Kaplan 800 GMAT for Advanced prep

Question

Is it okay to use the 2008-09 edition of Kaplan 800 gmat for advanced prep? Or is it too old? What things have changed in the last 10 years in the gmat, especially quantitative?

Kushchokhani · Answer

Hi Sohail,

There are no amendments in GMAT, unlike professional exams like CA/CS/CFA.

You can go on to use 2008-09 version of Kaplan 800 gmat for advanced prep

bb · Answer

Hi. Nothing has changed really. The concepts have stayed the same. Sometimes you may get more of a certain question types this year vs 2008 but all these questions are covered in that book.

Keep in mind, you don’t want to start with that book and it is more of a finishing book.

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HarshaBujji · Answer

Thanks for the suggestion, Are the questions at par with OGs?? I kind of exhausted with OGs content. So I am looking for some alternative.

bb · Answer

Here is my review of this book from back in 2014: Poor Guidebook but a Good Question Collection Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2014 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: CHANGES IN THIS EDITION: * No changes have been spotted in the book from the 8th edition * Online question bank access was added with 100 or so questions Posted from my mobile device

UzairSohail · Answer

Hello. Thank you for replying. Yeah yeah, I am not starting from it. I am at Q48 and trying to touch Q50.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi UzairSohail,

To start, it's not clear what you mean by "advanced prep"; while you'd probably be fine working through the practice questions in that book, it's been almost 15 years since it was originally published - meaning that if you're looking to maximize your performance on the current version of the GMAT, you would likely be better off working with more 'current' materials.

Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, 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

Contact Rich at: [email protected]

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi UzairSohail,

You can use materials from 2008; however, in general, you may find that you need more robust resources. Have you considered using a self-study course?

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