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Hi,

I am preparing for GMAT. Can anyone suggest 700+ level material for GMAT,for both quant and verbal.I am asking because i have done OG 13,and few other books but i think they dont have 700+ level questions. I know gmatclub has lot of awesome material,but i find it difficult to study online,so i was looking for books,if there are any.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi manishbhusal,

Many Test Takers put too much of an emphasis on "hard" questions during their studies, before they have a proper grasp of the real skills needed to score at a high level. Test Takers who study with a "book heavy" approach often get STUCK at a particular scoring level, so you might want to broaden your search to include online materials as well as book materials.

I'd also like to know a bit more about how you have been studying:

1) How have you been scoring on your practice CATs (including the Scaled Scores in the Quant and Verbal sections)?
2) How long have you been studying?
3) What resources have you been using?
4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to take the Official GMAT?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

manishbhusal · Answer

hi,

1) Hi i have given two CAT till now and got 680 and 690,i dont remember scaled score in quant and verbal though.
2) I have been studying since last 1 month.
3)Till now i have done OG 12 and Manhattan SC only.
4)goal score is 740+.
5)I am planning to take it on May.

Yes,i guess you are right. i have decided that i will copy questions from online forums,take print out and solve them.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi manishbhusal,

On your 2 practice CATs, the Scaled Scores are important, since they will let me know what you're likely "missing/getting wrong" on your practice CATs.

Since you've been studying for just 1 month, you could very well improve on your own, but it's important to focus on the REALITY of Test Day during your practice. That means that you MUST take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections), in a Test-like environment (away from your home) and do everything in a realistic fashion. With a Test Date in May, you have plenty of time to continue to study, but the most realistic study will NOT be pencil-and-paper/book based. Since the GMAT is on a computer, you'll benefit from practicing your "mechanics" on a computer (reading the prompt, taking notes, referring back as needed, etc.). There is NO substitute for this realism - to score at the highest levels, you really MUST practice in this way.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

manishbhusal · Answer

Hi,

I absolutely agree with you.Stamina plays a key role and it is really important to take full length test with IR and AWA.Also i am planning to buy a 
notepad and marker to exactly replicate the test like condition.Thanks for your 
suggestion.

ceekster · Answer

For Quant, I don't think you can find a better book than Manhattan GMAT.

For Verbal - e-GMAT really helped me boost my score from a V31 to a V37. It's not a book but rather an online course.

Best of luck!

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ceekster · Answer

Manhattan GMAT has this on Amazon. I got this and really helped me with my fly prep.

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alexau · Answer

I would try to get used to studying on the computer or at least answering questions on the computer. While it may be difficult at first, you need to remember that the exam is on a computer screen and thus you won't be able to underline in RC, cross out stuff in SC, etc...

I definitely think it would be beneficial to follow Rich's advice as you want to simulate the testing environment for your practice CATs and you definitely want to do it for any practice questions.

GMATPrep is a great tool (exam pack and question pack 1 are great additional resources) that allows you to filter based on difficulty of questions so I would definitely make the investment in that. GMAC has books besides the OG (they have verbal and quant review as well) that will have some difficult questions at the end. All of the GMAC books come with the online tool that allows you to design exams with only hard questions if that is what you prefer.

The MGMAT Advanced Quant book is great because it does not focus only on questions. It also teaches you tactics and other methodologies that will help you tackle the higher difficulty quant problems.

In terms of Verbal there are a ton of good SC problems on GMAT Club but you may also want to sign up for some CATs with either Veritas or MGMAT. With Veritas I believe you then get access to their entire question bank (not all 700 level questions but still pretty decent and difficult). With MGMAT I know that you can purchase access to their question bank. The MGMAT SC book is very good but doesn't really have many questions. The OG Verbal Review has about 100 "hard" (their classification) verbal questions which you may want to look into.

I think the most important aspect is making your study time effective. Do all of the questions on a computer with the work on either a notebook (so you can reference at a later date) or the yellow erasable pad that you will have on test day. Find your weaknesses and do whatever it takes to turn them into strengths. If you can narrow down a topic and subtopic and then drill it into your head, you wont make the same mistake on test day, and that is all you can truly hope for.

manishbhusal · Answer

Hi,

Hi i didn't know that GMAC books come with online tool that allows one to design tough exams.I will buy OG verbal since i can do "100" hard questions that u mentioned and would also be able to customise exam. Yes,i have heard some rave reviews for MGMAT advanced quant and i am doing it.About mocks i hope 2 gmat prep and 6 mgmat would suffice before exam.

About GMATPrep you said that you would definitely make "investment". Till now i knew that downloading GMATprep software provides one with 2 tests.Can we buy more tests/practise question?

Thanks a lot for your reply.

alexau · Answer

With GMATPrep you can purchase additional questions and 2 more exams through mba.com. It will cost around $80, but I think it is one of the best investments you can make if you are looking for a question bank and realistic exams (in my opinion). I think this is almost a must have since you can do more hard questions and you get two additional exams from GMAC. I haven't taken any MGMAT exams but I preferred the GMATPrep ones to the Veritas ones that I did. The interface is pretty much identical to what you see on test day.

In terms of using the OG and Verbal Review books, the online tool isn't amazing (very basic functionality), but it will let you do a quiz that only has hard questions and allows you to filter question types (RC, CR, SC). Beware that questions may repeat (a bit frustrating). Also, the RC isn't great online since it won't show you all the questions to the passage in a row. This means you can read an entire passage just to answer one question (not realistic in an exam setting). I recommend using the online tool for hard CR and SC, and then do the hard RC in the book or do not filter the RC for only hard questions.

Its not a perfect system, but if you want to do a big study session, you can load all of the CR and SC hard questions online, do 7 of those, pause the quiz, then do an RC passage, and then back to CR and SC. And then obviously repeat. It would be around 100 questions which is a lot in one sitting, but you can just pause after you hit 41 and then take an 8 min break before another 41.

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