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what all Manhattan giudes need to b bought... 29 Jan 2006, 10:30
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Congratulations evryone!!! for maintaining a wonderful forum for understanding .i m new to the forum.. but since the very first day i ve been sticking to my PC.. to read evryhting i could about GMAT>You all have written amazing posts..I feel this forum is a must read by all MBA aspirants...


I from Delhi,India.I have done Comp. Sc. engg. .I will have a work ex of almost 3 yrs..by next fall..


Can you tell me how should i prepare for GMAT..i plan to give in Aug'06..
so do u think 5 months is ample for the prep...

Your post have really helped me in knowing more about GMAT..
Can you please let me know the books i need to buy..considering the format changes in GMAT...what should be my itenary..

Also..when we apply for GMAT.. do they send us some reading material..
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Manhattan guides have been recommended by many in this forum.. so can nyone suggest what all guides to b purchased as .. I found around 7 revelent books..one on geometry,one on sentence correction..one on Fractions..one on critical reasoning..etc

do we need to buy all!!!...

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what all Manhattan giudes need to b bought... 30 Jan 2006, 20:18
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Hi shinewine,

I took the online course (Manhattan gmat). So I got all the guides. You must be already knowing that there are plenty of different guides in both Math and verbal- Kaplan, Princeton.
if you want some feedback on the Manhattan guides, here it is.

Verbal
1. Sentence Correction - exceptional, everybody appreciates. If you are weak in SC, this SC guide may solve your problem
2. Critical reasoning & RC - guide is not huge, not enough material. I guess, No guide has enough material to cover everything. Strategy explained is a little different (diagramming). But I think it is difficult to have strategies in CR and RC. one strategy will work for one person but not for another.


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Number Properties - good. you will find good reviews in general abt this guide.
Word Translation - I was weak, felt it useful, includes Probability & Stats
Equations, Inequalities, VICs - again I was weak, felt good
Geometry - good review of your basics
Fractions, Decimals & Percents - ok. this topic is important. if you want to save money, you could read the same from somewhere else.

Don’t get me wrong since I have mentioned all goodies about all the guides. Suit yourself. Good luck
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what all Manhattan giudes need to b bought... 30 Jan 2006, 21:38
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Hi shinewine,

I took the online course (Manhattan gmat). So I got all the guides. You must be already knowing that there are plenty of different guides in both Math and verbal- Kaplan, Princeton.
if you want some feedback on the Manhattan guides, here it is.

Verbal
1. Sentence Correction - exceptional, everybody appreciates. If you are weak in SC, this SC guide may solve your problem
2. Critical reasoning & RC - guide is not huge, not enough material. I guess, No guide has enough material to cover everything. Strategy explained is a little different (diagramming). But I think it is difficult to have strategies in CR and RC. one strategy will work for one person but not for another.


Math
-----
Number Properties - good. you will find good reviews in general abt this guide.
Word Translation - I was weak, felt it useful, includes Probability & Stats
Equations, Inequalities, VICs - again I was weak, felt good
Geometry - good review of your basics
Fractions, Decimals & Percents - ok. this topic is important. if you want to save money, you could read the same from somewhere else.

Don’t get me wrong since I have mentioned all goodies about all the guides. Suit yourself. Good luck
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I believe you might have seen a great deal of comments on the MGMAT SC guide. The general feeling here is that it helps very much if you're stuggling with SC. I had borrowed the RC/CR guide from a friend and used the diagramming technique for CR questions. It's very effective, I must say. However, their RC technique - involving a skeletal frame - wasn't suitable for me. But I modified their approach slightly - which invovles active reading and picking out key words - and I'm still using those techniques today.
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what all Manhattan giudes need to b bought... 29 Dec 2010, 09:52
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Any idea about Manhatten Geometry guide?
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what all Manhattan giudes need to b bought... 29 Dec 2010, 10:22
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see my review here: MGMAT Geometry

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I love most of the MGMAT books but this one just does not feel right. The book is realistically 95 pages and covers all important concepts: from lines to coordinate geometry. Does not go over the top and gives enough material, seems like the writers covered all the bases. However, I have an issue with it - it is not laid out very well. I am a visual learner and felt it would have been a better book if it was spread out more, included more illustrations, and did not have so much verbiage everywhere. Even larger all-in-one books dedicate close to 100 pages for Geometry.

Another issue is that all of the problems in the book are in a non-gmat format (meaning you only get a question, not the 5 answer choices). That is OK for some sections, but not having a single gmat-like question in the entire book is a "no-no". GMAT is heavily about basics and good framework, but there are other ways to solve questions such as backsolving, picking numbers, etc and those skills are honed only when questions are in the GMAT format. Important to point out that the book comes with access to the Geometry quiz bank online, which does have GMAT-style questions, so there is hope.

The big redeeming factors are 6 online tests that are included with every MGMAT book ($39 value), additional online practice materials, and coverage of Coordinate Geometry (a harder topic often omitted in larger textbooks).

***Bottom line: this is a solid geometry book that was crammed in 95 pages but is still a worthy buy for the sake of tests and the coordinate geometry section.
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