GMAT Verbal Resources from MBA.com

Question

Hi! I'm looking at verbal resources from MBA.com could someone guide me:

What are the differences among:

GMAT Official Guide 22
GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review
GMAT Official Practice Questions 1 & 2

These are 4 resources. I'm in the mid 30s of Verbal and wanna improve. Which one(s) will be best?

ReedArnoldMPREP · Answer

The official guide is a book of questions for both quant and verbal. It's usually the first place to look for GMAT studiers. The 'Verbal review' is a book of questions only for verbal. It's typically for people who have finished all the questions in the official guide. The Official practice questions are extra official questions, both quant and verbal. It's also supplemental to the Official Guide.

Probably start with the Official Guide.

Probably start with the Official Guide.

yahya729 · Answer

Thanks  ReedArnoldMPREP

would all these three resources have similar difficulty levels?

Do the verbal review and official guides come in online (not the book, but in the question bank of mba.com) also?

ReedArnoldMPREP · Answer

Difficulty level for all of these would be similar (that is, 'general.' ~25% easy, 50% average, 20% hard, 5% very hard).

You can get digital versions of the guides. I don't quite get the second part of the question ('not the book, but in the question bank...')

The question banks of MBA.com will be different than the questions in the book, if that's what you're asking.

yahya729 · Answer

sorry i meant if the book and the verbal guide appear as a pdf or if the questions are added in the mba.com page where you have the practice tests and a few questions from the start

ReedArnoldMPREP · Answer

I don't know if the book format is PDF, but the questions are not added to the mba.com page. They are in the book. The practice tests and other online question banks are different questions from the ones in the manuals.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi yahya729,

Based on your post-history and what you're asking about here, I assume that you have put in some notable study time already. Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for (and before you invest in any new practice materials), it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

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

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

If you only wanted to do Official Verbal questions, it's probably fair to say the Verbal review (there is an e-version on mba.com) might be the best bang for your buck.

vishu48 · Answer

Hi,

replying to an old post because I just happen to purchase the online e Book for verbal practice for which I have received an Activation code.

However, I am unable to access the practice questions by activating  https://gmatofficialpractice.mba.com/account/learning-hub/my-learning/not-started page and it shows an error.

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

If the activation code is not working, you may want to reach out to GMAC for a solution. Might be helpful to share a screenshot of the error you are receiving.

vishu48 · Answer

Hi, I reached out to GMAC and they replied with set of Instructions to access the course on Wiley Efficient Learning - Wileyhttps://www.efficientlearning.com

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