Cracking the New GRE  (English, Mixed media product, Staff of the Princeton Review)

This is a practical guide that aims to help the students preparing for the GRE.

Summary Of the Book

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a common test for admission to colleges and universities in the US and other English speaking countries. The GRE online exam is an adaptive test. The performance in the initial sections of the test determine the difficulty level of the subsequent sections.

The GRE consists of a Verbal section, a Quantitative section, an Analytical Writing section, and an Experimental section. The Experimental section does not contribute towards the final score, but it is mixed up with any one of the other sections. In some instances, a Research section, identified as such, is given at the end of the test instead of the experimental section.

This book, Cracking the New GRE 2012, has been completely revised to reflect the changes made in the exam in August 2011. Each major section of the exam is covered separately, with explanations of concepts and illustrative examples, and exercises for practice.

The book provides several helpful tips and techniques for tackling the various problems in each section. It shows the readers how to solve algebra problems by substituting numbers for the variables. It helps them solve analogies even if they do not comprehend the meaning of each word in the problem.

It covers all the basic concepts in each section, like basic mathematical concepts, as a revision of high school level maths for those who have lost touch with maths for several years. The book provides practical tips for sentence completion section and covers how to identify and avoid wrong answers in the reading comprehension tests.

This edition consists of two full practice tests, several practice exercises in each section with solutions, helpful strategies for tackling each section, and a comprehensive review of all GRE topics, including the new aspects.