Manhattan 5th strategy and official guide 13th edition

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I've manhattan 5th edition and official guide 13th edition. Is it ok to prepare from it or should i get newer versions.

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:12 pm
Those versions are perfectly good to prepare for the GMAT.

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by november22 » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:15 pm
So these editions will not affect me to get high gmat score ?.

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by [email protected] » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:50 pm
Hi november22,

The GMAT has not changed in the last year, so these books (which were suitable to study with last year), are still suitable to study with now. Your score on Test Day is based on the work that you do and the points that YOU earn. You will likely need more than an assortment of books to score at a high level, but that's a different issue.

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by brianlange77 » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:33 pm
Totally agree with Rich on this one. I happen to be a fan of our books (biased of course.) But, the books are only words on pages -- it is the plan you will put together to figure out how to best use those books that will really matter.

I'm including tow great articles here from my old friend Stacey -- really insightful on how to put together a study plan, etc.

https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... an-part-1/
https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... an-part-2/

Hope this helps!

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by november22 » Wed Apr 01, 2015 9:45 pm
After I study whole chapter of Manhattan Strategy Guides, I notice that problem sets at end of chapters are very challenging.

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by brianlange77 » Fri Apr 10, 2015 7:05 pm
november22 wrote:After I study whole chapter of Manhattan Strategy Guides, I notice that problem sets at end of chapters are very challenging.
I'm sure there's an argument to be made for "I wish they all felt very easy" -- but, there's value in understanding that the content you are learning is testing and stretching you. It may require you to spend more time preparing for this exam than you had originally anticipated -- but better to learn that early in the process!
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