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Manhattan GMAT Books 19 Dec 2006, 18:23
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All,

I hear a lot of about the MGMAT books... Is it worth spending money getting these books? I think there are about 7 books... Any of these worth looking into?
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Manhattan GMAT Books 20 Dec 2006, 01:06
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I have SC, Word Translation and Inequalities Manhattan books. All i can say that i mastered all the topics covered by those books.

After studying those books, i have no troubles in Rate/Work, probabilities, ratios, multiple equations etc.... SC book is absolutely precious, it will boost your hit rate incredibly.

I have additionaly odered 3 manhattan books and hope those will be equally perfect.....
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Manhattan GMAT Books 20 Dec 2006, 13:03
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I hear a lot of about the MGMAT books... Is it worth spending money getting these books? I think there are about 7 books... Any of these worth looking into?
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I have them and I love them, it's awesome. You don't need to take the class if you master the books.
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Manhattan GMAT Books 20 Dec 2006, 13:13
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I used SC, CR/RC, word translations and number properties.

With the exception of CR/RC, all of the books are fantastic. The SC is a must. Number properties doesn't offer anything new compared with what you can find on this website, but it does give you information systematically. Your other option is hoping to see number properties lessons at some point on this site. Word translation is excellent. The title is a bit of a misnomer. I think it should be re-titled Word problems. It is so good at explaining work problems and its variants as well as overlapping sets (the key is using matrix sets). It is a fabulous book. I can't comment on the others, but I presume all of the quant books are good.

CR/RC = waste of time.
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Manhattan GMAT Books 20 Dec 2006, 15:10
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I have all 7 but only ended up reading the SC, Geo, Number props, and RC/CR. I agree that they are great, except the CR/RC one which is pretty poor. Buying the book also gives you access to extra content and pratice CATS, which although tough are the best practice CAT's outside of GMATPrep in my opinion.
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Manhattan GMAT Books 28 Dec 2006, 09:25
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Agree with above. Everything else is good, but the Critial REasoning/REading Comp book is crap.
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