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Hi Everyone,
I am Kumar from India. I am pursuing M.com. I want to do MS in Accounting with emphasis on CPA after completion of my M.com. I did B.com in a mode of distance education and secured 70%. I realized that doing any degree in distance is a big mistake.So I have joined regular college for M.com. I think this would fulfill the criteria of 16 years of education i.e Equivalency with 4-Year US degree.
I am planning to write GMAT in July 2014. My target score is anything above 700. I want to go to a good University. I am inspired to see that many students achieved their goals with the help of GMAT club. I am requesting the members and experts of GMAT club to guide me for preparation of GMAT.
I recently bought GMAT official guide
Also I am thinking of purchasing Magoosh GMAT classes. Is it a good idea?.
What are the books that I have to refer?
How to begin my preparation?

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I used Magoosh and I can say that it's quite useful.

I use the following books for my studies to complement magoosh:
- OG 13
- Kaplan
- Manhattan

Good luck and let us know how it goes.



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I used Magoosh and I can say that it's quite useful.

I use the following books for my studies to complement magoosh:
- OG 13
- Kaplan
- Manhattan

Good luck and let us know how it goes.



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Thank you very much Patrick for your information. When should I buy Kaplan and Manhattan,Is it after completing OG or along with OG?
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I used Magoosh and I can say that it's quite useful.

I use the following books for my studies to complement magoosh:
- OG 13
- Kaplan
- Manhattan

Good luck and let us know how it goes.



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Thank you very much Patrick for your information. When should I buy Kaplan and Manhattan,Is it after completing OG or along with OG?
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Hi Kumar,

You should buy manhattan books in early stages of prep. As these books are good and content is quite good you can use these books to build your concepts.
Also manhattan books will help you doing OG questions.
I will say buy kaplan after you finish the basic.

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AB
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I used Magoosh and I can say that it's quite useful.

I use the following books for my studies to complement magoosh:
- OG 13
- Kaplan
- Manhattan

Good luck and let us know how it goes.



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Thank you very much Patrick for your information. When should I buy Kaplan and Manhattan,Is it after completing OG or along with OG?

Hi Kumar,

You should buy manhattan books in early stages of prep. As these books are good and content is quite good you can use these books to build your concepts.
Also manhattan books will help you doing OG questions.
I will say buy kaplan after you finish the basic.

Thanks,
AB

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Thank you Bhatia for your information.Can you please suggest me some websites that can help me prepare along with these books?

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Adding on Bhatia's post I would suggest the following approach:

After finishing the Kaplan book tackle the OG questions (skip the review content as it barely touches the surface of what you actually need to know). Keep a simple error log in excel to come back to the OG questions you got wrong on a later stage (3 columns: question number, your answer, official answer)

Do the MGMAT books while focusing on the areas you feel weak in. MGMAT SC was not very helpful in my case although many people swear by it; you be the judge.

Take a MGMAT CAT (or Kaplan CAT) and pinpoint your areas of improvement (you have a pool of 12 when combining both books)

Buy magoosh and review the lessons where you feel you need to focus on.

Do the full practice questions on magoosh - more than 500Q.

Go back to your OG error log and cover the ones you did poorly on your first try.

Now download the GMAT Prep SW and do a practice test.

Review areas of weakness and create plan to address them.


This is the method I am following to prepare for my exam (30dec) for the third damn time [CRYING FACE].

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Adding on Bhatia's post I would suggest the following approach:

After finishing the Kaplan book tackle the OG questions (skip the review content as it barely touches the surface of what you actually need to know). Keep a simple error log in excel to come back to the OG questions you got wrong on a later stage (3 columns: question number, your answer, official answer)

Do the MGMAT books while focusing on the areas you feel weak in. MGMAT SC was not very helpful in my case although many people swear by it; you be the judge.

Take a MGMAT CAT (or Kaplan CAT) and pinpoint your areas of improvement (you have a pool of 12 when combining both books)

Buy magoosh and review the lessons where you feel you need to focus on.

Do the full practice questions on magoosh - more than 500Q.

Go back to your OG error log and cover the ones you did poorly on your first try.

Now download the GMAT Prep SW and do a practice test.

Review areas of weakness and create plan to address them.


This is the method I am following to prepare for my exam (30dec) for the third damn time [CRYING FACE].

Cheers





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Thank you Patrick for your guidance. :) I wish you all the best for your exam.
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Thank you Bhatia for your information.Can you please suggest me some websites that can help me prepare along with these books?

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As you study, you may be interested in these video solutions we've provided for the OG SC section: https://www.gmatpill.com/official-guide-gmat/
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Thank you Bhatia for your information.Can you please suggest me some websites that can help me prepare along with these books?

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As you study, you may be interested in these video solutions we've provided for the OG SC section: https://www.gmatpill.com/official-guide-gmat/
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Thank you very Sir, GMAT pill is quite AMAZING.
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