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by nikhilgmat31 » Thu May 21, 2015 10:46 pm

Please suggest books for Problem solving & DS.
Are below mentioned books enough

Manhattan
NOVA
OG-2015
OG Math Workout

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by GMATinsight » Fri May 22, 2015 3:20 am

Hi Nikhil,

Below the suggestions for the books that you have

1) Nova Book - This book is good for beginners. If you are weak at Quant then certainly it could give you some idea about the types of questions that GMAT can ask from the easy level catagory. However trusting this book is dangerous thinking that it gives you a fair exposure to GMAT like questions.
Also the book has several mistakes also so please be aware.

2) Manhattan Book - This book is quite an apt choice to practice however the book has fewer number of questions therefore it doesn't give a sufficient exercise that a student must practice before taking test.

3) Official guide - OG is again a guiding took and the questions of OG are fantastic to get the feel of GMAT questions however you must know that OG has a great majority of Easy to Medium level questions and rarely the difficult level questions

4) Quant Review - That book is fantastic to practice from.

OG and Quant Review have only problem that questions are jumbled and therefoe you don't get the opportunity to focus on any topic and the kind of problem that you may face in that topic therefore for topicwise practice I suggest that you refer to the questions posted on on Beat the GMAT or GMAT Club frums and seggregate them as per the tags to practice questions of anyone topic.

I hope it answers your query

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by nikhilgmat31 » Fri May 22, 2015 3:33 am

Thanks for response Team,

Can you please suggest a good set of books for Quant & Verbal.

Both concepts & practice questions.

Thanks
Nikhil

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by GMATinsight » Fri May 22, 2015 3:36 am

nikhilgmat31 wrote:Thanks for response Team,

Can you please suggest a good set of books for Quant & Verbal.

Both concepts & practice questions.

Thanks
Nikhil

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by nikhilgmat31 » Fri May 22, 2015 3:38 am

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by GMATinsight » Fri May 22, 2015 3:39 am

Fot the entire list of suggested material for GMAT prep, please refer to the link below

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What material should I refer to for the preparation??? Is it wise to take an expert help for GMAT preparation?

ANSWER:
I feel that taking an expert help really makes a huge difference in performance if you ignore a few exceptions. Since GMAT as an exam is not very inexpensive and the MBA after that is highly expensive therefore taking a chance and ending up with a compromised score doesn't make any sense and therefore I suggest that one should definitely take expert help as it gives guidance and the routine and structure to do the preparation.
GMAT is considerably tough exam considering the worldwide competition but you can always be misguided by some saying GMAT is very easy as people tend to compare it with CAT. Here I am avoiding this comparison.
In case you plan to do preparation on your own then the planning of material to be referred is right here:

For Quant:
1) Refer to manhattan topicwise books and finish the topics
2) Refer to OG 12 PS and then DS and check your accuracy level
3) Refer to OG-13 PS and DS and check your accuracy level
4) Start taking Tests

For Verbal:
1) Refer to OG 10 for Critical Reasoning
2) Refer to OG 11 for Critical Reasoning
3) Refer to OG 11 for Reading Comprehension
4) Refer to OG 10 for Sentence Correction
5) Refer to OG 11 for Sentence Correction
6) Refer to Manhattan CR and SC
7) Start taking tests and check your accuracy level

In case you want to take expert help, keep OG for the last in Quant section.
Many coaching institutes provide their own test series but I would recommend Manhattan Test series as the first preference and secondary preference can be termed as Kaplan test series. Any other test series might give you wrong understanding of actual standard of GMAT test.
Please feel free to post for any other GMAT assistance (Professional or Friendly) query.

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by nikhilgmat31 » Fri May 22, 2015 3:51 am

Thanks Team,List helps a lot.
Right now I am in middle of Manhattan 8 books.

I will be in touch for further queries.

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by GMATinsight » Fri May 22, 2015 3:53 am

nikhilgmat31 wrote:Thanks Team,List helps a lot.
Right now I am in middle of Manhattan 8 books.

I will be in touch for further queries.

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by [email protected] » Fri May 22, 2015 9:51 am

Hi nikhilgmat31,

It sounds like you're just starting out your studies. Is that true? Have you done any studying so far?

If you're just beginning, then it would be a good idea to take a FULL-LENGTH practice CAT Test; you can download 2 for free from www.mba.com (and they come with some additional practice materials). A FULL CAT takes about 4 hours to complete, so make sure that you've set aside enough time to take it in one sitting. If you'd like to do a little studying before your take that first CAT (so that you can become familiar with the concepts tested and question types), then that would be fine, but you should not wait too long to take that first CAT. Once you have those scores, you should report back here and we can come up with a study plan.

To help you to establish your own expectations, you should know that most Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) studying for the GMAT; during that time, it's common to spend 10-15 hours per week on the process.

I'd like to know a bit more about your timeline and goals:
1) What is your goal score?
2) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Fri May 22, 2015 11:17 am

nikhilgmat31 wrote:Please suggest books for Problem solving & DS.

If you're interested, we have a free set of videos that cover everything you need to know to tackle DS questions: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat-data-sufficiency

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by MartyMurray » Fri May 22, 2015 8:36 pm

For categorized on screen quant questions by the thousands, set up a BellCurves practice account.

For cool quant questions broken down into PS and DS, use the Veritas Question Bank. There are decent verbal questions there too.

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sat May 23, 2015 8:54 am

To add to Marty's comment...

To help you focus on one topic at a time, you can use BTG's tagging feature.
For example, here are all of the questions tagged as statistics questions: https://www.beatthegmat.com/forums/tags/ ... statistics
See the left side of that linked page for more tag options.

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by nikhilgmat31 » Sun May 24, 2015 7:46 pm

I started already & almost completed Manhattan Quant.

I did OG 2015- Problem Solving & DS , I did good on solving. But has some week points - Like Inequalities, Probability, Combination.

Another week point in Reading Comprehension

. Please suggest.

1) What is your goal score? - 700 -730
2) When are you planning to take the GMAT? - AUG 2015, So that I can apply for September 2015.
3) When are you planning to apply to Business School? - Most of the Indian B-Schools like - IIMs, Xaviers & ISB. Not sure If Wharton or Harward or LSB are veru tough to get through.

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by [email protected] » Sun May 24, 2015 7:57 pm

Hi nikhilgmat31,

An August Test Date gives you a good amount of study time. Now that you've defined your goals, we need to know more about your current abilities. I mentioned in a prior post that it would be a good idea to take a FULL-LENGTH CAT and that is still a good idea. Once you take that CAT, you should report back here with your scores. We can then talk about the right study options for your specific situation.

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by nikhilgmat31 » Sun May 24, 2015 8:00 pm

Fine Rich, I will take a test by this weekend.
Can you please suggest be some good books for Verbal- RC,CR & SC. I am confused with so much available all around & want to concentrate on particular set of books.

Thanks

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