David Said:

What are the Best Study Guides for the GRE and/or Psy. Sub Test? (In Recent Year, Please)?

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Cliffnotes has a series of study guides. You know the black and yellow cover books??? I have used them to study for my graduate school and my praxis exams. They are very helpful and will aide and are structured such that it is very easy to learn (or relearn) the material.

Good luck!

Edward Said:

GRE Study guides...do I need the recent publishing?

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Just make sure there are no changes.
I believe the material is the same. For the math, I would not worry about it.
For the verbal make sure you memorize. It is too much work and I doubt anybody enjoys it.
I did my GRE in 2004, and what I see is that there are no changes.
Make sure you run the ETS PowerPrep test and assure that the material is the same. You will find that on test questions. It should be the same. I am 99.99% sure.

Vivian Said:

Which GRE study materials are best for preparing students for the quantitative section of the exam?

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you can check out your local library, i'm sure they have the most recent books and study guides for the GRE. Also, check out bookstores such as barnes and Nobles, Border, they should carry study guides and books about the how to prepare for the GRE. Hope this helps ^.^

Nelson Said:

GRE study guides, need a little help please?

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First, my experience stems from just recently taking the GRE on Sept 1, and i did try several different study guides, the one i settled on ended up helping me achieve a score better than necessary for acceptance into grad school. That being said, let me give you a few pieces of info about Grad Schools and such. Overall there are four criteria that grad schools look into. 1) GPA 2) undergrad research experience or your work experience relating to the field of study, also what kind of benefit to the research of that university you may become. 3) Letters of recomendation from faculty and staff that attest to the type of student and overall person you are 4) your GRE scores. now, assuming you have stellar three out of four of those criteria, you will be fine and have a great shot at acceptance, so if everything but your GRE scores are good, you will be ok. i know several professors that will tell you they did not get into grad school because of their GRE scores.

As for study guides: Get on the GRE website and sign up for a test date. preferably, one in late sept or october so you can retake it if need be. but if you can only take it once, make sure to take it at the latest by early november, as you have suggested above. Once you register for the test (the general GRE specifically) you will be sent free GRE PowerPrep software from ETS, the company that issues the GRE. that software is a great resource with several study applications and two full length practice general tests. Also, i found the study book Master The GRE by Mark Allen Stewart to be extremely helpful. it gave several insights that im sure gained me points on the actual GRE exam. lastly, because i am looking into bioengineering schools i am much more science minded than literary, so i picked up a box of flashcards titled "500 of the hardest GRE words" from Kaplan in order to boost my vocabulary for the verbal sections of the GRE.

As for the subject tests, the ETS website list the topics covered in the subject tests. its best to review these topics using your normal university text books as you would for a lecture class. i found that the available texts in bookstores for the subject test are far to vague and do not help.

Helpful tips: you will be crunched for time during the test so the best idea is to be completely familiar with the layout and format of the test. the best way to get comfortable is by taking several practice tests. Also, when you finish the test, because the general test is done on a computer, your scores will be presented to you immediately after you submit the test, so you know within a matter of seconds after finishing the test how you did on the test, except for the writing section which has to be hand graded by GRE readers. overall, read the study book and the GRE website along with their software and focus on the skills you may be lacking, and you will do just fine. Good luck with your GRE endeavor!

Mike Said:

GRE study guides.....?

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Hi
Well don't try to compare, just try to do as much as you can! practice is the key to success in GRE! all the best!

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