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Which books to study from on the last 20 days of the exam 23 Apr 2014, 10:30
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Hello,

I'm preparing for my GMAT exam. I've finished Manhattan foundations of Math and foundations of Verbal books.

I have 20 days remaining for my exam, and I have the following books untouched:
- Manhattan Prep Set, 5th Edition (9 guides, excluding the roadmap which I've read)
- The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 13th Edition

I want to know if I should focus on the official GMAT review or should I focus on the Manhattan prep set books. I don't really know the exact difference between both, but from going through them quickly, I had a feeling that they serve the same purpose. And since I'm short on time, I believe I should be efficient and prioritize.

Any advice?

Thanks in advance.
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Which books to study from on the last 20 days of the exam 24 Apr 2014, 14:45
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What is your target score? Where are you at now? I know that many GMAT preppers feel that the OG books cover the basics and that the questions are moderate level difficultly. If you need to cover some of the basics, then you might want to begin with the OG books. If you are already scoring in the 700's, you might already know the topics they cover.

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Which books to study from on the last 20 days of the exam 24 Apr 2014, 14:52
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Here's a good discussion on the difficulty level of the OG questions that reminded me of your question:
comparing-og-gmat-ques-difficulty-with-real-gmat-questions-170422.html
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KareemIcy
Hello,

I'm preparing for my GMAT exam. I've finished Manhattan foundations of Math and foundations of Verbal books.

I have 20 days remaining for my exam, and I have the following books untouched:
- Manhattan Prep Set, 5th Edition (9 guides, excluding the roadmap which I've read)
- The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 13th Edition

I want to know if I should focus on the official GMAT review or should I focus on the Manhattan prep set books. I don't really know the exact difference between both, but from going through them quickly, I had a feeling that they serve the same purpose. And since I'm short on time, I believe I should be efficient and prioritize.

Any advice?

Thanks in advance.
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If you haven't already gone through OG questions - then you should look at those first. The Official Guide book is from the creators of the test -- so the questions are generally agreed as the highest quality ones you'll find --- same with GMATPrep ones.

You may find our video solutions to OG helpful.

You also want to prepare psychologically for the test - take a look at the tips in this article about visualization and extreme positivity: https://www.gmatpill.com/about/studying- ... trategies/
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