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Hunsi: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 13; Joined: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:20 am; Location: Muscat

by Hunsi » Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:52 am

Hi,
Has anyone used Barrons GMAT book they have 2 sample test at teh back and the cd has some CATS and untimed practice test.
any idea on the level of difficulty.

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billu: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 36; Joined: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:45 pm; Location: UK; GMAT Score:600

by billu » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:22 am

Hi
I tried Barrons, though not much, but I won't recommend it to anybody. There are better and more acclaimed books available in the market than those of Baron's: OG11, OG supplementary guides, MGMAT and Kaplan.

Try them!

Regards

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Hunsi: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 13; Joined: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:20 am; Location: Muscat

by Hunsi » Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:20 am

Thanks for the reply , I have already done Princeton and Kaplan and have just started the OG 11, But i am am not sure of the difficulty level i breeze through the first 75 q in quant let see hope it gets tougher,

Is MGMAT Worth the extra dough, what About ARCO'S AND PETERSONS.

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billu: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 36; Joined: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:45 pm; Location: UK; GMAT Score:600

by billu » Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:42 am

It's good that you can breeze through the 1st 75 Qs of OG 11. Keep on doing them, afterall they appeared at one point or another in the actual test.
I have been following MGMAT and there books are good. I don't know about the other two but yes, I've purchased the ARCO Essay book to better on my AWA.

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by mayonnai5e » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:58 pm

Of Barron, Arco and Peterson, the only book that is frequently mentioned and discussed is the Arco essay book. There's a reason the other books are not discussed: they aren't that great.

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Hunsi: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 13; Joined: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:20 am; Location: Muscat

by Hunsi » Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:58 pm

Thanks for the info guys i think i am going to start concentrating all mytime on OG 11 until i have all the questions done in each section and then start taking practice tests from the prep software and Kaplan.

Only concern is timing on questions and i need to start working on that in the next week or so.
Wish me luck

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