If you don't have a pencil in your hand, get one now! Don't just read this book,write on it, study it,scrutinize it! In short, for the next six weeks, this book should be a part of your life. When you havefinished the book, it should be marked-up, dog-eared, tattered and torn.Although the GRE is a difficult test, it is a very learnable test. This is not to say that the GRE is beatable.There is no bag of tricks that will show you how to master it overnight. You probably havealready realized this. Some books, nevertheless, offer "inside stuff" or "tricks" which they claim will enableyou to beat the test. These include declaring that answer-choices B, C, or D are more likely to be correctthan choices A or E. This tactic, like most of its type, does not work. It is offered to give the student thefeeling that he or she is getting the scoop on the test.The GRE cannot be beaten.But it can be mastered through hard work, analytical thought, and by training yourself to think like a test writer. Many of the exercises in this book are designed to prompt you tothink like a test writer. For example, in the math section, you will find Duals.These are pairs of similarproblems in which only one property is different. They illustrate the process of creating GRE questions.This book will introduce you to numerous analytic techniques that will help you immensely, not onlyon the GRE but in graduate school as well. For this reason, studying for the GRE can be a rewarding andsatisfying experience.Although the quick-fix method is not offered in this book, about 15% of the material is dedicated tostudying how the questions are constructed. Knowing how the problems are written and how the test writersthink will give you useful insight into the problems and make them less mysterious. Moreover, familiaritywith the GRE's structure will help reduce your anxiety. The more you know about this test, the less anxiousyou will be the day you take it.
