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benpack03: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 23; Joined: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:17 am; Location: Waynesville, NC

Help for Quant Review....

by benpack03 » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:00 pm

I was wondering what folks could recommend for helping improving my quant score. I am a civil engineer and my quant is killing me! Isnt that wierd? I have been scoring around 41 on verbal - but around 37 on quant. Is the MGMAT books good for this? I take my first GMAT tomorrow....but its not gonna be pretty.......

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benpack03: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 23; Joined: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:17 am; Location: Waynesville, NC

by benpack03 » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:01 pm

LOL,

"ARE" the MGMAT books good....verbal no no......

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MarsellusW: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 21; Joined: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:15 am; Location: Budapest, Hungary; Thanked: 1 times; GMAT Score:720

by MarsellusW » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:20 am

It'd be good to know which part of the quant section is casuing you trouble and how (misreading, misunderstanding or "real math problems").

I had a lot of problem with DS, but Princeton Review's Crack the GMAT helped me on the issue and my quant score rocketed from 38 to 47-49. If the problem is not with the methodology, I'd rather recommend Kaplan's GMAT 800. The math review is really good in that book.

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rajibgmat: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 92; Joined: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:00 am; Thanked: 3 times; GMAT Score:590

by rajibgmat » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:35 pm

Following books should help

OG 11 (39$)
Maths Review from GMAC (20$)
GMATCLUB test package (25 Q and 6 V) (79$) . This one is the best. It will definitely push your scores.

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rajibgmat: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 92; Joined: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:00 am; Thanked: 3 times; GMAT Score:590

by rajibgmat » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:38 pm

This link may help too....https://www.mathsteacher.com.au/year10.htm

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VP_Jim: GMAT Instructor; Posts: 1223; Joined: Thu May 01, 2008 3:29 pm; Location: Los Angeles, CA; Thanked: 185 times; Followed by:15 members

by VP_Jim » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:48 pm

Many students who have strong math backgrounds (engineers, financial types, etc.) have trouble on the GMAT quant section. I think the reason is that the GMAT does not test very difficult math; nearly every question can be answered with arithmetic or, at worst, very simple algebra.

Students with strong quant backgrounds tend to approach questions in very methodical, formulaic ways. This is not usually the best way to do GMAT questions. GMAT questions often hinge upon some sort of trick or shortcut that is lost upon students who dive right in and start setting up equations.

I'd spend some time working on developing your ability to do questions without "real math" - devise tricks and shortcuts as often as you can. Certainly, some problems are best solved using traditional math - but most aren't.

Jim S. | GMAT Instructor | Veritas Prep

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benpack03: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 23; Joined: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:17 am; Location: Waynesville, NC

by benpack03 » Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:15 am

Thanks guys!

I agree - but would you agree I could argue that the quant is there? I have two engineering degrees from a top 25 US engineering program. I also have a North Carolina professional engineer's lisence and 11 years leadership experience. Dammit I don't wanna take it again!

But I will lol........