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2013-12-12T16:57:00.000-08:00

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GREatest Prep

2013-12-11T15:50:00.000-08:00

GREatest Quant Prep is test simulator for New Revised GRE made by GREatest Prep company. Here you can check yourself how it works, the difficulty of problems and all its features:

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About this blog and How to use it...

2013-12-09T09:15:00.000-08:00

This blog was created for those people who go through books like tornado :)
As for me, the best way to learn something is to repeat it in different ways.
Also, as you know, the more you practice – the higher score you gain.

So, the blog contains lots of GRE material sorted in next sections:

In every section material is also sorted in such way that I suggest you to study it (the better material is upper in each section). But also better for you to look through all you can find here cause “different strokes for different folks”, besides, to almost all books I’ve attached the contents and big description, so you can choose one or another book even without downloading it.

Quite recently in your letters you started to ask me about Study Plan for 1 Month.

Word Smart for the GRE, 2nd Edition

2012-12-08T05:52:00.001-08:00

Word Smart for the GRE (The Princeton Review, 2nd ed, 2007) will help you build your vocabulary and boost your GRE verbal scores. It provides you with successful strategies for learning new words as well as proven techniques for scoring higher on the GRE Verbal exam.

It also includes:

· The GRE Hit Parade: the words most frequently tested on the exam
· Quick quizzes and a final exam
· Secondary definitions to help you avoid tricks and traps on the GRE

Download:
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GRE Tales

2012-12-08T05:51:00.000-08:00

This book (NEW 2009) contains lots of useful strategies, tactics, techniques and tips. It's like tale about GRE, something is in it.. but it contains only 2 full practice tests, without practice you won't remember all the strategies that are mentioned in this "GRE Tales". It is good additional material to your preparations.

It’s called “GRE Tales” cause if I reveal the real name it will be soon banned… But if you know it – don’t post it in comments.

"GRE Tales" includes:

The 5 Secret Keys to GRE Success:
- Time is Your Greatest Enemy,
- Guessing is Not Guesswork,
- Practice Smarter, Not Harder,
- Prepare, Don't Procrastinate,
- Test Yourself;

A comprehensive Quantitative review including:
- The Easiest Math Review You'll Ever Read,
- Solving for Variables,
- Breezing Through Word Problems,
- Keeping Probability Simple,
- Using the Right Formulas,
- Graphing for Success,
- Racing Through Ratios,
- Understanding Line Plotting,
- Mastering Difficult Problems;

A comprehensive Verbal review including:
- Determining the Relationships,
- Making Strategic Eliminations,
- Recognizing Switchback Words,
- Understanding Word Types,
- Finding the Right Opportunities,
- When Truth Doesn't Equal Correctness,
- Avoiding the Trap of Familiarity,
- Making Logic Work for You,
- Skimming Techniques to Save Time;

A comprehensive Analytical Writing review including:
- Approaching a Topic,
- Brainstorming for Success,
- Picking a Main Idea,
- Starting Your Engines,
- Strength Through Diversity,
- Weeding Your Garden,
- Creating a Logical Flow,
- Avoiding the Panic,
- Checking Your Work,

plus other special tips and secrets to help you prepare for your exam...

Additional material to the Book.
- Study Secrets
- How to Overcome Test Anxiety
- Should You Retake Your Test?
- How to Overcome Your Fear of Math
- What Does Your GRE Score Mean?
- High Frequency Vocabulary List
- Prefixes and Suffixes
- GRE Math Formulas
- GRE Secrets in Action
- Graduate School Secrets
- How to Pay for Graduate School
- What Your Test Score Can Tell You About Your IQ

As for me: This book can be used as additional material, when you are tired with doing problems or learning new words, you can read some tactics from it before you fall asleep ;)

Format: pdf (in rar)
Size: 2.5 MB

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GRE Barron's 2008 17th ed.

