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Publisher : For Dummies
Publication Date : 2009 03 09
>> Funny Wicked and great for learning the GRE
I found this book to be straight to the point down to earth simple information to help you ace the GRE I havent done the practise test but after finishing all the reviewing chapters I have the confidence I will be able to have a good score Its simple funny makes fun of the GRE people/creators and it gives you the necessary tips and tricks to pass the GRE I definetely recommend it
>> This book helped me raise my raw score from an 860 to a 1270
The best review I can give for this book is this
I signed up for the GRE a few weeks ago and had no idea where to start I was stressing out because of a deadline and was even more worried when I took the free demo test that Princeton Review offers on their website and only scored an 860 I need at least 1000 to get into the graduate school I want I should state that the 860 score was after doing a short math session on the Princeton website but no other studying took place before taking that practice test
After looking at the various study aides and options available to me I decided to go with The GRE Test for Dummies and ordered it for next day delivery 3 99 shipping with my Amazon Prime membership if you don t have it it s really handy FREE two day shipping and 3 99/item one day shipping I m just sayin When it showed up on my doorstep I cracked the cover and began reading at the beginning
Immediately I started feeling better about the upcoming test All of the advice and tips and tricks are laid out in an easy to follow format I ll be honest with my job I haven t really had a lot of time to study in the week since I got the book I managed to make it through the first half covering the sections on the verbal questions and most of the math review all of which was explained so well that I was able to pick it up after YEARS of not doing any sort of math whatsoever Most of the math I covered last night for the first time before going to bed
This morning I woke up and drove the hour and a half to my testing center for my test After I finally got checked in and through with the test training session you spend about half an hour going over how to take the test eg how to use the mouse how to enter your essays etc I took my pencil and scribbled the math formulas I was most worried about on my scratch paper I was about to begin in earnest
Four hours later I stared at the screen in joyous disbelief at my raw scores of 630 on the verbal and 640 on the math Frankly I cannot think of any better endorsement for this book aside from the convenience and the low cost than the increase of 410 points on my score
Note I do not have my official scores yet so this score does not include the essays
>> Should have gone with Kaplan or something else
Let me start out by saying that generally I am a good test taker I am also an Honors student with a 3 9 GPA I studied from this book and got a below average score on the GRE I do not attribute my score entirely to the book but I do think I could have done just as well or poorly rather on the exam without even cracking this book open There are a few tips for how to relax before the exam than I did apply but other than that I found the book pretty useless Now I have to shell out another 150 to take the exam again in order to have a shot at getting into graduate school My suggestion is that you don t buy this book Spend the little extra and get a book from Kaplan or Princeton Review I hear they re much better at preparing you
