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by analytchem » Tue May 15, 2007 9:46 am
Eric, I have read your day by day schedule but I'm sure if you were to do it again you would do some things differently so I am hesitant to follow your schedule as a guide.

Resources I have to use:
New 8 Manhattan GMAT books
11th Edition, OG GMAT Review
OG Quantitative Review
OG Verbal Review
Kaplan 800
Spidey's Notes
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Re: Need Advice: Where to start?

by beatthegmat » Tue May 15, 2007 6:40 pm
analytchem wrote:Eric, I have read your day by day schedule but I'm sure if you were to do it again you would do some things differently so I am hesitant to follow your schedule as a guide.

Resources I have to use:
New 8 Manhattan GMAT books
11th Edition, OG GMAT Review
OG Quantitative Review
OG Verbal Review
Kaplan 800
Spidey's Notes
1000 SC doc

Where would you start? What would your plan be?
One thing that I am not seeing in your list of materials is a foundational book on the GMAT, like PR or Kaplan. However, you do have a ton of material right now. I wouldn't recommend buying more books because you already have enough.

That being said, I think starting with the MGMAT books would make the most sense. Your other teaching books are more advanced, so MGMAT probably is the way to go to get acquainted with GMAT subjects.

I'm recommending this starting point somewhat blindly since I haven't had a chance to review the MGMAT texts myself.

Good luck.
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by rajesh_ctm » Tue May 15, 2007 7:22 pm
I agree, PR is the best starting point. Try getting it from library since you have already bought many books.
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by aim-wsc » Tue May 15, 2007 7:37 pm
the question is has thread starter already purchased mentioned books?

i'm not sure since he didnt explicitly say that he has got these books.

anyways...
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by analytchem » Wed May 16, 2007 6:44 am
Yes, the materials listed I have in my possession. Next, from reading forums I didn't find the Princeton Review or Kaplan books necessary or that beneficial so I opted from spending more money. I do however have a Thomson Peterson GMAT pdf that is in the same nature as those books.

So I'm guessing your going to say:
1. Start with the General Thomson Peterson GMAT pdf
2. MGMAT books--- ANY SPECIFIC TOPICS TO START WITH?
3. OG Guides
4. Kaplan 800


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by aim-wsc » Wed May 16, 2007 6:59 am
well! It's a public forum and everybody has his own opinion so i'm sure mine would be different from Eric's.

My sequence would be
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2. along with 1. (no if lack of time)
again 3 with 2 (remaining part of 2)
4. along with 3(revision).
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by beatthegmat » Wed May 16, 2007 4:22 pm
analytchem wrote:Yes, the materials listed I have in my possession. Next, from reading forums I didn't find the Princeton Review or Kaplan books necessary or that beneficial so I opted from spending more money. I do however have a Thomson Peterson GMAT pdf that is in the same nature as those books.

So I'm guessing your going to say:
1. Start with the General Thomson Peterson GMAT pdf
2. MGMAT books--- ANY SPECIFIC TOPICS TO START WITH?
3. OG Guides
4. Kaplan 800


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I think that's a decent order for reviewing your books. It's hard to advise which book to begin with MGMAT--I would say start with your weaker sections first, so you'll have more time to prep for them.
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by Stacey Koprince » Thu May 17, 2007 7:16 pm
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