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Summary: Outdated
Review: This book was designed for people taking the GRE before October 2002. The GRE is now very different, and this book does not reflect the change in GRE format. The book is still geared towards students taking the paper based test. It doesn't provide any practical strategies for the computer bsaed test. Also, this book doesn't include any explanation of the new analytical writing section. I gave this book three stars because it does include a very helpful math review. However, if you are not strong in math, you will definately need a book with a more comprehensive math review. The verbal section is good, but you can also find good verbal tips in the Princeton Review and Kaplan books. Until this book is updated, it is probably better to choose an alternative book for your GRE prep.
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Summary: Extensive, yet entertaining
Review: This book was great! I didn't fall asleep once while reading it (unlike other GRE test prep materials). It was missing a couple things (eg- coordinate geometry), and there are a few typos to watch out for (eg- it says that there's a table of roots/squares to memorize, yet there isn't one). Nonetheless, I think that this book was the most helpful of the books that I bought!
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Summary: Very helpful
Review: This book was very helpful in preparing for the GRE. It gives many helpful hints and tips for avoiding traps on the test. If you already know the math and want a quick refresher, this book is perfect. The verbal section is great too, but you need to have enough time to study the vocab before you take the test, cramming it all a few days before won't help you much with the verbal. The analytical writing section was very helpful too - recommend going through this book and then using the GRE software (you can download it from the GRE website) to become familiar with the format of the test.
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Summary: Great study guide!
Review: This is a great study guide for the GRE! Good details, great prep!
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Summary: A Great Book-- even if you're not taking the GRE
Review: Though I've yet to complete the book, I think I've read enough to be able to say that the book seems great! Note that this is high praise indeed as I'm usually a tough critic and a book (business, person, etc.) who calls me a "dummy" on our first introduction usually regrets it. Still its "Two Years of Math in 58 pages" was worth the price of the book alone!Good luck!
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Summary: Okay for dummies, but not the rest of us.
Review: Vlk does use a lot of humor which makes studying less painfull, but unfortunately it doesn't make up for the rest of the book. I used this book faithfully several months before taking the GRE and in the end did poorly. She encourages you to rush through the test, guessing if you can't come up with the answer in a short amount of time. Its much better to keep your eye on the clock as you go through the test and try to use all the time they give you, since if you finish early you can't go back. Since the GRE is only given on a computer now, doesn't it make more sense to study it on a computer? Her roots, prefixes, and suffixes is a good idea, but you need to couple it with learning the kind of words on the GRE, especially when knowing what just part of the word means isn't helpfull. I had much better results studying with a computer program, in my case the Princeton Review.
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Summary: A very concise math review
Review: While the book has a fairly good math review and a good section on the verbal part of the test, I was disappointed to find that the quantitative questions I had been studying in the book were very different to the questions I actually found on the computerised GRE. If you are taking the test on the computer, look for a book that is specific to the CBT. Last but not least, if you can't stand really painfully dumb humour, this is not the book for you.
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