2012-12-07T01:47:00.000-08:00

This 17th edition of Barron’s GRE manual reflects recent Graduate Record Exams and presents six full-length model exams with all questions answered and explained. Tests are similar to recent actual GREs in length, question types, and degree of difficulty. The manual also reviews all GRE test topics: antonym, analogy, and sentence-completion questions, reading comprehension, analytical writing, quantitative comparison questions, data interpretation, and math. The enclosed CD-ROM contains computerized versions of the book’s subject reviews and practice tests.

From the Inside Flap
# This up-to-date manual and CD-ROM will prepare test takers for both the current GRE and the new-format exam.
# Six full-length model tests in the manual plus a computer-adaptive model GRE on the CD-ROM are presented with all questions answered and explained.
# In-depth subject reviews cover all test topics: antonym questions, analogy questions, and sentence-completion questions, reading comprehension, vocabulary, analytical writing, quantitative comparison questions, data interpretation questions, and math.
# Extra features include an overview of the GRE with description of the new-format test plus study tips and test-taking advice.

As for me: The best book you can find for FREE in the internet. All Analytical Writing, Quantitative, Verbal sections are very good.
Choice #1.

Format: pdf
Size: 7.2 MB

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GRE General Test Cram Plan

2012-12-06T07:32:00.000-08:00

Today′s most trusted study guide brand introduces a breakthrough new test–prep series As a direct outcome of recent market research, CliffsNotes is launching the Cram Plan series to answer the unmet needs of today′s “snippet–study” test–takers who need to cram for the SAT, ACT, GMAT, and GRE exams just weeks–or days–before the test. These students are extremely pressed for time and want study aids that are highly time–boxed.

Unlike any other test–prep product on the market, the Cram Plan series truly calendarizes a study plan for time–crunched test–takers according to their unique situation. The closer the test date approaches, the more granular the guidance and direction becomes. Each book contains a detailed calendar with tasks for each study–plan step; they include multiple checklists throughout. Plus, test–takers can take advantage of online tools such as searchable PDFs, calendar widgets, and e–mail reminders.

Each book is divided into six parts and includes:
- Diagnostic test.
- Two–months–to–prepare stand–alone study plan.
- One–month–to–prepare stand–alone study plan.
- One–week–to–prepare stand–alone study plan.
- Subject reviews.
- Full–length practice test with answers and detailed explanations.

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Size: 13 MB

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GRE ~2 month Study Plan from Bane

2011-08-03T20:05:00.000-07:00

   So, you have lots of prep material but don't know what to start with and what should be the sequence? So will try to help you with it a lil bit ;)

   First of all you should choose what skills you need to drill more. That depends from your GRE requirements and from your first PowerPrep score.

1) Inquire on the website of university or better ask the professor you're applying to (if you have one, you should have at least one) what are the minimum GRE requirements to be accepted, also I suggest to ask with what GRE scores people are usually being granted admission.

2) Take first PowerPrep test right on the beginning of your preps. This way you will find out your weak sides and can start preps strengthening them. The second PowerPrep test I suggest you to take 2 weeks before your actual GRE - so if you'll see you still have some weaknesses you also will still have some time to improve.

   Based on results of previous two steps you will need to choose the studying plan according to books you have and skills you need to improve.

✓ If your math skills are bad and you want to improve them - the sequence of books should be next: Grubers, Manhattan, ETS, Barrons, Princeton, Kaplan.
✓ If your math skills are good but still you're worried and want to be sure - then the sequence is next: Barrons, Manhattan, Grubers, ETS, Princeton, Kaplan.
✓ If your verbal skills are bad and you want to improve them - the sequence of books should be next: Princeton, Manhattan, ETS, Grubers, Kaplan, Barrons.
✓ If your verbal skills are good but still you're worried and want to be sure - then the sequence is next: Manhattan, Princeton, Kaplan, Grubers, ETS, Barrons.
✓ If you just need to improve everything together and your PowerPrep score was poor, then the sequnce I suggest is: Princeton, Grubers, Manhattan, ETS, Barrons, Kaplan.
✓ If you did great on PowerPrep and need just to drill - then this sequence should be good for you: Grubers, ETS, Manhattan, Barrons, Princeton, Kaplan.

