<p>which company (eg. Princeton Review, Kaplan etc), in your opinion, offers/publishes the best prep book/course for GRE?</p>
<p>Stay away from the Princeton Review books...</p>
<p>I used Barronn's for the Quant side. Their quant practice test was considerably harder than the "real thing". It worked out pretty well - I'm strictly a humanities guy (Classics) and I scored a 700Q.</p>
<p>I didn't bother with the verbal part though maybe I should have done a couple practice runs - I slipped to 710V on the real test because I ran short of time.</p>
<p>If you're taking the "old" test download the PowerPrep software from ETS, take a timed practice test, and see if you actually need any additional prep. It has the advantage of being free but it does require Windows, an annoyance for us Mac guys. The PowerPrep practice tests were essentially identical to the real thing (even to several identical questions). Incidentally, ETS says they will send you the PowerPrep CD before your test date, but MANY people either never see it or it arrives after they take the test.</p>
<p>If you're taking the new test, your best bet is to carefully watch the ETS website - that's likely to be the first place you'll see information on prep guides.</p>
<p>I used Kaplan. I was getting 680 to 720 on the quant section of their practice tests. I did tons of practice problems and then got 780 on the real thing. Didn't do anything for the verbal or writing. Got 560 and 4.0. But for grad school in econ all that mattered was hitting 770 on the quant section. Verbal and writing don't matter as long as they aren't horrible. (560 may seem low, but it is actually 76th percentile)</p>