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Title: How to Prepare for the GRE Test by Sharon Weiner Green, Ira Ph.D. Wolf ISBN: 0-7641-1769-6 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Quick work
Comment: 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".
Rating: 5
Summary: While no prep book is perfect, this one is very solid
Comment: Some imperfections, but all I was looking for.
This recommendation is probably most applicable to those shooting for 1400-1600 on the V and Q. I was delighted with a GRE score of 700V/800Q, especially after scoring around 1350 on all tests in the book.
Best aspects of the book are (1) the math review, skill by skill and rule by rule, (2) the extensive vocab list and practice, and (3) the time-saving tips.
The math review retaught all the old formulas that I had forgotten (having graudated college 6 years ago) and had lots of helpful tips, which were very important in actually completing the quantitative section.
As for the verbal, I'm not sure if the words I studied helped many particular items on the test, but it was a great way to have a list of words on hand, and not need to go sifting through lots of other sources.
The tips were key for saving time; I ran out of time before even the last 4 questions on the first practice test, and after putting their stragies into practice, I aced each test thereafter.
The CD tests were fine, but I relied on the official GRE practice tests as I found that I had already done many of the questions on the test already, over the course of studying the book. Probably no need for the book with CD, although the individual practice sections could be useful.
Overall, no serious complaints. I used the book, it taught me a lot, and I scored well. Highly recommended.
Rating: 2
Summary: Unfulfilling
Comment: The Barron's manual is in an inadequate preperation guide for the GRE general test. If you need to brush up on math, or even if you need a lot of help in it, then the guide is preety good, providing you with a thorough math review and complete answer explanations. For verbal, however, there is no real guidene. The 3,500 word vocabulary list is daunting and the actual GRE has few, if any, of those words on the exam. It provides NO explanations for verbal questions on the CD-ROM or in the practice exercises, which is troubling cause I needed the boost in Verbal (incidently, I got a 500V and 800M after using the book for six months). As for analytical writing, you're better off getting GRE for Dummies, they have a good review of writing tactics. Overall, this is a good buy ONLY if you feel good about your verbal ability and need a boost on quantitative.
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Title: The GRE Test for Dummies, Fifth Edition by Suzee Vlk ISBN: 0764554735 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Taking the GRE Writing Assessment : by Tim Avants ISBN: 0595265855 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Cracking the Gre 2004 (Cracking the Gre) by Karen Lurie, Magda Pecsenye, Adam Robinson, David Ragsdale ISBN: 0375763236 Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Word Smart for the GRE by Princeton Review ISBN: 0375763368 Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Kaplan GRE Verbal Workbook, 2nd Edition by Kaplan ISBN: 0743230590 Publisher: Kaplan Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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