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Kaplan GRE Exam 2009 Premier Program (w/ CD-ROM) (Kaplan Gre Exam (Book & CD-Rom)) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Kaplan (Author)

Textbook Details
* Paperback: 448 pages
* Publisher: Kaplan Publishing (June 3, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1419552066
* ISBN-13: 978-1419552069
* Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
* Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
* Rating:

Textbook Description
The Education Testing Service continues to make gradual changes to the content of the GRE. But with this unique multi-format preparation program, students will receive the most accurate, timely details on the GRE test change.

With features such as updates and useful resources on test changes posted directly to your online syllabus, test takers can depend on Kaplan for the most complete and up-to-the-minute information.

This customized study program includes:
- The latest information on the November 2007 updates, including samples of the two new question types with detailed answer explanations.
- Up-to-the-minute GRE updates online
- 5 full-length practice tests (1 in the book, 1 online, and 3 on CD-ROM)
- Hundreds of additional practice questions
- Detailed answer explanations
- Interactive online study plan and progress report that adapts to your goals and schedule
- Diagnostic test to target areas for score improvement
- Kaplan-exclusive score-raising strategies
- Essential tactics for the computer-adaptive test (CAT) format

Kaplan GRE Exam 2009 Review
I got this GRE guide as well as “Cracking the GRE” by the Princeton Review… and preferred the latter. Not that this isn’t a good study book; you’d probably do fine on the GRE with either one. I found the PR book more easy to follow with print that’s easy to read and even some tongue-in-cheek humor (studying doesn’t have to be boring?). What it basically comes down to is that Kaplan is content based whereas PR is more techinique based, walking you through how to solve problems easily. The “Hit Parade” vocab lists in the PR was also super helpful–Kaplan has nothing near the number of need-to-know vocabulary words.

This book is all you need to prep for the Verbal exam. I made flashcards out of the top 200 GRE words listed and defined in the back of this book. Then I read the test-taking tips and – voila – my Verbal scores were right where I wanted them to be. If, like me, you haven’t taken a math class in years, then you will need some additional materials. I used Basic Mathematics by Bittinger, then studied the Kaplan materials for the test-taking tips. That worked perfectly. My score yesterday was 90 points higher than my GRE score from 13 years ago. I definitely think these materials helped me to get my best possible score. I gave this book only 4 stars because the online site was difficult to use, and the book contained a lot of typos.

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.

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.