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August 22, 2006 0375765514 978-0375765513 Pap/DVD
Cracking the GRE now offers MAJOR new features on DVD, including engaging video tutorials from The Princeton Review’s top instructors. We also bring you over 300 practice questions in the book and exclusive free access to 4 practice exams and expert advice online.

Of course, you’ll also get all the test-prep techniques you expect from The Princeton Review. In Cracking the GRE, we’ll teach you how to think like the test writers and

·Solve analogies even when you don’t know the meanings of all the words in the problem
·Crack even the most complex algebra problems by plugging in numbers in place of variables
·Understand the nature of computer-adaptive tests and use that knowledge to your advantage
·Master even the toughest problems in the Verbal and Quantitative sections
·Learn directly from our teachers in an GRE strategy session on DVD

We give you plenty of practice problems to help you master our proven techniques. Our practice questions are just like those you’ll see on the real GRE—but with detailed answers and explanations for every question.


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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton Review; Pap/DVD edition (August 22, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0375765514
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375765513
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,032,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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2.0 out of 5 stars meh, not sure I'd buy it again, January 21, 2007
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I guess this wasn't too bad, but I wish they'd focused a little more on teaching some of the math concepts instead of showing how to plug values to get the answer. Like they admit, none of the math is advanced, so just some reminding of what we learned in jr. high would seem more appropriate than the endless number plugging. The GRE writers write questions that make plugging difficult, to see if you can reason the solution through knowing a little math. The plugging takes more time and leaves more room for error, in my opinion, than just learning how to solve the problem.

I also think their sample tests were not great samples. They had typos and re-used charts between tests. They were not very good predictors of my actual result. I took the four on-line sample tests, and the two from PowerPrep and the actual GRE all in 2 days. Here are my scores:

Princeton Review sample tests:

Quant (4 tests): 670, 610, 650, 690

Verbal: 650, 750, 730, 510

PowerPrep sample tests:

Quant: 720, 700

Verbal: 640, 690

My actual scores: quant 710, verbal 640

Also, in their online sample tests, some of the wording is a bit flippant and many of the verbal questions are far too ambiguous to be representative of real GRE questions. The flippant parts are probably supposed to be light and humorous, but I found it a little offensive to have each verbal 'explanation' include the sentence "Learn your vocabulary!" It implied that anyone who had studied or had a decent vocabulary would KNOW the answer. Not very professional, in my opinion.

PowerPrep (free download from [...]) was better, in my opinion.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good for some things, December 13, 2006
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I used the book for about a month to prepare for the GRE's. It was my main source of information. I found the review and tips helpful, especially for the quantitative. However, the writing samples are below par. The author believes that it is not that important to score well on this section, but in my opinion if you are writing a study guide then you should assume that your customers have high standards. Otherwise, why buy a book with the goal of a crappy essay? The book also gains you access to the online practice tests which are really helpful. The math questions seem a bit on the easy side though, compared to the actual test.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for GRE, March 20, 2007
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I went to Kaplan live lectures and paid about $1350! It was totally waste of time and money. This book has a way of showing you the key points for the exam and their way of attacking math problems are so simple and easy to follow. I would recommmend for those who want to study for GRE.
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