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Official Guide for GMAT 12ed in complete details

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Official Guide for GMAT 12ed in complete details [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 11 May 2010, 21:16
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Official Guide for GMAT 12 Edition and Official Guide for GMAT 11 Edition - what are the differences?
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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2009, 10:30
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It is basically the same as the 11th Edition. About 1/3 of the questions are new, all of which test the same concepts as the ones that have been replaced. If you already have the 11th Edition, there's no need to buy the 12th. There are several boldfaced CR questions, questions that have already been posted in gmatclub.
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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2009, 11:02
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kevincan wrote:
It is basically the same as the 11th Edition. About 1/3 of the questions are new, all of which test the same concepts as the ones that have been replaced. If you already have the 11th Edition, there's no need to buy the 12th. There are several boldfaced CR questions, questions that have already been posted in gmatclub.



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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2009, 19:41
Are there updates to the Quant and Verbal guides also?
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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2009, 20:46
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Are there updates to the Quant and Verbal guides also?


Yes - coming in September 2009
https://gmatclub.com/blog/2009/03/the-of ... -8th-2009/
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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2009, 21:10
I assume GMAC makes some good $$$ of these books...in their best interest to update.
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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2009, 22:31
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Thanks for the replies guys, that helps..

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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [#permalink] New post   22 Mar 2009, 20:05
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I just glanced through the OG12 at Barnes and Noble and practically saw the same problems as the ones in OG 11, especially in Quant. It's probably not worth purchasing the OG12 if you have the Orange book.

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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [#permalink] New post   23 Mar 2009, 06:25
pbanavara...thanks for the due diligence.....
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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [#permalink] New post   23 Mar 2009, 06:33
Most questions for quant and verbal on 12th edition are the same as 11th edition. For 1/3 new questions, most are from GMATprep and GMAT Focus. It 's good if you want some explanations for the GMATprep questions since the GMATprep doesn't have explanations at all. But there are lots of great explanations on the forum as well if you search for the questions posted. So I think you can save your money if you already have 11th edition with you.
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GMAT Official Guide Editions [#permalink] New post   23 Mar 2009, 08:35
Hi, I have a quick question regarding the different editions for the GMAT Official Guide.

I currently have the 11th edition. I want to get the 12th edition at the store for more substantial practice questions. However, I don't want the newer edition to be the same as edition 11. Can someone let me know if the 12th edition is substantially different than the 11th? If that is the case, then I will finish these questions and buy the newer edition. These questions are just too good to waste!

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Re: GMAT Official Guide Editions [#permalink] New post   23 Mar 2009, 13:25
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sirj wrote:
Hi, I have a quick question regarding the different editions for the GMAT Official Guide.

I currently have the 11th edition. I want to get the 12th edition at the store for more substantial practice questions. However, I don't want the newer edition to be the same as edition 11. Can someone let me know if the 12th edition is substantially different than the 11th? If that is the case, then I will finish these questions and buy the newer edition. These questions are just too good to waste!

Thanks for the help!
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Seems like it is very similar..maybe you will get more bang for your buck if you do these challenges, or other material.
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MGMAT Breakdown of OG12 Changes Link.. [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2009, 10:00
I know there has been some concern about difference of the new edition, maybe this helps...

https://www.manhattangmat.com/official-guide-12.cfm
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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [Merged] [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2009, 13:15
I purchased the 12th edition yesterday at Borders. I have to say that I am a little disappointed. There really is not a whole lot new. I would say that about 60-65% is old content and the format/layout/etc. has not changed. Entire sections are complete copy and paste. There really aren't any new type of questions that I have seen (spent about 5 hours looking over it last night).
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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [Merged] [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2009, 15:45
BigObamaFan wrote:
I purchased the 12th edition yesterday at Borders. I have to say that I am a little disappointed. There really is not a whole lot new. I would say that about 60-65% is old content and the format/layout/etc. has not changed. Entire sections are complete copy and paste. There really aren't any new type of questions that I have seen (spent about 5 hours looking over it last night).


BOF,,,check out the link I pasted for MGMAT..they break down difference in detail.....
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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [Merged] [#permalink] New post   26 Mar 2009, 00:35
spgny wrote:
BigObamaFan wrote:
I purchased the 12th edition yesterday at Borders. I have to say that I am a little disappointed. There really is not a whole lot new. I would say that about 60-65% is old content and the format/layout/etc. has not changed. Entire sections are complete copy and paste. There really aren't any new type of questions that I have seen (spent about 5 hours looking over it last night).


BOF,,,check out the link I pasted for MGMAT..they break down difference in detail.....


Thanks! That is very helpful. They really examined the new book is LOTS of detail. I suspect they got an advanced copy or something because all the categorization and old vs. new is really impressive.
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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [Merged] [#permalink] New post   26 Mar 2009, 05:43
I know..I am a financial analyst..and I was like..man I don't real like reading another research report now!!! It is detailed...one night I will check it out in depth.
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Re: MGMAT Breakdown of OG12 Changes Link.. [#permalink] New post   04 Apr 2009, 04:14
spgny wrote:
I know there has been some concern about difference of the new edition, maybe this helps...

https://www.manhattangmat.com/official-guide-12.cfm



Very good finding! thanks a lot

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Re: The Official Guide for GMAT 12 [Merged] [#permalink] New post   04 Apr 2009, 10:26
I picked it up for 2 reasons:

1. I had a credit with Amazon.

2. I need to go back and re-do OG questions, and the markings I made in OG 11 are too distracting.

I dig what MGMAT did, but not sure if I need such a breakdown.
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OG12 [#permalink] New post   11 Apr 2009, 04:09
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Guys,
I've recently checked mba.com and got to know that OG12 is available (I thought that so far 11th was the latest edition). Has anyone tried it? Is the difficulty level higher than that of OG10 and 11? Just wonder whether it's worth buying. :)
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