UPDATED APRIL 2005
Note: This is for reference only. Career Services does not endorse any test preparation company. The purpose of this sheet is to give you an idea of some of what is out there.
Local addresses given when found, asterisk (*) for GRE prep available around the country.
The best preparation is taking lots of practice tests.
Test Preparation Courses
Princeton Review*
3819 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
1-800-2Review, www.princetonreview.com, info.philadelphia@review.com
Classroom Course – $1049 (21 to 24 hours, 8 or fewer people in a class)
Online Course – $99-799
Private Tutoring – $2000-3200 (16 hours), $1000-1600 (8 hours single subject prep)
Kaplan*
The Penn Center (220 South 40th Street), U Penn Campus, and 1528 Walnut Street
www.kaptest.com/gre 1-800-KAPTEST
Classroom Course - $1049
Private Tutoring - $1999 (15 hours), $2999 (25 hours), $3999 (35 hours)
Online - $899
Grad Admissions Consulting - $499 (3 hours), $949 (6 hours) $1399 (10 hours)
(They also offer free events and free practice tests – see website)
PowerScore*
Yarnall Conference Center, 3701 Chestnut Street
http://www.powerscore.com/gre/index.htm
Classroom Course– weekend class $395 (16 hours)
Test Masters*
University of Pennsylvania location (only weekend course)
http://www.testmasters.net/gre/
Classroom Course - $950 (45 hours of instruction) – located in CA, IL, MA, NY
Weekend Course - $350 (16 intense hours of instruction)
Advance Test Review
305 Bryan Street, Havertown, PA 19083
http://www.advancetestreview.com/gre.htm, email advancetr@aol.com, 610-449-6311
They offer workshops, classroom programs, and private tutoring.
Other Test Prep
Canada – Oxford Seminars http://www.oxfordseminars.com/Pages/GRE/gre_about.htm
Possible online resources
http://www.microedu.com/gretest/index.htm some free resources, tests, etc.
http://education.yahoo.com/college/essentials/practice_tests/gre/ free resources
http://gradschool.about.com/od/admissionsadvice/a/overview.htm information about graduate school
Physics GRE resource: http://www.physicsgre.com/
Books
(List price given, although it should be possible to find them all online for less)
Cracking the GRE (The Princeton Review) $33 – 120 practice questions, 4 full length tests on CD-ROM
Crash Course for the GRE (Princeton Review) $10 – 100 practice questions, last minute strategy help
GRE: Practicing the General Test (Educational Testing Service) $21 – practice questions
How to Prepare for the GRE Test w/ CD-ROM (Barron’s) $30 - 6 tests, 3500 master words, strategies
Kaplan GRE Exam 2005 w/ CD-ROM $33
Pass Key to the GRE Test (Shortened Barrons) $9 – 3 full practice tests, strategies
Test Information
GRE — Graduate Record Examination
The GRE General Test is a computerized test that can be taken year round. To register for the GRE General Test, call 1-800-GRE-CALL or your local testing center.
GRE Subject Tests are offered on specific dates. Students can register by using the paper form provided in the GRE bulletin (available in Career Services) or online.
ETS Graduate Record Examinations
http://www.gre.org/
Free test preparation materials!
Subject Tests (Descriptions of each test can be found at http://www.gre.org/subdesc.html)
Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Literature (in English)
Mathematics
Physics
Psychology
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