 [Larger view] | How to Prepare for the GRE Test with CD-ROM
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| If you need a high score in quantitive section of GRE, this is YOUR book!! The math review of this book is excellent. The questions are sometimes a little bit harder than the GRE questions, which prepares you to get the best score. That is what I did, I got 720 from the quantitive section. The vocabulary list needs to be memorized, if you are an international student like me, you better do it!! Well, I didn't, so my verbal section score sucks!! If you are intending to get a high score, I would absulately go for this book. DO NOT get the book WITH THE CD though, it doesn't work well, and it gets frustrating at times. Overall, a great study material, get this book without any hesitation. | |
| Excellent prep guide | |
| I just took the GRE and used only this book + the essay-writing materials on the GRE website to prepare. Running through the tutorials and exercises on CD is very valuable, since you get used to the question formats, directions & styles. It also familiarizes you with the computer interface, which could be a major stumbling block if you're not used to it and the adaptive testing style. I found the math on the actual test a bit more difficult than what was on the CD, but that may end up factored into the percentile ranks when I get my scores. Overall, I found this to be comprehensive and purely focused on the content and format of the test (not marketing, seminar-plugging, 'tricks' and other distractions), with some nice strategies for difficult question types, pacing and other essentials. One week with this book helped me get a 750 verbal, 740 math. Go for it & best of luck! ;) | |
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| I'm from the UK and applied to take an MA in US colleges and wasn't aware of the GRE test until I saw that I needed to in order to be accepted onto a graduate course. I then realised my testing date was in two months...leaving me with just eight weeks to polish up on all that algebra, geometry, long division and all the other good stuff that I hadn't encountered since my high school maths classes six years ago. This book helped me immensely in those eight weeks. Take comfort in the fact that not all of us are top students who can ace tests and get 1600s. I only scored a 920 (which was enough to get me accepted onto my chosen course). But that improved from 500-600 before I bought the book. Yes - my math is THAT bad!! The strategies and tactics are great and its a wonderful refresher, especially for people like me who get extremely confused when presented with x2=y2-4 stuff. The step by step tactics, strategies and explanations can even substitute for have to know the cold hard facts. This book took me from not even knowing what the test even was, to passing it in just eight weeks. I know that if I had more time and spent 6 months preparing diligently, I would have made a MUCH higher score. Trust this book, its fantastic and very "reader friendly". |
