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Believe it—you’re headed to grad school
GRE Prep 2024 For Dummies prepares you with the tools and test-taking strategies you need to score your highest on the Graduate Record Examination and begin your post-college journey. You’ll find everything you need to know about the test itself—what’s on it, how much time you have, and what to do when you run into stuff you don’t know. Review detailed content information, then practice, practice, practice—with over 400 flashcards and 6 full-length practice exams. Plus, you’ll have access to detailed study plans to help you manage your time wisely, even if test day is coming up sooner than you might hope. Don’t worry, this Dummies guide will help you rock it on test day.
GRE Prep 2024 For Dummies is your ticket to a higher score on this year’s test.
Ron Woldoff, MBA, is the founder of National Test Prep, where he has helped thousands of students reach their goals on the GMAT, GRE, and SAT. He has taught his own GMAT and GRE prep courses at Northern Arizona University and is the author of SAT For Dummies and previous editions of GRE For Dummies.
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with the GRE 5
Chapter 1: Knowing the GRE 7
Chapter 2: Planning Your Time 13
Chapter 3: Planning for Exam Day: Everything Outside the Exam 23
Part 2: Tackling the Verbal Section One Word at a Time 27
Chapter 4: Upping Your Best GRE Verbal Score 29
Chapter 5: What Are They Saying: Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence 33
Chapter 6: Getting the Gist: Reading Comprehension 51
Chapter 7: Critical Thinking: Argument Analysis Questions 67
Chapter 8: Expanding Your Vocabulary to Boost Your Score 77
Part 3: Math You Thought You’d Never Need Again 97
Chapter 9: Raising Your Best GRE Math Score 99
Chapter 10: Working with Numbers and Operations 105
Chapter 11: Solving Algebra and Functions 129
Chapter 12: Drawing Geometry 157
Chapter 13: Simplifying Word Problems 191
Chapter 14: Interpreting Data and Graphs 213
Chapter 15: Comparing Quantities 235
Part 4: Getting the Essays Right 253
Chapter 16: Writing the Essays Well and Fast 255
Chapter 17: Practicing Your Essays 271
Part 5: Full-Length Practice Exams: Show Time 279
Chapter 18: Practice Exam 1 281
Chapter 19: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 307
Chapter 20: Practice Exam 2 321
Chapter 21: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 345
Chapter 22: Practice Exam 3 357
Chapter 23: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 383
Part 6: The Part of Tens 393
Chapter 24: Ten Key Facts about the GRE 395
Chapter 25: Ten Mistakes You Won’t Make (While Others Will) 399
Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Build Your Skills with the Online Practice Exams 403
Index 407
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