The Official Guide to the GRE General Test

by Educational Testing Service

Get the only official guide to the GRE(R) revised General Test that comes straight from the test makers!

If you're looking for the best, most authoritative guide to the GRE revised General Test, you've found it! The Official Guide to the GRE General Test, Third Edition is the only GRE guide specially created the people who actually make the test. It's packed with everything you need to do your best on the test--and move toward your graduate or business school degree.

You'll discover exactly what to expect on the test and learn how the test is scored. Hundreds of authentic test questions are included for practice, making this guide your most reliable and accurate source for everything you need to know about the GRE revised General Test.

No other guide to the GRE revised General Test gives you:

- 4 complete, full-length real tests--2 in the book and 2 online
- Hundreds of authentic test question to help you hone your skills
- Access to the newly redesigned PowerPrep website
- Everything you need to know about the test, straight from the test makers
- Interactive content that is fully accessible to individuals with disabilities

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Education

587 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2017

Reviews

[Pouria · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book for my GRE, and it was undoubtedly useful. Don't be afraid of its volume! You may be able to read 200 pages a day easily (of course this can differ from person to person). This book includes essential information about all sections of GRE. Moreover, it contains two GRE Practices Tests with complete answers and explanations which can be very advantageous.

[Andrew Morgan Perschbacher · Rating 4 out of 5]

I guess it's hard to rate this when I have yet to take the test. 4-stars because the book made me feel prepared to take the exam.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything you could possibly need

[Dyson Kona · Rating 2 out of 5]

Been locked in w/ dis mf SWEAR TO GOD!!!

My thoughts on GRE: Very for profit, arbitrary test that tries to proxy scholarly aptitude in non-critical ways. AKA: if you are able to not get tripped up in multi-step processes, be mislead by the bounds of answers, and apply tools to simplify work. I kind of get making people take a test b/c ability to study for and perform on tests can be telling of a subset of capability, it's just weird they focused it on fundamentals of like AP analysis curriculum lol

IDK. I take the test tomorrow. Just got 157/70 on both reading and math tests. My best run I got 167 and 160. We will see

[Parker McGoldrick]

LETS DO THIS THING

[Nathan Ormond · Rating 3 out of 5]

It will probably help you bump your marks up a little bit. Overall this whole test is a little bit of a scam IMO

[Ellie Karnick · Rating 3 out of 5]

i haven’t taken the practice tests but i am counting this as done otherwise

[Ashley Dean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for studying the GRE! Wish the language was less pompous and explained more, though. One can only take too many "obviously" explanations to a wrong answer before it gets to ones head.

[Tiger Wang · Rating 5 out of 5]

gotta be one of the most formative pieces of literature I've ever read

[Shwetha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helped with my score:
Quant 165/170
Verbal 166/170

Total 331/340

[M. Benesh]

We'll see what I think after I take the GRE!

[❄Elsa Frost❄ · Rating 1 out of 5]

So I feel that somebody needed to give a review of this book because of what I, myself, experienced with this book.

First, I have to give a little bit of background. I've been doing well on the GRE Practice tests for the most part. It's not a perfect score, but typically a decent score. Say around 310-320 when I take it. So I thought I was doing excellently and that I'm prepared to take the GRE and get into the school of my choice.

Then I came across this book and thought, hey, I might as well try it! But then I encountered several problems:

1. The wording is TERRIBLE. I found myself turning to friends and family more for help so I could arrive at correct answers.

2. The tests are CONFUSING. Why? Because of number 1. So in other practice tests, and even in the GRE site where it talks about test-taking, they say that ovals mean one answer, squares mean two. So at an oval, I can only fill in one answer. With a square, I can fill in two. These tests have you fill in the square, and when I checked to see if my two answers were correct with the square questions. Turns out, they only wanted me to give one answer. ONE.

3. Only prepares for the paper test. I was wondering if maybe the paper test doesn't require one-answer oval questions and two-answer squares questions? But then why do they have it on their website?

I'll provide links later. I'm just tossing this book out of my shelves because this book felt like a waste of my time.

[Kevin An · Rating 4 out of 5]

No better book than the book by the test makers. It is concise and well organized, good for those with limited study time and just need something efficient. If you have more study time, you will want to try other books/resources, but if you only have a week, this is the book to get.

[C. Hinsley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well organized. I was able to read this front-to-back in a couple of hours and effectively transcribe all of the extractible information to a personal wiki; the main reason this text is 600 pages is because there are lots of sample problems (which, of course, is ideal).

[Mahdi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't be terrified by the number of pages! This book can be finished in just 3-4 days

[Madelyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

verbatim the same shit as in the quantitative reasoning and verbal reasoning textbooks.

[Sinni]

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[Sensei Smilax · Rating 2 out of 5]

Blehhhhh.

[Anna Duffy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wouldnt recommend reading for fun but solid prep for the GRE

[Vanessa Duque · Rating 2 out of 5]

doesn't explain concepts well. redundant. and the GRE website is very scammy.

[Gerry Abbey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful for preparing for the GRE.

[Katie Broun · Rating 1 out of 5]

Helpful for GRE stuff but overall, didn't do the most for me