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Manhatten GMAT books 11 Aug 2006, 08:00
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Can someone tell how good these books are and if they are worth buying for reviewing the material?

Thanks..........
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Manhatten GMAT books 11 Aug 2006, 09:43
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they are great resources. They have great strategies that will help you get through some of the toughest problems!
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Manhatten GMAT books 11 Aug 2006, 19:52
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The SC book is supposed to be especially good. That's the one I see people recommending on the forums all the time.
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Manhatten GMAT books 13 Aug 2006, 17:09
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All the MGMAT books are excellent... especially the "Word Translations" and "Sentence Corrections". Use them in conjunction with the OG.
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Manhatten GMAT books 16 Aug 2006, 06:31
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I also highly recommend the SC book. I've purchased many books in the past for the GMAT, including ones from Princeton Review, Veritas, Kaplan and MGMAT. Here is how I would rank the books in regards to SC strategies:

1) MGMAT - The best. A MUST read.
2) Princeton Review - A good primer, although not as comprehensive as MGATM.
3) Kaplan - slightly below Princeton Review
4) Veritas - The WORST. Only available to Veritas students, but a COMPLETE waste of time. This book has a horrendous verbal strategy guide that is will ultimately LOWER your score.

Case in point: After reading the MGMAT books, I regularly get 80 - 90% of the SC questions right (after only 2 weeks of studying) and spend less than a minute on each question, VS. before when I was in the 50 - 60% range and spent 2 minutes on each question.

Good luck!
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Manhatten GMAT books 17 Aug 2006, 08:53
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Granted I have a natural penchant for verbal anyhow, but the Veritas stuff worked for me. Moved from 86-91 percentile to consistent 94-99
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