Reviews (30)

The best book ever
Actually I had the previous version of this book and after reviewing other comments, I decided that the previous version would be more than enough for me. What I want to share with you here is how I succeeded from 540 to 740.
Excellent Study Tool
This book has many practice problems, but the overall review of the materials is lacking. If you aren't up to scratch on the math and verbal already, you should consider spending on some other review materials. Make sure you time yourself while doing the problems -- timing isKEY. I used this book along with Princeton's Verbal Workout.It worked out.

All you need to know and review for the GMAT
This comprehensive book gives you all the details and tips on how to prepare for the exam.Lots of exercises and explanation of the answers.It comprises all of the GMAT sections. ... Read more

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Improved My Score by 130 Points in 2 Weeks
I only had 2 weeks to study for the GMAT.I bought three books to help me, all of which were highly rated on Amazon.They were:
The Inside Scoop
No short (even at 560 large pages plus a CD) book is going to replace what you should have learned over many years of classwork. You should know the basic rules in English, mathematics and the rest. Instead, this book concentrates on the testing aspects: what areas does the test cover, how is it administered, what is the format of the test, things like that.
It's OKbut it's not enough
Although I liked the way the authors went through and reviewed the topics I needed for the exam, I did not execute most of their strategies during the actual exam.
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Tough Full Length Tests
I didnt intend to leave a review...I was infact looking for reviews of this because I gave two full-length tests and was surprised at how difficult the questions in both the quantitative and analytical sections were (Actually more surprised about my low scores). The section tests were comparitively easier.
A gud book to start with
This book is gud to begin with and also a gud book for a person who wants to get a crash course in GMAT preperations.
Kaplan is Horrible!
I got the book.Signed up for the website.Then didn't have time to study for a while because of work.When I finally had time to use the book and study, my internet access (where a lot of important suppliments are) was cut off because it was passed the assumed amount of time.I tried getting it restored, but Kaplan was no help.
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Excellent Supplement to the Official Guide
There isn't much in this book to distinguish it from the verbal portion of The Official Guide for GMAT Review, but that's ok: if there's one thing GMAT students need, it's practice questions that look and feel just like the ones on the test.While the questions in the Quantitative Review book are somewhat easier than in the Official Guide, that isn't the case (to the same degree, anyway) with the verbal, so I can recommend this to just about anybody.
Excellent book
This is an excellent book with the real GMAT questions. It explains all the questions and answers and also explain why a particular answer is correct. Till now, this is the best GMAT practice book I've seen. Anyone preparing for GMAT needs to have this book

Not All New, But Not Bad Either

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Reviews (7)

Good Additional Book for Math Problems
I bought this book with the understanding that it was not a study guide.This book should be only used as an additional aid for the math section of the GMAT.This book has really great sample questions that are very similar to the questions that you will see when you take the GMAT.This booked coupled with a GMAT Review study guide, such as the books offered by the Princeton Review makes an awesome combo.

Very good if you need to review your math
This book is very good if you only need to review the math part for the GMAT.I would recommend for a few more dollars to get the bigger book that covers all sections.It has the same amount of math questions as the Analytical one has.

Nothing's better than test-like practice
This book is slimmer than the orange Official Guide, weighing in at about 300 problems, but if you need more math practice, it's a great resource. One caveat: the average difficulty level of questions in this book is somewhat lower than that of the questions in the Official Guide. If you're already getting a 650 or better on practice tests, or if you are comfortable with the vast majority of math problems in the Official Guide, go ahead and skip this one. If you're not yet at that level, this is an excellent supplement to the orange book.
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Reviews (25)

Law Enforcement Exam
I ordered this book to brush up on some basic math that I haven't used in many years. I got it in order to do better on my law enforcement exam. This book covered everything that I needed. It was just right! It walks through the basics and works one up to more complex problems. It includes clear explanations on how to solve the problem and then provides a practice test for each area covered. It even offers some tricks to keep in mind when encountering certain problems. Perfect for a refresher!

Very Low level book
I bought this with hope to get my brain used to solving complicated problems quickly. However, the quality of excercises in this book is very very low. I could have made up any of the excercises in the book. Unsatisfied, I returned it in 2 days. Do not buy it if you are very good or even avarage at math. This will not help you.

