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Title: Gre Computer Science by Research, Education Assoc. Staff ISBN: 0-87891-434-X Publisher: Research & Education Assn Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 1.28 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Lets be fair, it does what it is supposed to do.
Comment: Having read all the reviews I am not quite sure why people are so unhappy. Yes, this is not an exciting page turner, but it is not supposed to be. It sais on the cover "4 Full-Length Exams" and this is what you get, sample exams and explanations for questions. There will never be a book that will tell you how to "crack" the CS GRE, because such a book would have to contain the information of about five textbooks.
The only way to study for a CS GRE is to use this book to get an idea of the questions (plus the sample test ETS sends you). If you cannot answer the question then go to a textbook and read the corresponding chapters, so when you come back you can answer the question.
Ideally, you are a CS Junior in Undergrad and know that you will be taking this test. This way study for this from the start, while still in class.
Rating: 1
Summary: Can there really be no alternative?
Comment: OK, this book is terrible, like everyone said. I didn't buy it: I got it free from a colleague at work. I used it for the sole purpose of practicing answering CS-type questions quickly and filling in the bubbles. Here are a few of my pet peeves:
1) The book assumes an expert-level knowledge of PASCAL and no knowledge of C. The sample test from ETS requred only basic C and PASCAL. Since I didn't know PASCAL at all (who does these days?) until I studied for the GRE, I really hope that the ETS test is closer to the real thing.
2) Questions that are far more difficult (both in terms of knowledge required and time required to answer) than anything in the ETS sample GRE. There are questions where the "explanation" is more than 2 pages long.
3) Errors. To take one example I just met, they think that f(n) = n is a constant function.
4) Ambiguity/unstated assumptions in question.
To sum up, yes, this book [bites]. Don't pay any money for it. And come on -- will someone out there write a decent GRE CS review book??
Rating: 1
Summary: Worst Test Preparation Book EVER
Comment: If you are thinking about taking the GRE Computer Science test, buying a review book is probably a good idea. However, do not, under any circumstances, buy this one. If you cannot find a better review book, consider buying the latest Michael Crichton novel, or perhaps a collection of The Far Side comics, because either of them would be more useful for test preparation than this book.
I bought this book in preparation for taking my GRE subject test, and was incredibly discouraged after taking some of the sample tests contained within. Most of the questions I was unable to answer, and the answers given in the book often left me scratching my head and wondering what the writers were talking about. I was about to actually cancel my appointment to take the test, when I decided to give the official sample test sent to me by ETS a try. On that test, I was able to score in the 91st percentile. I haven't taken my official test yet (it is tomorrow morning), but, assuming that the real test is not drastically different from the official sample (a real test from 1996), the questions in this book bear no resemblance to any of the questions on the real test.
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Title: Schaum's Outline of Computer Architecture by Nicholas, Phd Carter, Nicholas, Ph.D. Carter ISBN: 007136207X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 26 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Schaum's Outline of Essential Computer Mathematics by Seymour Lipschutz ISBN: 0070379904 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 01 April, 1982 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Computer Science: Graduate Record Examination Series (Gre) (Graduate Record Examination Series, Gre-21) by Jack Rudman ISBN: 0837352215 Publisher: National Learning Corporation Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Schaum's Outline of Operating Systems by J. Archer, Ph.D. Harris, John, Ph.D. Cordani ISBN: 0071364358 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 23 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Practicing to Take the Gre Computer Science Test by Educational Testing Service, Graduate Record Examinations Board ISBN: 0446393088 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: April, 1992 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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