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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   11 May 2011, 10:04
I studied from GMAT official 11+12, verbal and quant review guides, and Veritas Data Sufficiency. I'd say as a general rule, just make sure you put in a reasonable volume of problems. A big key to doing well IMO is just to avoid making mistakes, which comes with being very familiar with just working through problems. For me, the Veritas guide for that section seemed pretty useful. It gave a general outlay for some of the tricks that you want to look for--data restatements, contradictions, etc.
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   11 May 2011, 10:09
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Hi,

Unlike many previous posts which have a long list of book titles,I hereby conclude that I am not privileged enough to boast of such long a list :( :roll:

Currently,I have the following books:

Kaplan premier 2008 edition
OG 12
Manhattan SC
powerscore CR Bible
and a host of soft copies which I don't know whether i will get time to go through.

i intend to take my GMAT exam in June end.

Please let me know,which other books are required for verbal and quant practice.

thanks a ton!



This looks fine to me. The only thing I can see weakness in is RC and making sure you either get Kaplan Verbal Workbook or the MGMAT RC book
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   11 May 2011, 10:34
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dkj1984 wrote:
Hi,

Unlike many previous posts which have a long list of book titles,I hereby conclude that I am not privileged enough to boast of such long a list :( :roll:

Currently,I have the following books:

Kaplan premier 2008 edition
OG 12
Manhattan SC
powerscore CR Bible
and a host of soft copies which I don't know whether i will get time to go through.

i intend to take my GMAT exam in June end.

Please let me know,which other books are required for verbal and quant practice.

thanks a ton!



This looks fine to me. The only thing I can see weakness in is RC and making sure you either get Kaplan Verbal Workbook or the MGMAT RC book


:thanks

I have no idea from where can I get the MGMAT RC book in India ...

I also wanted to know how to strengthen CR and RCs?Any other books recommended for that?
For CR,I know that the strategies are well defined in the powerscore book,however,whenever I take a mock test and realize that i am racing against time,I tend to make a mess :( Ditto for RC.

Will timed sectional tests do the trick or full length tests?


Thanks!
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   11 May 2011, 11:21
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I would recommend that you look into GMAT Fiction

As to the mini-tests vs full length tests, both serve a purpose but they are different purposes.
You want to take any questions/exercises in a timed environment.
However, you want to take full tests to be able to experience the stress/load and have a realistic expectation about the test stamina. bottom line - you need both.
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   12 May 2011, 00:49
I just finished MGMAT, and was doing some OG practices.. I got very hopeful cause I had the questions in the beginning right but then I went downwards noticing that all the harder questions were wrong Pfff I need a 700+ score but currently it's going like $@%#$%.. Not to mention, I read that most of the questiosn in the OG arent even that hard.. If I already get the 'harder' questions from OG wrong, can you imagine what I will actually score on the 'real hard' questions.. Sigh, any suggestions?
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   13 May 2011, 12:06
I will take GMAT next year and I am wondering are there going to be new issue of GMAT Verbal Review or GMAT Quantitative Review or The Official Guide for GMAT Review? I read somewhere that Manhattan will put new issue in (November?).
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   18 May 2011, 05:41
Useful book review here - https://globalmbareport.com/index.php/mba-books-essential-reading-for-prospective-mba-students/
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   21 May 2011, 16:26
Going to use OG 12, Kaplan 2011 premier, and MGMT Number properties. Will this be enough to score a 650 on the GMAT? I'm looking at Tulane (Freeman) PMBA, Rice PMBA, and Thunderbird Global MBA.

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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   21 May 2011, 16:34
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Going to use OG 12, Kaplan 2011 premier, and MGMT Number properties. Will this be enough to score a 650 on the GMAT? I'm looking at Tulane (Freeman) PMBA, Rice PMBA, and Thunderbird Global MBA.

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Maybe...
Depends on where you are and how much effort you put in.
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   21 May 2011, 23:08
johncarlosallen2012,The books you have chosen are very important in the GMAT preparation. However,You should analyse your weaknesses and adopt a strategy accordingly to tackle the section. Then you can refer to the specialised books.Given that you are clear on the target score. Hope you can track your progress and improve on your weaknesses to make the mark. All the best!
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   23 May 2011, 06:58
Hi,

I am new to GMAT club and a GMAT aspirant. Can anyone of you please let me know which set of books will be required to obtain a GMAT score of 700+ ??
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   26 May 2011, 20:13
For tackling CR section- is it better to go with Manhattan CR or Powerscore CR? Pls suggest! The objective is to cover all the fundamentals and be able to tackle any question.
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   26 May 2011, 20:36
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For tackling CR section- is it better to go with Manhattan CR or Powerscore CR? Pls suggest! The objective is to cover all the fundamentals and be able to tackle any question.



PowerScore CR is considered the better of the two.
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   27 May 2011, 09:13
Hi Sid,

First way of assessing your preparedness for the test is to give a test- so that you can analyse your strengths and weaknesses! So many free tests are available for the same or you can try even the diagnostic test in the Official guide. Then you can adopt a strategy accordingly to work on your improvement areas. Books usually considered essential for GMAT prepartion are Official Guide-12 Edition, Kaplan Gmat Premier- Latest is expected in June/july, Manhattan SC, Powerscore CR among the most preferred ones. I would suggest you to visit the link which BB has dedicated to Gmat books say like for basic/advanced/ultimate..... All the best!
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   28 May 2011, 03:46
Not new to gmatclub, but starting my preps now. Wanted a quick suggestions on which books I should buy. Aiming a score of 700+

Currently I have the entire Manhattan guide set ONLY.

My objective is to get as many tests as possible. I was thinking of the following set:

Manhattan Set
OG12
Kaplan Math and Verbal workbook

In the above combination, I am getting 2 Free tests(GMAC) and 6 manhattan tests. Are these enough? Are the various free tests available online any good?

Does Kaplan workbooks come with any tests or Only Kaplan Premier has the tests? In which case, should I buy the Kaplan premier only for the tests?
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   28 May 2011, 11:20
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Manhattan Set
OG12
Kaplan Math and Verbal workbook

Not sure if you need the 2 workbooks.... maybe. The MGMAT guides are pretty detailed.
I could only suggest their new Advanced GMAT Quant book that came out this week

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In the above combination, I am getting 2 Free tests(GMAC) and 6 manhattan tests. Are these enough? Are the various free tests available online any good?

Does Kaplan workbooks come with any tests or Only Kaplan Premier has the tests? In which case, should I buy the Kaplan premier only for the tests?

The workbooks do not. Only the Kaplan Premier.

You may want to have access to those, just to have them, so I would get the Premier esp if you burn through the MGMAT ones.
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   30 May 2011, 01:53
hellow,

from your experience what OG QUANT represents most the real test:
OG 10
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OG QUANTITATIVE

i went through most of OG 10 AND BESIDES THE LAST 50 Q most quant is easy-medium level.
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   30 May 2011, 08:25
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OG 12

It has the latest set of questions but they are not super hard either. The supplements are definitely on the easier side.

OG 10 is not bad either - it has a lot of questions overlapping with the GMAT prep software. Just FYI.
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   31 May 2011, 05:47
Dear advanced users,

Is there someone who succesfully combined classes (preferebly on-line) and also bought self-study materials? Does it make sense to combine different study materials?
Please, share your experience.

Thank you in advance.
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Re: Best GMAT Books [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2011, 09:24
I plan to start SC with SC grail and CR with CR bible. I wud love popular review on the same.
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