Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 576 pages
- Published by: Kaplan Publishing; Pap/Cdr edition June 5, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1419551310
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1419551314
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Book Dimensions:
10.7 x 8.3 x 1.4 inches
- Weighs: 2.8 pounds
Product Description
Kaplan GMAT 2008: Premier Program is designed to maximize a student’s score on the GMAT, including an accompanying CD-ROM with additional questions and tests, as well as an interactive online study planner that provides fresh practice questions every month and quizzes that can be downloaded to PDAs and cellphones for test-prep anytime, anywhere.
This comprehensive, up-to-date guide also presents Kaplan’s exclusive test-taking strategies for achieving a higher score, as well as an online diagnostic test to target areas for score improvement. No serious test-taker should be without it.
Features:*6 full-length practice tests (1 in the book, 1 online, 4 on the CD-ROM)
* Hundreds of additional practice questions
* Detailed answer explanations
* Personalized online progress report that adapts to a student’s goals and schedule
About The Author
Kaplan Publishing is one of the nation's top publishers of academic and professional development resources. We publish titles on topics such as test preparation, college and graduate school admissions, academic and career development in the legal, medical, education, and general business fields. Kaplan Publishing is the leading provider of test prep materials for a variety of standardized tests, including the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, SAT, PSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, and more.
Our mission is to help individuals achieve their educational and career goals. We build futures one success story at a time.
Reader Reviews
I bought this book, studied for two weeks, did nearly every single question in the book, and took its diagnostic test at the end and got a 640. Given the grading system Kaplan used for their diagnostic test, I was appalled to find that I could only miss 8 questions total on the exam in order to score above a 700 on their fake GMAT. I went into the actual GMAT the next day dismayed and expecting to score in the mid 600s. Then two totally unpredictable things happened: One, I realized the questions I was getting on the actual GMAT test were a heck of a lot harder than the ones I studied for. Two, I ended up scoring a 720. So in retrospect, there are two important things you should know about this book. 1. if you're planning or expecting to score 700+, expect the questions in this book to look nothing like the actual questions on the GMAT. Because of the adaptive quality of the CAT, your GMAT questions will be a lot harder as you continue to answer correctly, and you should prepare accordingly (perhaps with a book like Kaplan's GMAT 800). 2. Don't be discouraged by the scores you get on the diagnostic tests in this book. I later researched and found out that Kaplan is notorious for grading strictly on their diagnostic tests and you should expect your actual GMAT score to far exceed the diagnostic score. All in all, I found their strategies for Data Sufficiency, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction to be invaluable (though not ENTIRELY comprehensive). However, being more efficient in the quantitative side than most, I found their numbers picking strategy for problem solving to be a complete waste of time. My own methods of just brute force solving the problem proved to be faster than picking numbers and plugging them back in. Good book to improve upon if you are scoring in the 600's. Bad book if you are already in the 700's looking to score higher.
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