Manhattan GMAT Complete Strategy Guide Set, 5th Edition (Manhattan GMAT Strategy Guides) [Paperback]

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Release date: April 24, 2012 | ISBN-10: 1935707701 | ISBN-13: 978-1935707707 | Edition: Original

The 10 Manhattan GMAT Strategy Guides included in this set are designed to be clear and comprehensive. Consistently reviewed by students as offering the opportunity for dramatic score improvement, each book delves deeply into a single area of the exam, providing detailed and specialized instruction. When used together, these guides produce a substantial learning impact, helping students develop all the knowledge, skills, and strategic thinking necessary for success on the GMAT. Students will benefit considerably from high-level resources such as:
- Six full-length, computer-adaptive practice exams
- Over 200 additional free practice questions
- A brand new guide designed to address the new 2012 Integrated Reasoning section
- Topical sets of Official Guide practice questions and detailed answer explanations

The Complete Strategy Guide Set is aligned to the 13th edition GMAC Official Guide and includes:
The GMAT Roadmap (264 pages; ISBN: 9781935707691)
The Number Properties Guide (144 pages; ISBN: 9781935707653)
The Fractions, Decimals, & Percents Guide (132 pages; ISBN: 9781935707639)
The Algebra Guide (180 pages; ISBN: 9781935707622)
The Word Problems Guide (156 pages; ISBN: 9781935707684)
The Geometry Guide (132 pages; ISBN: 9781935707646)
The Critical Reasoning Guide (276 pages; ISBN: 9781935707615)
The Reading Comprehension Guide (168 pages; ISBN: 9781935707660)
The Sentence Correction Guide (312 pages; ISBN: 9781935707677)
The Integrated Reasoning & Essay Guide (132 pages; ISBN: 9781935707837)


Purchase of this set includes one year of access to Manhattan GMAT's online computer-adaptive practice exams and Question Banks.

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In the last decade, Manhattan GMAT has grown from a single, dedicated tutor to a major test prep company with locations across the US and internationally. Our philosophy is simple: We aim to help students achieve their goals by providing the best curriculum and the highest-quality instructors in the industry.

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• Paperback: 1896 pages
• Publisher: Manhattan Prep Publishing; Original edition (April 24, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1935707701
• ISBN-13: 978-1935707707
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.8 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
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68 of 70 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this collection and an Official Guide 13th and you are set April 25, 2012

By GMAT Club (Expert)

Format:Paperback

I has a chance to review a preview set, and I see a number of meaningful changes in this edition:

- GMAT Roadmap and IR books are now included with this set, making it a total of 10 books
- The Quant books have been improved in terms of layout and structure (though content is mostly the same)
- The Verbal books have undergone a pretty significant improvement in terms of content (still analyzing the changes; check back in a few days for complete analysis)
- Now the series start with Fractions/Decimals/Percents, then go into Algebra, Word Problems, Geometry, and Number Properties. (I feel this is a good improvement - first, it is getting rid of some of the strange names MGMAT used and second, Number Properties was a pretty tough book to use as the first step)

If you are just starting out with GMAT prep - get this bundle; it's a good deal for the Manhattan GMAT Guides (separately they cost close to $150). These books don't emphasize tricks or easy ways to 700+ score, instead they methodically cover areas tested, and should be pretty much all you will need (besides the Official Guides - see below for links). If this is above your budget, then would recommend you pick the best of the pack:
- The GMAT Roadmap Great collection of wisdom (see my review of this book)
- Number Properties Guide (condensed overview of Arithmetic and strategies for saving time/solving questions more effectively)
- Word Propblems Guide (includes some of the hardest topics - probability, combinations, and statistics)
- Sentence Correction (the best book out there on SC)
- Critical Reasoning (only second to PowerScore CR but by a slim margin)
- Reading Comprehension (there are no other dedicated RC books on market really)
Between these 5 books you should have 80-90% of the GMAT covered and the rest could be picked up from the remaining books and practice with the Official Guides. You can throw in a Kaplan Premier as well - a good intro to GMAT book with 6 free GMAT Tets. It is a good starter book to get your feet wet, but definitely not a must.

To make the most use out of the MGMAT guides, you will need the Official Guide 13th and also OG Verbal 2nd and OG Quant 2nd editions are recommended. The guides refer to these 3 books for additional practice questions. If you own previous versions of the Official Guide books, you can use those too with a translation table available from MGMAT's website.
*** Each book comes with access to 6 online gmat tests and additional question banks. Don't spend money on these as they are pricey ($40 for 6 tests on the MGMAT website).

Also, if you are new to the GMAT, download 2 official practice tests from GMAC and take one of them before you start prepping to get your level - very helpful to track your progress along the way but don't waste these tests - they use real retired gmat questions and though it is possible to recycle them (there are close to 900 questions in the banks), would recommend you use something less valuable for your practice such as MGMAT tests included with these books).

One more thing, don't rush into questions and tests - you will only hurt your self confidence, instead methodically cover each math and verbal topic and only after you are done with each of the sections move on to take the tests (take math only after you are done with math and verbal only after done with verbal). Final word of advice - the main mistake (esp in verbal) is not following strategies. Whichever books or strategies you use (they are all pretty similar between MGMAT, PowerScore, and Kaplan) - follow them EXACTLY. These people are getting big bucks to develop methods to improve score and maximize performance - don't try to be smarter and change things around. Unless you are scoring 750+, I would follow each step of the strategy to the "T". If the book says to read the CR question twice, then that's what you do even though it may seem that it is faster to read it once - trust me, there is a reason why you read it twice. If you want to get 700+ and not worry about the GMAT, stick to the strategies and keep creativity low.

Hopefully this will get you started. For more details on each of the guides, see my reviews of each of the individual books
BB - Founder of GMAT Club.

P.S. Let me know if you have any questions about GMAT Books - I reply to comments and appreciate any feedback (especially negative and suggestions for improvement).

~~~ Coming soon: Comparison of the 4th edition vs 5th edition. ~~~
I have so far compared all of the quant books in the 5th and the changes are mostly on the layout and structure side but not so much the content.

Good luck on your GMAT.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent if you have time to invest July 21, 2012

By AK89

Format:Paperback

I created my amazon account just to be able to express my thanks and review this product. The Manhattan GMAT series is very thorough, expanding on all the relevant concepts to an appropriate level of depth. Studying for 7-9 weeks on a daily basis (approx. 2 hours/day) allowed me to raise my initial practice score results of around 640 to around 740. The questions on the final exam are comparable and I managed to hit 730. I'm sure I couldn't have done this without these books which were much more helpful than the more simple Kaplan alternatives. If you have time to invest in studying the GMAT (1-3 months), buy this set along with the 13th edition official guide (which you NEED to answer the end of section questions of Manhattan).

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE - The discount vs the Manhattan website is not free money November 14, 2012

By Nathan

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I recently purchased the Manhattan guides from amazon on the recommendation of a colleague. I found them to be very helpful, and decided to register for a local live Manhattan GMAT class as a result of the purchase. Here is the catch- Manhattan GMAT forces you to purchase the books along with the class. They will grant you a waiver if you already own the books, however YOU MUST PURCHASE THE BOOKS DIRECTLY FROM MANHATTAN GMAT TO QUALIFY FOR A WAIVER. If you order from amazon, you will save money up front but realize you will be forced to pay for the books again should you later decide to get additional prep through Manhattan GMAT. Of course, there is no documentation of this policy anywhere on the Manhattan GMAT website, but they magically expect you to know it.