Official GRE Super Power Pack

I began studying (seriously) approximately two weeks prior to my scheduled GRE test date using this set. I found the quantitative review to be the most useful as I was surprised/embarrassed at how little I remembered from basic math. I guess after taking multiple high-level math courses, you kind of forget the basics, but this study set made it easy to refresh and provides ample sample questions (which are recycled from the GRE in previous years). They do a great job of breaking down concepts and then testing you on those concepts before moving on to the next subject. At the end of each section, there are multiple question sets of varying degrees of difficulty, so you can "level up" until you feel comfortable with your understanding and test performance. The books contain detailed information about test day, including the layout and time allotted for each section of the exam and useful strategies to implement while taking the exam (time management, word choice, etc.). Of course, each test taker is responsible for their own performance, but I scored 162 in Verbal Reasoning (91st percentile), 158 in Quantitative Reasoning (69th percentile), and 5.0 in Analytical Writing (93rd percentile). When it comes to studying for the GRE, there is no better option than to review straight from the developers of the GRE. I believe this review contributed to my success and it will contribute to yours as well!

Unlike the Kaplan or Princeton Review or even the Manhattan Prep books, the ETS ones are definitely the ones that come closest to the testing experience you will encounter for your GREs. Given that they are the test makers, I would highly recommend that you invest in mastering these questions toward the end of your prep. While the books are great for test prep, they do not provide much in terms of strategy. For those preparing for GREs on their own without a prep course (I didn't take one and I was fine. All you need is the right materials and determination. You'll save yourself thousands of dollars!), I would recommend: -Downloading the Magoosh vocabulary app on your phone. It's free -Reading through the Magoosh website for their free materials (they give sample essays and grades as well as tips and advice) -Borrowing the most up-to-date GRE prep books from your public library (Manhatten Prep workbooks and Kaplan are highly recommended) -Take a diagnostic test and find your weaknesses (which types of questions do you tend to get wrong) -Use the 5lb GRE Practice questions by Manhatten Prep and focus on your weaknesses. -Use this powerpack to familiarize yourself with actual test questions.

This is as close as you can get to the real test. These books are good for practice. I did all the practice tests and practice quant book. Make sure to take the computerized version as the book versions are closer to the paper version. Most people will take the computer version, which is adaptive. The practice tests are not really adaptive so its just a semi accurate simulation. If youre using these books to learn content, you get about 85 to 90% of the content of the real test. Ive taken the GREs twice and in the math sections of the real tests, I saw content i never saw before in the books. I scored 165 in the practice test, but on the actual test, questions got a lot harder and i saw at least 4-5 questions ive never seen before. This is might be due to the adaptive nature of the computer test. missing 4-5 questions can easily take youre score down. The official GRE books give you the official answers and methods to solve problems. But these official methods may cause you to lose time on the actual test. I suggest you also look at the Manhattan 8 book series to learn content tips and tricks. Manhattan is also around 90% of the content of the real test.

I have lent these books out to so many friends who are prepping for the GRE. Honestly it was a great investment. If I had charged all the people who had borrowed them, I definitely would have made all of it back and then some by now. Having taken the GRE myself, I feel like this is a good product to prepare you, but there's really nothing that can prepare you for the intensity of that test beyond just taking it. Unless you sit down with this practice exam and time yourself doing these tests back to back to back for three hours straight like the GRE, I don't feel like anything will REALLY prepare you. The essay section in these books does a great job of explaining what test scorers are looking for. I found that section to be the most useful for me.

I am currently studying for the GRE and plan to take the test in September. I have been working sedulously (you need to know this word lol) since January 1st 2017. This is the only resource I am using in addition to the Magoosh GRE Vocabulary App (Free in apple app store). The main book starts off with a sample prompt for the writing section and gives examples on a score 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, & 1 paper so that you can see how the scorers evaluate you. It also provides some guidelines on what test questions to expect from Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning. There is a Math Review that breaks down what concepts you need to understand. At the end of the book, there are 2 practice tests and a CD-ROM containing 2 digital practice tests. The Verbal Reasoning book & Quantitative Reasoning books contain many useful practice questions to help you prepare for the test. This is my 4th month studying and these 3 resources provided more than enough practice to fill my time. I recommend this prep pack if you're going to get just one resource to study from. I will take the test for my application to graduate school and am confident that I will get accepted. =]

I had to retake the GRE after my old scores expired. I used another prep brand then and was not a fan. This pack had great reviews and it's made by the test makers themselves, so why not? It was a great decision. I scored higher than when I was in college. I loved the explanations of the questions. They were really helpful on the topics that were foggy from years of being out of academics. The practice exams look just like the regular exam and it was nice to see the formatting so I knew what to expect. I highly recommend these prep materials, even if you're in the middle of college now. Many of the questions are not even designed for you to figure out the answer, but to be able to reason the best choice quickly. Practice a lot and time yourself. Be sure to look up other free prep materials and pointers as well (Magoosh was a good supplement). Also, all of the potential writing topics are posted online. USE THEM.

Practice tests were very helpful, probably the best part of this book. Everything for the verbal and analytical writing was pretty great too. Math review was very mediocre, and not sufficient to learn some of the concepts. Often times the writer would simplify equations and not explain how it was done, and then proceed to show you the answer based on things that were not explained fully. It was often quite frustrating trying to relearn a concept when the writer did not fully explain the concept to begin with. Disc with practice tests did not work. Kept telling me to update Java, which I did. Spent another 2 hours trying to make sure it was installed correctly, Java was running, etc. Still didn't work. Maybe it was my computer, or maybe I did something wrong, but it shouldn't have been that difficult. I eventually gave up (because who wants to talk to customer service for an hour on the phone for a GRE practice test?). Very disappointing... Overall the book was helpful, but I would definitely recommend some supplementary math review. And be sure you have a computer whiz with you when you try to get the disc working...

I will say that I have had all of the other testing books and when they say official, they mean official. This is probably the closest thing to the actual GRE exam. However, I will say that this probably makes a great last book. Once you're done with Manhattan, finished with Princeton, exhausted over Barron's, and used Kaplan's, this book is the book to go to. I will say though that the exams don't really predict your scores all that well. The writing is not grade-able, so I'm not counting that, but I received a 167/167 or a 163/163 on the CD practice exams, and yet I got a 159/167 on the actual exam. Funny thing that the latter practice and the actual GRE add up to 326, and it worked pretty well in my favor considering I am an engineer and needed the higher quantitative score, but it still could be improved to figure out a better way to mimic the actual exam.