luvuntn wrote:HI ! My question is that instead of kickstarting gmat prep.from gmat books eg. kaplan premier or manhattan strategy guides,shouldnt i review maths and grammer from my high school maths and then proceed to gmat prep.books, as they have more description moreover as they say that gmat tests only upto high school level verbal and quant or should i directly start from manhatten/kaplan assuming that reviews of basics in these books are sufficient for a 710+ score.
Two points i would like to be taken into consideration -

1.IT HAS BEEN AROUND 5 YEARS SINCE I HAD TOUCHED ANY TEXT BOOK.
2. FIRST GOING THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS AND THEN GOING THROUGH GMAT BOOKS WILL INVOLVE LOT OF TIME AS I WILL BE DOING SAME TOPICS FROM 2 DIFFERENT BOOKS.

thanx in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would recommend a combination of the two approaches, focusing specifically on test-prep mechanics. So for instance, using SAT prep books to brush up on math and grammar concepts with which you're not confident would probably be a great idea, but going through a regular high school English book might be more time and effort than its worth. You're right that those lower level books might break things down on a more basic level, and if you need to re-develop those skills from the ground up, that's not a bad place to start. I think whether or not the reviews in GMAT prep books will be sufficient without more basic foundation review really depends on how much you already know, and you're the best judge of that. But if you're questioning your knowledge, it's probably worth spending a little time at least skimming those lower-level texts to see if there's anything you've completely forgotten, before you move on to more challenging GMAT materials.