* with bold font I've stressed the books that are most important for the case.
** when I talk about math/verbal skills - I mean to go through only math/verbal sections of the book, not the whole book.
*** explanation to abbreviations is down the page.

   Now will explain why do I recommend books to be done in these sequences. If you're "bad" in some skills (PowerPrep score less than 1100) I was recommending first to go through the books that have simpler problems and quite good strategies and then to go through the books with tougher problems. If you're "good" (more than 1100) than I recommend books with tougher problems first and then with simpler just to keep drilling.

   For those who are "bad" - read all the strategies and do all the problems. For those who are "good" - you can omit strategies in the books with simple problems. But if you have time you can just look them through it won't hurt you :)

   Next thing that want to tell is:
✓ That for Verbal section: Princeton > Kaplan > Barrons.
✓ And for Quant section: Barrons > Princeton > Kaplan.
✓ About ETS - well problems are quite simple, but still worth to go through cause guide is from testmakers.
✓ About Grubers - I think it's really good guide for both sections - worth to do anyway.
✓ About Manhattan - I think they did great job and is as well must do as Grubers, it's just more concentrated on strategies, and it will take suppose twice as time as you'll spend on Grubers but it's worth it.

   Now about timing.. generally it takes 6 minutes per page, so one book (~500 pages) should be completed in roughly 7 days if you have 8 hours prep time per day. Don't let one book take more than 2 weeks (unless you have like 3 month of preps). Last few weeks devote to software that is added to some books - just to get used to PC, but remember - it's not PC that will make you confused on your actual GRE, but questions that will appear.

   Also if you see you're out of time during your preps then suggest to limit yourself just doing problems, anyway you will get intuitive instincts to solve the problems if you do them quite a lot. But for that you should at least go through strategies of two books that are bold font in recommended sequences above.

   I suppose after reading this post you'll be lil bit confused, but what can I do.. there's no single studying plan for everyone, so you should choose what is best for you. I just explained everything from my point of view. If you didn't get what you need I suggest you to read this post one more time and you'll understand what's yours ;)

     Hope it will help.
     Best of Luck in in preparing for the GRE!
     Sincerely,
     Bane

P.S. Abbreviations:
✓ ETS - ETS "The Official Guide to the GRE Revised General Test"
✓ Grubers - Gruber's "Complete GRE Guide 2012"
✓ Manhattan - Manhattan GRE set of 8 books ("Algebra", "Fractions, Decimals & Percents", "Geometry", "Numbеr Properties", "Word Problems", "Quantitative Comparison and Data Interpretation", "Reading Comprеhеnsion and Essays", "Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence")
✓ Barrons - Barron's "NEW GRE" 19th ed.
✓ Princeton - The Princeton Review "Cracking the GRE 2012"
✓ Kaplan - Kaplan "New GRE Premier 2011-2012"

Material for OLD GRE

2011-07-17T09:46:00.002-07:00

On the right side of the blog you will find lots of FREE GRE prep material. Also have a look on New GRE Test Practice Software.

All GRE material sorted in next sections:

2011-06-30T22:58:00.000-07:00

	Current GRE	New GRE
Exam delivery	Computer adaptive exam Questions get harder as you get more correct, easier as you get more incorrect.	Section adaptive exam Your performance on the first section of each type (math and verbal) determines the difficulty of the second section of the same type.
Sections/Timing	1 45-minute essay section 1 30-minute essay section 1 30-minute verbal section 1 45-minute math section	2 30-minute essay sections 2 30-minute verbal sections 2 35-minute math sections
Scoring	1 Essay score (0-6) 1 Verbal Score (200-800) 1 Math score (200-800)	1 Essay score (0-6) 1 Verbal score (130-170) 1 Math score (130-170)

Mаnhattаn GRЕ set

2010-01-28T22:40:00.000-08:00

   Now Mаnhattаn GRЕ 2nd ed. set of 8 books!
It's amazing guide, no doubt why it has so high ratings!

