Best GMAT Books ? NEED HELP

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Best GMAT Books ? NEED HELP

by nsondhi » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:04 pm
Hey Guys,

I have my GMAT sceduled 60 days from now, for June 1st week.I am an entreprenuer and it will be difficult for me to join any prep course due to my work timings and commitments. Though I am ready to put in my best effort and I want a score of 720+ at least!
I have enrolled myself for the 60 day study plan program by beatthegmat.com, and I have been following it for the last seven days. I had a few questions and I was hoping if I could get some help here:

[(1) Best Books?
the 60 day study program here suggests OG-12, Kaplan Premiere, Manhattan SC and CR study guide.

I have going through the forums here and people have got the scores suggest different books. Since I have less time left for my exam, please do suggest me the best books o prepare from.

Some of my friends claim that Manhattan guides are not good, while some claim they are the best.

(2) Tests?

How many tests one must give in order to get a score of 720+ ?

I thank you for your time and consideration and hope for a reply soon :)

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by rishi raj » Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:30 pm
1. I'd say that the ManhattanGMAT books are quite good. Their Maths books are especially good.For Verbal, I didn't like their CR and RC books that much.For CR, I think that Powerscore CR Bible is better. Even for SC, you should be ideally supplementing the MGMAT SC Guide with the SC Grail.

2.There's not any definite number of tests required to get a 720 or for that matter any score. What is more important is that how well do you analyze these tests and learn from them so that with each test you improve consistently. However, taking 8-10 tests should be good enough.