<p>I know we have a grad school board (I also posted there), but I figured that I could get more answers here since I assume that some of the parents here have been to grad school?? Anyway, what prep books did you use? Also, has anyone take the MAT?</p>
<p>In ancient times, I used barron's. No mat for me. Good luck :)</p>
<p>I'm not a parent, but an undergrad student who is going to grad school next year:</p>
<p>I had to study for Two GRE tests, lit and the regular. For the regular, I had about ten GRE books including the teacher's manual (My BF's sister taught the course). I glaced over Barron's, but didn't find it as extensive. I prefered the Princeton Review method for analytical writing (got 6.0), Kaplan for Verbal (95%) and Princeton review for math (37%) but for the record, I haven't done math for five years and because I was planning on going into lit originally, didn't really care about the math. I also made about 1000 flashcards of vocab words and when at bars with my friends actually played the GRE flashcard game. I also took vocab quizes online and did about five practice tests. Overall, I probably put about 125-175 hours into studying-- I could have done more, but I think this overall served me well.</p>
<p>Didn't use any prep book for GRE's back in the day. I figured it was pretty much like SAT and it turned out to be true except in the field-specific tests.</p>
<p>I'm not a parent, but I'm going to grad school this fall. I used Barron's and Princeton Review. I found the latter very useful.</p>
<p>Took GRE back in prehistoric times and it never entered my mind to "prep" for it. It was a simpler time.........</p>
<p>I still had materials from when I taught Princeton Review for the SAT. I used those for math and to review vocab.</p>
<p>Prep? Never occurred to me. I think the strong program I had gone through at U Chicago prepared me very well for it - don't remember what I scored except that I was very happy with how I did.</p>
<p>Then again, my idea of studying for the SAT was reviewing the test questions the evening before. Those were the days.</p>
<p>yeah, took that MAT back in the dark ages -- most painful hour I ever spent testing, but then again, I grew up in the projects, so vocab was definitely not a strong suit. </p>
<p>For GRE, used ARCO the night before the test, since that was free from our city Lib.</p>
<p>Just a clarification: I'd never done standardized testing before, so perhaps I just overprepared!</p>
<p>Back when I took the GRE, no one prepped for any of these exams. I recall that it was just like the SAT, no harder, and I did a bit better on the GRE than the SAT.</p>
<p>I also took the advanced test in Chemistry, my undergrad major. This was three years after I had left school, so I did quite a bit of review for about 6 weeks. The Chem test was tough, but I did well</p>
<p>I never prepped for the GRE back in the ancient days. More recently I took the MAT for another degree and did prep for that...a couple of practice tests. It is a good idea to practice now since everyone else is.</p>
<p>if i'm a high school junior who is talented in math, and i've already taken AP calculus AB, should i take the GRE Math Subject Test in my senior year of high school (will be in time for college apps, but not for early decision)?</p>
<p>Vintor:</p>
<p>I'm a little confused. The GRE stands for Graduate Record Exam, which is taken typically in senior year of college. It is a test for Grad school preparedness, not undergraduate work. If you are mean the SAT Math Subject test, then yes, you should take SAT Math 2 (erstwhile Math IIc), which only requires pre-calc. Even if you take it next October, it should be in time for ED/EA.</p>
<p>I know, I've already taken SAT I (800M) and SAT II IIC (800) =)</p>
<p>but the GRE Math Subject Test only goes up to basic calculus, right?
so if I took (in high school) and did well (which I think I can), it would be rather impressive, no?</p>
<p>don't waste your time or money. Adcoms could care less.</p>
<p>an adcom is?</p>
<p>short for admissions counselor at a college</p>
<p>A friend who plans to take the GRE asked me to help her study for GRE math. I've never taken the GRE, so figured the first step would be to find out what GRE math was all about. So last week I browsed through a GRE prep book at the bookstore. Expecting to see something difficult, I was shocked to see that GRE math is nothing more than SAT math. (So what is it that people are supposed to have learned after four years of college?) Rather than invest in a new book, I plan to use my son's 10 Real SATs to help my friend review math. BTW, the reading and writing portions of the GRE seemed very similar to the new SAT, too.</p>
<p>I didn't look at any of the GRE subject tests since my friend isn't required to take any of those for admission.</p>
<p>Ellen, that's what I noted above. The one thing you can get from practice is "up to speed." Otherwise you won't learn a lot. In my case, I had gone 4 years in college without having any timed tests or multiple choice tests, so even though I didn't study for the GRE I think I was at something of a disadvantage because I was out of practice.</p>