The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition | Graduate Management Admission Council

The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition | Graduate Management Admission Council | A Few Mistakes

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	The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition Graduate Management Admission Council Graduate Management Admission Council, 2005 - 832 pages average customer review:based on 148 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Key to Success

I used the Kaplan guide and the official GMAT study guide to prepare for the GMAT. I first went throught the Kaplan guide cover to cover. I found the math review to be very helpful, and some of the test taking tips were useful. However, once I began reviewing the official GMAT study guide it became apparent that the practice questions in the Kaplan quide weren't quite accurate reflections of what the actual questions would look like. Practicing questions is the key to success in taking the GMAT. I've read some reviews in which people say you should only study the harder questions in the official review guide if you are finding the questions too easy, but I disagree. The key to doing well is to understand how the question writers try to trip you up, and you can only get to this point by practicing as many questions as possible. I went through every question in the GMAT study guide and by the end I could really begin to anticipate what the question writers were looking for. I ended up getting a 740. To summarize: the math review and some of the tips in the Kaplan guide are somewhat helpful, but I wouldn't waste much time on their practice questions. The practice questions in the official guide are indespensable - complete every one and review your incorrect answers and you will do well. I noticed a few reviews where people dismissed the value of the official GMAT guide because one or two questions had incorrect answers. They are nuts to devalue the book because it has a couple typos. Trust me - this book is the key to doing well.

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A Few Mistakes

As a primary resource for preparing for the GMAT this book is invaluable. The questions are organized from easy to difficult and separated in to topics to help you find weaknesses. That said, there are a few minor mistakes in the book that can lead to hours of confusion. Those mistakes can be found at

http://www.gmatix.com/blogging/index.php?x=25

Other than that the book suffers from to few questions. This is not a good comprehensive study plan, just the best first step.

The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition (Purchased on 09/21/2008)

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What can you say? Your GMAT starts here...

I used this book more than any other study resource, and I took no prep course. I scored 770 (49Q 48V). Obviously I can't say for sure what would have happened without this book, but I feel it helped.

The majority of the questions tend to be on the easy side, with only a small percentage of hard questions. I recommend going over the harder questions with a fine-toothed comb, you will need to know them cold.

Good, solid GMAT review

I think this was a great first book to look at if you're planning to do the GMAT, though I wish there was a little more explanation with the statistical answers. Otherwise it's an easy guide.

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