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benchy: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 3; Joined: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:35 am; Thanked: 1 times

Have anyone used BARRON'S - GMAT test prep?

by benchy » Wed May 31, 2006 2:54 am

I've just wanna know is it worth enough to buy BARRON'S GMAT Prep?
I would like to know whether it's overlap with the real test ?

I've got OG-11 ,OG-10, and PR 2006 edition already,
but I've just want to spend more time to work for quantitative skills
becuz I do rusty in this part

THANK U for ur advice

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Re: Have anyone used BARRON'S - GMAT test prep?

by beatthegmat » Wed May 31, 2006 8:42 pm

benchy wrote:I've just wanna know is it worth enough to buy BARRON'S GMAT Prep?
I would like to know whether it's overlap with the real test ?

I've got OG-11 ,OG-10, and PR 2006 edition already,
but I've just want to spend more time to work for quantitative skills
becuz I do rusty in this part

THANK U for ur advice

I have never seen the Barron's book myself, but I've heard from multiple sources that it is not worth buying. I'm not sure what you are asking with "overlap with the real test," but I can say that I am pretty certain that Barron's writes their own GMAT questions. Barron's questions should not overlap with the actual retired GMAT questions found in OG.

If you want to boster your quant skills, I think that the Kaplan materials will serve you well. I recommend the following:

Does anyone else have experience with Barron's?

Best of luck!

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benchy: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 3; Joined: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:35 am; Thanked: 1 times

by benchy » Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:06 am

Thank u for ur advice ,I asked about Barron's
becuz the kaplans test prep for GMAT are all sold out in this month
and maybe will be arrival in next month,
I've tried to find them already, but none of them is left

Anyway,maybe I'll order via Amazon , thank U again

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saurabh: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 2; Joined: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:41 pm

Kaplan not available even on Amazon

by saurabh » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:46 pm

I ordered Kaplan GMAT form Amazon on 24th May but still didn't recieve it. Everytime they r pushing the delivery date.

ANyways I cancelled the order and jut today got it from college book store !!!!

So finally I can start my GMAT prep

. Now just less than 2 months r left so I know it gonna be tough !!!!

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by naveen_27m » Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:35 pm

Dear Eric,

I have OG 10, OG 11, Kaplan 800, Manhattan SC Guide & ETS test papers. I started with OG 10 & going to complete it. I didn't touch Manhattan SC guide.

After finishing OG 10, should I start with OG 11 or Kaplan? What is the best study method using these material??

Thank you.

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by beatthegmat » Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:54 pm

naveen_27m wrote:Dear Eric,

I have OG 10, OG 11, Kaplan 800, Manhattan SC Guide & ETS test papers. I started with OG 10 & going to complete it. I didn't touch Manhattan SC guide.

After finishing OG 10, should I start with OG 11 or Kaplan? What is the best study method using these material??

Thank you.

If I were you, I would go through the Kaplan material after you finish OG. It might be good to ground yourself with some GMAT theory and strategy before moving onto more OG material. When using OG or any other GMAT prep text book, be rigorous when doing your practice problems. Be sure to carefully analyze your mistakes and understand the explanations.

If you run into confusion when doing your analyses, ask this community for help. Best of luck!

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by naveen_27m » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:11 pm

Dear Eric,

Thank you very much for the advice.

So I will start Kaplan then go for OG 11. Simultaneously, I wil go through Manhattan SC guide.

Thank u once again.