Series: Grockit Test Prep
Paperback: 492 pages
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; Pap/Psc edition (September 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1506202675
ISBN-13: 978-1506202679
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 1 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
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This guide is published by Kaplan publishing, and I consider it supplemental to Kaplan. I took the GMAT after being out of school a few years, and out of touch with Math. Through some practice and the aid of guides I was able to get a 97% percentile score in my first attempt. That seemed like a miracle as the test is so long I would have given up long ago had I not built my test taking stamina.During my test prep, I purchased and borrowed several materials to help me with my test prep. I had 8 weeks to prep for GMAT with about 6-8 hours per week spent on GMAT prep and practice. You will need more time for applications essays and other research too!My overall recommendation is to use a maximum of 3 book guides and their online resources. Even 2 book guides will suffice if you read and practice faithfully. The most important thing is to quickly identify your weak sections and specific question types in each section that trip you up. Then spend most of your time improving those areas while slowly building up your test taking rhythm just like you're prepping for a race. The idea is to slowly increase accuracy and speed and hit your peak on the day of your GMAT.Here's my take on all the other guides, since I did not find Grockit until I had already taken GMAT. I will review this book in the very end -- The Official GMAT Guide is the BEST for solid advice on how to take the GMAT, give you some ACTUAL GMAT questions and really give you a great overview of the exam. After preparing from that book some parts of the GMAT seemed almost familiar as it closely matched the type of questions you get on the test. I was glad that I'd used the book as much as I did, but since I got it with 4 weeks to go, I hadn't practiced as much.
I am on my second kid taking these tests, so a many of these books have been through my house.This book has the annoying factor I have found common with many of these review books, they tout “x” number of review questions but a large proportion are only available online (usually about 80% of X). For this particular book, the cover screams 1600+ questions, but then in smaller print it notes that 1100 of them are online, leaving 500 for the book.Online registration requires you to find a certain word on a certain page. You get 6 months of access, which I feel should be longer. A year would be better. They do NOT require all sorts of information (like some other books), only an email address and a password you create. This takes you to a dashboard with the various sections, English, Math, Science and Reading. Clicking on Practice takes you straight into practice questions.When you do the practice questions (at least in math) you do NOT get the paragraph long explanations that are in the book. It is also confusing, because the correct answer is highlighted in green even if you not answer that choice. You can also do a diagnostic test for each section.This book does not review concepts. It does provide a short list of concept which are covered on the ACT. This is fine, because the book only promises questions, not review. There is review online, but Khan Academy does a much better job with these concepts and I could not figure out how to access all of the topics. There were some of the listed topics as videos, but others you could not click on. You apparently must pay for this access. Use Khan instead, it is free and better.I am more qualified to review the math and section than the English section.
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