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, CRACKING THE GRE
For a lot of people, taking a standardized test such as the GRE usually
brings up a number of emotions—none of them positive. But here’s the
good news: The Princeton Review is going to make this whole ordeal a lot
easier for you. We’ll give you the information you will need to do well on
the GRE, including our time-tested strategies and techniques.
Strategies Galore
In this book, you’ll find The Princeton Review’s
trusted test-taking strategies to help you crack the
GRE.
The GRE supposedly allows graduate schools to get a better sense of an
applicant’s ability to work in a post-graduate setting—a goal that is
unrealistic indeed, considering that the people who take the GRE are
applying to programs as diverse as physics and anthropology.
It’s safe to say that the GRE is not a realistic measure of how well you’ll do
in grad school, or even how intelligent you are. In fact, the GRE provides a
valid assessment of only one thing:
The GRE assesses how well you take the GRE.
Got it? Even so, you still want to do well on the GRE, because you want
grad schools to take you seriously when they consider your application.
With this in mind, you should cultivate several very important skills when
you’re preparing for the test; each of them is attainable with the right
Rob Franek, Editor-in-Chief
David Soto, Senior Director, Data Operations
Stephen Koch, Senior Manager, Data Operations
Deborah Weber, Director of Production
Jason Ullmeyer, Production Design Manager
Jennifer Chapman, Senior Production Artist
Selena Coppock, Director of Editorial
Orion McBean, Senior Editor
Aaron Riccio, Senior Editor
Meave Shelton, Senior Editor
Chris Chimera, Editor
Patricia Murphy, Editor
Laura Rose, Editor
Isabelle Appleton, Editorial Assistant
Penguin Random House Publishing Team
Tom Russell, VP, Publisher
Alison Stoltzfus, Senior Director, Publishing
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Maggie Gibson, Associate Production Manager
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customers only. For specific information on the course, visit Princetonreview.com/grad/gre-
selfguided-course.
GRE is a registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service (ETS). This product is not
endorsed or approved by ETS.
The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University.
The material in this book is up-to-date at the time of publication. However, changes may
have been instituted by the testing body in the test after this book was published.
If there are any important late-breaking developments, changes, or corrections to the
materials in this book, we will post that information online in the Student Tools. Register
your book and check your Student Tools to see if there are any updates posted there.
Editor: Selena Coppock
Production Editors: Lyssa Mandel, Heidi Torres
Production Artist: Lindsey Cleworth
© 2024 Penguin Random House LLC
Cover art by David Izquierdo Roger / Alamy Stock Photo
Cover design by Suzanne Lee
Photo selection and layout by Carling Design, Inc.
For customer service, please contact ,
and be sure to include:
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a_prh_7.0_147548048_c0_r0
, CRACKING THE GRE
For a lot of people, taking a standardized test such as the GRE usually
brings up a number of emotions—none of them positive. But here’s the
good news: The Princeton Review is going to make this whole ordeal a lot
easier for you. We’ll give you the information you will need to do well on
the GRE, including our time-tested strategies and techniques.
Strategies Galore
In this book, you’ll find The Princeton Review’s
trusted test-taking strategies to help you crack the
GRE.
The GRE supposedly allows graduate schools to get a better sense of an
applicant’s ability to work in a post-graduate setting—a goal that is
unrealistic indeed, considering that the people who take the GRE are
applying to programs as diverse as physics and anthropology.
It’s safe to say that the GRE is not a realistic measure of how well you’ll do
in grad school, or even how intelligent you are. In fact, the GRE provides a
valid assessment of only one thing:
The GRE assesses how well you take the GRE.
Got it? Even so, you still want to do well on the GRE, because you want
grad schools to take you seriously when they consider your application.
With this in mind, you should cultivate several very important skills when
you’re preparing for the test; each of them is attainable with the right
