Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Arco Teach Yourself the Gmat Cat in 24 Hours (Arcos Teach Yourself in 24 Hours Series) by Mark A. Stewart, Cambridge Review, Frederick J. O'Toole ISBN: 0-02-862692-3 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book !
Comment: I just rated Kaplan's GMAT book but I feel I need to chime in regarding Arco...because that book was very helpful !
I'm not a native speaker of English and have never taken a standardized test before in my life; yet I scored a 770 (99 percentile) on the GMAT in my first try 3 days ago.
I started out with Arco's 24-hour course. Arco's book is great, and it has quite a bit more stuff on the math and verbal part than Kaplan has. I didn't get the CD rom though since I got an older edition, so I can't rate the software. But the book itself is excellent.
Arco has a lot of useful info on both the math and verbal sections. There are a lot of relevant problems in the book, and their style comes close to the real thing. The book is well written with lots of useful advice. There a very few mistakes and printing errors in the book.
After Arco I went on to tackle the official guide from ETS. Anyone who wants to prepare for the GMAT should work some of the problems in this book. I did them all, but I don't really think that's neccesary -- just do the final third in each section and you'll be fine.
Finally I read the Kaplan book. There was not much in the book that I didn't already know. In fact, Kaplan has much less material than Arco. However, when you start working with Kaplan's CD rom you realize how much info is packed on that disk. There's 18 quizzes with 9 math and 9 verbal and they're all great practice. They actually force you to work *faster* than you'll need for the real test. Also, there are very few errors in the Kaplan material, and their problems come very close to the real ones.
I took the four GMAT CATs on the CD rom and got 700, 780, 660 and 700. There's no question that Kaplan artificially lower your score so you're guaranteed to score higher on the real test, but that's cool as long as it doesn't discourages you. Just know that's the way it is.
I also took the PowerPrep tests, just for practice... but I had already done the problems in the ETS book ! However you definitely should work with PowerPrep to get a sense of the problems and the way they're presented.
Hope this helps. Good luck !!
Rating: 5
Summary: This book was excellent
Comment: I used this book as the capstone to a self-taught GMAT course. It provided adequate review of the quantitative and verbal concepts on the exam, challenging practice problems, and good answer explanations. The AWA section was also helpful.
In addition, I used Kaplan's CD and the GMAT PowerPrep software, both were also excellent.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Good Buy for Getting Familiar with the GMAT
Comment: I bought this book six weeks in advance of taking the GMAT. This book is great for getting you familiar with the test and showing common testing pitfalls. I felt like I needed the most help with the Verbal section and this book helped me to decipher what the GMAT question was really asking me instead of what I thought it was asking me. My unofficial results show an OUTSTANDING grade.
 |
Title: Kaplan GMAT 2004 with CD-ROM by Staff of Kaplan Inc, Kaplan ISBN: 0743241401 Publisher: Kaplan Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $37.00 |
 |
Title: Kaplan GRE & GMAT Exams Math Workbook, Third Edition by David Stuart, Staff of Kaplan Inc ISBN: 0743233549 Publisher: Kaplan Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
 |
Title: Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook, Second Edition by Ingrid Multhopp, Kaplan ISBN: 0743250990 Publisher: Kaplan Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
 |
Title: The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 10th Edition ISBN: 0886852404 Publisher: Rsvp Communications Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
 |
Title: The Official Guide for Gmat Review (9th Ed) by Educational Testing Service, Ets ISBN: 0446396389 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
