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Title: The Official Guide for GMAT Review (10th Edition) by Educational Testing Services ISBN: 0-446-39666-4 Publisher: Graduate Management Admission Pub. Date: 25 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.65 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It doesn't get any better
Comment: I purchased several books and software programs (Kaplan software, Princeton Review Prep book, Barrons, Kaplan, etc) when studying for my GMAT and by far this book was the most useful in preparing for the test. This book doesn't contain much instruction, it mainly contains old GMAT questions. I studied quite a bit and got through most of the questions by the time I took the GMAT. Couple of hints:
1. Don't start with this book. Pick up a book on test strategies from the Princeton Review or Kaplan and work through the material in those first. They will teach you test strategies and the formulas/tricks that you need to know. For example, you should memorize a list of idioms before tackling too much of the verbal..This will help you to realize why certain answers are right... The answers at the back of the book will sometimes simply say "unidiomatic".. If you don't understand what that means and what many of the common idioms are that won't mean much.
2. When you sign up for the GMAT they will send you a CD with two sample tests on it. Those sample tests contain questions that are found in this book! That can result in a slightly skewed diagnostic test score so keep that in mind. You aren't going to run into questions on the actual test that are in this book! (except for the essays - see below)
3. The essays in the back of the book appear to be the same ones that are asked on the actual test! I don't know if this is a 100% guarentee but I've heard from several people that the essay questions that they were asked on the test could be found in the back of the book. Now there are hundreds listed - but it still is valuable to spend a few hours going through them and make sure you can come up with an approach to them.
3. This book has tons of problems, so you may start to forget what you've done and what you haven't. When working through the problems I marked problems that I got wrong the first time around. About a month later I went back through the book and re-did those problems to see if I could do them. Trust me - you won't remember most of the problems the second time around if you're studying for the test over a several month time period like I did.
Have fun preparing! If you have any questions about other books or the GMAT itself feel free to email.. I feel like I've been through an exhaustive process (GMAT and application process) and would be happy to help anyone who needs it. I did pretty well on my GMAT too.
Rating: 5
Summary: The real thing
Comment: You won't find it in most book stores, but this book, combined with the Power Prep software and the Kaplan review, helped me score in the 99th percentile on my first try. Here are my thoughts and observations:
(1) Kaplan offers great test taking strategies. Go straight to the CD and take the diagnostic and devise a study plan. (If you get less than 600, consider going through the review sessions in the book first). Hone your basic math and verbal skills but concentrate on developing your internal clock.
(2) Some of Kaplan's toughest questions are designed to confuse you. Some questions have more than one "good" answers. Do not delve too deeply into Kaplan's test psyche.
(3) Midway through your Kaplan study program, take your first Power prep exam. In general, your score will be higher than your Kaplan scores so far. Note the discrepancy.
(4) Begin working through the Official Guide. Clock yourself and try to do a few more questions per session than required on the CAT. Keep an error log and review it often. Read the official explanations for questions you guessed on or missed.
(5) Take the second Power prep exam half way through the official guide. You may encounter questions that you have encountered during practice. So keep in mind that your score may be skewed. This should be your ideal score.
(6) Devote the last week to your weakest links. Review your error log frequently. Take the rest of the Kaplan exams. Try to complete all questions before time expires. Expect to make incremental improvement but don't worry if these scores remain lower than your power prep results.
(7) Rest. Visit your test center in advance.
Good luck. Let me know whether you find these thoughts helpful.
Rating: 4
Summary: Absolutely Necessary to Score High on the GMAT
Comment: I started preparing for the GMAT test approximately 8 weeks ago using the Offical Guide for GMAT Review, practicing roughly 40 questions per day. Since the Official Guide doesn't have much in the way of test taking techniques, I also used the Kaplan and the PR Verbal Workout. Aside from these books & the PowerPrep tests, there wasn't much else I used.
I took the test today and scored a 720, which closely matched my scores on the PowerPrep tests (720 and 740). On the Kaplan tests, I scored 630, 620, 680 (don't trust the Kaplan scores). In my assessment, the Official Guide practice questions are crucial for maximizing your score - you'll probably want to use the other test prep materials to learn some useful techniques, but the Official Guide MUST be used. Since the math in the Official Guide comes from the old paper-based test and has changed somewhat since then, I found the quantitative questions on the actual test to be slightly harder. I'd suggest supplementing with questions from the Kaplan for the math. For this reason, I gave the Official Guide 4-stars. Seems the Verbal questions haven't changed though - I found them to be quite similar to what I encountered in the Official Guide.
Practice as many questions as possible from the Official Guide and you'll be good to go!
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Title: Verbal Workout for the GMAT (The Princeton Review) by Douglas French ISBN: 0375754172 Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 23 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Kaplan GMAT 2004 with CD-ROM by Kaplan ISBN: 0743241401 Publisher: Kaplan Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $37.00 |
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Title: Cracking the GMAT with Sample Tests on CD-ROM, 2004 Edition by Princeton Review ISBN: 0375763244 Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 17 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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Title: Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook, Second Edition by Kaplan ISBN: 0743250990 Publisher: Kaplan Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Kaplan GRE & GMAT Exams Math Workbook, Third Edition by Kaplan ISBN: 0743233549 Publisher: Kaplan Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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