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Difference between Kaplan Mathwork Book & Kaplan 800! 25 Sep 2011, 11:18
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Hello friends,

I am through with GMAT Kaplan 2011 & OG'12. Now I would like to know from your experience which book should I go ahead with? Also would like to know the difference between Kaplan Mathwork Book & Kaplan 800!

P.S- My GMAT exam is scheduled on 19th Oct 2012. Would welcome your suggestions for last 25 days of preparation.

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Difference between Kaplan Mathwork Book & Kaplan 800! 25 Sep 2011, 22:10
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Have you taken any mock Cat's as of now ? If so what was you score and break up ?

Kaplan Math work Book is generally a intermediate math guide , that builds your Math basics and take you to 70 - 80 % level on Gmat Math.

check the review at best-gmat-math-prep-books-reviews-recommendations-77291.html?fl=menu

Kaplan 800 is generally made up of 650 plus level gmat problems and does nt give you any concepts to review or brush up before you can start working out the problems. Generally the verbal section is good and one should prefer gmat club Math tests for improving on your quant. see more at :

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Difference between Kaplan Mathwork Book & Kaplan 800! 25 Sep 2011, 23:57
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Hi,


Yes i have already given one. The score break up was:

Quants- 43
Verbal- 28

I know I need to work more on Verbal. Still what would you suggest me now as i have completed OG and Kaplan.
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Cool , you need to prep your quant scores too and i would recommend gmat club math tests .It is the best hard 700 plus resource available for Math there. Also, grab a copy of Manhattan Number properties guide, go through it.

Before you can dwell into gmat club tests, you can review your Math concepts here ( an excellent math refresher ) :

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Difference between Kaplan Mathwork Book & Kaplan 800! 26 Sep 2011, 00:49
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Your verbal was too low . Work on it with high priority. Take a free manhattan gmat or knewton test. Identify weak sections in verbal and work on them. if you haven't already grab sentence correction (SC) bible - manhattan gmat sentence correction guide. Go through it with utmost care. Grab aristotle sc grail , go through it first and then mgmat sc guide ( helps manifesting the grammar terminology required for mgmat sc).

For CR , you need to identify type of question and work accordingly. Grab powerscore CR bible first !.

For RC -> Reading daily. see https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... p-passage/ first. develop reading skills for 2 hours atleast.

check out knewton RC videos from https://www.downloadmela.com/video-watch?sno=310.

Also check out gmat club for some RC Strategies.

Improving SC and CR boosts your verbal score to a good extent. Take a practice test to identify what are the subtopics in SC and CR you need to focus more.
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I can see hell loads of test and material on GMAT club test. What exactly are you referring to at it? Should i do the freebies available or buy all?

Yes i need to put in more hard work in verbal. I do well in CR but SC is the culprit as of now. I gotta work hard on it. Thanks for the link .
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