The Gre for Dummies

by Vlk, Suzee; Vik, Suzee

• ISBN13: 9781568843995
• ISBN10: 1568843992
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-07-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary

"I've recommended Suzee for ten years because her techniques deliver results." Jill Q. Porter, Educational Consultant "A powerful learning tool that's fun to use." Kim Buchanan, Student, Escondido, CA "Highly recommended. Finally, a test-prep book that's actually fun to read." Bettie B. Youngs, Ph.D., Ed.D., Del Mar, CAPractice on Two Complete Sample Tests Answers and Analysis Provided! Everything You Need to Do GREat! Using a fun and friendly format, The GRE For Dummies, 3rd Edition, reveals all the essential information you need to improve your scores and reduce test-taking anxiety. This newly revised edition has been thoroughly updated with all the latest tips, techniques, and strategies to help you ace either the traditional or new computerized version! With this indispensable guide at your fingertips, you'll be on the road to your graduate degree in no time! Face It and Ace It!Discover special study strategies for taking the computerized GRE examReincarnate two years of need-to-know math in a fraction of the timeHone your skills for deciphering antonyms and analogiesExtract pertinent information from reading comprehension passagesBeat the clock with valuable timesaving tipsReduce your stress and stay focused using special relaxation techniques before and During the testWhip your analytical skills into shape with a crash-course in logicRecognize trick questions and answer them correctlyAvoid the "Ten Dumb Things You Can Do to Mess Up Your GRE"

