Arco the Unofficial Guide to the Gmat Cat 2000 (Unofficial Guide to the Gmat Cat, 2000)

Author: Karl Weber
List Price: $16.95
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ISBN: 0028632443
Publisher: Arco Pub (July, 1999)
Sales Rank: 261,352
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 3 out of 5
Good, But Easy
I just started studying for the GMAT a couple of weeks ago, and this was the fourth book I went through. This one had the easiest practice tests (compared to Princeton Review, the other Arco book and Barron's). The appendices provided a good, if somewhat skimpy review of math and grammar, and the math explanations were very easy to follow. I agree with everyone else who posted that there were a lot of typos, which were extremely annoying/frustrating, especially since I was trying to time myself. This book was also weak in providing explanations for answers to the verbal questions. Overall, I would recommend it but also warn that it should not be the sole source of anyone's GMAT review.

Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent software and decent book
Aside from the actual ETS software, of the books that I bought (Kaplan, Barron's), this software was by far the best. The software is very similar to the actual GMAT CAT. It includes 5 tests that mimic the format of the GMAT CAT very well. I attribute a significant portion of my score (over 750) to this software. The book is average. It has several errors, one of which - repeatedly using SAT rather than GMAT - is particularly annoying. I'd like to think there is some difference in level between the SAT and GMAT. Buy this book for the software.

Rating: 2 out of 5
Misleading Software
There are a lot of people on these reviews getting 700+ scores, I guess I'm more average, and knowing that ETS's average score is something like 520, if you are scoring a 750, then it is probably not due to which test prep software you bought.

That said, this book has all of the sae pointers that the other books have, and the tests are not indicative of how you will score on test day. The software just gives you a range, like 640-700, but on test day when you wind up with a 610 you'll wonder why. Skip this book and get a better one.



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