Barron's GMAT with CD-ROM (Barron's GMAT (W/CD)) [Paperback]

Eugene D. Jaffe M.B.A. Ph.D. (Author), Stephen Hilbert Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764194860 | ISBN-13: 978-0764194863 | Publication Date: February 1, 2009 | Edition: 15

Comprehensive preparation for the Graduate Management Admission Test begins with an overview and introduction to the GMAT, which is a computer-adaptive test. A diagnostic test with answers precedes an extensive "Correct Your Weaknesses" section, which presents separate chapters on essay writing, reading comprehension, sentence correction, critical reasoning, and math. Two full-length practice tests with questions that reflect recent GMATs are presented with answers, analyses, and directions for evaluating the test taker's score. The manual's concluding section discusses business school basics, with advice on choosing a school, coping with the application procedure, financing a business school education, and entering the job market. An enclosed CD-ROM presents two computer-adaptive GMAT practice tests plus computerized versions of the book's two practice tests.

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An enlightening overview of the computer-adaptive GMAT

A diagnostic test with answers

Subject review chapters covering all test topics

Two full-length GMAT practice tests with answers analyses, and instruction on how to analyze your score

A discussion of business school basics, including advice on choosing a business school and preparing to enter the job market

Additional practice tests on the enclosed CD-ROM feature automatic scoring

Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 15 edition (February 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764194860
• ISBN-13: 978-0764194863
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #818,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Error-ridden and buggy, May 6, 2007

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J. Lugo "J.Lugo" (South Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barron's GMAT, 2008 with CD-ROM (Barron's How to Prepare for the Gmat Graduate Management Admission Test) 14th Edition (Paperback)

My husband has been out of school for over 25 years, when he decided he wanted to take a Masters degree, so we needed a really good test prep product. The book is just fine at explaining concepts and ideas, and providing test strategies. But the CD is deeply disappointing. The questions are full of errors, many of them simply a matter of poor proofreading (in one, the greater-than sign is reversed into a less-than sign, making the entire question unsolvable). My husband was two questions away from the end of one of the practice tests on the CD when it froze up. Am I too picky in thinking a test-prep product should have ZERO errors, and software that works consistently? I don't think so!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Explantions and buggy software a problem, March 2, 2007

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M. Leimer (State College, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barron's GMAT, 2008 with CD-ROM (Barron's How to Prepare for the Gmat Graduate Management Admission Test) 14th Edition (Paperback)

The book was decent with many practice problems, but the explanations were sometimes too complicated and not structured enough for you to truly understand it. The CD is buggy, occasionally it stop and all the answer are lost, which is a major pain. Also, the answers are not saved, so you cannot go back to the ones you got wrong later on. I do have not used any other books, so i am not sure how it compares.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Written and Edited, August 8, 2007

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Justin M (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barron's GMAT, 2008 with CD-ROM (Barron's How to Prepare for the Gmat Graduate Management Admission Test) 14th Edition (Paperback)

After using numerous other GMAT preparation tools from Kaplan, GMAC, and elsewhere, the quality of this product is below subpar. Numerous typographical and logical errors are present in the text, including:
-Questions on reading comprehension sections that were not printed (page 18)
-Duplicate answer choices for a question (page 71)
-An apparenty inability to number questions from 1 to 41 (page 45)

Given the lack of attention to detail along with a number of questionable justifications for answers, I would not recommend this book to anybody. Go with Kaplan, Kaplan800, or Princeton Review instead.