Author Biography

Suzee Vlk has been a Test-Prep Specialist since 1975, working her way through law school and graduate business school teaching courses in SAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, and ACT preparation. She is now President of Suzee Vlk Test Prep and shares her expertise with thousands of students across the U.S., and is the author of IDG Books Worldwide's The SAT I For Dummies, 3rd Edition, The ACT For Dummies, and The GMAT For Dummies, 3rd Edition.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Why You Need This Book	p. 1
How to Get Your Money's Worth Out of This Book	p. 2
Pardon Me for Having a Life: Who Has Time for This?	p. 3
Time required to go through the GRE lectures	p. 3
Time required to go through the practice GREs	p. 4
An Aerial View: Putting the GRE into Perspective	p. 5
Know Your Enemy: What the GRE Looks Like	p. 7
Gimme a Break! The GRE Intermission	p. 8
The Computer Based Test (CBT)	p. 9
Beat the Clock: Timing Tips	p. 10
What to Take to the GRE	p. 11
What Not to Take to the GRE	p. 12
Isn't That Special? Unusual Circumstances	p. 12
Everyone Wants to Score	p. 13
Deja Vu All Over Again: Repeating the Test	p. 15
Can You Use Older Scores?	p. 16
A Word to the Wise: Verbal Questions	p. 17
Starting with the Easy Stuff: Analogies	p. 19
If Only All Relationships Were This Easy: The Format	p. 19
Approaching Perfection	p. 20
Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get You: Traps, Tricks, and Tips	p. 21
The Terminator: Eliminating Dumb Answers	p. 26
Deja Vu Review	p. 26
The Dirty Dozen: Analogy Practice Questions	p. 27
If Opposites Attract, Why Are Antonyms So Repulsive?	p. 33
Is That All There Is? The Format	p. 33
Let's Get This Over with Fast: The Approach	p. 34
What to Do When You Ain't Got a Clue	p. 35
Bad Things Come in Small Packages: Tricks, Traps, and Tips	p. 36
Peroration (A Summing Up)	p. 38
Unattractive Opposites: Antonym Practice Questions	p. 39
Finish What You Start: Sentence Completions	p. 43
What Sentence Completion Questions Look Like	p. 43
Looking at the Sentence and Drawing a Blank	p. 44
TNT: Dynamite Traps 'n Tricks	p. 45
Getting Back to Your Roots	p. 48
A Sense of Completion: Review	p. 50
Reality Check: Sentence Completion Practice Questions	p. 51
Readings That Can Affect Your Future: Blood Pressure, Astrology, and GRE	p. 55
Why Do They Call It Reading Comprehension If I Don't Understand a Thing I've Read?	p. 55
The Three Commonly Tested Reading Passages	p. 56
All or Nothing: Questions to Take Seriously; Questions to Laugh Off	p. 59
The Swing Vote: Extending the Author's Reasoning	p. 63
Something up My Sleeve: Tricks for Making Life a Little Easier	p. 64
Practice What I Preach: Reading Comprehension Practice Questions	p. 67
Two Years of Math in 58 Pages: The Dreaded Math Review	p. 73
More Figures Than a Beauty Pageant: Geometry Review	p. 75
You Gotta Have an Angle: Angles	p. 75
Triangle Trauma: Triangles	p. 78
Thanks 4 Nothing: Quadrilaterals	p. 83
Missing Parrots and Other Polly-Gones: More Polygons	p. 85
I'm Too Much of a Klutz for Coordinate Geometry	p. 89
Running Around in Circles	p. 89
Gotta Catch Some (Xs, Ys, and) Zs: Algebra and Other Sleeping Aids	p. 95
The Powers That Be: Bases and Exponents	p. 95
Keep It in Proportion: Ratios	p. 99
Things Aren't What They Seem: Symbolism	p. 101
Abracadabra: Algebra	p. 104
Too Hip to Be Square: Roots and Radicals	p. 107
Probably Probability	p. 108
Miscellaneous Math You Probably Already Know	p. 111
DIRTy Math: Time, Rate, and Distance	p. 111
It All Averages Out: Averages	p. 112
Percentage Panic	p. 116
Ready, Sets, Go: Number Sets	p. 119
Prime and Composite Numbers	p. 120
I'm All Mixed Up: Mixture Problems	p. 121
Greed Is Great: Interest Problems	p. 122
All Work and No Play: Work Problems	p. 122
Reading between the Lines: Absolute Value	p. 123
Smooth Operator: Order of Operations	p. 124
Measuring Up: Units of Measurement	p. 124
What's the Point: Decimals	p. 125
Broken Hearts, Broken Numbers: Fractions	p. 127
The Stats Don't Lie: Statistics	p. 129
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Graphs	p. 130
Your Number's Up: Math Questions	p. 133
The Incomparable Quantitative Comparisons	p. 135
Where Did All the Answers Go? The QC Format	p. 135
As Easy as [pi]: Approaching QC Questions	p. 136
Gotchas and Other Groaners: Tips, Traps, and Tricks	p. 136
Familiarity Breeds Content(ment): A Review	p. 144
Putting It All Together: QC Practice Questions	p. 147
Real Math at Last: Problem Solving	p. 153
Strategic Planning: The Attack Strategy	p. 153
Four Commonsense Suggestions	p. 154
I'm Sure I Know You from Somewhere: A Quick Review	p. 156
A Chance to Show Off: Problem-Solving Practice Questions	p. 157
Getting into Analysis: Analytical Ability	p. 161
A Section Only Mr. Spock Could Love: Analytical Ability	p. 163
Fun and Games: The Format	p. 163
Logic Games: Analytical Reasoning	p. 164
You Can't Tell the Players without a Program	p. 164
Picture This: The Diagram	p. 165
Artifices, Ruses, and Wiles: A Trap by Any Other Name Still Stinks	p. 165
It Makes Sense to Me: Logical Reasoning	p. 166
When Nothing is Reason-able: Tricks and Traps	p. 167
All Good Things Must End: Review	p. 167
Just How Logical Are You? Analytical Ability Practice Questions	p. 169
It All Comes Down to This: Full-Length Practice GREs	p. 175
How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Day, Part I: Practice Exam 1	p. 177
Answer Sheet	p. 179
Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations	p. 213
How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Day, Part II: Practice Exam 2	p. 255
Answer Sheet	p. 257
Answer Key for Practice Exam 2	p. 290
Scoring Worksheet GRE	p. 291
Verbal	p. 291
GRE Verbal Score Chart	p. 291
Math	p. 292
GRE Math Score Chart	p. 292
Analytical	p. 293
GRE Analytical Score Chart	p. 293
Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations	p. 295
The Part of Tens	p. 341
Ten Wrong Rumors about the GRE	p. 343
Filling in all A's is better than jumping around, filling in A, B, C, D, or E	p. 343
You can't have three A's in a row	p. 343
Paper-based tests are easier	p. 344
Tests in different parts of the country are different	p. 344
You can't study for the GRE	p. 344
Your GRE score will be about the same as your SAT score from high school	p. 344
The GRE tests IQ	p. 344
You must pass certain classes to take the GRE	p. 345
Your score won't improve if you keep retaking the GRE	p. 345
The GRE has a passing score	p. 345
Ten Dumb Things You Can Do to Mess Up Your GRE	p. 347
Losing Concentration	p. 347
Panicking Over Time	p. 347
Messing Up Numbering On the Answer Grid	p. 348
Rubbernecking	p. 348
Cheating	p. 348
Worrying About the Previous Sections	p. 349
Worrying About the Hard Problems	p. 349
Transferring Information From Problem to Problem	p. 349
Forgetting to Double-Check	p. 349
Looking Back and Doing "Coulda-Shoulda"	p. 350
Ten Relaxation Techniques You Can Try Before and During the GRE	p. 351
Breathe Deeply	p. 351
Rotate Your Head	p. 351
Hunch and Roll Your Shoulders	p. 351
Cross and Roll Your Eyes	p. 352
Shake Out Your Hands	p. 352
Extend and Push Out Your Legs	p. 352
Cup Your Eyes	p. 352
Rotate Your Scalp	p. 352
Curtail Negative Thoughts	p. 352
Before the Test or During a Break, Visualize	p. 352
Index	p. 353
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