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Question about which books to use to study

by JonDStewart » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:17 pm
Hi Guys,

I have graduated university and low and behold am unemployed so I figured I would do something productive with my time off and study for the GMAT since I know I wish to go to grad school in a few years.

I grabbed the 12th edition official Gmat guide and have the quantitative review one coming in the mail but I know I am going to need more practice/study so I was wondering where I should head next. I am having a very difficult time figuring out which books are good as they all sound decent but I see different mixed reviews online and it is hard to know which reviews are legit. I am specifically looking for the quantitative section.

Was wondering between Princeton, Manhattan, Kaplan etc... any and all of those out there!

I was just curious about which would be best to use to practice. I am going for a score of over 600 and would like to be around the 700. So far I have been studying for a week and a half and am getting better but still need practice.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Jon
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by cmr209 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:26 pm
Hey Jon,

I'm currently studying for the GMAT quant section as well. I've been studying the section for about 1 month now and I find that the OG book combined with a nifty little book called "Math Review for Standardized Tests" is helping me more than the Kaplan course I took last year. The book is only $8.57 on Amazon.com.
https://www.amazon.com/Math-Review-Stand ... 0822020335

At this point it is all personal preference for what books to use. I have Kaplan, the OG, the Math Bible, and Princeton Review, (I was one of those guys that needed to survey the field first) yet I have more confidence with the Math Review book and the OG than I do any others. I trust the OG because the questions were once actual questions from the GMAT, and the Math Review is straight to the point. I'm horrible in math and this little book has done a great job of re-teaching me the basics. It is very thorough, yet concise.

Once you get the math skills back up to par, take some practice tests and you should be golden on quant.

Suerte (good luck)

Chris
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