Cracking the New GMAT, 2013 Edition: Revised and Updated for the New GMAT (Graduate School Test Preparation) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Release date: April 17, 2012 | ISBN-10: 0375427465 | ISBN-13: 978-0375427466 | Edition: Rev Upd

If you need to know it for the next-generation GMAT, it’s in this book. Cracking the New GMAT, 2013 Edition has been completely revised and updated for the changes coming to the new GMAT in June 2012. It includes:
 
   • Access to 2 full-length practice tests
   • Tons of sample problems and drills in the book covering all 4 GMAT sections, plus more extra practice on the companion web site
   • Step-by-step instruction on the new GMAT question types: table analysis, graphics interpretation, multi-source reasoning, and two-part analysis
   • Thorough review of all tested topics, including data sufficiency, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, sentence correction, reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and more

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review; Rev Upd edition (April 17, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375427465
• ISBN-13: 978-0375427466
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 1.7 x 10.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Mistakes June 21, 2012

By Jaimie

Format:Paperback

As I am going through this book, I caught an example mistake on integers. Now on page 141, I found another mistake. The example question is:

"Jim is now twice as old as Fred and two years older than Sam. Four years ago, Jim was four times as old as Sam. How old is Jim now?"

When you read it, it seems fine until you read the explanation. Apparently, the second clause of the sentence, "Jim is now twice as old as Fred and two years older than Sam," was talking about two different subjects. It should have been written as "Jim is now twice as old as Fred, and Fred is two years older than Sam."

After finding two mistakes, I am now disappointed with Princeton Review. I feel they quickly published this book without carefully proofreading it. I wouldn't be surprised if I find more mistakes.

If you are an easily confused person or haven't been in touch with your math or grammar, don't bother getting this book.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars this book is terrible June 29, 2012

By joepa

Format:Paperback

I borrowed this book from the local library specifically for the Integrated Reasoning questions and this book is full of mistakes. I think they rushed it out of the door before it was ready and hence the content is not accurate. I would avoid using this book for prep and refer to something else. Suggestions for a good book for the new GMAT are welcome!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Way to many errors in this book! July 23, 2012

By Brian

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

There are way to many errors in this book for it be considered a good stand-alone study guide.
When I read other's reviews I thought they were just being petty but there are some serious issues that can actually cause you to stumble on the test. Beside the issues already listed by others a couple of the more glaring errors are:

1. In a table they tell you MEMORIZE for the math section they have: 1/4 = 0.333, 1/2 = 0.333, and 1/3 = 0.333. Really?! 1/4 equals the exact same thing as 1/2 and 1/3.

2. They flip back and fourth on whether a 0 is considered to be a positive or negative number or neither. At least twice they state that 0 is NEITHER a negative or positive number. Then two other times they state that can be BOTH a positive and negative number. Then they actually show math questions that the answer would change on depending on the real state of 0. I had to actually go look on the Internet to figure out what was actually true (it is neither).

3. For the verbal section, the Conclusion of a statement was "In video and movies, images can be manipulated". The question for the quiz was What can be inferred from the passage. One of the answer choices was that "image manipulation can be used for video and movies". The guide said this was not the right answer because the reader was reading to much into the passage (from the guide: this statement goes to far to be the correct answer).

A few other issues I have is the make most of their questions too easy. A lot of it is done for simplicity to drive home a point, but for almost all of the example questions the answer is so obvious that you don't need their tricks or techniques to figure out the answer.

On the plus side their tips and tricks are great (i.e. Plug in the answer, Process of Elimination, etc).

If you are going to just read one book, don't let this be it.
If you are going to read a couple and want some good tricks this is a good additional resource, just don't trust them for the math review (just use their tricks)