The folks at the Princeton Review have been helping students improve their GMAT scores for over a decade. Their approach to the GMAT is based on the idea that "there is more to mastering a standardized test than just reviewing rusty math and verbal skills," and therefore they emphasize strategies to outsmart the ETS. Distilled from their popular six-week GMAT-preparation course, Cracking the GMAT CAT begins with an orientation designed to teach you the best way to conceptualize the GMAT. After revealing that the ETS is just a company and that the GMAT measures only how good you are at taking the GMAT, the orientation includes several critical principles to help you crack the GMAT: for example, the more difficult the question, the more likely the "hunch" answer is incorrect. The author also teaches you how to develop a process of elimination to pinpoint correct answers, and how to apply that process to both the math and the verbal sections of the test. Also useful is the prediagnostic test, a 30-minute exercise to help you discover your current scoring range on the GMAT. A diagnostic GMAT follows, featuring a variety of questions divided by difficulty level to help you practice for the real exam. Rounding out this excellent book are dozens of tips, hints, and factoids scattered in the margins of the text and an essay on how to get into one of the top business schools. Perhaps the finest feature of this book, however, is the set of three computer-adaptive tests on the enclosed CD-ROM. These tests replicate the format and look of the GMAT CAT to help you feel more comfortable when you take the real thing--and help make Cracking the GMAT CAT one of the best GMAT-preparation books on the market. --C.B. Delaney
Product Description
We Know the Computer-Adaptive GMAT
The experts at The Princeton Review have taken the new computer-adaptive test several times to make sure you get the most up-to-date, thoroughly researched book possible. This book contains the most current information on the computer-adaptive GMAT, plus the techniques you need for success on the test.
We Know Students
Each year we help more than two million students score high with our courses, bestselling books, and award-winning software.
We Get Results
Students who take our six-week GMAT CAT course have an average score increase of 80 points (verified by International Communications Research). The proven techniques that we teach in our course are in this book.
And If It's on the GMAT CAT, It's in This Book
The Princeton Review knows that acing the computer-adaptive GMAT is very different from getting a 4.0 in business school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about math and English--only the techniques you need to score high on the computer-adaptive GMAT. There's a big difference. In Cracking the GMAT CAT, we'll teach you how to think like the test-makers and:
eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you
Solve GMAT sentence-correction problems by spotting key errors in the questions
Ace the writing-assessment section by knowing exactly what they're looking for
Crack the math sections by "plugging in" numbers in place of letters on the algebra problems, and by memorizing a few key formulas for geometry questions
Use process of elimination to solve tricky data-sufficiency problems
Study the techniques and strategies in this book, and then practice them on the two sample computer-adaptive tests inside. The questions in these tests are exactly like the ones you'll see on the actual computer-adaptive GMAT, and we fully explain every solution.
Includes three full-length sample GMAT CATs on a Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM, plus the assessment tests in the book! Quick feedback--predict your GMAT CAT score instantly.
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