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Just thought I would mention that there is in fact, an overlap between OG 11 and the GMAT prep software provided. It seems as though some posters have inquired, and people responded in the negative. I've confirmed it's true, although minimal.

Also, just thought I'd comment on the effectiveness of OG 11. I took the GMAT prep initially without any prep and scored a 530 V(31);Q(29). I just recently took the GMAT prep CAT for the second time after having spent approx 50 hrs in OG11, completing all questions and sufficiently reviewing answers and explanations. This was done over the course of two weeks, 3-5 hours per day. My second practice CAT score...620 V(37) - Q 38

I'm taking the real thing this saturday and thought my experience might be helpful to test takers with similar goals... cracking 600 for instance.

Personal Backround - (might be helpful in evaluating my experience/results):

I'm an undergraduate finance major at a BigTen school graduating in the spring and just recently accepted a job offer with a professional services firm, which is contigent upon my acceptance into graduate business program (Darden - UVA)...I needed to complete an application within 45 days after accepting an offer, and this is the reason for the short time frame. Also, because of my being sponsored by this particular firm, I was only required to score above 600. Good Luck to aspiring 700+ test takers!