Believe it—you’re headed to grad school

GRE Prep 2024 For Dummies prepares you with the tools and test-taking strategies you need to score your highest on the Graduate Record Examination and begin your post-college journey. You’ll find everything you need to know about the test itself—what’s on it, how much time you have, and what to do when you run into stuff you don’t know. Review detailed content information, then practice, practice, practice—with over 400 flashcards and 6 full-length practice exams. Plus, you’ll have access to detailed study plans to help you manage your time wisely, even if test day is coming up sooner than you might hope. Don’t worry, this Dummies guide will help you rock it on test day.

• Work through practice GRE tests and questions in all subject areas
• Show grad school admissions committees that you have what it takes to succeed
• Get a full math refresher so you can score your best on this much-feared test section
• Pursue your dream career and boost your potential earnings with a graduate degree

GRE Prep 2024 For Dummies is your ticket to a higher score on this year’s test.

Ron Woldoff, MBA, is the founder of National Test Prep, where he has helped thousands of students reach their goals on the GMAT, GRE, and SAT. He has taught his own GMAT and GRE prep courses at Northern Arizona University and is the author of SAT For Dummies and previous editions of GRE For Dummies.

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with the GRE 5

Chapter 1: Knowing the GRE 7

Chapter 2: Planning Your Time 13

Chapter 3: Planning for Exam Day: Everything Outside the Exam 23

Part 2: Tackling the Verbal Section One Word at a Time 27

Chapter 4: Upping Your Best GRE Verbal Score 29

Chapter 5: What Are They Saying: Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence 33

Chapter 6: Getting the Gist: Reading Comprehension 51

Chapter 7: Critical Thinking: Argument Analysis Questions 67

Chapter 8: Expanding Your Vocabulary to Boost Your Score 77

Part 3: Math You Thought You’d Never Need Again 97

Chapter 9: Raising Your Best GRE Math Score 99

Chapter 10: Working with Numbers and Operations 105

Chapter 11: Solving Algebra and Functions 129

Chapter 12: Drawing Geometry 157

Chapter 13: Simplifying Word Problems 191

Chapter 14: Interpreting Data and Graphs 213

Chapter 15: Comparing Quantities 235

Part 4: Getting the Essays Right 253

Chapter 16: Writing the Essays Well and Fast 255

Chapter 17: Practicing Your Essays 271

Part 5: Full-Length Practice Exams: Show Time 279

Chapter 18: Practice Exam 1 281

Chapter 19: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 307

Chapter 20: Practice Exam 2 321

Chapter 21: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 345

Chapter 22: Practice Exam 3 357

Chapter 23: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 383

Part 6: The Part of Tens 393

Chapter 24: Ten Key Facts about the GRE 395

Chapter 25: Ten Mistakes You Won’t Make (While Others Will) 399

Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Build Your Skills with the Online Practice Exams 403

Index 407