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GMAT Target -720+ in june'09

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GMAT Target -720+ in june'09

by vibhorsinghal » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:16 pm
I am preparing for GMAT and planning to give it in June'09.
I have just sarted my preparation for the same and started with brushing up my skills from high school level books.

I hav OG 10th edition.I suppose this only won't be enough for 720+ score.Which books should i consider,pl suggest!!
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by TedCornell » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:04 pm
There are lots of good books recommended on this site. I used:

Manhattan GMAT SC guide
Official Guide, 11th
GMATFix Official Guide Companion
GMATPrep Software
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by pJackson79 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:53 pm
I would suggest getting the 12th Edition Official Guide as it is the newest and if you do not have the 11th, there really won't be any overlap.

In addition, I would suggest that you look into the Manhattan GMAT books as they are generally very highly regarded.
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by Vitalina » Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:02 am
Depending on where your weaknesses are, getting CR powerprep bible can be useful as well.

Kaplan800 is a very good book as well, btw.

I am in the same boat, have my exam in June, and I desperately want to break 700 barrier :D
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by canada_sms » Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:58 pm
Manhattan SC guide is a must.
PowerPrep CR bible is pretty solid.

Note that the hardest problems in the OG book are only at the 86th percentile. Since the questions are ordered by increasing difficulty, this means that you only get about 10-15 650-680 level questions per type.
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Anybody reffered 12th edition

by vaishalijain7 » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:48 pm
Please let me know if anybody referred OG 12th edition. Just want to know is it worth buying. I have 11th edition and I have scheduled my GMAT appointment for june 13th.
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Anybody reffered 12th edition

by vaishalijain7 » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:49 pm
Please let me know if anybody referred OG 12th edition. Just want to know is it worth buying. I have 11th edition and I have scheduled my GMAT appointment for june 13th.
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Re: Anybody reffered 12th edition

by schowdhary » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:53 pm
vaishalijain7 wrote:Please let me know if anybody referred OG 12th edition. Just want to know is it worth buying. I have 11th edition and I have scheduled my GMAT appointment for june 13th.
Hi,
Which other books are u using for your prep.

Thanks,
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Re: Anybody reffered 12th edition

by pJackson79 » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:02 am
vaishalijain7 wrote:Please let me know if anybody referred OG 12th edition. Just want to know is it worth buying. I have 11th edition and I have scheduled my GMAT appointment for june 13th.
I did not know you had 11OG as the first post only referred to the 10OG so my apologies.

I would say that since the 12OG has about 40% new questions, it is really up to you whether you want to pay $35 for these extra practice questions. I guess I thought (initially) it was worth it because I paid for it. Only time will tell for sure. Good luck!
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Re: Anybody reffered 12th edition

by arpang007 » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:10 am
vaishalijain7 wrote:Please let me know if anybody referred OG 12th edition. Just want to know is it worth buying. I have 11th edition and I have scheduled my GMAT appointment for june 13th.
Vaishali If you have OG 11 then you can take OG 12 for the purpose of Additional practice.

Also in which city are you taking the gmat?
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Re: GMAT Target -720+ in june'09

by arpang007 » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:20 am
vibhorsinghal wrote:I am preparing for GMAT and planning to give it in June'09.
I have just sarted my preparation for the same and started with brushing up my skills from high school level books.

I hav OG 10th edition.I suppose this only won't be enough for 720+ score.Which books should i consider,pl suggest!!
You can consider following books:-

OG 12(Instead of buying OG 011 purchase OG 12)
OG verbal Review(Important)
Og Quant Review(Important)
MGMAT SC guide(Important)
Kaplan 800(if your are scoring 650+ in practice tests. This book can help you score 700+)
OG 10(for more practice of real questions; if you have time.)
There are many resources and books available but as you have only two months, i guess you should use these books only. :)
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by Stacey Koprince » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:36 am
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Completely agree that you want to get as many official questions as possible. The 11th edition contains 800 problems. The 12th edition contains 907 problems, of which 607 are also in the 11th edition (so 300 new ones in 12th). There are also the Verbal and Quantitative supplements (300 each) and you can get additional quant questions from GMAT Focus (online only, www.gmatfocus.com). And, of course, download GMATPrep exams (www.mba.com).

For more info on the changes in OG12, see this page: https://www.manhattangmat.com/official-guide-12.cfm

I won't comment on books from test prep companies because I am obviously biased there. :)
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by vaishalijain7 » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:41 am
Thanks everyone for the reply....I have scheduled appointment in toronto..currently I am using OG-10, OG-11, OG supplements both quant and verbal, CR bible, princeton 2007, Kaplan premier 2007, Manhattan SC guide which I downloaded from manhattan site for free. My weak area is verbal. I just completed OG 11 verbal ,OG verbal review and CR bible. I referred all other books just to see the strategies. Now I am thinking what should I do in the next 2 months to maximize my GMAT score.
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by Stacey Koprince » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:49 am
"Manhattan SC guide which I downloaded from manhattan site for free"

The ManhattanGMAT SC guide is not available electronically, nor is it available for free. You are either using something that is not actually our guide or you have downloaded an illegal copy. There are other companies with "Manhattan" in their name, so you may want to check and see what you've really got.

If it is actually an illegal copy of the ManhattanGMAT guide - I can't stop you from using it, but I do ask that you think about the situation. If everyone illegally copies stuff, we will not be able to afford to do additional research or to publish updated versions of the material as it changes over time.
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by vaishalijain7 » Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:29 pm
Thanks Stacey, Yes I was using the wrong book. I realized that it is not the one referred by many people. I just ordered the manhattan gmat SC guide. sorry for the confusion.
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