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GRE Chemistry (Graduate Record Examination Series, Gre-2)

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I found this book to be terribly out of date. It did not represent in any way, any of the questions that were on the Chemistry GRE, which I just took Nov 2002. Fortunately for me, I did not rely on this book alone. What I would recommend is to spend your [money] on something else, get as many practice GRE exams as possible (generally ETS will send a different exam than the one posted on the website), and study your old notes and textbooks. This book is a waste of money.

GRE Chemistry is an astonishingly bad test prep book. There is no discussion of the GRE Chem test in particular, though there is a long-winded, painfully out-of-date section on the GRE General test. The practice test appears to date from a time when test-takers wrote in their answers to the questions by hand. The only study material is some (again, very dated) notes at the end of the book. They are not tailored at all to the GRE, and they are not at the right level. They seem like notes from a high-school or intro college chemistry class.

Do anything at all to prep for the GRE, as long as it isn't buying this book. Get something from Kaplan or Princeton Review. Check out textbooks from the library (this worked best for me). Just do not buy this awful, awful excuse for a book.

Rudman's Chemistry GRE series (1996) is the most comprehensive practice Q & A guide I've seen to date. There are examination sections covering General/Physical, Inorganic, and Organic Chemistry questions similar to those expected on today's GRE... I know from experience! In addition to the literally hundreds of Q's & A's for each topic of chemistry, there is an excellent overview of the basic fundamentals AND a nice compilation of good definitions to know. This is a must for prospective Chemistry GRE takers.