Cracking the GMAT CAT w/CD-ROM, 1999 Edition (Book and Disk)

The folks at the Princeton Review have been helping students improve their GMAT scores for over a decade. Their approach to the GMAT is based on the idea that "there is more to mastering a standardized test than just reviewing rusty math and verbal skills," and therefore they emphasize strategies to outsmart the ETS. Distilled from their popular six-week GMAT-preparation course, Cracking the GMAT CAT begins with an orientation designed to teach you the best way to conceptualize the GMAT. After revealing that the ETS is just a company and that the GMAT measures only how good you are at taking the GMAT, the orientation includes several critical principles to help you crack the GMAT: for example, the more difficult the question, the more likely the "hunch" answer is incorrect. The author also teaches you how to develop a process of elimination to pinpoint correct answers, and how to apply that process to both the math and the verbal sections of the test. Also useful is the prediagnostic test, a 30-minute exercise to help you discover your current scoring range on the GMAT. A diagnostic GMAT follows, featuring a variety of questions divided by difficulty level to help you practice for the real exam. Rounding out this excellent book are dozens of tips, hints, and factoids scattered in the margins of the text and an essay on how to get into one of the top business schools. Perhaps the finest feature of this book, however, is the set of three computer-adaptive tests on the enclosed CD-ROM. These tests replicate the format and look of the GMAT CAT to help you feel more comfortable when you take the real thing--and help make Cracking the GMAT CAT one of the best GMAT-preparation books on the market. --C.B. Delaney