Need your help to prepare for graduate school

[seaboy]

I am a sophomore and major in Math and Statistics. I intend to apply to grad schools. I of course have to take GRE, but I don't know which book is good. Would you like to recommend me any GRE books which you used?
Thank you!

[Khoa Tran]

It's been awhile and I also didn't look at GRE much so I can't tell.

But I know the best place you can ask questions regarding GRE or graduate schools: USGuide. [I know cuz I used to admin this group.]

Btw, it's recommended that you search the archive first. Such topic should have been discussed many times already.

[seaboy]

Thank anh Khoa. I found anh Du's experience from the website.

[* Cin *]

Hi seaboy,

From my experience with standardized tests in general and GRE in particular, the more books you can use for practice the better. I mainly use the books for the practice exams they provide, not really for the test prep info.

If you took the SAT test you probably could relate very well with the GRE test. The test prep info is quite similar from 1 book to another. The math section should be rather simple - a speed skimming through the math section material with occasional stops to double check your knowledge should be enough. A little more reading should be devoted to familiarize yourself with the types of Verbal questions. Vocab is the most important part of Verbal though. There are some books that provide you with a "super list" of the words that are commonly used in the test. Depending on what you want to study, a very high Verbal score might not be necessary.

Then practice, practice, practice. Find all the full-length tests you can get your hands on. Of course use reliable books such as Kaplan, Princeton Review, Barron. They each have a few tests. And the most reliable set of practice tests (those that are most similar to the real test) are found in the official ETS book - GRE: Practicing to Take the General Test. The drawback of ETS book is that even though they tell you what the right answer should be (A, B, C, D or E) they do not have detailed explanations. But most of the time you can figure it out for yourself so it's ok.

Some of the books: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_...books%2Cn%3A21

Like Khoa said, USGuide is a good resource. If you are in Vietnam they have a small library that they lend books out to people as well.

Good luck!

[seaboy]

Ở đây chắc nhiều anh đang là VEF Fellows nhỉ.
Em thắc mắc là khi em vào websites của mấy trường ĐH, họ nói rằng nếu được nhận chương trình PhD thì sẽ được cho full tuition, fees, and stipend. Vậy thì tại sao các anh phải apply cho VEF và trải wa rất nhiều vòng tuyển sinh cam go? Hay là nếu được VEF tài trợ thì sẽ dễ dàng được các trường nhận hơn?

[Khoa Tran]

Hi Thang,

It's unfair that your question has been left unanswered for many days. I've been really busy and other members are probably as well, particularly during this bloody tough time.

Regarding your VEF question, you can ask them directly on their forum: http://www.veffa.org/forum/ Or you can ask on usguide since many VEF fellows are also on that list.