GRE Study Strategies: Sample Essays, Podcasts

[Omar_Little]

Greetings. Forgive me if these questions have been addressed. I poked around and could not find answers. I am taking the old GRE this July.

1.) Are there sample 6.0 AW essays (with commentary) available for free on the internet? I cannot find any by googling, nor can I locate them within PowerPrep.

2.) Can anyone recommend podcasts/audiobooks out there that go through the top vocab words and their definitions?

Thanks in advance for any answers you may be able provide.

[shepardn7]

The ETS site has links to "benchmarks" (one essay to represent each grade) with commentary:

http://www.ets.org/gre/general/scores/how/issue/

http://www.ets.org/gre/general/scores/how/argument

Also, here is a informational booklet meant for faculty that has real essays with assigned scores (but no commentary):

http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/GRE/pdf/gre_0809_How_to_Interpret_and_Use_AW_Scores.pdf