         This set contains:
            1. Algebrа. Contents
            2. Frаctions, Decimаls & Percents. Contents
            3. Geomеtry. Contents
            4. Numbеr Propеrties. Contents
            5. Word Problеms. Contents
            6. Quаntitative Comparison and Dаta Interpretаtion. Contents
            7. Rеading Comprеhеnsion and Essays. Contents
            8. Tеxt Complеtion and Sentеnce Equivalencе. Contents

What I found precious about these guides is strategies. Really, those guys did lots of work to put things so simple. Besides lot's of prep material. I really think this guide can stand alone against all other stuff I've provided. I suppose those who have more than month for prep should have a look on it.

Kaplan GRE Psychology Test (2009-2010)

2010-01-22T07:59:00.000-08:00

Publishing is one of the nation's top publishers of academic and professional development resources. We publish titles on topics such as test preparation, college and graduate school admissions, academic and career development in the legal, medical, education, and general business fields. Kaplan Publishing is the leading provider of test prep materials for a variety of standardized tests, including the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, SAT, PSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, and more.

-- 2 full-length practice tests

-- Intensive psychology review, including social psychology, developmental psychology, personality, abnormal psychology, statistics, and more

-- Effective strategies for scoring higher on the test

Format: pdf (in rar)
Size: 230 MB
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Cracking the GRE Biology Test, 3rd Edition

2010-01-19T21:07:00.000-08:00

The Princeton Review doesn't try to teach students everything there is to know about biology -- only what they'll need to know to score higher on the GRE Biology. There's a big difference. In Cracking the GRE Biology, TPR will teach test-takers how to think like the test-makers.

This is accomplished by teaching students how to:
Know what types of questions to expect
Improve scores by studying the topics most likely to appear on the test
Sharpen skills in TPR's biology lab
Get ahead with Word Watch, TPR's list of terms that frequently appear on the test

*This book includes a full-length simulated GRE Biology test. All of The Princeton Review's sample test questions are like the ones test-takers will see on the actual GRE Biology test, and every solution is fully explained.

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Size: 22.4 MB

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GRE Physics (REA)

2010-01-19T21:00:00.000-08:00

This test preparation book includes four full-length exams with detailed explanations modeled after the actual GRE in Physics. Knowledge of mechanics, electromagnetism, atomic physics, physicoptics and wave phenomena, quantum mechanics, special relativity, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, laboratory methods, and advanced topics tested. Includes a general physics review of all topics tested on the exam. For physics students bound for graduate school.

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Size: 3.1 MB

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Cracking the GRE Math Test, 3rd Edition

2010-01-19T20:53:00.000-08:00

This book is for GRE Math Subject Test, NOT for GRE General Test.

The GRE subject tests are among the most difficult standardized exams. Rather than testing general problem-solving skills, they require highly specialized knowledge.

The experts at The Princeton Review have thoroughly research each subject test to provide students with the most thorough, up-to-date information available. Students don’t need to relearn the entire histories of their fields—just what they need to know to earn high scores on the exams.

Each guide includes one full-length practice exam, complete with comprehensive explanations for every solution.

Format: pdf
Size: 46 MB

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GRE Study Plan for 1 Month

2010-01-06T00:02:00.000-08:00

Quite recently in your letters you started to ask me about Study Plan for 1 Month. I must say that month is quite little time for preparations to GRE, but all depends from you and from your abilities.

During my preparations (I had 3 month) I was studying only Math, cause my GRE requirements were 780/800 for Quant and 400/800 for Verbal. And my GRE score (29/10/09) is Q800 and V400.

My main goal during my preparations was to increase the speed of solving the problems. And for that purpose I needed lots of practice... Almost all bad scores are concerned with lack of time. Time is the greatest enemy on GRE Quant section. Actually very little problems appear on GRE that you can't solve, but lots of them are suchlike you can't do them intime.

What to suggest...

