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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for GRE Prep
It had been a couple of decades since I last took the GRE, and I gave myself only a couple of weeks to prep. This book was perfect. It took me through each section of the test, accurately and succinctly explaining what would be presented and how it would be graded. I needed a solid review of math in particular, and this book provided it. Well worth the price!
5.0 out of 5 stars The real deal > imitation GRE questions
As a long-time GRE tutor, I urge you to get this book (or the previous version The Official Guide to the GRE Revised General Test, 2nd Edition).Here's an analogy to explain why: Let's say you're taking a class and studying for the final exam. The professor offers to sell you a copy of the previous years' exams. Sounds good, you think. But then you run into a guy in the hall who claims to be an expert on your professor's class. He offers to sell you a book with 12 exams that he says are similar to your professor's.Ok, do you: A. buy your professor's exams or B. buy the random guy's exams?Correct answer: A. Your professor wrote his exams! That makes them worth their weight in gold. The random "expert" might have tried to copy your professor's style, but he most likely went for QUANTITY over QUALITY.In test prep, quality matters. No matter what kind of GRE prep you use, authentic ETS GRE questions are most similar to the ones you'll face on test day, since they're written by the same people. There are hundreds of ETS questions that are unique to this book, so that's why you should buy it.Even though this book is 99.9% the same as the previous edition, I have to give it five stars. If this version has a low star rating, then some people will think it's not a good book and buy another company's book. They'll miss out on the opportunities this book provides for learning.Bottom Line: This book is well worth the price. It's an essential part of any serious student's GRE prep.You can find all my GRE prep recommendations in my study plans.
4.0 out of 5 stars Buy this, and other prep books
I won't pretend like I got a perfect score because I am not an idiot. My first time taking the test I got a 5 on analytical writing and 158 on verbal and 148 on quant. I focused too much on writing (I used Magoosh's GRE Essay Topics to gather certain go-to historical examples to use on the Issue task). Second time around (exactly 21 days later) I was able to get a 163 on verbal and 152 on quant. That was exactly what I was hoping for. I used ETS's GRE PREP Book and their Verbal Reasoning supplement. The supplement is only good in that it provides more questions made by the test maker.The main caveat here is that GRE prep books give you no real, solid, usable tactics to tackle certain difficult portions of the test. You absolutely need to use other prep books to learn the "secrets" of how the questions are worded, and ways to guess with more or less accuracy. GRE test prep books do not give away secrets, they just give you questions and some lame attempts at offering advice. However, you should rely heavily on these ETS resources because I was able to notice a real difference in the way question stems and possible answers were phrased from ETS and Kaplan. I simply do not think you should use one without the other. Buy this book, but don't take the test (if it actually matters to you and you aren't a verifiable genius) if you have not worked through another prep book like Kaplan, etc.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have for GRE Prep
Helped me prepare for the GRE and I passed with a good score. The practice questions are just like the test, and the tips and explanations help you understand how the test works and how to approach the questions. Definitely recommend.
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book for more practice
The book has 2 LONG practice tests. With the new format of the GRE being shorter, this technically DOES provide 4 practice tests. The most accurate test was the first one I took. Scored exactly what I got on that test on the real thing. The book serves as an extra book for practice problems in my opinion!! PS— this book has DIFFERENT problems than the ones you get upon purchasing your test! (The online practice ones through ets)
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful
Useful
3.0 out of 5 stars Quite a bit of underlining-distracting.
It came with a good bit of underlining. I wasn’t expecting any writing. It’s distracting. I bought the most recent edition as well as subscribed to GregMat to here’s hoping!
5.0 out of 5 stars One and done.
To be honest I only studied with this for around 6 hours. Just wanted to familiarize myself with the question formats. I would say it helped me and I was able to score in the low 300s, but that is all I needed to get into the program I was seeking. I am sure had I actually invested some time into this I would have been able to do much better. This is a solid product and I don't think you would need anything else in addition. Their free tests online are awesome as well. I scored pretty much the same on the practice tests as the real test so I would say they are a good indicator of how you will perform assuming you don't take them over and over and just memorize the practice questions.
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Buena preparación
GRE preparation
Good book for preparation of the exam.
It works!
This book helped increase my second score by 13 points.
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必携参考書の第3版だが、新しい内容はない
GRE受験生には必携の参考書です。テストを実施している当のETSが出しているだけあって、実際のテストに最も近い形式の学習ができます。例えばManhattan Prepなども分厚い参考書を出していますが、あまりGREには出ない性質の数学の問題や、プロの講師が書いたエッセイなど、あまり実践的ではありません。その点こちらは実際に出る類の問題しか出ませんし、エッセイも実際の受験者のエッセイが獲得スコア別に紹介されているなど、直接参考になる内容が多いです。個人的な経験から言っても、この一冊をやり込めば点数は間違いなく上がります。ただし、こちら第3版となっていますが第2版から何がアップデートされているのか分かりません。各セクションの練習問題も2つのモックテストも同じ内容です。しかも前版にはフルサイズのモックテスト2つを提供するPowerprep IIのCDロムが付属していたのに対し、今版にはそれが無いのです。まさかテスト受検登録者全員に無料で提供されるオンラインのテスト2つを含めて"real practice tests"と言っているのでしょうか。それではこの本に金を出す意味がありません。もし前版をすでに持っていて追加の練習問題がほしいという方は他を当たりましょう。
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About the Author
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for GRE Prep
It had been a couple of decades since I last took the GRE, and I gave myself only a couple of weeks to prep. This book was perfect. It took me through each section of the test, accurately and succinctly explaining what would be presented and how it would be graded. I needed a solid review of math in particular, and this book provided it. Well worth the price!
