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Crash Course for the GMAT (Princeton Review Series)

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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.

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.

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..)

This is the most succinct book written on GMAT but you can find here everything to grade high. Perfectly complement the Kaplan, Baron's and ETS softwares. I recommend it without hesitation. Real value for money.

One of the many books needed for a high score .