Product Review
Sharpen your GRE test-taking skills with this updated and expanded premier guide with online links to BONUS tests and study aidsAre you anxious about taking the GRE yet eager to get into the graduate school of your dreams?
GRE For Dummies, Premier Edition is a hands-on guide that gives you everything you need to excel in every area of the exam — verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing. With clear, straight-forward advice, this test guide includes five tests that model real GRE questions, updated information that reflects the latest exam, plus 400 interactive vocabulary flashcards that you can access online.
GRE For Dummies, Premier Edition gives you the edge you need to get your best possible GRE score and get into the graduate school of your choice!
- Wield words like a samurai — find out how to tackle Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence questions, improve your reading comprehension, and expand your grammar
- Count on mastering math — discover strategies for scoring high on the quantitative reasoning section — from basic math and geometry to algebra, charts and graphs, quantitative comparison, and word problems
- Get the "write" stuff — learn an easy, step-by-step process for writing killer essays that meet the evaluators' requirements with minimal effort
- Practice makes perfect — take the practice exams online and test your skills using the timed or untimed feature of the five full-length practice exams
Open the book and find:- An updated test prep guide to the GRE
- A checklist of everything you need to prepare for test day
- Strategies for all question types
- Two fully revised practice tests and three brand-new practice tests
- Detailed explanations for all practice problems
- 400 vocabulary terms most likely to appear on the test
- Essential information to help you sign up to take the test
Learn to:- Score higher on the GRE and get into the graduate school of your choice
- Master verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing
- Prepare for the big day with expert strategies for improving reading comprehension, grammar, and math skills
Product Description
Sharpen your GRE test-taking skills with this updated and expanded premier guide with online links to BONUS tests and study aidsAre you anxious about taking the GRE yet eager to get into the graduate school of your dreams?
GRE For Dummies, Premier Edition is a hands-on guide that gives you everything you need to excel in every area of the exam — verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing. With clear, straight-forward advice, this test guide includes five tests that model real GRE questions, updated information that reflects the latest exam, plus 400 interactive vocabulary flashcards that you can access online.
GRE For Dummies, Premier Edition gives you the edge you need to get your best possible GRE score and get into the graduate school of your choice!
- Wield words like a samurai — find out how to tackle Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence questions, improve your reading comprehension, and expand your grammar
- Count on mastering math — discover strategies for scoring high on the quantitative reasoning section — from basic math and geometry to algebra, charts and graphs, quantitative comparison, and word problems
- Get the "write" stuff — learn an easy, step-by-step process for writing killer essays that meet the evaluators' requirements with minimal effort
- Practice makes perfect — take the practice exams online and test your skills using the timed or untimed feature of the five full-length practice exams
Open the book and find:- An updated test prep guide to the GRE
- A checklist of everything you need to prepare for test day
- Strategies for all question types
- Two fully revised practice tests and three brand-new practice tests
- Detailed explanations for all practice problems
- 400 vocabulary terms most likely to appear on the test
- Essential information to help you sign up to take the test
Learn to:- Score higher on the GRE and get into the graduate school of your choice
- Master verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing
- Prepare for the big day with expert strategies for improving reading comprehension, grammar, and math skills
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
(14 customer reviews) 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
A straight arrow in your quiver if you're aiming to shoot straight on the GRE!,
February 22, 2012 Richard L. Fuller (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: GRE For Dummies, Premier 7th Edition, with CD (Paperback)
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This is an excellent addition to the arsenal of any student preparing for the GRE! I recommend this book, but I would encourage the readers to consider the other resources available, including the ETS Official Study Guide (available through Amazon). I had both of these books side-by-side for this review and my best recommendation is to use BOTH to prepare. The software with this GRE for Dummies book contains a whopping 5 practice exams, compared to the ETS Official Guide's measly two exams. Why not go with both and have 7 practice exams on which to cut your teeth and hone your skills? The key is to remember that no one book or practice exam will prepare you for this exam. Use the recommendations in this and other books, study the exam and the scoring, and practice, practice, practice in as realistic an environment as you can create. This book will help if you really USE IT!
The GRE for Dummies book is broken into 6 parts:
- Mastering the Test Taking Experience (note:...Read more
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Much better than the others,
March 15, 2012 Mrs. Night Owl (Alabama) - See all my reviews
This review is from: GRE For Dummies, Premier 7th Edition, with CD (Paperback)
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I am an ICU nurse who is heading back to school for my masters degree. I had been out of school for many years before going back 6 years ago - earning a 4.0 GPA on my BSN. Regardless of those good grades, many of the topics on the GRE are very distant memories!
I have several other GRE books - Barrons, ETS, and one from Kaplan. By far I prefer this book because the writing is very straight forward and you are not left to fill in the blanks on your own, so to speak.
VERBAL:
The verbal section breaks down exactly how to deal with all the GRE question formats and has clear, short definitions for the most commonly-seen vocab on the GRE. I like the short definitions as they are easier to internalize. The book also focuses on familiarization of the question types and answer choices to give the test taker more time on the actual exam.
MATH:
The math section is fairly comprehensive and helped me dust off my old algebra/geometry skills dealing...Read more
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great Prep Tool!,
February 7, 2012 T. Dunlap "tweezle" (PA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: GRE For Dummies, Premier 7th Edition, with CD (Paperback)
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"GRE for Dummies" reminds me of the SAT prep books we all used to get better scores on our SAT's. It contains the short practice tests after each of the sections and gives a good overview of what to expect, however, that is only the beginnig. Throughout the book there are hints and tips, important things to remember, information on how to decide on answers, what not to do, and even how to relax and calm down on test day so that you can test better.
One huge benefit to "GRE for Dummies" is the CD that is included in the back of the book. It contains FIVE practice tests and 400 interactive vocabulary flash cards. This CD alone will be a tremendous help to prepare for the GRE and the book is just an added bonus!
Highly recommended!
