Title: GMAT Official Guide 2019 Bundle Pdf Books
Author: GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council)
Published Date: 2018-06-26
Get access to over 1,500 questions for the GMAT exam in one packageThe GMAT Official Guide 2019 Bundle features actual questions from past GMAT exams – including 220 never-before-seen questions – and consists of The GMAT Official Guide 2019, The GMAT Official Guide 2019 Verbal Review, and The GMAT Official Guide 2019 Quantitative Review. All three guides also come with exclusive access to gmat.wiley.com, where you can build your own practice sets using the questions in the guides and access an additional 58 integrated reasoning questions. The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) is the association of leading graduate business schools around the world. GMAC's mission is to meet the needs of business schools and students through a wide array of products, services, and programs, and the organization serves as a primary resource of research and information about quality graduate management education. GMAC is the owner and administrator of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). Created in 1954, the GMAT is the first and only standardized test specifically designed for graduate business and management programs. Available in over 100 countries, it is the global standard for entry to the MBA degree course. Currently about 2,100 schools and 5,900 programs have adopted the GMAT, and the test is taken approximately 230,000 times annually.
The GMAT Official Guide 2019 Bundle features actual questions from past GMAT exams – including 220 never-before-seen questions – and consists of The GMAT Official Guide 2019, The GMAT Official Guide 2019 Verbal Review, and The GMAT Official Guide 2019 Quantitative Review. All three guides also come with exclusive access to gmat.wiley.com, where you can build your own practice sets using the questions in the guides and access an additional 58 integrated reasoning questions.
Ultimate Practice Books to Have This 2019 bundle provided me with excellent practice materials to score 720 on actual GMAT in Aug 2018. To benefit most, I completed the whole Official Guide 2019 before moving to the other two books. I carefully analysed why all wrong choices in every question must be false.Advantages:1. 1,500+ retired yet high-quality GMAT questions, 220+ of which are never seen before.2. Question categorization by difficulty level: easy (below 550), medium (550-650) and hard (above 650).3. Fair distribution of questions into one of the above categories.4. Online platform, a collection of above-mentioned questions and 66 Integrated Reasoning questions.Drawbacks:1. No greater than 20 questions of very hard difficulty (750-800 level).2. No test-taking strategies. Find those elsewhere.Great Books But... When it comes to GMAT test prep, these books cover pretty much every type of question you could see on game day (in terms of content) and offer a range of difficulty levels. But, you definitely do not need all three of these books. The main GMAT Book (GMAT Official Guide 2019: Book + Online) has 900 questions covering all of the quant and verbal material you could possibly need, not to mention it includes AWA & IR content. Regardless, these books are basically the GMAT Bible. While the questions will not be reused on test day, the authors of the test (The GMAC) are giving you a sneak peek at what they've done in the past to make the test so difficult. Also, the answer explanations aren't the best so I'd recommend video explanations from officialgmatcourse.com or written explanations from gmatclub.com or beatthegmat.com.BACKGROUNDThe GMAT Official Guide series was the primary resource I used to raise my own GMAT score to a 780 (Q 50, V 48, IR 8, AWA 6) in under 5 weeks back in May of 2015. 3 years later and after tutoring hundreds of clients in New York City and around the world via Skype, I have found these books to be invaluable when it comes to presenting students with content that looks and feels like the real questions I was asked on test day. Since taking the test a lot has changed, the GMAT sections are now shorter (Quant 31 questions from 37, Verbal 36 questions from 41) and students are now able to select the order in which the sections appear on test day (I'd recommend choosing Verbal or Quant followed by Integrated Reasoning and finally Analytical Writing Assessment since the latter two sections don't factor into your score out of 800 points). What hasn't changed is the content - it's as tough as ever and the GMAC are experts at using psychology to misdirect weaker test takers from guessing the right answers.OVERVIEWIncluded in the bundle are four major resources:#1 The GMAT Official Guide 2019: Basically the best all-around resource money can buy. If you don't want to spring for the bundle, this book alone can get you to 760+ territory if you study it properly. The book includes 900 questions + an online question bank. The book also contains about 35 pages of review for math concepts and some brief intro to Reading Comprehension (5 pages), Sentence Correction (24 pages), and Critical Reasoning (3 pages), which round out the verbal side of the test. There are 404 Quant questions, 403 Verbal Questions, and 93 AWA Example Questions. There are also instructions for the Integrated Reasoning section with some examples of what to expect and actual example questions can be found in the online question bank (58 Questions).#2 The GMAT Official Guide 2019 Verbal Review: A verbal section specific book focusing on Reading Comprehension, Sentence Correction, and Critical Reasoning. The introductions to each section are consistent with the main Official Guide book (the 900 question book discussed above), but the questions are different.#3 The GMAT Official Guide 2019 Quantitative Review: A quant (math) section specific book focusing on problem-solving and data sufficiency subtypes. Again, the introductions are consistent with the main book but you get some new questions here.#4 The Online Content: All of the practice questions are also available in an online format and access is included with each book. The online version of the books has improved over the years but doesn't offer much beyond the physical or kindle version of the official guide books. What it does offer though, is the ability to create quizzes with specific types of questions (like a 20 question medium and hard problem solving quiz, for example). It also offers 58 integrated reasoning questions which are a valuable addition to the books (this is the toughest part of the test in my opinion, but luckily not factored into your 800 point score).BIGGEST CHANGES FROM 2018 BOOKS:#1 Question Index: The biggest improvement in this latest installment of the GMAT Books is the addition of the "Question Index" section at the end of each book. This section is new to the 2019 series and offers a breakdown of the question type subcategories for every question in the book. For example, if you want to find an algebra question dealing with percents, the Question Index for the main GMAT Official Guide will point you to question 92. Arithmetic with exponents? Question 46. The fact that this was not included in other versions of these books is a bit mind-boggling but better late than never as they say.