Critical Reasoning & Reading Comprehension (1 of the 7 books in Manhattan GMAT’s Preparation Guide series) illustrates how to deconstruct arguments and reading passages using innovative diagramming techniques designed to build speed and improve accuracy. Students learn the underlying structures of arguments and passages in order to facilitate quick reading and precise analysis. The book offers a unique balance between two competing emphases: test-taking strategies and in-depth content understanding. Practice problem-sets build specific foundational skills in each topic and include the most advanced content that many other prep books ignore. As the average GMAT score required to gain admission to top b-schools continues to rise, this guide provides test-takers with the depth and volume of advanced material essential for succeeding on the GMAT’s computer adaptive format. Book also includes online access to 3 full length Simulated Practice GMAT Exams at Manhattan GMATs website.
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Key Features: *Each of the 7 Guides covers 1 major topic in extensive depth, providing students with many more pages-per-topic than found in all in-one tomes.*Cleanly-presented strategies and explanations with sidebars that highlight key concepts; no need to wade through cramped pages in small typeface. *Single-topic focus of each guide allows the student to purchase only those guides that pertain to his/her weaknesses; also is much easier to carry during studying than all-in-one book. *Includes special section that covers a new critical reasoning question type: analyzing the relationship between boldfaced statements within an argument.
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What Students Are Saying: "I thought all 7 guides were great. I feel much more confident about the material now than before I used these guides. I am familiar with other preparation materials and I very much appreciate that Manhattan GMAT focuses more on teaching the material (in a focused manner) than on only teaching tricks." "I felt that each of the 7 individual Manhattan GMAT guides was super necessary and very helpful. Breaking the lesson down tangibly by booklet helped to organize the material physically and mentally."
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A dearth of information, complete antithesis of fundamental manhattan GMAT,
By Tenente (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Critical Reasoning & Reading Comprehension GMAT Preparation Guide (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Sentence Correction) (Paperback)
I purchased the two verbal books produced by mgmat. The company boasts about going beyond mere gimmicks and teaching a concrete basis for best test results. While the sentence correction is unbelievably lucid and thorough, the reading comp/critical reasoning is the polar opposite. It is nothing more than a fragmented regurgitation of the princeton review's far superior attempt at teaching rc/cr. Avoid this manual, but do pickup the mgmat sentence correction guide.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Not practical enough,
By Buki (PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Critical Reasoning & Reading Comprehension GMAT Preparation Guide (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Sentence Correction) (Paperback)
While I appreciate the clearly outlined strategies for Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension, in the end they just weren't practical enough. For example, when I tried making notes of the Critical Reasoning questions, it took way too long. I was much better off reading the argument once and then eliminating as many irrelevant answer choices as possible. When I narrowed my choices down to 2 or 3, I would re-read the argument and choose the best answer. I found this tactic to be much more effective and used it to practice lots of Critical Reasoning questions from the 11th edition of the Official Guide. In the same vein, the GMAT Prep's suggestion to make rather detailed notes was not practical enough for me; it took too much of my time. Some of the tips were useful though - I paid close attention to the first paragraph and found that the main point of the passage is usually in the first paragraph. For an excellent GMAT Prep guide, purchase the Sentence Completion book. It's great.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
NOT practical enough,
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This review is from: Critical Reasoning & Reading Comprehension GMAT Preparation Guide (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Sentence Correction) (Paperback)
In general do not buy any of the seven series of books offered from MANHATTAN... they are not worth the buck.There is too much hype associated and it does not deliver to its expectations Tips in this book are outdated as can be seen from the other reviews as well. Save money and save time.
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