1) For Quant section - study this 3 books:

And then if you feel weak in some areas you may practise them from Quantitative Aptitude, R.S. Agarwal or from other Quant books (there are enough of them in Quant Section of the blog).

2) For Verbal section - learn words, aproximately 50-70 a day. I started to study them two weeks before my GRE when I took first PowerPrep test (it was Q800 and V280 - I didn't think that my verbal was so horrible). The best way to memorise new words is to read, but you have not much time so second best way (I used it) it is Flash Cards.
Start learning them in next order:

Then if there will be some time left try to read Kaplan GRE Exam Verbal Workbook and also GRE Barron's 2008 17th ed. (it's as for me really good study material). If you still need some verbal practice there are lots of books in verbal section of the blog.

3) Week before the test try all the GRE CATs. I can suggest them in next order:

I think that would be enough for good GRE score.. But I must say it one more time - all depends from you and your own abilities. It is quite hard to raise your score significantly in such short period. The more you practise the higher score you gain.

Good Luck with your GRE,
Bane

Antonyms

2009-12-08T03:39:00.000-08:00

Fairly straightforward: KNOW THE WORDS.

Suppose you get hit with "AVER".

Now what? If you're one of the few people that knows the definition of AVER, great, find the word that means the opposite and move on. If you don't know what it means, well, there's not much more that you can do but decide which one of the first five letters of the alphabet is momentarily your favorite.

So, start memorizing some words.

Flashcards are the easiest way to learn words.

How to improve your GRE math score

2009-12-08T03:28:00.000-08:00

1. Master the Fundamentals

During the tutoring sessions, we go over and master all three facets of the test. First, we assess your basic math ability and decide whether you should spend some time strengthening your computational skills before going to the actual GRE. It's important to understand that you won't get a good score if you don't know the basics of arithmetic, number properties, algebra, and geometry, and that it's counterproductive to try the more difficult questions that are in the official guides without first getting a strong foundation.

To put it in basketball terms, if you're scoring below 540 and you want to jump straight into actual GRE questions, that's like trying to shoot 3-pointers without knowing how make a layup. Most likely, you need to do at least a little drill work so that you can do the arithmetic on the test more quickly. Also, at this stage, force yourself to show all your work. Writing all your work down when you do a math problem greatly reduces the amount of errors you make, and it also SPEEDS UP your math solving ability.

2. Develop your ability to solve the problems through creative thinking, reasoning, and looking for patterns.

Arithmetic ability is just a foundation, and it alone will not get you a good score. As you do the more difficult problems, you'll see that many of them are like the second question above. What may at first seem like a problem that requires tons of computation turns out to be fairly straightforward and less time consuming once you spot a pattern or use reasoning. Tutoring is very helpful in this regard. Together with your tutor you can go over all the different types of problems and learn the most efficient ways to do those problems, so that ultimately you can do every problem on the test in under two minutes.

3. Learn to manage your time more efficiently.

Essentially, , you need to learn how to recognize questions that will suck away at your time. Then you need to discipline yourself to skip those questions with some educated guesses. It is possible to miss as many as 9 or 10 questions on the math section, and to still score in the high 700s. This means that you don't actually have to do 28 questions, but 18, provided you get those 18 right. The bottom line is, guess on the questions you're likely to get wrong, and spend more time on the ones you know that you can get right.

Also, keep in mind that the GRE is not a math test, it is a test with some math in it. For a large number of questions that seem to require a ton of computation, often you can do the question much more quickly by checking the answer choices or substituting simpler numbers in. You should learn to recognize those opportunities, and use them to your advantage. In general, whenever a question seems to require excessive computation, i.e., a calculator, there's an easier and faster way.

Why is the math on the GRE so tough?

2009-12-08T03:26:00.000-08:00

Well, for some of you, the math on the test will be tough because tenth grade was a long, long time ago.

However, the quantitative part of the GRE doesn't just test whether or not you remember all the pre-algebra you learned as a teenager. For example the question on the previous page really tests your ability to reason through a problem and to spot a pattern. So, the GRE measures not only how well you can do basic math, but also how well you can think critically and creatively about problems. That's what makes the questions so tough.

