Crash Course for the GMAT (Princeton Review Series) [Paperback]

Cathryn Still (Author)

Book Description

Series: Princeton Review Series | Publication Date: May 16, 2000

10 simple ways to a higher score -- in less than 1 week!

If the big test is staring you right in the face and you feel doomed, then here's your last minute reprieve: a GMAT book designed exclusively for the student who's running out of time.

The Princeton Review may not be able to turn you into a genius overnight, but they can give you the essential tools and rules you'll need to get a good score. Practice the 10 steps in this book, and you'll have The Princeton Review advantage.

Here's what you get:
Strategies you simply must know to ace the exam
Dozens of practice questions that will help you apply and perfect these techniques
Detailed answer explanations that will help you avoid making the same mistakes twice
                                                        

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10 simple ways to a higher score -- in less than 1 week!

If the big test is staring you right in the face and you feel doomed, then here's your last minute reprieve: a GMAT book designed exclusively for the student who's running out of time.

The Princeton Review may not be able to turn you into a genius overnight, but they can give you the essential tools and rules you'll need to get a good score. Practice the 10 steps in this book, and you'll have The Princeton Review advantage.

Here's what you get:
Strategies you simply must know to ace the exam
Dozens of practice questions that will help you apply and perfect these techniques
Detailed answer explanations that will help you avoid making the same mistakes twice
                                                        

About the Author

Cathryn Still received a bachelor's degree from Trinity University and a master's from the University of Texas. She joined the Princeton Review in 1990, starting as a teacher, and ultimately moved into Management, where she has served as Managing Director of Graduate Programs since 1997.

Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review (May 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375756183
• ISBN-13: 978-0375756184
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,793,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent last minute coverage, October 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Crash Course for the GMAT (Princeton Review Series) (Paperback)

This is a great book for as crash course, as the name suggests. The coverage is extensive and goes over each strategy very carefully and with an example. Concise too. Worth your money. Note that this is a shorter, more crisp version of the Princeton review - crack the GMAT.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good idea, bad implementation; book is full of errors, September 14, 2001

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D. Brent Chapman (Alameda, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crash Course for the GMAT (Princeton Review Series) (Paperback)

This book is a good idea, and offers a good set of overall strategies for doing well on the GMAT, but it is full of errors, particularly in the math sections. For example, the formula that it gives for calculating the number of permutations of a set of objects (which it strongly suggests that you memorize!) is just plain incorrect. There are also errors in a number of the sample math problems; for example, in a sample problem concerning standard deviations, the demonstration of solving the problem starts off by saying "since you know that there are 100 fish...", but nowhere was that stated in the problem.

If you're a math whiz already, and can spot and work around these errors, this is a great book for giving you an overall test strategy. If you're trying to learn the math from this book, though, beware... If it weren't for the math errors, I would give this book 4 or 5 stars; however, such errors in a test prep book are unforgiveable.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for quick, last minute preparation, July 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Crash Course for the GMAT (Princeton Review Series) (Paperback)

If you are running out of time to prepare for your GMAT, this book is really good.

It tells you what general types of questions there are and the best way to answer them under a time constraint. (Most of us probably can get it right, but we may not do that well when the time is against us..)

Also includes general reminders for math and english which we may have forgetten since high school. (E.g., Use singular verb for 'The number of' but plural verb for 'A number of'; prime numbers, factoring..)