The GRE Test for Dummies (ISBN - 0470009195)

364 Pages·2021·9.43 MB·English

Suzee Vlk
Michelle Rose Gilman
Veronica Saydak
Authors of ACT For Dummies, 4th Edition

• Get your best possible score

• Understand the latest changes to the GRE

• Combat your test-taking anxiety

• Use breaks wisely and save time on the test

Learn to:

The GRE

® Test

6th Edition

Making Everything Easier!™

Open the book and find:

• An overview of the updated
GRE

• Practice questions for each
section of the exam

• Math concepts you
absolutely must know

• Two full-length practice
exams with updated sample
questions

• Proven time-management
techniques

• How to avoid GRE traps

• Extended coverage of
vocabulary

• Tips and tricks for improving
your score

Suzee Vlk wrote For Dummies guides to the ACT, SAT, GRE,
and GMAT and taught test preparation classes for more than
25 years. Michelle Rose Gilman is the founder and CEO of
Fusion Learning Center. Veronica Saydak is director of student
curricula at Fusion and has been tutoring test preparation at all
levels for several years.

$19.99 US / $23.99 CN / £13.99 UK

ISBN 978-0-470-00919-2

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Are you gearing up for the GRE? This authoritative and fun guide
is packed with strategies for preparing for the updated test and
maximizing your score. You get an inside look at the recent changes
to the exam, as well as brush-up reviews on math and grammar, two
complete practice tests, and savvy tips for test-prep that will have you
relaxed and ready to go on exam day.

• Meet the GRE — discover what’s on the exam, how scoring works, and what you
must know to do your best

• Start with the easy stuff — get acquainted with analogies and get your feet wet
with practice questions

• A word to the wise — rev up your vocabulary and reading skills with extended
coverage of the verbal portion of the exam

• Know your Xs, Ys, and Zs — from geometry to algebra to statistics, review all
the rules, formulas, and concepts covered on the GRE

• Master the math questions — use the right approach to quantitative
comparisons and problem solving

• Brush up your analytical writing — analyze an argument, present your
perspective, overcome writer’s block, and keep the evaluators happy

• Practice what the authors preach — test your readiness with two full-length
practice exams complete with detailed answers

• Conquer the computer — see how to navigate the now-standard computer-
based exam and unravel the mysteries of computer-adaptive testing

Now updated! Your friendly
guide to passing the GRE
with flying colors

The GRE

® Test

6th Edition

Vlk
Gilman
Saydak

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The GRE

® Test

FOR

DUMmIES

‰

6TH EDITION

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by Michelle Rose Gilman,
Veronica Saydak,and
Suzee Vlk

Author of The SAT I For Dummies,The ACT For Dummies,
The GMAT For Dummies

The GRE

® Test

FOR

DUMmIES

‰

6TH EDITION

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The GRE® Test For Dummies®, 6th Edition
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About the Authors

Michelle Rose Gilman

“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one heck
of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning the day difficult.” — E.B. White

Michelle Rose Gilman is proud to be known as Noah’s mom (Hi, Noah!). A graduate of the
University of South Florida, Michelle found her niche early — at 19 she was already working
with emotionally disturbed and learning-disabled students in hospital settings. At 21, she
made the trek to California. There she discovered her passion for helping teenage students
become more successful in school and life. What started as a small tutoring business in the
garage of her California home quickly expanded and grew to the point where traffic control
was necessary on her residential street.

Today, Michelle is the Founder and CEO of the Fusion Learning Center/Fusion Academy, a
private school and tutoring/test-prep facility in Solana Beach, California, serving more than
2,000 students per year. She has taught tens of thousands of students since 1988. In her spare
time, Michelle created the Mentoring Approach to Learning and authored The ACT For
Dummies, Pre-Calculus For Dummies, AP Biology For Dummies, AP Chemistry For Dummies,
Chemistry Workbook For Dummies, and Pre-Calculus Workbook For Dummies. She currently
specializes in motivating the unmotivatable adolescent, comforting shell-shocked parents,
and assisting her staff of 27 teachers.

Michelle lives by the following motto:

“There are people content with longing; I am not one of them.”

Veronica Saydak

Veronica graduated from the University of San Diego with a Bachelors Degree in English.
She found her real education in travel and seeing the world. She has traveled to more than a
dozen countries, studying various cultures through their literature and lifestyles. She has
been a highly coveted English teacher, specializing in writing, for more than seven years.

Currently, Veronica is the English Department Head at Fusion Learning Center/Fusion
Academy, where she is responsible for overseeing a staff of English teachers and ensuring
high educational standards, as well as teaching her students on a one-to-one basis. Her wit
and humor might not solve the world’s problems, but they definitely make the world feel
lighter. She is the coauthor of The ACT For Dummies.

Veronica takes the following advice from one of her favorite authors, Goethe:

“Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.”

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Suzee Vlk

“I’m not a complete idiot. Parts of me are missing.”

Although more likely to admit to being a used-car salesperson, Suzee Vlk was a test-prep
specialist from 1975 until her death in 2003, working her way through graduate business
school and law school teaching courses in ACT, SAT I, GRE, GMAT, and LSAT preparation. By
her own description, Suzee found the paranoia and take-no-prisoners mindset required for
doing well on the ACT a big help in developing cutthroat tactics to use in the boardroom or
courtroom. Eventually, she became president of Suzee Vlk Test Prep and taught thousands of
students in dozens of courses at universities and private corporations. She wrote material
used in SAT and GRE preparation software and videos, and her prep books for the ACT and
other standardized exams have been published worldwide.

Suzee lived by the following motto, which she delighted in sharing with others:

“Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change ready.”

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Dedication

This book is humbly dedicated to the thousands of students who have, over the years,
passed through the Fusion Learning Center/Fusion Academy. When the teacher is ready, the
right student appears. You have taught us well. And to the memory of Suzee Vlk, the original
author, whose humor, wit, and intelligence live on in these pages.

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