Excelent Math Refreser
Very good book...if you want to refresh the basic math, algebra and Geometry...before you start with the real problems...this is your book... ... Read more

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Reviews (8)

Kaplan is Horrible!
I got the book.Signed up for the website.Then didn't have time to study for a while because of work.When I finally had time to use the book and study, my internet access (where a lot of important suppliments are) was cut off because it was passed the assumed amount of time.I tried getting it restored, but Kaplan was no help.
Not 800, but not bad
GMAT 800 is a very popular book. Whoever at Kaplan came up with the name ought to get a raise and an immediate promotion to the head of the marketing department. Everybody wants an 800, and we'd all like to think that working really hard through the materials in one book will get us there.
Good overview after you have completed all other preperation books
I think this book gives a good overview of the main concepts.This book needs to be completed after you have other GMAT materials, e.g. Kaplat GMAT guide, the Official GMAT Review.The quantitative section covers many of the questions that are very similar to the ones you see in the actual GMAT.These tough questions in quant really helps.The quant questions in the actual GMAT are much harder than the practice questions in official review.However this book covers many of the tougher questions. ... Read more

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Reviews (12)

NOT GRE Math Subject test
I made the mistake of thinking that "GRE Math" meant "GRE Math Subject test" which it DOESN'T. This book is for the math section of the general GRE and NOT for the GRE math subject test.

This workbook rocks!
With no review and almost 20 years since I last looked at algebra and geometry I got 360 on the GRE math section.With 4 weeks of review using this book I got 570!Imagine what you could do with longer!I highly recommend this workbook.Its easy to follow,the methods are very clear and detailed.It teaches you a few tricks of the trade that are simple and effective.Well worth the money.

Provides all the information required for an 800 score
This book provides a solid preparation for all the concepts tested on the GRE quantitative section either if you don't know them or just want to recall them.
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Reviews (10)

Deceiving
I bought the whole set based on some posts I saw at a GMAT forum along with the Princeton Review GMAT books, and the Official Guides.
DO NOT BUY
The most annoying of all in this book are the examples cited. This book claims to be edited, tested by people who scored 99 percentile on GMAT and still there is no originality! All the examples are cited off from the GMAT verbal workout or from GMAT review 11th edition. After each concept an exmaple is cited which we cannot attmpt as there are no choices available. The book goes on and on as to how to correct the sentences which is not the case in GMAT. We are not taking the test to correct it, we taking the test to pick the best of the options and to score it. In short, though this book is strong in concepts, I would not spend $16, rather would prefer to buy Kaplan Test book or GMAT Verbal workout, etc. Anyways you will endup buying books from GMAC for sure...

Excellent!!!
This book is great! It concisely covers the main types of sentence completion questions and completely demystifies this tricky, often confusing portion of the GMAT. The book is easy to understand and provides lots of examples and practice questions. One caveat: a lot of the practice questions refer to the 11th edition of the Official Guide and the Verbal Official Guide. However, this book can definitely stand on its own. Another major plus: when you purchase any of the GMAT prep books and register the book on the GMAT Prep website, you get e-mails with useful articles and suggestions for studying. These articles were really helpful. In particular, an article on pacing was a lifesaver. I highly recommend this book. ... Read more

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Any indication
I'm sure to buy this book today. I have the "Weather for Dummies" book, and if that is any indication, you simply can not go wrong with this book. The "Dummies" books are always filled with in depth information. I couldn't believe the amount of information the books hold. This book is definately a safe bet.

Dripping with irony
I don't know, how can you publish a book with this title? ... Read more

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Solid strategy for the verbal section
I have been a GMAT tutor to ESL test takers for over 6 years and I have to say that the PR strategies are by far the most useful for students who don't speak English as their first language and need to focus their efforts on the score raising essentials. IMHO the main weakness of this book is its lack of isolated concept drills to drive home each strategy.
Verbal Workout for the GMAT, 2nd Edition (Graduate Test Prep)
Great book. Very good resource.

Verbal Workout for the GMAT, 2nd Edition (Graduate Test Prep)
Excellent preparation for the GMAT verbal section.Provides a general english usage refresher, how to select the correct answers to tricky questions and how to spot common tricks used by the test creators fool the test taker into answering incorrectly. ... Read more

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The Perfect Review
I have been doing math continuously in college, but even then, I could not remember how to do the basics required of the GRE. This book was a perfect way to get reacquainted with the technical minutia, and even if I knew it, the book gave me the practice I needed to do the math quickly and efficiently. I would highly recommend this as a refresher, but it is too easy as a primary course of study for the quantitative section. The best part is all the problems are explained in detail, so one can simply follow along. THe entire book took me a week to do, and it was definitely worth purchasing along with another GRE book. Although the other books go through reviews as well, they just teach you the questions on the test. However, you won't get them if you can't manipulate numbers quickly enough, and thereby you won't have the ability to go through the more diffcult questions.

