Rachel Kapelke-Dale

GRE eBook: A Free, Complete Guide to the GRE

The content in this post applies in 2024 to the new, shorter GRE!

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This GRE eBook, The Complete Guide to the GRE, is a compilation of the best of the Magoosh GRE blog, and we’re happy to be able to share it with you for free, via PDF! It has everything you need to know about the GRE, including:

  • An introduction to the GRE format
  • Overviews of each section (Quantitative, Verbal, Writing)
  • Recommended strategies, practice questions, and explanations for commonly tested concepts and question types
  • Links to all of our study plans
  • Suggested resources

Complete, Free Guide to the GRE - Magoosh

 

We hope you like this eBook! Print it out, share it with friends, and use it as an introduction to the GRE as you’re starting out, or reference it throughout your GRE journey.

 
Bonus Resources:

  • If you’re willing to spend a bit of $$ on GRE prep books, please check our our list of the best GRE prep books on the market, or check out our GRE books video below. It’ll save you research time and money.
     
  • Last but not least, check out Magoosh’s GRE Prep App. It’s a free Android and iPhone app that allows you to access all the Magoosh resources (lessons, practice questions, study schedules, and more) on your phone.

If you have any suggestions for things you’d like to see in the next edition of the GRE eBook (word lists? :)) or any feedback at all, let us know in the comments!

Author

  • Rachel Kapelke-Dale

    Rachel is one of Magoosh’s Content Creators. She writes and updates content on our High School and GRE Blogs to ensure students are equipped with the best information during their test prep journey. As a test-prep instructor for more than five years in there different countries, Rachel has helped students around the world prepare for various standardized tests, including the SAT, ACT, TOEFL, GRE, and GMAT, and she is one of the authors of our Magoosh ACT Prep Book. Rachel has a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature from Brown University, an MA in Cinematography from the Université de Paris VII, and a Ph.D. in Film Studies from University College London. For over a decade, Rachel has honed her craft as a fiction and memoir writer and public speaker. Her novel, THE BALLERINAS, is forthcoming in December 2021 from St. Martin’s Press, while her memoir, GRADUATES IN WONDERLAND, co-written with Jessica Pan, was published in 2014 by Penguin Random House. Her work has appeared in over a dozen online and print publications, including Vanity Fair Hollywood. When she isn’t strategically stringing words together at Magoosh, you can find Rachel riding horses or with her nose in a book. Join her on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook!

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