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| Author: Kaplan
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
Buy New: $23.10
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 198
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 1419552066
Dewey Decimal Number: 378
EAN: 9781419552069
Publication Date: June 3, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
Test prep seems fairly good, albeit the CD-ROM seems dated June 29, 2008
I have only had this product for a few weeks, but I have already discovered some criticisms.
One major criticism is the CD-ROM seems dated. The disc lists "version 1.0" and you can tell that the disc is 1.0. The copyright on the program is 2004! While the sample tests appear to simulate the test environment very well they don't contain the any of the fill in the blank questions that have been added to the GRE. While they aren't a big part of the exam you would figure that if this is the "2009" edition of this book that the CD would fully prepare you for the test that students taking the exam in 2008 might take.
Needless to say this disc doesn't seem to work properly under Windows Vista much like the feedback I read on last years' edition. I bought the 2009 edition figuring that they would have updated the CD for this years' book, but apparently not. Having neither a Mac version nor a Windows version that works in Vista seems pretty pathetic. I have been using the inside of a virtual machine(VMware) and it seems to run OK. I will give an update if I discover any means by which the software will run under Vista properly.
After you remove the background information on the GRE, and the chapter on applying to grad school, and the advertising for Kaplan's courses the number of pages of actual prep drops below 400 pages, albeit most competing books are approximately the same length. There are entire books written on applying to grad school if I really wanted a book for that, but nevertheless I will admit that the book seems incredibly informative.
As far as I can tell there is no compelling improvements in this book over the previous edition. The book could obviously have more problem sets, but so far I haven't seen any obvious mistakes in the book like I have seen in test prep books for the SAT or other exams. The book could be better, but I don't see any clear flaws in the book so far.
book is great July 21, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
u will find the practice test examples for GRE in this book...this book is very helpful for preparing GRE...
Concepts explained well September 2, 2008
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
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 Delivery September 18, 2008
0 out of 14 found this review helpful
Well, since feedback came timely, I have to say that my book got shredded by my labrador retriever as soon as it got delivered. Lyla was in the garage due to re-modeling at the back of the house. Perhaps packages of this magnitude should be confirmed upon delivery, perhaps not.
Thank you!
Best wishes,
Kevin Liu
Decent September 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First of all, the editor of this book should be fired. Isn't it the editor's job to make sure no typos make it into the final product? And after reading reviews of other editions, I think the problems have been there for awhile. Other than those annoying little mistakes, it's pretty helpful. There are good ideas of how to approach problems and solve them quickly and easily.
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