Barron's GRE Flash Cards

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...Read more

These were the best study aid I bought for the GRE, by far. While the Kaplan Vocab Flash Cards features trickier words, I saw more of the Baron's words on the actual test.

The layout and form of these cards is also nicer. The front of the vocab ones has the word in boldface, followed by its part of speech, a context clue, and a space for you to add your own clue (which I didn't use). The back has the definition (usually list of synonyms and similar phrases), antonyms (which were VERY helpful for the actual test), a complete sentence, an example analogy, and a little hint.

If I had to take the exam again, I'd buy these. In fact, I lent my cards to a friend who took hers and she raved about these cards after her test (i.e. the words appeared on her test, etc.)

The math cards are also good review. It basically takes the Barrons book (which is also one of my preferred study aids) and puts it into card form. There are 3-4 different types of...Read more

The cards are of good quality - I read someone complaining that the Kaplan cards are like business cards - small, flimsy, not well constructed. But the Barron's cards are more like a deck of playing cards that are sturdy and plastic coated.

There is a small hold punched in the corner of each card and a ring to put however many card you want on it so that you can carry some with you without brining the entire stack.

There are 250 math and 250 verbal cards. The verbal questions lend themselves to the flash card format more so than the math questions. Still, if you want to drill with flash cards, Barrons is the way to go.