The Official Guide to the GRE General Test 3rd Edition

It had been a couple of decades since I last took the GRE, and I gave myself only a couple of weeks to prep. This book was perfect. It took me through each section of the test, accurately and succinctly explaining what would be presented and how it would be graded. I needed a solid review of math in particular, and this book provided it. Well worth the price!

Helped me prepare for the GRE and I passed with a good score. The practice questions are just like the test, and the tips and explanations help you understand how the test works and how to approach the questions. Definitely recommend.

It is a good book to review pertinent concepts and get a feel for the type of questions on the GRE but my text has obvious errors: on page 124 in the quantitative section there there is a question that asks you to choose which numbers are multiples of both 2 and 3... it provides A,B,C,D choices but when you look at the answer key none of the ABCD choices correspond with the ABCD choicesin the answer key. I found that there were other questions with the same issues where it looked as if the possible anwer choices were the same as the question prior and totally unrealted to the answer key choices. I hope they fix these errors, or else how can we know what the text is stating to be accurate?

The book has 2 LONG practice tests. With the new format of the GRE being shorter, this technically DOES provide 4 practice tests. The most accurate test was the first one I took. Scored exactly what I got on that test on the real thing. The book serves as an extra book for practice problems in my opinion!! PS— this book has DIFFERENT problems than the ones you get upon purchasing your test! (The online practice ones through ets)

As a long-time GRE tutor, I urge you to get this book (or the previous version The Official Guide to the GRE Revised General Test, 2nd Edition).Here's an analogy to explain why: Let's say you're taking a class and studying for the final exam. The professor offers to sell you a copy of the previous years' exams. Sounds good, you think. But then you run into a guy in the hall who claims to be an expert on your professor's class. He offers to sell you a book with 12 exams that he says are similar to your professor's.Ok, do you: A. buy your professor's exams or B. buy the random guy's exams?Correct answer: A. Your professor wrote his exams! That makes them worth their weight in gold. The random "expert" might have tried to copy your professor's style, but he most likely went for QUANTITY over QUALITY.In test prep, quality matters. No matter what kind of GRE prep you use, authentic ETS GRE questions are most similar to the ones you'll face on test day, since they're written by the same people. There are hundreds of ETS questions that are unique to this book, so that's why you should buy it.Even though this book is 99.9% the same as the previous edition, I have to give it five stars. If this version has a low star rating, then some people will think it's not a good book and buy another company's book. They'll miss out on the opportunities this book provides for learning.Bottom Line: This book is well worth the price. It's an essential part of any serious student's GRE prep.You can find all my GRE prep recommendations in my study plans.

Originally bought this guide since it was created by the writers of the GRE itself. I had some doubts, as other people had posted that this was only a good "supplemental book", and that it takes several months of studying to get a decent GRE score. However, after going through the entire book and taking only two timed, written practice tests (four tests available), I got a 310 combined score in less than two months of studying (4.0 analytical writing). I would not recommend buying any other guides as this is a total waste of your time/money. This is by far the best book if you want a good score on your GRE!!!

Now I realize everyone studies differently, so if you feel like you'd do better with a prep course, that's an excellent approach too. For me though, the book had all the practice tests and tips I needed to score pretty darn high on the GRE and get into my program without spending hundreds of dollars on a course. Now whether or not I'd recommend the GRE as a relevant measure of someone's ability to succeed in grad school is a different story, but I suppose that's beyound the point. Anywhos, great book. This really is the official guide, despite the super advertisy cover.

I bought this OFFICIAL book the same year I took the test. I was not aware that they updated the test in which the information in this book did not match the changes. It still has decent practice problems and study information but does not provide accurate info about the structure of the exam. I did not use anything else to prepare for the exam and did above average.If you were good at ACT/SAT you will be good at this exam (Pick up the book to get a feel for the format though)(Test is shorter now btw)