GRE Prep by Magoosh Kindle Edition

I'm a Harvard grad, 99% GRE scorer (337, 168 Q / 169 V / 5.5 AWA), and professional GRE tutor since 2002. Any serious GRE prepper knows that the GRE Official Guide  The Official Guide to the GRE General Test, Third Edition  and free GRE PowerPrep Software from ETS are the best places to start, but the problem is that the GRE Official Guides, PowerPrep, and Super Power Pack  Official GRE Super Power Pack , while the very best sources of realistic GRE practice questions and diagnostic tests, do a pretty lousy job of explaining the GRE in terms that most students can understand.Overall, GRE Prep by Magoosh is an accessible, organized book. It provides lots of basic info on the GRE, many synthetic practice questions and explanations, links to online study plans, and references to other learning resources. However, it doesn't cover every area of the GRE--not by a long shot. The questions and answer explanations are helpful, but less than perfect--and most importantly, do not include real GRE questions. As far as cost, the physical book is perhaps a little overpriced at $20, so I would go with the Kindle version for $9.99.You might know Magoosh from its endless advertisements on NPR, or maybe from its online study programs for standardized tests. I am a fan of the company and its employees for the most part, although they are not as open to outside materials as they try to appear, which is why their study plans, while popular, are glaringly incomplete. (As a private company, of course Magoosh wants to steer you toward its own resources.) They also exude a bit of an amateurish vibe, as evidenced by their goofy videos and inconsistent/mediocre online educational content. Magoosh is a good fit if you are trying to go from 50% to 70% on the GRE, but if you are trying to go from 80% to 99%, then you will need a more serious book than this.Ultimately, though, this book is still far more helpful than any of the other GRE mass-market offerings out there, with the exception of the Manhattan GRE Series  Manhattan Prep GRE Set of 8 Strategy Guides (Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides)  and the Manhattan 5-Lb Guide  5 lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems (Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides) .As a private GRE tutor, GRE-prep author and obvious competitor of Magoosh, I can admit my bias here. Just because I know that I could do a better job (that is, if I weren't busy tutoring private students of my own) doesn't mean that I should be overly critical of their work. I must admit that McGarry and team are doing something right with regard to GRE self-study, and I admire their core principles as stated in the introduction, even if they don't always adhere to those principles. Throughout the book, they maintain a positive vibe and get straight to the point…but just remember that there are plenty of other helpful GRE materials out there that the authors don’t necessarily want you to know about. So long as you use this book as one of many resources instead of your *only* GRE Prep resource, you should find that it makes a helpful addition to your GRE prep library.For more information on my personal GRE prep recommendations, google "GRE Action Plan."

I have yet to take the GRE, maybe I'll review after I take it.Overall, the questions though do seem in line with what I've read online. It plays it safe assuming the reader has forgot almost everything. It gives you refresher courses and then a test on each, and a "whole GRE" test. The book makes it clear right off the bat that it wants you to use there site as the primary training, while this is to guide you through practice.My complaints are that it USUALLY explains why answers are right or wrong. For some of the questions, it doesn't bother explaining why all the solutions are wrong, only some. For the most part, it does all of them. This can be frustrating obviously when you want to understand why you got something wrong. I'd say 95% of the solutions I've encountered are fully explainedThe next complaint is in the math section, it throws problems that it did not explain to you how to perform them. There are several sections specifically dedicated to this and then they forget to include sections regarding roots. While it was an easy search to get what I needed, they teach you how to multiply, but now how to handle more complicated root situations.Lastly, it does not always clarify the "rules" for the section clearly. Most of them are intuitive, but some of the verbal rules are not exactly clear. While you can usually get it from the example, there are a few sections where its not clear until you look at the test section to understand why you did something wrong ,or that there are two answers that are both correct.

This book has had a lot of great information but the information and the practice questions don't always go together. The content is way too easy for the questions. Also I am missing a huge chunk of pages. It goes from page 214 to 227. Doesn't look like any pages are torn out, they're just missing...

I have been out of college for 18 years and I went to art school originally anyway (so math is not exactly my forte). I bought this book and read most of it in the three days before I took the GRE. While it doesn't cover everything on the exam, it's pretty thorough, and it's written in a way that's very engaging and easy to get through. Their free vocabulary flashcard app is also very helpful. One item of note is that sometimes their sample questions aren't as clear as maybe they could be, but then again, there were some questions on the actual GRE that I felt that way about, too. I also think that if math is not your strong suit (like me), a little bit more explanation of some of the math sections would be helpful.If I had given myself a full month to use this book (as they suggest), did 10 pages a day, took the practice tests, and use the vocab app daily, I would have done even better. But as it was, three days with this book still unquestionably raised my score. Thanks, Magoosh.

Beautifully structured book. Magoosh have created a complete guide to the GRE, using a 'to-the-point' approach, where an overview of each section of the exam is given. Although it is not detailed, it is perfect for giving you the basic tricks and ideas for passing the exam. However, if you are shooting for a high 160's score, I would recommend using this book with the Manhattan Guide books. And plus, I have to mention how the writing in the book is with very friendly language, and makes you feel like a long time buddy who's prepping for the exam!

This book is so helpful. The book combining with 6-month Magoosh study subscription helped me get accepted to Penn State Master of Statistics program. Enough said!

Very good for GRE preparation! Sadly the book itself is rubbish, with several pages not glued in and just falling out.

Used this for my GRE prep. The verbal section itself is sub-par compared to magoosh online or any other preps.Having said that, the quantitative section is fantastic! It covers every trick and tries to get you to develop an intuition to solve problems. Small gripe here is that, right after an example, there is an easy problem and after that, it escalated directly to a hard/very-hard problem. This aspect makes you feel bad about not solving it within the stipulated time, given you have only been exposed to easier problems (but really though, I'll take failing to solve it here rather than during the GRE test).Get yourself some other resource for prepping Verbal and this is pretty much all you need for quantitive section!

Used this for my GRE prep. The verbal section itself is sub-par compared to magoosh online or any other preps.Having said that, the quantitative section is fantastic! It covers every trick and tries to get you to develop an intuition to solve problems. Small gripe here is that, right after an example, there is an easy problem and after that, it escalated directly to a hard/very-hard problem. This aspect makes you feel bad about not solving it within the stipulated time, given you have only been exposed to easier problems (but really though, I'll take failing to solve it here rather than during the GRE test).Get yourself some other resource for prepping Verbal and this is pretty much all you need for quantitive section!

Being a little weak at quants (shocker, I know) I really loved the way this book gently introduces topics and has little self-affirming messages along the way, perfect for when you're pulling your hair out at 3AM.Jokes apart, this book did exactly what I needed it to. Advanced quant, however, needs additional resources, so if you're aiming for around 165+ I'd really suggest you complement your study with other, harder material

Me gusto mucho porque viene con un plan de estudios. Este plan te da el proceso que debes seguir para llevar a cabo una buena preparación. Los ejercicios no son desafiantes pero lo puedes complementar con otros libros y una plataforma online.