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| Author: Graduate Management Admission Council
Publisher: Graduate Management Admission Council
Category: Book
List Price: $36.95
Buy New: $22.17
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Rating:  152 reviews
Sales Rank: 95
Media: Paperback
Edition: 11
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 832
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0976570904
Dewey Decimal Number: 650
EAN: 9780976570905
Publication Date: September 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Book June 9, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a very necessary book for GMAT prep. Also recommend you go to GMATClub.com and look through all the great info there too. I just took the test and got a 710 and used a variety of prep materials (PR, Kaplan, Veritas, Manhattan GMAT, etc). Wouldn't waste money on a class if I were you.
 From and experienced test prep teacher April 1, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have worked for both Princeton and Kaplan. This is the material that I used in class, because no company gets the questions in the verbal section quite right, and good verbal practice is important since you need to get less verbal than math questions correct for a higher scaled score.
Everything in the guide is accurate (except for the first combined sets question in the diagnostic exam!), though not particularly well organized. The unofficial guides give you a better summary of test content and strategies - use this book to practice those strategies.
The only other problem is that this guide does not give a good sample of 700+ level questions. I scored in the mid 700s on the real test and most of the questions I saw were on a whole different order of difficulty. Also, if you want to score above a 600, make sure you practice combinations and permutations - they aren't covered very well in this book.
The official guide is the only way to study for the verbal section (if you need more problems, use LSAT logical reasoning and reading comp questions; they are like GMAT questions but harder), and gives you an overall accurate picture of what to expect. Look over this book before you decide whether to spend 1300+ on a class you might not need
Don't take the GMAT without this June 12, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you're taking the GMAT, you must work through this book. I made the mistake of buying every study guide out there (Kaplan, Princeton Review, Barron's...), but on the day that I walked into the test center, the Official Guide was the only book that I had used.
I took the GMAT a single time and scored a 770. Here's how I did it:
1. I bought the Official Guide.
2. I bought Jeff Sackmann's two e-books, The "GMAT Math Bible" and the "Official Guide to GMAT Review" and used them to work through each problem in the Official Guide.[...]
3. When doing a set of problems from the Official Guide, usually 10 to 15 at a time, I timed myself. Anytime I took longer than 2 minutes to complete a a problem or I got it wrong, I read Sackmann's explanation and re-did the question from scratch.
4. I worked through the Math Bible methodically, trying to do at least one full chapter a night.
5. Six weeks before I took the test, I[...] This is the official site of the GMAC, and the only place that you can access these two practice tests that use the same scoring logarithm as the actual test. Two weeks before my test date, I took the second practice test.
All in all, I spent about two months studying for 1-3 hours a day - and I work full-time, so it wasn't easy. But it was worth it. You *need* the Official Guide if you're studying because it's the only resource with actual questions from the GMAT. The rest of the books out there use made-up problems and many of them aren't very accurate. Because the Official Guide doesn't rate each problem's difficulty, you should consider a companion book (like the ones mentioned above) that rate the problems and offer better explanations.
Best GMAT Prep Book! May 10, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I just took the GMAT a few weeks ago and used this book in conjunction with Princeton Reviews Cracking the GMAT and the Kaplan Premier Program. While this book does not focus on teaching the concepts and fundamentals, it is ESSENTIAL due to the sheer volume of practice problems. Use the book as needed. If you are doing well on a section, only do the last 100 or so practice problems in each section. I was struggling on the verbal section, so I did all the Reading Comp, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction problems and saw my verbal score climb 8 points from the PowerPrep test to the actual test!
Best of luck to you!
Understanding the GMAT July 10, 2006
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
English is not my native language, thus preparing for the GMAT has been a double effort for me.
This book helps you clearly understand the different sections of the test, what is measured, what tips you should know, and how you should face each problem in order to maximize time constraint.
It includes real questions, with explanations of correct answers and explanations of wrong answers; it helps you understand why you chose a wrong answer or why you took the "wrong-long" path to resolve it; i think this method is effective for you to avoid future mistakes.
Sebastian Moraga
Santiago - Chile
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