The Official Guide for GMAT Review (10th Edition)
Author: Educational Testing Services
List Price: $29.95
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ISBN: 0446396664
Publisher: Graduate Management Admission (25 September, 2000)
Sales Rank: 1,036
Average Customer Rating: 4.65 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
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I have studied for about 6 weeks for Gmat. Before I got this book, I got through several other books for Gmat(such as Kaplan,Princeton Review,Arco,Barron etc.) and all of those books were imperfect in the sense that they could not even match the quality of problems in this book.(Some in Kaplan were mere copies of the real questions) Since I had a very solid background in mathematics I concentrated mostly on verbal. However,when I did the two sample exams in Powerprep, I realized that my verbal percetile was around 70.I got a score around 700 in both exams.Finally, I acquired this book fortunately just a week before the exam, and decided to cram the verbal part. I finished the verbal part in 4 days. I read all the explanations in reasoning and sentence correction questions. I am sure that doing so will let you too get the 'feel' for the best answer. In the actual exam I scored in 97th. and 93th. percentiles, quantitative and verbal respectively. I left the test center with a score of 740. I claim that this book might be your only guide in preparing for Gmat given that you can already score high in quantitative.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Real GMAT Questions and Answers -- this is the source
This book -- The Official Guide for GMAT Review -- was the only GMAT preparation book that was of any benefit to me. Kaplan's and Princeton Review's books were real disappointments because all their GMAT questions are manufactured (not real GMAT questions) and they give advice (such as picking numbers and working slowly on the first few questions) that is simply wrong.
Because I had so much success with my GMAT, I now help other people improve their GMAT scores. I insist that people use this book to prepare for the types of GMAT questions that they will see on test day. In the last few months, I have helped several people score 700 or above on the GMAT-CAT and these people have been accepted to top B-schools.
So don't accept any 'branded' substitute, get the Official Guide.
Shawn Berry
Rating: 4 out of 5
Absolutely Necessary to Score High on the GMAT
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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