Barron's Pass Key to the Gre Test: Graduate Record Examination (Barron's Pass Key to the Gre, 4th ed)

Rating:
Summary: Smaller is better
Review: After frustrating myself with ETS' GRE book, I found this little gem at a local bookstore. ETS' book does not prepare you for the math/quantitative part of the exam -- the book's exercises are not setup the same way as the computer or written exam. Meaning you have to solve out completely any equations or problems, rather than picking from a set of answers.

This book is considerably cheaper than many of its contemporaries, but don't let that fool you. This book was a better prep tool than its $25-30 brethren.

Very helpful was the frequently used GRE word list -- having taken the exam yesterday, I can tell you a lot of the words in the list are on the test.

Quite a bargain, and well worth the $9.

Rating:
Summary: Great Study Aid
Review: I took the GRE two times before I found this book, and my Quantitative score went up 110 points, on the test I took yesterday, by using this book to study with. It teaches you how to read and understand the problem, how to simplify the problem, and how to narrow down choices if you are unsure. I didn't study the Verbal as much, but I'm sure if I would have my score would have increased a lot too. I spent the little time I did studying on the Quant. part, and I'm glad I did. Please check out this book, and use it. It's wonderful!!