Thought all math texts were horrid...until this book.
I am working on studying and taking my GMAT exam and I always struggled with math.I found a lot of this was due to the fact that incompetent individuals taught and ONLY showed you the text book examples which only managed to show the EASIEST question.For example what do you do with polynomials with inverse exponents if you (like me) don't generally toil with text book math in my spare time Good study guide
This guide helped bring my score up.There are some things I really liked about it and some things I really hated about it
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Kaplan is Horrible!
I got the book.Signed up for the website.Then didn't have time to study for a while because of work.When I finally had time to use the book and study, my internet access (where a lot of important suppliments are) was cut off because it was passed the assumed amount of time.I tried getting it restored, but Kaplan was no help.
Ignore the scores . . . as hard as that may be!
First of all, I'd like to thank all of you who posted reviews with reassuring stories of scoring in the 500's on the Kaplan tests, only to break into the 700+ territory on the real deal.I used this book, as well as the Kaplan GMAT 800 book to prepare, followed by the GMATPrep tests in the final week before the exam.
this book is a big help
this is a good resource. I have not taken my GMAT exam yet..but so far this material has helped me tremendously ... Read more

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Helpful but watch for typos
The book was very helpful for advice on handling data sufficiency questions. However, it also states that Positive*Positive=Negative in the box at the bottom of pg 46. It then has an example of how untrue this is next to the writing. Seeing this significant of an typo decreased my confidence in the rest of the basic math explanations in the book.

Good techniques, nice practice, but just a supplement
There's no way around it, the Princeton Review does have some helpful tips.For example, I really like their technique of "A/D" or "B/C/E" for data sufficiency (Kaplan never really gets around to making its advice in this area so concrete).It's a good idea to go through the Princeton Review resources early in order to put yourself in a good mindset for doing well.However, I do find the books light on REAL math - the math you'll need to get a breakthrough score.Definitely recommend this book for practice and tips, but not sufficient if you want to go more deeply into math concepts to break the 700 barrier.

Math Workout for the GMAT, 2nd Edition (Graduate Test Prep)
Excellent, practical review. Good resource for practice. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

While some business schools show little interest in the AWA (analytical writing assessment) portion of your GMAT, other schools use the results to help distinguish between the hundreds of students competing for placement in their programs. If your schools of choice consider AWA results when selecting students, you'll need to devote time to your essays as well as to your math and verbal skills. When you take your GMAT, the computer randomly selects two essay questions from its question bank. Read more

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A realistic picture of the actual scene
This book gives one a thorough insight into the essay questions for GMAT. It is a must read for anyone giving the GMAT. It gets one thinking on the lines of the GMAT test setters. On the day of the GMAT one has to type one's own ideas but this book definitely prepares one for it.

Questions Are No Longer Available Online!
I ordered this book online. When I received the book, I was surprised to find that no questions are available in the book. I followed the instructions in the book to download the questions, but it 's a dead link!!! I could not find any other information on publisher's site. Do not buy this book unless you can find the questions to match the essays.

Excellent Essay Prep
I highly recommend this book if you want to maximize your GMAT AWA score. (And yes, AWA is not as important as the Q & V sections, but do you want people to think you're a lucky-guessingilliterate test monkey?)
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Often inflates your score!
Hey, don't waste your money!! Badly needed update will be published in June of 2000!
I run a test prep service and am *very* familiar with this product. Save your money!
This software does not give you anything new. The "Official Guide for the GMAT" by ETS already has the same practice problems.Read more

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THE EDITORAL SUMMARY IS MISLEADING
The review above says it contains "review of all the subjects" included in the OAT.THAT IS NOT TRUE. I REPEAT:
Excellent Kaplan Book
Must buy for Optometry Admission Test(OAT).
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Surprisingly useful
For years, Kaplan produced a math workbook that covered both GRE and GMAT material, which was an endless source of confusion for students. While those two tests have a lot of similarities, the question types and difficulty levels merited separate books, and Kaplan has finally provided that.
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Editorial Review

The authors tell you up front: "The GMAT is not easy--nor is this book."While that may seem daunting, the test is challenging for a reason, and if you want to get into the top business schools, you'll need to excel in a very competitive field. If you're willing to work hard, the Read more

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Tough but outstanding!
Tough but outstanding!
The best
Out of the three books I used, this book gets my highest rating.The other books I had were Kaplan GMAT (2005 Edition) and the Official Guide for GMAT review (10th Edition).I ended up taking the test twice.Studied for about 4 weeks before the first test, mostly using Kaplan book, as I heard it had the hardest questions (and was the lightest one to carry around in my bag).Practiced on Kaplan's computer diagnostic test, and got 540.I feel, they make their material unnecessary hard, probably to make you register for their prep course.Spent some time reading Nova's book, and found it much easier as well as providing much better explanations.Also questions were much more in line with questions from the Official Guide. Took the test and got 650 (q:48, v:31), and was very much disappointed, mainly because I didn't do a good job pacing myself on the verbal section, and ended up not answering the last 5 questions.I knew I had to study and concentrate on Verbal section in particular, because I felt that I had to guess on almost every question in that section.
An excellent preparatory text
I am very happy with this book.After reading numerous reviews about this and other GMAT guides, I chose this one.It was not easy to find in bookstores, which largely carry the more familiar titles(Kaplan, etc.)I bought the book around Christmas.
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