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Your Key to GRE Success Copyright © 2002 by MO Media. You have been licensed one copy of this document for personal use only. Any other reproduction or redistribution is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. iiFrom the desk of Tom Paulson, Director of Test-Taking Strategy at GRE Secrets, July 28, 2002- Dear future GRE Success Story: Congratulations on your purchase of the most advanced test-taking manual for the GRE. Notice I did not say study guide- there are plenty of decent study guides on the market, but that was not our objective in writing this manual. Our goal is to seek and exploit specific weaknesses in the GRE assessment, and then share those secrets with our customers. Let’s be perfectly honest here- you’ve worked hard enough in high school and college, and if you want to spend hours in a study guide to boost your score by a couple points, that’s a great thing to do. In fact, we recommend at least a brief review of some of the better study guides on the market. But that’s simply not enough to do well in the high-pressure high-stakes environment of the test day. How well you do on this test will have a significant impact on your future- and we have the research and practical advice to help you execute on test day. The product you’re reading now is much more than a study guide- it is a tactical weapon designed to exploit weaknesses in the test itself, and help you avoid the most common errors students make when taking the GRE. And we’re not just blowing smoke like a lot of the so-called “master GRE courses” out there. How many of the authors of the GRE “guides” actually did well on the GRE? Here’s my guess- people who do really well on the GRE typically have better things to do than writing guides to the GRE. Through the technology of the Internet, we are the only entrepreneurial enterprise with the rock-solid iron-clad proof: we put our test scores where our mouth is. We all Copyright © 2002 by MO Media. You have been licensed one copy of this document for personal use only. Any other reproduction or redistribution is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. iiiscored in the 99th percentile on the GRE itself, and the likelihood of just three authors with this qualification is less than 1 in 10,000! Why does no other guide offer this level of proof- because they can’t. We all currently hold high-paying positions with top companies and universities, and our success on the GRE was the spark that started a chain reaction of scholarships, graduate admission, and ultimately career success. We are sharing the secrets of that success with you. How to use this guide We don’t want to waste your time. This guide is fast-paced and fluff-free. We suggest going through it a number of times, trying out its methods on a number of official practice tests. First, read through the manual completely to get a feel for the content and organization. Read the general success strategies first, and then proceed to the individual test sections. Each tip has been carefully selected for its effectiveness. Second, read through the manual again, and take notes in the margins and highlight those sections where you may have a particular weakness (we strongly suggest printing the guide out on a high-quality printer). Third, go through at least one official practice test with the manual at your side and apply the strategies. We believe three practice tests to be the maximum benefit, the first time with all strategies except time (take as much time as you need), the second time with all strategies and time constraints, and a third time without the benefit of the open manual to refer to during the test. See the appendix for the exclusive list of practice test sources we Copyright © 2002 by MO Media. You have been licensed one copy of this document for personal use only. Any other reproduction or redistribution is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. ivbelieve to be valuable. Quick tip- there is no greater waste of time than studying practice tests written by anyone other than GRE. Finally, bring the guide with you on test day and study it before the exam begins. Your success is our success We would be delighted to hear your GRE Success Story. Drop us a line at gresecrets@gre- and tell us your story. Thanks for your business and we wish you continued success- Sincerely, The GRE Secrets Team Copyright © 2002 by MO Media. You have been licensed one copy of this document for personal use only. Any other reproduction or redistribution is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. vTABLE OF CONTENTS SECRET KEY #1 – TIME IS YOUR GREATEST ENEMY. ...............................................................1 SUCCESS STRATEGY #1.........................................................................................................................1 Pace Yourself.........................................................................................................................。