Furthermore, on the test you will only have, on average, two minutes to answer each question, which makes the whole thing even more difficult. In other words, you are also being tested on your ability to focus and to perform efficiently under pressure. If you keep in mind the three things you will be tested on (basic math skills, reasoning ability, focus/working under pressure), then it will be easier to know what to study and how.

Breakdown of math concepts tested

2009-12-08T03:08:00.000-08:00

28 questions, 45 minutes. There are two types of math questions: problem solving and quantitative comparison, evenly distributed. We discuss the quantitative comparison questions at greater length here.

The math on the test is not very advanced. Mainly, you will be tested on basic arithmetic, number properties, algebra, and basic geometry. Also, there will be a FEW questions on probability, combinatorics (combinations and permutations), or statistics (mean, median, range, etc..).

Furthermore, you will not see any trigonometry or calculus. In fact, all the math on the test is math that you probably learned by your tenth grade in high school. Here is a chart of the relative frequency of the different types of math questions you will find on the test, based on the questions released in the official ETS guide.
Here below is a chart of the relative frequency of different types of geometry questions, based on the questions released in the official ETS guide.

GRE Myths

2009-12-08T02:59:00.000-08:00

1. The first ten questions are the most important and determine your score.

Absolutely not. The large test prep companies have for years claimed that it is very important to get as many of the first ten questions right as possible, because those first ten questions somehow are weighted more or worth more. This is completely and totally untrue. You should of course try to get as many of the first ten questions right, but not at the expense of the rest of the test. In fact, if you run out of time (because you spent so much time on the first ten questions) and you leave the last 5 questions blank, your score goes down by a noticeable amount. Instead of trying to spend more time in the beginning of the test, you should try to have a steady pace of about two minutes per question (on the math...on the verbal you have slightly less time per question).

Therefore, it is very important to treat the first ten questions as you would treat all the other questions. Try to do them in under two minutes. If you recognize that question number 7 is so damn hard that you perhaps maybe might get the answer after 5 minutes of hard work, don't do it just because it's question number 7. Make an educated guess, and now you have a little bit of extra time for the next tough question.

2. To do well, you need to know how to do complex math.

Permutation and combination questions, as well as probability questions and standard deviation questions, are fairly rare on the test. Out of the 420 math questions in the official guides, 124, or almost a third, are geometry questions, and the next most popular type of question is algebra. It would therefore behoove you to really master algebra and geometry, (especially triangles), and to know how to do in under two minutes the questions that test the standard pre-algebra, not the esoteric stuff.

Knowing how to quickly reduce fractions is much more important than almost anything else on the test. Similarly, you are much better off memorizing the 12 x 12 times table, the first 15 squares, and the common right trianges, then you are learning how to do complicated combinatorics.

3. You need to do every question.

Just because you need to answer every question doesn't mean that you have to do every question.

To prove this theory, one of our tutors perfromed an experiment using the ETS diagnostic test software (provided by ETS and exactly like the actual test).

First, he skipped every 5th question on a math section, meaning he randomly picked A on 6 questions (including the last question). He wound up with an 800.

Then, he skipped every 4th question, meaning once again he randomly picked A on 7 questions. He wound up with a 740.

Finally, he skipped every THIRD question. He wound up with a 760 (he got slightly luckier on the guessing than the previous time). What this tells us is that you can comfortably decide not to do a third of the math section and still get way above 700.

Managing your time well is essential to getting a decent score, and the cornerstone of efficient time management on the GRE is knowing what questions to avoid. Why should you avoid some questions? Remember, if you run out of time and don't answer the last 5 questions, your score will go way down. The worst thing that can happen to you on the test is to get bogged down on two or three questions early on, spend 4 or 5 minutes and still be no closer to the answer, and then race against the clock for the rest of the test, finally guessing randomly on the last ten questions. Not only did you probably bomb the last quarter of the test, but you most likely missed a lot of questions that you could have gotten because you had to rush through them.

