions/Decimals
- Percents
- Ratios
- Proportions
- Statistics - Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation
- Exponents
- Roots
- Expressions
- Equations
- Backplugging
- Supplying Numbers
- Systems of Equations
- Inequalities
- Absolute Value
- Solution Strategies/Importance of Formulas
- Lines and Angles
- Triangles
- Special Triangles
- Quadrilaterals
- Polygons
- Circles
- Solids and Volume
- Quadratic Equations
- Direct/Inverse Variation
- Functions - Symbolic and Regular
- Compound Functions
- Coordinate Geometry
- Length of line
- Slope of line
- Equation of line
- Figures
- Functions
- Data Interpretation
- Probability
- Counting Problems - Combinations and Permutations
- Sequences
- Work Rate
- Final Review
- Arithmetic
- Fractions, Decimals, Percents
- Ratios and Proportions
- Exponents and Roots
- Algebra
- Expressions and Equations
- Geometry
- Triangles
- General Geometry
- Coordinate Geometry
- Algebra II
- Functions
- 3 Reading Question Types
- Text Completion/Sentence Equivalence
- Intro to Both Types
- 1, 2, 3 blanks
- "Equivalence"
- Context vs Vocab
- Solution Strategies
- Context/Direction Clues
- Types of Sentences
- Direction/Continuity
- Directions/Contrast
- Sentences Problem Set
- Reading Comprehension
- Passage Types
- PowerScore Strategy and Approach
- Basic Argumentation
- Three Question Families
- First Family - Must be True
- First Family Passage Set
- Reading Comprehension
- Advanced Argumentation
- Causality
- First Family - Main Point, Primary Purpose/Function, Method-AP
- Mixed Stimuli Passage Set
- Text Completion/Sentence Equivalence- Vocabulary
- Importance of Vocabulary Revisited
- Answers: Meanings
- Double Definitions
- Homographs/Homophones
- Parts of Speech
- Answers: Traps
- Opposite Answers
- "Kind Of" Answers
- Vocabulary Strategies
- Late-blank Replacement
- All-but-one Questions
- Roots/Affixes
- Word Sense
- Sentences Problem Set
- Reading Comprehension
- Argumentation Review
- Second and Third Families
- Weaken
- Strengthen
- Resolve
- Second and Third Family Passage Set
- Advanced Sentences Part I
- Complex Sentence Deconstruction
- Advanced Sentences I Problem Set
- Final Sentences Review
- Advanced Sentences Part II
- Advanced Sentences II Problem Set
- Reading Comprehension - 90 minutes
- Multi-paragraph Passages
- Multi-paragraph Passage Set
- Reasoning Review
- Premise/Conclusion Review
- Common Reasoning Elements
- Affecting Argumentation Review
- Analytical Writing - Introduction
- Purpose
- Scoring/Analysis
- Essay Graders
- Computer Controls
- Analyze an Argument Essay
- Argument Essay Directions
- Time Management
- Five Argument Task Essay Considerations
- Classic Errors of Reasoning
- Assumptions
- Causality
- Structuring Your Essay
- Argument Discussion Prompts
- Argument Task Sample Responses and Criticisms
- Analyze an Issue Essay
- Issue Essay Directions
- Time Management
- Eight Issue Task Essay Considerations
- The Issue Essay Template
- Sample Discussion Prompts
- Issue Task Sample Responses and Criticisms
Your online course comes with a sweet perk: a start-to-finish recording of every class session. Need to revisit a concept? Missed some or all of a class? Everything you experience in the online classroom—the chat dialogue, the virtual whiteboard, the audio of your instructor—is stored and ready for you to replay, pause, fast forward, and rewind. Watch and rewatch as often as you like for 6 months.
You're selective about who prepares you for the GRE. So are we. Only individuals who score in the 90th percentile on an officially-administered GRE have a shot at being a PowerScore instructor, and only one-tenth of those we interview make the cut. The elite few who join our team teach with the depth, clarity, enthusiasm, and adaptability needed to ensure your success.
Whether you choose to take the GRE Live Online Course, the GRE Math course, or the GRE Verbal Course you’ll be shipped a PowerScore course book (math, verbal, or both!) to use during class. For homework and after-course practice, we include a copy of The Official Guide to the GRE publication. This book includes over 350 Quant exercises, 225 Verbal exercises, 4 printed practice tests, and access to 2 computer-based practice tests.
GRE Math Book
Your PowerScore GRE Math book covers nearly 30 topics commonly tested in Quantitative. You'll be introduced to a wide range of classic question constructions plus a number of powerful problem-solving strategies that will help you reach your target Quant score.
GRE Verbal Book
Your PowerScore GRE Verbal book will show you how to parse sesquipedalian (meaning "big-word-filled") sentences, digest dense scholarly passages, and compose well-organized, well-developed essays to prepare you for both Verbal and Analytical Writing.
When you enroll in the Live Online GRE Course (Math, Verbal, or Complete), you'll gain instant access to the PowerScore Online Student Center. There you'll find an intro to GRE prep, a GRE arithmetic review, and a GRE vocabulary guide. Plus, as you progress from lesson to lesson, you'll take advantage of 100 flashcards, 146 math quiz and homework problems, 136 additional verbal problems, 500 GRE vocabulary words, and written explanations for every question in your PowerScore course book.
“The PowerScore materials are excellent. Not having taken a standardized test in many years, I find the books extremely helpful in breaking down both the test and topics I have not visited since high school in a thorough but non-intimidating way. Overall, I'm very pleased that I am taking this course.”
“The Live Online Full Length GRE Course was an awesome value. I have used PowerScore in the past for the LSAT and on both occasions I have found that PowerScore’s courses are extremely focused on the logic and tasks of the test. There are no gimmicks. No short cuts. Just pure knowledge explained logically and concisely.”
“I think overall this class is amazing and I am so grateful for the recorded classes. Not only can I review classes/topics I might have missed, but it allows me to go at my own pace. Honestly, the instructor is so effective that I would rather be taught by a recording of his class than experience a live class with someone who might not be as good. Thanks!"