110 of 114 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
BEST RESOURCE FOR GED SUCCESS!!!, Mar 31 2006
By Luana L. Gilley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: McGraw-Hill's GED W/ CD-ROM: The Most Complete and Reliable Study Program for the GED Tests [With CDROM] (Paperback)
I am a vocational counselor helping adults return to school to learn a new career. Most have been out of school for 10-30 years. This tool helps them recover years of ability lost to non-use, but most especially to score much higher on their entrance exams to the colleges, which greatly reduce the number of remedial classes they have to take to bring their skills up enough to enter a degree program. In addition, those that dropped out of High School have been able to get their GED within as little as a week, or the time it takes to get scheduled into the local testing center (usually at your local Community College). It has been the single most important resource for nearly every student I have, and has proven its worth time and time again. You cannot lose with this one!
72 of 73 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Parent-Friendly too, Oct 22 2007
By Hopeful - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: McGraw-Hill's GED W/ CD-ROM: The Most Complete and Reliable Study Program for the GED Tests [With CDROM] (Paperback)
I bought the McGraw-Hill GED text for my 17 year old child. We decided that it was best for her to get a GED rather than through the traditional method of attending high school for reasons unrelated to this review.
When the book arrived, I was a bit taken aback by this sheer size of it and somewhat concerned that my child would also be alarmed. However, upon reading through the text, I found it very straight forward and easy to follow. We review the chapters together and have set a goal of 2 full chapters per week - there are 30 individual chapters.
In addition, I purchased the text with the optional CD ROM. It contains sample tests which can be taken either at your leisure or using the exam's timer. The sample tests appear somewhat similar in format as well as difficulty to what I took completing my CLEP exams (I'm not sure if that means colleges have been dumbed down or that students are smarter). At the very least, the practice exam format should be good practice for taking this style of exam in the GED (and later in the CLEP exams).
While my child has not taken the GED exam to date, she has studied the text and taken the sample exams on her own which seems to be instilling some new-found confidence in her academic abilities.
For the sheer volume and information, the text is a very good bargain. The chapters are short, well written, and to the point, which make it better for the student who may have difficulties spending large amounts of time covering the material. Finally, I would advise spending the extra few dollars for the CD ROM when deciding which version to purchase.
34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!, Feb 21 2008
By Lauren B. Eggers "Lauren" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: McGraw-Hill's GED W/ CD-ROM: The Most Complete and Reliable Study Program for the GED Tests [With CDROM] (Paperback)
This book covers EVERYTHING. But getting it and opening the box was daunting to see the sheer size of the over 1100 page book.
Get the version with the CD-ROM. At the very least you can take the pre tests on the CD-ROM and it tells you in the results exactly where your weaknesses are and which pages of the book to cover. Without it I probably wouldve read the book cover to cover. With it, I found I can pretty much skip the science chapter (I haven't taken the other pre tests yet).
I must say, some of the questions are probably more difficult than what the actual GED asks as Ive had some average friends go in and take the GED without any classes/studying after several years of being out of school and passed.