 | Price Comparisons: Rental | | Sorry, the textbook you were looking for is not available as Rental, at any of the stores we searched. | Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com | Students preparing to take the Graduate Record Exam will appreciate this set of flash cards as a study aid to hone their test-taking proficiency. Vocabulary, definitions, and questions, as well as terms, formulas, and equations on each card come with answers and explanations on the reverse side. Cards cover topics that appear on the GRE, including antonyms, analogies, sentence-completion questions, discrete quantitative questions, quantitative comparison questions, data interpretation questions, questions based on knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry, and more. The cards measure 4 1/2" x 2 3/4" and have a corner hole to accommodate an enclosed metal key-ring-style card holder. The ring allows students to arrange the flash cards for the Q & A study sessions in any sequence that suits their needs. This flash card set makes a useful complement to Barron’s GRE—2008 test prep manual. |
Average Customer Rating:   Pretty solid Math Review, Great Layout for Vocab training. Overal nice package. When I set out to practice for the GRE General, I bought 3 items from different testing groups: a 500 vocab set from Kaplan, Princeton Review Book, and these Flash Cards.
*** Long story short, for Vocab, you WILL acquire the words from the Barron's Flash cards than the Kaplan set. They're far better presented.
For Math, I personally found the majority of the problems on these flash cards more encompassing than the problems I found on ETS's Powerprep software... but DO practice with PowerPrep! ***
As for details... the box itself is real sturdy, the cards are pretty durable, and you get a convenient ring to grab a few cards on the go. The stock cards are far more durable than the flimsy Kaplan set, which are paper-thin sheets moreso than cards.
The cards themselves are split as follows: 250 Vocabulary words, 25 Math Strategy Cards, 75 Math Facts, 75 Quantitative Comparison, and 75 Multiple Choice Math problems.
The presentation for ALL the cards is really well done, in my opinion.
The 250 Verbal cards are set up as follows:
Front: Word, Context Clue, and a space for putting your own personal clue.
Back: Definition (and synonyms), Antonyms, fill-in sentence, and Analogy sample (with explanation of the relationship)
All in all, there's plenty of material on each card, and I found myself learning the words on these cards far better than those on the Kaplan set. My only quip for the cards were that they did not come with pronunciations, not a major deal I suppose... unless you legitimately want to improve your vocabulary permanently.
The Problems for the Math card sets were well constructed as well, minus the grievous typos I found.
All Math cards came with a sample setup matching what you'd see on a GRE screen for Quant Comparison and Multi-Choice. In the back, you will find at least one explanation for WHY the answer choice is correct. In many cases, they give you an Algebraic explanation... but they realize in some cases, plugging in works well, and you can use Process-of-Elimination to finish the problem as well. They also give references to see certain Math Strategy or Fact card #s when applicable to help explain the answer choices.
Overall the package is a pretty good deal.
**NOTE**
1) You *should* look into other sources for additional GRE vocabulary words. 250 words are not enough, especially when considering that there are so many random words that ETS can pick for the test. By comparison to the Kaplan Vocab Card set, *most* of these words were also found in their set, however.
2) DO THE POWERPREP Software from ETS. Simply put, there's no better way to prepare for the Computer Adaptive Test than by taking a Computer Adaptive Test. IT IS FREE to download... and WILL help you time yourself.
For those who have purchased the cards, here's a couple corrections for two of the Math cards:
MC 12 claims the answer is C, but the explanation and work prove the answer is D.
MC 36 *should* say (7^a)(7^b) and NOT (7a)(7b), otherwise the problem would require logarithms to solve, which are NOT on the GRE. Fantastic They're flashcards, and they have math and words. Simple.
But, sure enough, a bunch of the words ended up appearing on my GRE exam, and I ended up with a very decent verbal score. I used the math cards as well, but, since I suck at math anyway, I didn't place too much emphasis on the cards and still came up with a good score.
I recommend these cards to just about anyone studying for the GRE. They're great for taking along traveling; I used them on the train to and fro work, and still use them to my lexicon high weeks after having taken the GRE. Fast shiping! I liked it. It's useful. I read them when i am on the bus or any public transportation! With this you can pretty much waste your time for GRE I used the flash cards because I had very little amount of time for my GRE preparation and none of these words appeared in my GRE exam, I wonder why they are called the most frequent words. Buying this flash cards could be a good waste of TIME and money. Helpful for People Stuyding GRE's The vocab, at least, has VERY common terms on the actual exam and will help you a lot. It's much easier and helpful than trying to go through the dictionary or something like that. |  |
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