Instead, you should skip those couple of questions that would otherwise eat up your time. By doing so, you're essentially deciding which questions you will get wrong, and leaving yourself more time for other difficult questions that you CAN solve.

The strategy for guessing boils down to this: if a question is going to take you 4 or 5 minutes to do, don't do it. Take up to 30 seconds to make an educated guess, but no more than that, and then move on. That way, you have more time for the next difficult question. So, effective time management requires two things: the ability to recognize which questions are ones that will take you a long time to solve, if you can solve them at all, and the discipline to skip those questions. It's imperative that you start building that discipline as soon as you start studying.

4. If the questions start getting easier that means that you've bombed the test.

Another dangerous myth. Forget about trying to figure out how you're doing, and instead maintain your focus so that you can answer the questions correctly. If you get an easy question in the middle of the test, it might be that you just got an experimental question, and not that you messed up the previous question. Or perhaps you got a question that for most people is difficult but for some reason is not so difficult for you. Instead of fretting over it, concentrate on finishing the test and solving each remaining question as accurately as possible.

6 Common Bridges to GRE Analogies

2009-12-08T02:58:00.000-08:00

Building bridges is important in the GRE Verbal Analogy Section.

For example:

Some ORANGES are orange in color is weak
UMBRELLAs provide protection from RAIN is strong

The key is to create a strong bridge between the two words.

There are 6 types or bridges that account for almost all of the GRE analogies. Knowing these are important:

Characteristic: A GENIUS is by definition is SMART.

Lack: Someone who’s TIRED lacks ENERGY.

Degree: Something ENORMOUS is very LARGE.

Type: STRAWBERRY is a type of FRUIT.

Part/Whole: An ORCHESTRA is made up of several PLAYERs.

Function: EARPLUGS are used to lessen NOISE.

7 Must Know Deceptive Vocabulary GRE Words

2009-12-08T02:55:00.000-08:00

Words that dont look like their meaning are often thrown on the GRE to fool the test-taker. It is highly suggested that you know the following words:

Restive: on edge (for example you would think of “rest/resting” but instead its not, that is deceptive vocabulary).

Protean: variable.

Noisome: foul smelling.

Prolix: rambling & wordy.

Tortuous: full of plot twists.

Obviate: to make unnecessary.

Ponderous: bogged down, tedious.

NOVA GRE Preparation Course

2009-11-28T08:38:00.000-08:00

If you don’t have a pencil in your hand, get one now! Don’t just read this book—write on it, study it, scrutinize it! In short, for the next six weeks, this book should be a part of your life. When you have finished the book, it should be marked-up, dog-eared, tattered and torn.
Although the GRE is a difficult test, it is a very learnable test. This is not to say that the GRE is“beatable.” There is no bag of tricks that will show you how to master it overnight.

Math: Twenty-two chapters provide comprehensive review of all the math properties you need for the GRE.
Verbal: Develop the ability to spot places from which questions are likely to be drawn as you read a passage (pivotal words, counter-premises, etc.). Also, learn the 4000 essential GRE words.
Writing: Comprehensive analysis of the writing task, including writing techniques, punctuation, grammar, rhetoric, and style.
Mentor Exercises: These exercises provide hints, insight, and partial solutions to ease your transition from seeing GRE problems solved to solving them on your own.
Detailed solutions to hundreds of GRE questions!

As for me: Very good for start, must-have for GRE takers.

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McGraw-Hill's GRE 2010 Edition

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Complete GRE preparation for achieving your best score

The GRE is crucial for graduate school entrance--and McGraw-Hill’s GRE is the comprehensive study tool you need to succeed.

Created by test-preparation specialists at Advantage Education, it gives you the most up-to-date information on each section of the test. From practice tests and skill-building techniques to expert coaching, essay help and online practice, you will have all the guidance you need--right at your fingertips. The accompanying CD-ROM is both PC- and Mac-compatible.

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