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Dewey Decimal Number: 378 EAN: 9780375764752 Edition: Pap/Cdr ISBN: 0375764755 Label: Princeton Review Manufacturer: Princeton Review Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: June 14, 2005 Publisher: Princeton Review Release Date: June 14, 2005 Studio: Princeton Review Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Cracking the GRE teaches proven techniques specifically designed to help students prepare for the computerized format of the Graduate Record Examination. Newly updated, this best-selling guide provides comprehensive preparation for the GRE. Book buyers even get an exclusive free pass to go online and take extra full-length practice tests. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Good for general review, not for scoring extremely high...I feel that Princeton Review books are best for people that want a simple and easy to understand review of the most important concepts and strategies useful for the GRE. The math review is easy to understand. The strategies for the verbal section are clear. The Princeton Review books ARE NOT enough for high scorers. The math problems are far too easy for someone that wants to get an 800 in math. For instance, I scored 800 on the Princeton Review CD tests ... Read More Rating:  - Solid -- especially helpful for the writing sectionThis is a pretty solid all-around GRE prep. Especially helpful, though, is the part about creating templates to deal with the analytical writing session. This advice in itself makes the book worthwhile. Rating: - good for review, but tests on CD repeat a lot of questionsthe math review in PR was, i thought, the best amongst the main players (barron's, kaplan) - though i am very good at math, so i didn't need a lot of explanations regarding some of the shortcuts, etc., they have in this book. verbal was pretty solid in terms of instruction as well. you want to supplement the vocab here w/ kaplan's word list and barron's top 300 words. vocab is key to the verbal part of the exam, but you don't need to go overboard and learn 3,500 words (in barron's) unless you have ... Read More Rating: - Decent, But Not the BestThis GRE prep book has a fairly decent Math review and Verbal review, but the practice tests both in the book and on the CD aren't very difficult compared to the actual GRE. It has some good points on how to write the Issue and Argument essays, but the Baron's prep book is much better in all areas. It's good to use this book along with other guides like the Baron's simply because they have a few different points, and getting all the practice possible is what will ultimately help you in the end. Rating:  - DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY OR STUDY TIMEPlease do yourself a favor and buy the Kaplan review book, as well as the book ETS publishes. This book has AWFUL advice and wildly unrealistic practice tests. The tests on the CD rom often repeat questions already answered in the book and have produced a range of scores which in no way reflect my scores on the tests ETS provides in their book (which are the real deal). The only saving grace of the Princeton Review book is the fact that they provide 4 or 8-week study schedules combining work from ... Read More 
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