6 GRE Practice Tests  (English, Paperback, Kotchian Vincent)

Barron’s 6 GRE Practice Tests is an invaluable resource for all those students who are preparing to take up the revised Graduate Record Exam (GRE). The book promises a thorough hands-on practice for taking tests featuring six full-length practice tests that are identical in length, question types, difficulty level and structure to that of the actual exam.

Summary of The Book

The GRE created and administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) since 1949 is a standardized test that is one of the most important admissions requirement for most of the American graduate schools and others across the world. The exam measures the verbal reasoning, critical thinking, analytical writing and quantitative reasoning skills of the test taker that are not specific to a particular area of study, but have been acquired over time.

Barron’s 6 GRE Practice Tests takes into account the various changes in the GRE General tests made by the Graduate Record Examinations Board to help prepare a prospective graduate student looking for professional advancement take up the revised GRE.

This edition takes the test taker through six full-length practice tests that replicate in length, question types, difficulty level and structure the actual exam. Along with these tests are the answers to all the test questions and step-by-step solutions to each of the problems. It also has a host of tips and strategies that are aimed at helping a student maximising their GRE score.

Barron's 6 GRE Practice Tests is an excellent test preparation guide that can be either used alone or along with the Barron's New GRE With CD-ROM.

About The Authors

Vince Kotchian is an author and a test-prep tutor.

He has the authored a few other books like MAT For Dummies and GRE Vocab Capacity: Over 1,000 Powerful Memory Tricks & Mnemonics to Widen your Lexicon.

Kotchian grew up in Connecticut. He graduated with a B.A. in English Literature (Honors program) from the Boston College. He has been working as a full-time test-prep tutor since 2008 after having worked for McElroy Tutoring. He prepares students for taking up the ACT, GRE and SAT exams.He currently lives in San Diego.

David Freeling is a tutor and author.

He is the author of the book Vocab Monster.

In 1991, Freeling graduated with a BA in mathematics from Columbia University. He spent the next year in graduate school in the Mathematics Department at the same same university. He founded Insight Tutoring in the year 2004 and has helped hundreds of students with their preparation for the SAT, GRE, GMAT and PSAT exams. He has three children and volunteers as a tutor in their elementary school.