Studying for the GRE is a must and this book will show you how to do it,
February 19, 2012 This review is from: Verbal Insights on the revised GRE General Test (Paperback)
The Graduate Record Examination or GRE was significantly revised in the last half of 2011, reducing all previous preparation materials down to poor quality. This book is a collection of items designed to help the student to prepare for this critical test. While acceptance into graduate programs is generally not dependent on achieving a high score on the GRE, it is a fact that the higher your score on the test, the higher the number of options that you will have. Therefore, choosing not to obtain a book like this and prepare for the test is foolish.
The materials are fairly typical of what appears in books like this, with the first sections being over the various sections of the exam as well as explanations of what to do and what pitfalls to look for. One can be told to read carefully looking for specific flags but nothing truly drives that home like seeing actual examples of what is meant. That is what is done in this book and one or two of those examples could easily repay the...Read more
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Guides for the New GRE Inclusions of Verbal Insights,
November 8, 2011 This review is from: Verbal Insights on the revised GRE General Test (Paperback)
As expected, the Graduate Record Exams attempt to improve the ability to gage a student's readiness for Graduate Studies. A new aspect in the GRE this year is the use of Verbal Insights instead of simply written insights. The new GRE exams, both written on paper in a classroom or taken on a computer has three components - Analytical Writing, Verbal Reasoning, and Quantitative Reasoning. The new GRE has two general changes - greater emphasis on skills that are directly applicable to graduate study, and a more user-friendly interface for the computer based version of the test. According to the authors, the Analytical Writing portion of the test if more focused and features more detailed instructions, the Verbal Reasoning portion now places a greater emphasis on reading comprehension and ability to reason with written material, and the Quantitative Reasoning portion test competence with basic math but now places a greater emphasis on applying quantitative skills to real-world scenarios...Read more