5.0 out of 5 stars The real deal > imitation GRE questions
As a long-time GRE tutor, I urge you to get this book (or the previous version The Official Guide to the GRE Revised General Test, 2nd Edition).Here's an analogy to explain why: Let's say you're taking a class and studying for the final exam. The professor offers to sell you a copy of the previous years' exams. Sounds good, you think. But then you run into a guy in the hall who claims to be an expert on your professor's class. He offers to sell you a book with 12 exams that he says are similar to your professor's.Ok, do you: A. buy your professor's exams or B. buy the random guy's exams?Correct answer: A. Your professor wrote his exams! That makes them worth their weight in gold. The random "expert" might have tried to copy your professor's style, but he most likely went for QUANTITY over QUALITY.In test prep, quality matters. No matter what kind of GRE prep you use, authentic ETS GRE questions are most similar to the ones you'll face on test day, since they're written by the same people. There are hundreds of ETS questions that are unique to this book, so that's why you should buy it.Even though this book is 99.9% the same as the previous edition, I have to give it five stars. If this version has a low star rating, then some people will think it's not a good book and buy another company's book. They'll miss out on the opportunities this book provides for learning.Bottom Line: This book is well worth the price. It's an essential part of any serious student's GRE prep.You can find all my GRE prep recommendations in my study plans.
4.0 out of 5 stars Buy this, and other prep books
I won't pretend like I got a perfect score because I am not an idiot. My first time taking the test I got a 5 on analytical writing and 158 on verbal and 148 on quant. I focused too much on writing (I used Magoosh's GRE Essay Topics to gather certain go-to historical examples to use on the Issue task). Second time around (exactly 21 days later) I was able to get a 163 on verbal and 152 on quant. That was exactly what I was hoping for. I used ETS's GRE PREP Book and their Verbal Reasoning supplement. The supplement is only good in that it provides more questions made by the test maker.The main caveat here is that GRE prep books give you no real, solid, usable tactics to tackle certain difficult portions of the test. You absolutely need to use other prep books to learn the "secrets" of how the questions are worded, and ways to guess with more or less accuracy. GRE test prep books do not give away secrets, they just give you questions and some lame attempts at offering advice. However, you should rely heavily on these ETS resources because I was able to notice a real difference in the way question stems and possible answers were phrased from ETS and Kaplan. I simply do not think you should use one without the other. Buy this book, but don't take the test (if it actually matters to you and you aren't a verifiable genius) if you have not worked through another prep book like Kaplan, etc.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have for GRE Prep
Helped me prepare for the GRE and I passed with a good score. The practice questions are just like the test, and the tips and explanations help you understand how the test works and how to approach the questions. Definitely recommend.
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book for more practice
The book has 2 LONG practice tests. With the new format of the GRE being shorter, this technically DOES provide 4 practice tests. The most accurate test was the first one I took. Scored exactly what I got on that test on the real thing. The book serves as an extra book for practice problems in my opinion!! PS— this book has DIFFERENT problems than the ones you get upon purchasing your test! (The online practice ones through ets)
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful
Useful
3.0 out of 5 stars Quite a bit of underlining-distracting.
It came with a good bit of underlining. I wasn’t expecting any writing. It’s distracting. I bought the most recent edition as well as subscribed to GregMat to here’s hoping!
5.0 out of 5 stars One and done.
To be honest I only studied with this for around 6 hours. Just wanted to familiarize myself with the question formats. I would say it helped me and I was able to score in the low 300s, but that is all I needed to get into the program I was seeking. I am sure had I actually invested some time into this I would have been able to do much better. This is a solid product and I don't think you would need anything else in addition. Their free tests online are awesome as well. I scored pretty much the same on the practice tests as the real test so I would say they are a good indicator of how you will perform assuming you don't take them over and over and just memorize the practice questions.
Me servio
Buena preparación
GRE preparation
Good book for preparation of the exam.
It works!
This book helped increase my second score by 13 points.
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必携参考書の第3版だが、新しい内容はない
GRE受験生には必携の参考書です。テストを実施している当のETSが出しているだけあって、実際のテストに最も近い形式の学習ができます。例えばManhattan Prepなども分厚い参考書を出していますが、あまりGREには出ない性質の数学の問題や、プロの講師が書いたエッセイなど、あまり実践的ではありません。その点こちらは実際に出る類の問題しか出ませんし、エッセイも実際の受験者のエッセイが獲得スコア別に紹介されているなど、直接参考になる内容が多いです。個人的な経験から言っても、この一冊をやり込めば点数は間違いなく上がります。ただし、こちら第3版となっていますが第2版から何がアップデートされているのか分かりません。各セクションの練習問題も2つのモックテストも同じ内容です。しかも前版にはフルサイズのモックテスト2つを提供するPowerprep IIのCDロムが付属していたのに対し、今版にはそれが無いのです。まさかテスト受検登録者全員に無料で提供されるオンラインのテスト2つを含めて"real practice tests"と言っているのでしょうか。それではこの本に金を出す意味がありません。もし前版をすでに持っていて追加の練習問題がほしいという方は他を当たりましょう。
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