Any suggestions for GRE prep-books?

[Germadirk123]

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I'm looking to buy a prep book for the GRE, but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on which brand (Kaplan, Barron, etc) will actually help you prepare better for the exam?😳

 

[EllieGirl89]

I used the Princeton Review's "Cracking the GRE." I also had the Barron's, but compared to the Princeton Review, Barrons was extremely dry. Princeton Review's actually has a sense of humor that makes it not so tedious. It also is more concise and I just found it far more helpful. Not to mention that the book comes with an access code for four computer-based tests so you can get a good feel for the test before you actually take it.

 

[canis13]

yeah, another vote for the Princeton Review book. I ended up purchasing a Kaplan book with CD, the Princeton Review book, GRE for Dummies, and the Barron 800 GRE words book, and I found the Princeton Review most helpful. I'd definitely get the version that has the most computer-adaptive online practice tests (I think they give you 4).

 

[summerbailey]

I used Kaplan's GRE book and skimmed through Princeton's. I personally liked Kaplan's better because I felt like they explained the answers better. In addition, what truly helped me get my verbal score up from a measly 300 to a 560 by test day (2 weeks later) was Kaplan's 101 GRE verbal practice questions mobile. You can download it from the iBooks app on the iPhone (probably on a similar app on other smartphones) and search for Kaplan books. They have their full books available too, but the 101 verbal questions is the most useful because you can choose which types of questions you want to work on, and they display one problem at a time. Plus, if you don't know what a word means you can highlight it and the definition will pop up in the same application.

For math, if you don't want to drop all the money on taking the prep classes, I would just buy up other people's used books on Craigslist or something like that. I used my friend's Kaplan math workbook from the prep class and thought it was a very good refresher with good tips.

Good luck!

 

[twelvetigers]

This thread might help, and there's a link to another thread within it that's also helpful.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=720067

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