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GMAT score improvement - KAPLAN GMAT 800 Book 05 Jan 2023, 11:52
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How to improve GMAT Score efficiently? I have bought GMAT KAPLAN 800 book. will this book help in improve score? My target is 660-700.
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Hi. It is a decent book! You can see my review of it here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-revi ... 1618654063


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3.0 out of 5 stars Poor Guidebook but a Good Question Collection
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 7, 2014
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I am not blasting this book - I am giving you a rating based on the expectation that the description of this book sets. It does not live up and you are bound to be disappointed. However, it is actually a valuable book but you need to be aware of what you are buying and probably how to use it best when you buy it:

As a pure guidebook - 1 star
As a question collection - 4 stars

What You Will Find Inside:
28 Critical reasoning questions
31 Reading comprehension questions
110 Sentence correction questions
107 Problem solving questions (only 7 of which cover combinations and probability)
37 Data Sufficiency questions
100 + questions in the online question bank

***** CONS *****
* No review of math principles or grammar rules. This book assumes that you have gone through the Kaplan's main GMAT book. If you need help with basics look into getting the Math or Verbal Workbooks before getting this one.
* Illogical structure. Instead of the typical approach of providing a rule and then questions to practice that rule on, this book just lists questions in each of the sections. All of the valuable information and tips are scattered around the explanations section. The book assumes you will read/review explanations for every question. In defense, the main point is often emphasized, so they are not too hard to find.
* Question difficulty. Fewer than 50 people per year score 800 on the GMAT, and most of the lucky guys get past 700. To appeal to a broad audience, Kaplan designed this book at a 650/700-level
* Math section is fairly easy and lacks meaningful practice in advanced subjects such as probability, combinations, or coordinate geometry, statistics. If these are your weak areas, you should look elsewhere
* No Integrated Reasoning

***** PROS *****
* The book does what it was supposed to do - provide advanced selection of questions, giving the necessary practice with relevant questions. Though Kaplan's questions are not one-for-one official GMAT questions, I found them fairly close overall. I also liked the explanations - they were very detailed
* Good verbal section with valuable RC practice; huge selection of SC's
* Good quality publishing and paper; good layout
* Price - I thought it was worth every penny :)

Bottom Line: This is not a guidebook or a book to start with - if you need to get better in a certain question type, then get it but don't expect it to be sufficient to give you the background often needed to score 700+.

[+++] Here is the list of the hardest questions in the book (if this is all you are looking for).
CR tough questions:
Chapter 2: Prob # 3, 7
Chapter 3: #9,10,11
Chapter 4: #1,2,4,7,9,10,13,16,20,21,27
RC tough questions:
Chapter5: Has no questions
Chapter6: Passage 1: #1, #4, Passage 2: #1, #3, Passage 3: #4, Passage 4: #3
Chapter7: Passage 1: #2, Passage 2:None, Passage 3: #3, #4, Passage 4: #1, #2.
Sentence Correction
Chapter 8- no questions
Chapter 9: Ques #: 8,10,13,15,16,19,20,25,27,29,32,35,36,37
Chapter10: Ques #: 44,45,46,49,57,58,59,60,62,63,64,66,67,68,72
Chapter 11: Ques #: 2,6,11,14,16,23,25,27,29,34,35,36,37,39
QUANT/MATH
Chapter 12: no questions
Chapter 13: #14
Chapter 14: #3
Chapter 15: #13
Chapter 16: no questions
Chapter 17: #3,16,17,27,28,29,36
Chapter 18: #9
Chapter 19: #1,3,7
Chapter 20: No questions
Chapter 21: #7
Chapter 22: #4,8,16,17,18

FYI: This book is the re-branded edition of a book previously called Kaplan GMAT Advanced
The two books are identical in terms of content (very minor changes); for exact changes see:
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GMAT score improvement - KAPLAN GMAT 800 Book Updated on: 05 Jan 2023, 17:28
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Consider including the Official Guides and Official Mocks into the prep path you ultimately decide. They are the best representation of what a person will see on an actual exam.
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GMAT score improvement - KAPLAN GMAT 800 Book 05 Jan 2023, 17:14
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Hi Sarmadk5.

I'm not familiar with that book. However, I can say that, whatever preparation resources you use, how you use them and how you prepare and practice for the GMAT in general with make a huge difference.

For instance, being thorough in your study of topics and making sure you truly understand each topic before you move on to the next will help a lot. Also, learning the concepts and strategies involved in and practicing one topic at a time will work best.

In addition, it helps to start off practicing a topic untimed until you are getting questions in that topic correct consistently. Then, once you're getting the questions correct consistently, you can work on answering questions involving that topic at test pace.

For some additional insights into how to prepare effectively for GMAT quant and verbal, see these posts.

How to Increase Your GMAT Quant Score: Top 25 Tips

How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
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GMAT score improvement - KAPLAN GMAT 800 Book 10 Jan 2023, 08:38
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Hi Sarmadk5,

Here is a great article you can check out

How to Improve Your GMAT Score

Feel free to reach out with any questions.
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