Due to various life/family/work circumstances I have just under a month until I have to take the GMAT. I had the 2006 Kaplan book and got through most of that in about a week. But then after reading the recommendations on this forum I picked up the OG, 11th edition and the OG math review (they didn't have the verbal review so I'll pick that up later this week).
So I sat down this morning to take the diagnostic test and was quickly floored at how different it was from Kaplan. On the various math sections in Kaplan I had been scoring around 80%, which I felt was decent since I haven't reviewed math other than what was in that study guide. But here I am 12 questions into the diagnostic in the OG and I have already had to flat-out guess on five of the questions because I was clueless. And I'm not exactly a math dummy either. During my undergrad work (I graduated six years ago), I got A's in college Algebra, Trig and Calc I so I figured this wouldn't be terribly difficult. Boy was I wrong.
So now it's back to review mode and trying to quickly relearn this stuff. Sorry for the rant, but thanks for this forum. I only found it yesterday and it's already been the most helpful resource I've come across.
Karl
So I sat down this morning to take the diagnostic test and was quickly floored at how different it was from Kaplan. On the various math sections in Kaplan I had been scoring around 80%, which I felt was decent since I haven't reviewed math other than what was in that study guide. But here I am 12 questions into the diagnostic in the OG and I have already had to flat-out guess on five of the questions because I was clueless. And I'm not exactly a math dummy either. During my undergrad work (I graduated six years ago), I got A's in college Algebra, Trig and Calc I so I figured this wouldn't be terribly difficult. Boy was I wrong.
So now it's back to review mode and trying to quickly relearn this stuff. Sorry for the rant, but thanks for this forum. I only found it yesterday and it's already been the most helpful resource I've come across.
Karl
