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Summary: I found myself pounding my head after an hour.
Review: I bought this book because of the 6 practice exams. However, after trying the first practice exam, I found myself digging out all my college mathematics books. It was getting ridiculous, and I'm glad that several other reviewers agree that the practices exams in this book is harder than the actual exam. I suppose it would be good practice, so I will keep the book; but I will be purchasing Princeton Review's test prep to prepare for this exam.
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Summary: If you enjoy feeling inept in math, this is the book for you
Review: I just completed test #3 of 6 that are in the book and once again I feel like I don't know a thing about math after studying for the past 2 and a half months for an hour or two a day. There are questions that are asked on the test based on material that you usually don't see until grad school.
A total waste of time and negative emotion.
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Summary: BIG book that may help you prepare your GRE Math test.
Review: Pros:
1. It has 6 full-length exams with "explanations" to every question.Cons:
1. The included "Comprehensive Mathematics Review" which is supposed to cover all major topics, is pretty BAD. It is rarely useful, I didn't like it at all. I recommend much more the review that's included in "Cracking the GRE Math", which is much more detailed and explanatory, with plenty of exercises.
2. As someone has already noted, the exam does not have the same "feeling" as a real ETS test. The questions are generally more difficult, and the distribution of question types are very strange. It seems that they had never seen a real GRE Math test when they did this book.
3. The explanations to every questions are not very well done in many cases. The explanations given in "Cracking the GRE Math" are much more helpful. Summarizing, it could have been a great book, because it has 6 full-length questions, which I think, it is the best way to prepare for this test. However, one notices right away that it has a completely different flavor from the actual GRE Math test. Knowing this, I still bought it, because I needed more practice tests, but I'm not really sure if it did help me.
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Summary: BIG book that may help you prepare your GRE Math test.
Review: Pros:
1. It has 6 full-length exams with "explanations" to every question. Cons:
1. The included "Comprehensive Mathematics Review" which is supposed to cover all major topics, is pretty BAD. It is rarely useful, I didn't like it at all. I recommend much more the review that's included in "Cracking the GRE Math", which is much more detailed and explanatory, with plenty of exercises.
2. As someone has already noted, the exam does not have the same "feeling" as a real ETS test. The questions are generally more difficult, and the distribution of question types are very strange. It seems that they had never seen a real GRE Math test when they did this book.
3. The explanations to every questions are not very well done in many cases. The explanations given in "Cracking the GRE Math" are much more helpful. Summarizing, it could have been a great book, because it has 6 full-length questions, which I think, it is the best way to prepare for this test. However, one notices right away that it has a completely different flavor from the actual GRE Math test. Knowing this, I still bought it, because I needed more practice tests, but I'm not really sure if it did help me.
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Summary: Good problems, but many errors
Review: The first half of this book gives as so called "review", but it's not review, it's a joke. There are lots of problems to work on, but they are not representative of the problems that will be on the GRE subject test in mathematics. There are far too many errors to be considered even "fairly" written. If I was studying for the GRE test, I would not study this text. There are many other much more valuable sources out there.
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Summary: Not Quite for the GRE
Review: This book is excellent; but at a level above what you need for the GRE. The first grouping of this book is a general review of everything you could possibly see, the second is 6 practice tests. I found the review to be better as a "guide" to your own studying; seeing what topics they cover, then doing more detailed work on each topic apart from the book. The tests are harder than the GRE, and I find them better for practice for Candidacy Exams than for the GRE. My advice: Don't buy this book. Instead, save your money and time, and just cover notes from past math classes.
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Summary: A terrible book
Review: Under no circumstances should you buy this book. It has major flaws: 1) The material covered does not seem to match what is actually on the test. 2) The mathematics is full of typographical errors; as a result many of the problems are incomprehensible. 3) Some of the solutions are ridiculous, incoherent nonsense. A much better book is "Cracking the GRE Math Test" by Leduc
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Summary: A terrible book
Review: Under no circumstances should you buy this book. It has major flaws: 1) The material covered does not seem to match what is actually on the test. 2) The mathematics is full of typographical errors; as a result many of the problems are incomprehensible. 3) Some of the solutions are ridiculous, incoherent nonsense. A much better book is "Cracking the GRE Math Test" by Leduc
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