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Publisher : Barron s Educational Series
Publication Date : 2008 09 01
>> Very useful and helpful
The cards come split into a math section and vocab section and come with a metal ring to hold however many cards you want I found the vocab cards more useful than the math tho the math cards are also good My only complaint is that the vocab cards were not arranged in order of difficulty but I did that myself
>> Handling
I haven t taken the GRE test yet so I can not tell about the effectiveness of this product the only thing I can say is that they are very easy to handle and carry I ve crosschecked a few words with dictionaries online and found them correct
>> Pretty solid Math Review Great Layout for Vocab training Overal nice package
When I set out to practice for the GRE General I bought 3 items from different testing groups a 500 vocab set from Kaplan Princeton Review Book and these Flash Cards
Long story short for Vocab you WILL acquire the words from the Barron s Flash cards than the Kaplan set They re far better presented
For Math I personally found the majority of the problems on these flash cards more encompassing than the problems I found on ETS s Powerprep software but DO practice with PowerPrep
As for details the box itself is real sturdy the cards are pretty durable and you get a convenient ring to grab a few cards on the go The stock cards are far more durable than the flimsy Kaplan set which are paper thin sheets moreso than cards
The cards themselves are split as follows 250 Vocabulary words 25 Math Strategy Cards 75 Math Facts 75 Quantitative Comparison and 75 Multiple Choice Math problems
The presentation for ALL the cards is really well done in my opinion
The 250 Verbal cards are set up as follows
Front Word Context Clue and a space for putting your own personal clue
Back Definition and synonyms Antonyms fill in sentence and Analogy sample with explanation of the relationship
All in all there s plenty of material on each card and I found myself learning the words on these cards far better than those on the Kaplan set My only quip for the cards were that they did not come with pronunciations not a major deal I suppose unless you legitimately want to improve your vocabulary permanently
The Problems for the Math card sets were well constructed as well minus the grievous typos I found
All Math cards came with a sample setup matching what you d see on a GRE screen for Quant Comparison and Multi Choice In the back you will find at least one explanation for WHY the answer choice is correct In many cases they give you an Algebraic explanation but they realize in some cases plugging in works well and you can use Process of Elimination to finish the problem as well They also give references to see certain Math Strategy or Fact card s when applicable to help explain the answer choices
Overall the package is a pretty good deal
NOTE
1 You should look into other sources for additional GRE vocabulary words 250 words are not enough especially when considering that there are so many random words that ETS can pick for the test By comparison to the Kaplan Vocab Card set most of these words were also found in their set however
2 DO THE POWERPREP Software from ETS Simply put there s no better way to prepare for the Computer Adaptive Test than by taking a Computer Adaptive Test IT IS FREE to download and WILL help you time yourself
For those who have purchased the cards here s a couple corrections for two of the Math cards
MC 12 claims the answer is C but the explanation and work prove the answer is D
MC 36 should say 7 a 7 b and NOT 7a 7b otherwise the problem would require logarithms to solve which are NOT on the GRE
