Cracking the GMAT with Sample Tests on CD-ROM, 2005 Edition

by PRINCETON REVIEW

• ISBN13: 9780375764080
• ISBN10: 0375764089
• Edition: CD
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

If It's on the GMAT, It's in This Book The Princeton Review realizes that acing the GMAT is very different from getting straight A's in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about math and Englishonly the techniques you'll need to score higher on the exam. There's a big difference. In Cracking the GMAT, we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and -Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you -Raise your score by practicing with our GMAT Warm-Up Test, Scoring Guide, and Explanations -Master even the toughest sections: Reading Comprehension, Sentence Correction, Data Sufficiency, Critical Reasoning, and more -Practice online with full-length GMAT exams and instant score analysis Study the techniques and strategies in this book, and then perfect your skills on more than 200 practice questions inside. We also give you four full-length practice GMAT exams on CD-ROM with instant score reporting. Our practice test questions are just like the ones you'll see on the actual GMAT, and we fully explain every solution.

Author Biography

<b>Adam Robinson</b> graduated from Wharton before earning a law degree at Oxford University in England. Robinson, a rated chess master, devised and perfected the Joe Bloggs approach to beating standardized tests in 1980, as well as numerous other core Princeton Review techniques. A freelance author of many books, Robinson has collaborated with the Princeton Review to develop a number if its courses.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Online Tools	p. ix
Orientation	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
How to Think About the GMAT	p. 9
Cracking the System: Basic Principles	p. 13
Cracking the System: Intermediate Principles	p. 19
Cracking the System: Advanced Principles	p. 25
Taking the GMAT	p. 33
How to Crack the Math GMAT	p. 39
GMAT Math: Basic Principles	p. 41
POE and GMAT Math	p. 49
Arithmetic	p. 57
Algebra	p. 85
Applied Arithmetic	p. 103
Geometry	p. 119
Data Suffi ciency	p. 151
How to Crack the Verbal GMAT	p. 179
Sentence Correction	p. 181
Reading Comprehension	p. 213
Critical Reasoning	p. 237
How to Crack the Writing Assessment	p. 269
Writing Assessment	p. 271
Answer Key to Drills	p. 299
The Princeton Review GMAT Warm-Up Test and Explanations	p. 305
GMAT Warm-Up Test	p. 307
GMAT Warm-Up Test Scoring Guide	p. 323
GMAT Warm-Up Test: Answers and Explanations	p. 327
The Princeton Review GMAT Practice Test and Explanations	p. 351
GMAT Practice Test	p. 353
GMAT Practice Test: Answers and Explanations	p. 415
GMAT Diagnostic Software	p. 535
About the Author	p. 543
Foreword In 1981, I founded The Princeton Review in order to help prepare high-school students for the SAT
My first course had 19 students, and it was held in my parents' apartment
Within five years, The Princeton Review had become the largest SAT course in the country
The Princeton Review's SAT techniques are based in part on what we feel to be essential flaws in the design of the test-flaws that could cause students to score well below their true potentials
When we looked at the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test), we realized that it contains many of the same flaws as the SAT (both tests are written by the Educational Testing Service)
We felt that our techniques for tackling the SAT could be equally useful in tackling the GMAT
So, along with Geoff Martz, one of our veteran teachers and development experts, we designed a course specifically geared for the GMAT
For the past ten years, this course has been taught across the country
It has helped GMAT students attain the same phenomenal score improvements as our SAT students
How do we do it?
First, unlike many coaches, we don't insist that the student learn dozens of math theorems or memorize all the rules of written grammar
Our extensive examination of the GMAT has shown that the in formation needed to do well on this test is surprisingly limited
For this reason, we con centrate on a small number of crucial concepts. 00-GMAT FM (CD) vii 3/24/04, 11:40:58 AM v i i i
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Those who have struggled through the GMAT and who've felt that their scores did not refl ect their college grades or business acu men probably suspect that there's more to mastering a standardized test than just honing rusty math and verbal skills
So we take our preparation a step further and teach techniques specifically designed to master multiple-choice standardized tests
Finally, The Princeton Review offers even more than a thorough review and great techniques
Our classes are small (no more than eight students per class) and grouped according to ability
For students who require extra help, we provide smaller group work sessions and even one-on-one tutoring
In addition, students get to take several diagnostic GMATs and receive detailed analysis of their results
Unfortunately, many students can't get to our courses
So for you we have written this book
Although the book explains our strongest techniques, it can not substitute for small cla
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