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Summary

A totally effective and surprisingly fun guide to the Graduate Record Examination In Fall 2007, the GRE Program is planning to implement significant changes to the verbal measure, quantitative measure, and analytical writing sections of the GRE. This easy-to-use, refreshingly irreverent revision shares inside information on what to expect with these changes, helping both recent graduates and workforce veterans prepare for the revised test, maximize their score, and get into the graduate program of their choice. It includes all of the secrets of the Internet-based test (iBT)-in which the computer generates unique questions according to correct or incorrect answers-as well as brush-up reviews on math and grammar, two complete practice tests, and proven time-management techniques that make test-prep fun and simple. Suzee Vlk wrote For Dummies guides to the ACT, SAT, GRE, and GMAT and taught test preparation classes for more than 25 years. Michelle Gilman (Solana, CA) is the founder and CEO of Fusion Learning Center. Veronica Saydak (Solana, CA) is Director of student curricula at Fusion and has been tutoring test preparation at all levels for several years.

Author Biography

Suzee Vlk wrote For Dummies guides to the ACT, SAT, GRE, and GMAT and taught test preparation classes for more than 25 years. Michelle Rose Gilman is the founder and CEO of Fusion Learning Center. Veronica Saydak is director of student curricula at Fusion and has been tutoring test preparation at all levels for several years.

Introduction
An Aerial View: Putting the GRE into Perspective
Know Your Enemy: What the GRE Looks Like
Knowledge Is Power: Getting the Advantage
Getting Familiar with the Computerized GRE
Starting with the Easy Stuff: Analogies
The Dirty Dozen: Analogy Practice Questions
A Word to the Wise: Verbal Questions
If Opposites Attract, Why Are Antonyms So Repulsive?
Unattractive Opposites: Antonym Practice Questions
Finishing What You Start: Sentence Completions
Reality Check: Sentence Completion Practice Questions
Readings That Can Affect Your Future: Blood Pressure, Astrology, and the GRE
Words to Help You Score: GRE Vocabulary
Practice What We Preach: Reading Comprehension Practice Questions
Two Years of Math in a Handful of Pages: The Dreaded Math Review
More Figures than a Beauty Pageant: Geometry Review
Gotta Catch Some (Xs, Ys, and) Zs: Algebra and Other Sleeping Aids
Miscellaneous Math You Probably Already Know
Your Numbe's Up: Math Questions
The Incomparable Quantitative Comparisons
Putting It All Together: QC Practice Questions
Real Math at Last: Problem Solving
A Chance to Show Off: Problem Solving Practice Questions
Getting into Analysis: Analytical Writing
Analytical Writing
Do You Have the Write Stuff? Analytical Writing Practice Questions
It All Comes Down to This: Full-Length Practice GREs
How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Day, Part I: Practice Exam 1
Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations
How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Day, Part II: Practice Exam 2
Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations
The Part of Tens
Ten False Rumors about the GRE
Ten Stupid Ways to Mess Up Your GRE
Ten Relaxation Techniques to Try before and during the GRE
Index
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