Product Description

The Kaplan GRE Premier Live Program is a groundbreaking test prep program that uses the latest technology to maximize a student’s score. Essential practice is needed to achieve the highest scores, along with proven score-raising strategies.  You will have free, online access to an interactive, state-of-the-art online companion that gives you exclusive, unprecedented access to an online classroom in real-time, diagnostic quizzes and many other exceptional features including:

GRE Premier Live Exclusive Free Online Features:

• GRE Live Online:  A real-time online classroom including audio, video, instant chat, whiteboards, screen-sharing.
• Fast Fact Videos:  Three to four minute video tutorials featuring Kaplan’s best tutors.
• Online Diagnostic Test:  Designed to target areas to help you improve your score.
• Customizable study plan & progress report
• New practice questions online every month
• Up-to-the-minute GRE updates or test changes online

Comprehensive GRE Preparation Program Features:

• Essential tactics for the computer-adaptive test (CAT) format
• Kaplan Quick Start Guide shows how to maximize results & minimize study time
• Five full-length practice tests
• More than 300 additional practice questions
• Kaplan's exclusive score-raising strategies

Kaplan is so confident in the quality and the effectiveness of our test preparation guides and programs that we offer a higher score guarantee!

Check inside this book for a chance to win $5000 to use for school and other prizes!

For GRE Math the following dates have Live Online events scheduled: 8/17 at 7:30pm and 10/6 at 7:30pm.

For GRE Verbal the following dates have Live Online events scheduled: 9/10 at 7:30pm and 10/13 at 7:30pm. Log into your online companion now to sign up – space is limited!

For those students who are unable to attend a Live Online event, you can still access videos of each of the events through your online companion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19946 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 504 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781419552977
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
More people get into grad school with a Kaplan GRE course than any other major test prep company.  This is because we provide three advantages no one else can match: The most personalized prep with more course options and any competitor—including in-class, online, one-on-one, and self-study—because one size does not fit all; the most focused prep with Smart Reports, our exclusive online score analysis and personalized recommendation system; and the most effective prep, which is why we guarantee your score will improve.

Customer Reviews

Feel somewhat short changed
The Not So Good:
The GRE Premier Live Online edition 2010 that I have is a little frustrating. I found that the instructions, starting with the "Quick Start Guide", actually left you groping aroung on the internet trying to find the web pages they are referring to. I think someone who was too familiar with their process wrote it so that started off on the wrong foot. In addition, I am not one who likes to provide information on the internet and Kaplan uses the fact that you have already bought their product as leverage to collect your information.
In addition to these issues the online service gives a maximum of 3 months to use the service that "comes" with the book. With a family, including three young children, I am not sure I whether or not I will really get all of the use from it by Septmber. There is always something good to be said about just getting in and diog it, but I don't need a push from a vendors product that I have already purchased.

The Good:
Once I found the diagnostic test I think it was very worthwhile.. boy do I need some vocabulary work. In addition, the book (and website) does a good job on a question by question basis explaining what you did wrong (unfortunately on vocab issues it is appratent when you read the question!). I definitely have started getting more comfortable with the test as I have read through how the test is generated, scored, and the reasoning as to why Kaplan's philosophy can yield good results.

I haven't taken the test yet and have just started with the Kaplan book, overall I think it will work well. I would rather have a CD with a number of practice tests that I can run at any time or have longer access to the website service though. I gave it 3 stars because I think the product isn't necessarily bad, but left me with that "ripped off" feeling when dealing with the "Not So Good" things I explained above.

Not reliable
I used Kaplan's ASVAB book and the GRE Exam 2010 Online book, and both have similar problems.

1. Kaplan is VERY bad at explaining new concepts. If you're just looking for review and feel comfortable in your math skills, this book is probably fine. But if you're hazy on geometry and algebra, you will probably just be confused and frustrated using Kaplan, because they do things like teach you how to use a concept, then have an "example" problem where the concept isn't even used.

2. The online guide sucks. I got this book because it said it had 5 practice tests online, but once you register the book, it tells you that a new practice test is only available every month. Not only can you not take multiple practice tests within a month (which would be useful if you don't have months and months to study for the GRE), but the online tools are only good for three months. Essentially, there are only 3 practice tests available to you, and given how ridiculously complicated the online segments are, even those are hard to use.

3. Kaplan has the worst practice questions EVER. With both ASVAB and GRE, Kaplan uses real questions taken from the tests, but forgets key parts of the questions, making them unsolvable. For instance, Question 25 from the math section of the book's practice test is missing key information, so you're basically guessing on questions that would NEVER be composed that way on the real GRE.

This book is a frustrating waste of time, whether you're trying to learn new information or just review. Their practice questions aren't reliable, and the online component is practically impossible to use. Go with Princeton. They're not great, but they're cheaper and much easier to use.

The entire "online" portion is not available
There apparently is no online portion to this product. Even though that is where all the features are supposed to be, I have not been able to access it (along with everyone else, from what I've been reading on these reviews). There is no customer support. I've sent three emails to three different Kaplan email addresses with no response. I've called the phone number that just has a recording telling you to email them. So you just get a book. That advertises all its online features. Horrible experience.