GRE Test Preparation Review Courses
Including Free Practice Exam Tests

Oxford Seminars GRE Preparation

We offer the most effective, up-to-date seminars available, regardless of cost, and back them with a commitment to ensuring your personal success on the GRE.

Proven Test-Taking Strategies

Our highly trained, dynamic instructors focus on effective test-taking strategies. We thoroughly review all topics covered by the GRE. During our seminars, you will be exposed to a variety of strategies which include:

• in-depth review of specific mathematical concepts
  
• critical reading of passages
  
• effective diagramming techniques
  
• drawing proper inferences and deductions
  
• synthesizing concepts and ideas
  
• learning to recognize wrong answer types
  
• working strategically under strictly timed conditions
  
• developing an effective personal study schedule
  
• comprehensive understanding of the entire graduate school application process

In order to expose you to the latest GRE test format, questions from recent GRE tests will be taken up in class. Our materials are constantly updated to reflect the most recent changes in the GRE. Thus, you will be able to evaluate your own strengths and weaknesses and focus on those areas where you need the most practice.

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Convenient Weekend Schedule

Our comprehensive weekend seminars let you concentrate in an atmosphere free from distractions and interruptions. Our seminars cost $495 plus GST and are held on the University of Toronto campus. For a complete schedule of upcoming courses, click here. We stand firmly behind our total immersion approach to GRE test preparation.

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Free Practice GRE Exam Tests With Review of Questions

Our Courses conclude with the writing of full-length simulated Computer-Based Tests (CBTs) during which test conditions are carefully reproduced. This provides our students with an excellent opportunity to practice and review (under GRE exam conditions) the many skills they have acquired during the weekend classes.

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Limited Class Size

In order to ensure a low student-to-instructor ratio, our GRE courses have a limited enrolment with spaces allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. The small class size provides a comfortable setting with ample opportunity for interaction with our talented and experienced GRE course instructors.

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Free Repeat Policy

All our seminars include a free repeat policy which allows students to attend a subsequent seminar free of charge. Some students take advantage of this policy and attend our seminar for double the practice time at one low price.

In our attempt to ensure a low student-to-instructor ratio, we ask free-repeat students to contact us in advance to reserve a place.

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GRE Course Outline

Friday (6:00pm - 10:00pm)
Seminar Registration, GRE Overview, Mathematical Review, Quantitative Reasoning

Saturday (9:00am - 6:00pm)
Additional Quantitative Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning, Sentence Completion

Sunday (9:00am - 6:00pm)
Analogies, Antonyms, Reading Comprehension, Graduate School Applications, Exam Writing Strategies, Summary

Thursday (6:00pm - 10:00pm)
Simulated Computer GRE Test

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Our Instructors

Oxford Seminars maintains the highest standards for all our instructors. We hire and extensively train only the most qualified instructors who have not only scored in the top 2% of all GRE test-takers but who also have years of distinguished teaching experience.

At the end of each and every course, our students are asked to evaluate our teaching staff. They tell us that they find our instructors approachable, highly knowledgeable, and able to present difficult material in a dynamic, useful and creative manner which facilitates learning.

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Graduate School Application

In today's competitive academic climate, a winning application can be the difference that makes you stand out among the thousands of students applying to graduate schools across Canada (and the United States).

Our seminars include a comprehensive understanding of all areas of the application and admissions process. We cover how to write persuasive personal statements, carefully choosing your references, highlighting particular extra-curricular activities, presenting your past and present academic record, to which schools you should apply, how admissions committees operate, and how to avoid common traps and mistakes.

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Additional Services

For those students who have particular difficulty with any aspect of the GRE, we offer additional individual tutoring sessions with one of our highly skilled instructors.

In addition to the extensive home study materials which every student receives, we also make available (for purchase or loan) publications from ETS. These valuable resources will assist you in further study.

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Our Commitment To You

Oxford Seminars provides excellence in test preparation at a price which is affordable for students willing to invest in their future. When asked to evaluate our seminars, over 98% of our students say they recommend us to their friends. To read student comments click here.

Interested? To receive our detailed information package, click here.

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How To Register

To reserve a spot in any of our upcoming courses, a $95 deposit is required. To register by telephone, fax or mail, click here.

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Student Reviews

In our pursuit of excellence, Oxford Seminars asks students who attend our seminars to evaluate both the instructors and the seminars. We incorporate these suggestions into future course development. Here are some of their responses:

"I would definitely recommend this seminar: it sent me home with a plan for study, a method of study, and the motivation to do so."
- L. Patterson, Waterloo, ON

"Yes I would absolutely recommend this seminar to a friend. I had no idea what to expect from the GRE; I am far more prepared and psyched than I was and would promote that to anyone!"
-R. Gallardo, Toronto, ON

"The instructor was very dynamic, approachable and knowledgeable. He did a great job of explaining different test-taking strategies."
-C. Sherstan, Hamilton, ON

"The seminar gave me the chance to familiarize myself with the GRE. As well it has helped me get into the studying mood and "thinking the GRE way." It has been lots of help! Thanks!"
- T. Dunstan, Mississauga, ON

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