#2 New Questions: Every book comes with some new content. The main Official Guide offers 130 new questions (of the 900 in the book) while the Verbal and Quant books each offers 45 new questions (out of 300). New content is always nice and this is just par for the course on each new book series released by the GMAC (these numbers consistent with the updates in the 2018 editions).HOW TO USE THESE BOOKS EFFICIENTLY:Given the addition of the new Question Index at the end of each book, my personal recommendation is as follows.#1 Brush Up On The Test: You should begin by reading the introductory chapter about the GMAT exam if you are completely new to the test, mainly section 1.2 - 1.7 which covers exam format (table on page 5 with question number and timing), testing flexibility (second table), and overview of each section in short form. The rest of the section is pretty generic, basically "read the instructions and use your time wisely".#2 Brush Up On Quant: Now that you have an idea about the test format, it's time to brush up on your skills (and there are a lot of them on quant). Jump to section 4.0 and complete all of the chapter 4 lesson to fully review the topics you're expected to master by test day. I'd recommend taking good notes and making notecards on this section so you can easily refer back to them later.#3 Brush Up On Verbal: The verbal review isn't nicely organized in one place like the quant review was. You'll need to read over sections 7.0 - 7.3, 8.0 - 8.3, and 9.0 - 9.6 to understand each of the 3 main verbal question types and what they test.#4 Really, Really Learn Data Sufficiency: This is a type of quant question where all of the answer choices are standardized. It's basically a hidden shell game that the author uses to test your logical reasoning skills and (in certain situations) punish you for being a stubborn test taker. Read the instructions in sections 6.0 - 6.2 carefully and become familiar with the answer choices (you'll want to know them like the back of your hand on test day).#5 Do Some Easy Questions: Do the following questions to get your feet wet: quant questions 4, 10, 19, 29, 31, 231, 232, 251, 257, 268 and verbal questions 405, 406, 409, 411, 414, 544, 545, 546, 670, 671, 684, and 686. Evaluate your performance read answer explanations to make sure you understand how to tackle each example. If you feel weak on these, review the appropriate content as we discussed in steps 2 & 3 before going on to step 6.#6 Diagnostic Tests: These are tougher than the questions we started with and should give you an idea of where you're currently scoring overall. You'll use this information as a benchmark to help figure out what to study and improve upon, as well as to measure your improvement against. The diagnostic test intro is on page 15 and the quant and verbal sections are back to back in sections 3.1 and 3.2 starting on page 16. There are 48 quant questions and 52 verbal questions so this will take a total of about 3.5 hours if you average 2 minutes per question (this is not required but is about what you'll need to average on test day. Don't try to complete these in one sitting - I'd recommend about 20 questions at a time or even 10 at a time to start with. There is a scoring grid at the end of the section that explains how to evaluate your performance.#7 Continued Study & Practice Tests: MBA.com offers 2 free practice tests that use real retired questions and are computer addaptive like the real GMAT exam. They also offer 90 free practice questions across quant, verbal, and IR that you definitely need to use in your prep. These are the best practice products on the market and they're totally free. Google the words "GMAT Official Starter Kit + Practice Exams 1 & 2 (Free)" and you'll get to the right place. Following your diagnostic test, I would recommend you continue studying until you're ready to check in on your progress by using practice test 1 from mba.com. I will note that you want to have a strong internet connection before doing these online practice exams and that you should skip the AWA and IR section for the first couple exams in the interest of time - but you need to practice the full test in one sitting before test day at least once. Take practice exams every couple of weeks (you can buy more from MBA.com - 6 total exams are available - or Google "free gmat practice tests" and you'll find some from test prep companies) until you hit your target score and are ready to take the test. You can find answer explanations to the questions by Googling them, but the software doesn't provide detailed explanations to the practice tests. It also doesn't provide much info on your timing etc.#8 Take the Real Test: Once you've put together a practice test score you're happy with it's time to put it all together. You're finally ready to crush the GMAT. All of your hard work and determination now boils down to a 3 hours 7 minutes long test (but hey at least it's shorter than the old version and the GRE). Go to mba.com to register for your test and find a good time that works for you. If you're not a morning person, try to find a time around noon to take the test. Make sure you eat a meal similar to what you would eat before an athletic competition (maybe peanut butter toast and a banana) since you'll need slow burning carbs and don't want to feel overly full. When it's time to test, make sure to bring your ID, Gatorade or other sugary beverage for a quick boost between sections, water, a snack (RX Bars are good), and a caffeinated beverage if you need it (bottled iced coffee or red bull). When you arrive they'll check you in and give you a palm scan (essentially the same idea as a fingerprint) to confirm your identity. Now it's up to you to sit down at the computer and show GMAC what you're made of.My Access code for the online help didn't work! I bought this specially because it had the online resources, but I couldn't get my access code to work even though everything was brand new. I couldn't find any help or support with this.The books are great, but I am really upset I am not able to use the online resources.
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