Princeton Review: Cracking the GMAT CAT, 2000 Edition

by MARTZ, GEOFF

• ISBN13: 9780375754050
• ISBN10: 0375754059
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

WE KNOW THE COMPUTER-ADAPTIVE GMAT The experts at The Princeton Review have studied the new computer-adaptive test 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'll 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. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about math and English--only the techniques you'll 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 the graders are 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 sample computer-adaptive tests inside. The questions in these tests are just like the ones you'll see on the actual computer-adaptive GMAT, and we fully explain every solution.

Author Biography

Geoff Martz attended Dartmouth College and Columbia University before joining The Princeton Review in 1985 as a teacher and writer.  Martz headed the development team that designed the Review's GMAT course.

Table of Contents

PART I: ORIENTATION	1	(40)
1 Orientation	3	(6)
2 How to Think About the GMAT	9	(6)
3 Cracking the System: Basic Principles	15	(6)
4 Cracking the System: Intermediate Principles	21	(6)
5 Cracking the System: Advanced Principles	27	(8)
6 Taking the GMAT	35	(6)
PART II: HOW TO CRACK THE MATH GMAT	41	(122)
7 GMAT Math: Basic Principles	43	(8)
8 The POE and GMAT Math	51	(8)
9 Arithmetic	59	(24)
10 Algebra	83	(22)
11 Geometry	105	(30)
12 Data Sufficiency	135	(28)
PART III: HOW TO CRACK THE VERBAL GMAT	163	(84)
13 Sentence Correction	165	(32)
14 Reading Comprehension	197	(24)
15 Critical Reasoning	221	(26)
PART IV: HOW TO CRACK THE WRITING ASSESSMENT	247	(30)
16 Writing Assessment	249	(28)
PART V: ANSWER KEY TO DRILLS	277	(4)
PART VI: THE PRINCETON REVIEW GMAT PRE-DIAGNOSTIC TEST	281	(28)
17 The GMAT Pre-Diagnostic	283	(10)
18 GMAT Pre-Diagnostic Scoring Guide	293	(2)
19 GMAT Pre-Diagnostic Explanations	295	(14)
PART VII: THE PRINCETON REVIEW GMAT DIAGNOSTIC TEST	309	(31)
PART VIII: GMAT DIAGNOSTIC TEST ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS	340	(62)
About the Author	402	(1)
Afterword	403