GRE 2012 Edition Graduate School Test Preparation

Cracking the New GRE with DVD, 2012 Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation)







Authors Princeton Review

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Product Description
• Access to 4 full-length practice tests (2 online and 2 in the book)
• Practice questions with detailed explanations for every question
• Key strategies for solving Text Completions, Sentence Equivalents, Numeric Entry, Quantitative Comparisons, and more
• Thorough review of all GRE topics, including everything on the new GRE
• DVD supplement (completely overhauled in 2011!) with tutorials and helpful information from The Princeton Review’s top GRE course instructor

Product Details
# Paperback: 496 pages
# Publisher: Princeton Review; Pap/DVD Re edition (April 26, 2011)
# Language: English

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Reviews


Likewise for the Verbal section, you will learn techniques to identify the type of question, how to quickly deconstruct the question, and most importantly how to answer exactly what the examiners expect.

I also find the writing techniques to be very helpful to ensure at the essays will end up above average. The only way to score a "6" is to keep practicing and learn from good styles of writing.

The only downside was the DVD - video summarizing the preparation and examination experience, but nothing more than that. Get the version without DVD Cracking the New GRE, 2012 Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation) to save some money.

What I liked about it:
--The amount of explanation was perfect - concise enough that I could read the book cover to cover.
--I found that the test-taking strategies given for the verbal, math, and writing sections were all very helpful, and during the actual test I found myself using them several times.
--I thought the practice tests were about the same level of difficulty as the actual test.

The Princeton Review highly enough... Its methods and explanations are quicker, simpler, and significantly more helpful than Kaplan's. Note: I did read The Princeton Review first, which I'm sure colored my opinion. However, after studying the PR publication, I felt that Kaplan's instructions and advice were not only unhelpful, they actually made the test more complicated than it needed to be. Kaplan's book has more practice drills/tests, but P.R. has more than enough of these, and it uses its pages more effectively (in my opinion), explaining methods/instructions that make the test feel simple and doable.
So if you're considering one or the other, this would be my choice hands down; it does the job thoroughly and effectively, and (bonus) it's less expensive.