GMAT Principles: A concise study guide to the 400 principles you need to know to excel on the GMAT, with cross references to Kaplan GMAT Premier 2014 Edition and GMAT Review 13th Edition

For most business school applicants, studying for the GMAT can be a daunting task. Book stores are full of books written on the subject, but unfortunately many of them are needlessly wordy, self congratulatory, and repetitive, making GMAT preparation all the more challenging. Moreover, while some are better at explaining the subject matter than others, they fail to address many of the mistakes I have found common during the course of my GMAT Prep tutoring career, and they don’t contain enough practice questions to adequately prepare you. Other books contain practice questions of sufficient quantity, variety and complexity to prepare students to answer the more difficult questions they need to master, but they lack sufficient coverage of the underlying material in an organized fashion. Instead, the material is covered in the answer explanations to each of the questions, which themselves are not organized by subject matter, making it difficult to find explanations you need. This book is intended to solve these problems in three ways. First, the principles students must master to excel on the GMAT are presented in concise and organized format, without repetition or constant self promotion. In most cases the principles are accompanied by examples of how to apply them, so you get the concept and the application side by side in concise form. The principles are organized in the same way as the Kaplan GMAT Premier 2014 Edition book (which includes an e-book version readable on your computer) and appear under headings that match those in the Kaplan book. Each heading refers to the page number in the Kaplan book that covers the material in somewhat more depth, in case you need to delve deeper. Second, after each principle described in this book is a list of questions in the GMAT Review 13th Edition book, published by the organization that writes and administers the GMAT itself, and available both in paperback and e-book formats. The questions in that book are the most comprehensive and sufficiently challenging for students looking to excel on the Exam. By listing them together with the principles, you can easily find the practice questions you need. Third, in my career as a GMAT Prep tutor, I have kept a close watch on exactly where students trip up as they work through the process of answering practice questions. Many of the principles in this book are derived from that experience and are included along with related material. As I have used all of the principles in this book over and over while tutoring, they are well vetted and have been edited.