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Hey guys, here comes my first post on the forum. I've already got access to the Veritas on Demand prep course but was convinced by my research that the Manhattan Study guides are the way to go. So the question is, do Veritas and Manhattan use different strategies to prepare their students? Basically, can I prepare with the Veritas online course together with the Manhattan study guides, or will I get confused by different approaches and strategies to solve different things. All help is greatly appreciated.

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As a general rule, you should follow the study guides of one preparatory company.
The fundamentals are all the same, but the mode of teaching might differ.

Different people prefer different modes of studying. Some prefer the books and some prefer the videos. I personally feel that you can understand better from the videos. But that again is my opinion.

If you are convinced that MGMAT guides are good, then you can start off with them and if you face any problems, you can refer to the Vertas prep videos to clear your doubts.
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Hey guys, here comes my first post on the forum. I've already got access to the Veritas on Demand prep course but was convinced by my research that the Manhattan Study guides are the way to go. So the question is, do Veritas and Manhattan use different strategies to prepare their students? Basically, can I prepare with the Veritas online course together with the Manhattan study guides, or will I get confused by different approaches and strategies to solve different things. All help is greatly appreciated.

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I advice you to go for a mock test right now.
You can check in what area do you need improvements.(verbal or quant)
Depending on that you can refer the guides.
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From my research it seems that those who really want to do well ( upper 700s ) go with Manhattan and not Veritas. It seems that Veritas is more geared to those shooting for the 680-700 range. Is there any truth to that?

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From my research it seems that those who really want to do well ( upper 700s ) go with Manhattan and not Veritas. It seems that Veritas is more geared to those shooting for the 680-700 range. Is there any truth to that?

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Not necessarily. Manhattan's SC and CR are good guides alongwith Veritas' RC. For quant, depending on where you stand after you give a mock or your own perception, you can stick to Manhattan guides as they are good for the fundamentals.
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Hi Chris,

It can be beneficial to try to define your goals (if possible) before you start the overall process of studying for the GMAT and applying to Business School. By having those goals, you'll have a better sense of 'completion' and you'll know when you have (or have not) hit those goals. The rather general concept of "doing as well as I can" cannot really be measured, since you'll always be left wondering if you could have scored higher, could have gotten into a different School, etc. To all of those ends, you might not actually "need" a 700+ score - if that's the case, then you could end up spending too much time, money and effort studying for the GMAT.

The GMAT product(s) that will be best for YOU will depend heavily on your personality and how you're most comfortable studying. Most GMAT Companies offer some type of free materials (practice problems, Trial Accounts, videos, etc.) that you can use to 'test out' a product before you buy it. We have a variety of those resources at out website (www.empowergmat.com). I suggest that you take advantage of all of them then choose the one that best matches your personality, timeline and budget.

1) Have you taken any FULL-LENGTH CATs yet? If you have, then how did you score (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

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