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Prepare efficiently and effectively for the Graduate Record ExaminationThe Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is the most widely accepted graduate-school admissions test in the world. Over half a million people take the test every year. GRE Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice is filled with useful, hands-on practice materials to help you reach your goals on this standardized test. The book teaches the verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills required in graduate school and on the exam, so that you can get into the school of your choice -- even with a scholarship -- and start your journey towards the career that you want.In the book, you'll find:* Updated strategies for acing text completion questions and learning words with common roots* Practice for finding synonyms in sentence equivalence questions and argument analysis deconstructions* Advanced techniques for reading comprehension questions* Proven strategies for acing the math sections* Step-by-step instructions for writing killer issue and argument essaysPerfect for prospective graduate students seeking to take the GRE, GRE Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice is a must-read handbook containing detailed content information, strategies for improving your score and testing well, along with plenty of opportunities to practice what you've learned.
List of contents
Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with the GRE 5Chapter 1: Knowing the GRE 7Chapter 2: Planning Your Time 13Chapter 3: Planning for Exam Day: Everything Outside the Exam 21Part 2: Tackling the Verbal Section One Word at a Time 27Chapter 4: Upping Your Best GRE Verbal Score 29Chapter 5: What Are They Saying: Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence 33Chapter 6: Getting the Gist: Reading Comprehension 51Chapter 7: Critical Thinking: Argument Analysis Questions 67Chapter 8: Expanding Your Vocabulary to Boost Your Score 77Part 3: Math You Thought You'd Never Need Again 97Chapter 9: Raising Your Best GRE Math Score 99Chapter 10: Working with Numbers and Operations 105Chapter 11: Solving Algebra and Functions 129Chapter 12: Drawing Geometry 157Chapter 13: Simplifying Word Problems 191Chapter 14: Interpreting Data and Graphs 213Chapter 15: Comparing Quantities 235Part 4: Getting the Essays Right 251Chapter 16: Writing the Essays Well and Fast 253Chapter 17: Practicing Your Essays 269Part 5: Full-Length Practice Exams: Show Time 279Chapter 18: Practice Exam 1 281Chapter 19: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 307Chapter 20: Practice Exam 2 321Chapter 21: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 345Chapter 22: Practice Exam 3 357Chapter 23: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 383Part 6: The Part of Tens 393Chapter 24: Ten Key Facts about the GRE 395Chapter 25: Ten Mistakes You Won't Make (While Others Will) 399Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Build Your Skills with the Online Exams 403Index 407
About the author
Ron Woldoff is the founder of National Test Prep, where he helps students achieve their goals on the GMAT, GRE, and SAT. He has taught prep courses at Arizona colleges, and is the author of SAT: 1,001 Practice Questions For Dummies, previous editions of GRE For Dummies, and GRE: 1,001 Practice Questions For Dummies.
Summary
Prepare efficiently and effectively for the Graduate Record Examination
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is the most widely accepted graduate-school admissions test in the world. Over half a million people take the test every year. GRE Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice is filled with useful, hands-on practice materials to help you reach your goals on this standardized test. The book teaches the verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills required in graduate school and on the exam, so that you can get into the school of your choice -- even with a scholarship -- and start your journey towards the career that you want.
In the book, you'll find:
* Updated strategies for acing text completion questions and learning words with common roots
* Practice for finding synonyms in sentence equivalence questions and argument analysis deconstructions
* Advanced techniques for reading comprehension questions
* Proven strategies for acing the math sections
* Step-by-step instructions for writing killer issue and argument essays
Perfect for prospective graduate students seeking to take the GRE, GRE Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice is a must-read handbook containing detailed content information, strategies for improving your score and testing well, along with plenty of opportunities to practice what you've learned.
