Manhattan Self-Study Toolkit- worth it?

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Hi everyone!
Im doing my research about materials for GMAT preparation. Ive just started the second year of bachelor and I plan to apply for a master's degree in the first rounds next year so I have some time left (but thanks to corona I have more time right now, so I want to do it earlier than later).
I used free CATs GMAT Club gave for free at the beginning of the month and got Q46 (without any prep) and V36 (was a little bit lucky here; I looked at some other verbal questions at the forum before taking the test. Im not native English so CR is going quite nice but SC an RC are difficult for me).

I'm aiming for top master's programs so I would like my GMAT score to be a strong part of my application, I would like to get at least 740 overall with Q50-51.

I'm almost sure that I want to go with Manhattan materials but not sure which bundle should I buy. 
The first option I consider is all GMAT bundle 7th edition with 3 books and Im wondering if I need to buy OG2021 and/or advanced quant by manhattan extra to that?
And another option is a bigger, fancier, more expensive manhattan self-study toolkit. Are those extra materials included in this bundle, really helping in getting Q51 and decent V score (I probably need to learn solid basics in verbal)?

Or looking at my current performance, my weaknesses, and goals would you recommend something completely different?

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

I think you should go for advanced quant from manhattanprep as your understanding in quant is good, i guess.

For practicing, you can use the following link. Just practice from official guide!
https://gmatclub.com/forum/search.php?view=search_tags

you can also buy official advanced guide. they're helpful-all official books are diamond.

Akashbindal · Answer

For verbal E gmat and Wiley sentence coorection, Power bible for Critical reasoning is best. Advanced MAnhatttan Prep and OG Advanced is good for Quant

logro · Answer

I second Akash on the usage of e-gmat for SC. I have personally witnessed an improvement

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi kubekzlota,

To start, the OG books are great sources for practice questions, but they're not designed to teach you Tactics, patterns or the little 'secrets' behind the GMAT - for those, you'll need Course-oriented materials. This is meant to say that you should purchase a recent version of the main GMAT Official Guide (it does not have to be the 2021 version though) - and that you should work on the OG a little later on in your studies. In addition, the scoring algorithm on the Official GMAT is far more complicated than most people realize. Since that algorithm is proprietary, no GMAT company has an exact match for it, thus CAT scores can vary a bit based on the 'biases' involved in their respective designs. Taking individual sections of the Test isn't a proper way to assess your actual 'ability level'; so you should plan to take FULL-LENGHT CATs/mocks at regular intervals (this will help to define how effective your studies are and define areas that you might not realize that you need to work on). To that end, if you have been studying for the last 2 weeks, then you might consider taking a NEW CAT sometime soon (perhaps this weekend). You can access 2 for free at www.mba.com (and they come with some additional practice materials). Once you have that Score, you should post back here (or you can feel free to PM me directly) and we can discuss the results and how you might best proceed with your studies.

Before I can offer you any additional advice, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on your timeline and your goals:

1) Since you are currently in School, how many hours do you think you can consistently study for the GMAT each week?
2) When are you planning to take the GMAT?

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