Barron's GRE
by Ira K. Wolf Ph.D., Sharon Weiner Green
List Price:
Our Price: $1.50
You Save: $17.49 (92%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Ira K. Wolf Ph.D., Sharon Weiner GreenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-08-01
ISBN: 0764142003
Number of pages: 592
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Book Reviews of Barron's GRE
Book Review: Poor Editing, Overall Mediocre Product
Summary: 2 Stars
Barron's 18th Edition for the GRE will likely help you prepare for the exam better than sitting at home watching paint dry or maybe reading Kaplan's version. This book is poorly edited, mistakes abound and are frustrating to the observant reader, and the format of the examples are not always intuitive. I have noticed errors in several sections, and it has irked me enough that I have stopped studying to write a scathing review. For example, the word definition for "colloquy" in their word list is "informal discussion," when it "informal" should be "formal." The only usage of colloquy in which it would be informal would be related to theological discussions. Another instance of frustrating mistakes is in some of their examples, they simply omit what the correct answer is. On one of their graphic interpretation practice questions, the question is reversed: instead of asking how much less, the question asks for how much more. Only in the answer section do you realize that the author/editor made an oversight, rather than your inability to answer the question.
I will mention again that this book will help you in your preparations for the GRE and possibly more so than Kaplan (in my opinion, which they simply have wrong answers). But that is like saying the urinal smells better than the toilet. However, these books are simply too poorly put together and little care was taken to refine these prep books. I only gave this book 2 stars (vs. 1 star), because I believe it to be marginally better than Kaplan in terms of quality. That is to say, Barron's GRE book is slightly less crappy. The other reason is its "Master Word List" which contains 3500 vocabulary words used commonly. This may be the one redeeming quality of this book, providing mostly accurate definitions with the words used in context on a large volume of vocab words.
Conclusion: This book is not good, but not as bad as comparable products out there. I have not tried Princeton Review products in detail, but they are generally more expensive with essentially the same content. One redeeming quality of Barron's is its word list. If you do purchase this book, buy it for this vocab list. Better yet, if your local library has a copy of these books, borrow it from there.
Update:
Took the GRE again, Verbal score went up 90 points, Quantitative score had no improvement.
Summary of Barron's GRE
The 18th edition of Barron's GRE test preparation manual offers prospective graduate students intensive preparation for the Graduate Record Exam, as it is currently administered. Although question types on the GRE are scheduled to change substantially beginning August 1, 2011, students who opt to take the test before August 1, will find the help they're looking for in this edition. They will want to use Barron's GRE, 18th edition, as their test prep tool.Opening chapters of the 18th edition provide a perspective on the current exam with a GRE overview, advice on effective test-taking tactics, and a diagnostic test to help students pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses. Subsequent chapters review all GRE test areas and include practice exercises for the following topics: antonym, analogy, and sentence-completion questions, reading comprehension, vocabulary, analytical writing, discrete quantitative questions, quantitative comparison questions, data interpretation questions, and math. The math review includes questions in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. The manual's concluding section presents five full-length model exams that reflect recent GREs in length, question types, and degree of difficulty. All questions are answered and explained.
For students who plan to take the GRE after July 31, 2011, the new 19th edition of Barron's GRE (978-0-7641-4616-9) will be available in bookstores everywhere in June 2011.
GRE Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in GRE Books
Practicing to Take the GRE Computer Science Testby Educational Testing Service
Educational Testing Service; Published: 1991-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $130.06
Practice to Take the GRE Physics Testby Educational Testing Service
Warner Books; Published: 1989-03; Paperback; Book
Cracking the GRE Biology Test, 5th Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation)by Princeton Review
Princeton Review; Published: 2005-09-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
Cracking the GRE Chemistry (Princeton Review Series)by Monique Laberge
Princeton Review; Published: 2000-02-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $210.30
Crash Course for the GRE: 10 Easy Steps to a Higher Score (Princeton Review Series)by Karen Lurie
Princeton Review; Published: 1999-09-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.88
Price in other shops:
Gre-Lsat Logic Workbook (Arco Academic Test Preparation Series)by Mark Alan Stewart
Arco Pub; Published: 1991-11; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
Arco Master the Act 2000 (Master the New Act Assessment)Arco Pub; Published: 1999-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $101.73
Everything You Need to Score High on the Gre With Computer-Adaptive Tests on Disk : User's Manual (Arco Master the GRE iBT (w/ CD))by Thomas H. Martinson
Arco Pub; Published: 1997-09; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
Ppst Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills Tests (Preparation for the Praxis I/ Ppst Exam)by ARCO
Arco Pub; Published: 1995-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.94
Price in other shops:
GRE CAT Answers to Real Essay Questionsby Arco
Arco; Published: 2000-05-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.62
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Cracking the GRE with DVD, 2011 Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation)by Princeton Review
Princeton Review; Published: 2010-06-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.00
Price in other shops:
Kaplan GRE Exam Math Workbook (Kaplan GRE Math Workbook)by Kaplan
Kaplan Publishing; Published: 2008-08-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.94
Price in other shops:
Kaplan GRE Exam Advanced Verbal: Your Only Guide to an 800 (Perfect Score Series)by Kaplan
Kaplan Publishing; Published: 2009-10-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.84
Price in other shops:
GRE Math Prep Course (Nova's GRE Prep Course)by Jeff Kolby, Derrick Vaughn
Nova Press; Published: 2011-09-01; Perfect Paperback; Book
Best price: $22.99
Price in other shops:
Kaplan GRE Exam Vocabulary in a Boxby Kaplan
Kaplan Publishing; Published: 2009-07-07; Cards; Book
Best price: $4.60
Price in other shops:
Kaplan GRE 2011 Premier with CD-ROM (Kaplan GRE Premier Program (W/ CD))by Kaplan
Kaplan Publishing; Published: 2010-06-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.50
Price in other shops:
GRE: Practicing to Take the General Test 10th Edition (Practicing to Take the Gre General Test)by Educational Testing Service
Ets/Educational Testing Service; Published: 2002-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
Barron's GRE Flash Cardsby Sharon Weiner Green M.A., Ira K. Wolf Ph.D.
Barron's Educational Series; Published: 2008-09-01; Cards; Book
Best price: $5.95
Price in other shops:
Essential Words for the GRE (Barron's GRE)by Philip Geer
Barron's Educational Series; Published: 2010-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops:
Barron's New GRE, 19th Edition (Barron's GRE)by Sharon Weiner Green M.A., Ira K. Wolf Ph.D.
Barron's Educational Series; Published: 2011-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.78
Price in other shops: