Cracking the GMAT with 4 Practice Tests & DVD, 2014 Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation) Graduate School Test Preparation Edition

I started with this book before going to the GMAT Official Guide. That was absolutely the right move. This book gets you "warmed-up" in the right way. Read the sections through once, then go back and re-read. Make flash cards of concepts you find more difficult. Then go read the GMAT Official Guide and do the diagnostic tests and practice questions in the Official Guide. By reading this guide first, you will have a much clearer head when you open up the GMAT Official Guide. This guide is much more friendly and accessible than the GMAT Official Guide, and presents the concepts in a much clearer way from a test-taker perspective.

Go to this FIRST if you are starting from scratch. I'd suggest using Kaplan afterwards or...just using Kaplan. Reading two books and practicing A lot is a great way to beat the GMAT. Make use of online practice exams to see how well you will score.

I love Princeton Review books most of the time and this was no exception. Really straightforward approach to the GMAT with useful prep, summaries, strategies, etc.

I like it very much, a lot of strategies here. I was waiting this book almost month and was upset and angry. But now I see that it's really good book

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In preparing for the GMAT, this book was the first one I purchased. I've used Princeton review books in the past and liked them enough that I bought this one. I went through the book over the course of a couple of weeks, taking a few practice tests along the way. I got about a 550 on my first test, which was a diagnostic before I started studying. After I went through the book, I took another test and scored 600. I went through the instructional materials and practice problems, but not the extra problem sets at the end.Overall, I like the writing style they use, and I found the explanations to be very easy to understand, but not necessarily applicable to harder problems. I wish this book had a more logical format to it and more practice problems as you go along, to help apply the skills you're learning.I wasn't satisfied with the results of this book, so I bought the Kaplan book, which I found to be much better. I did not do well on my Kaplan diagnostic exam, despite having gone through the entire Princeton Review book first. In math, I didn't even get to any of the hard questions. After going through the Kaplan book, however, I ended up getting a 740 on the GMAT (47q, 45v), and if I had to go back and do it over again, I would have just purchased that one and not the Princeton Review book.

I have not been able to study it as much as I'd liked. I have temporarily put graduate school plans on hold for now. I will utilize the book to eventually take the GMAT, but it will not be this year.

See my review about the premium edition (titled: get something else instead).This book is a copy of the Premium 2015 Edition but with fewer tests (4 instead of 6). I would recommend that you get something else but if you must or interested in this book, would suggest you get the premium 2015 version due to the extra CAT tests.P.S, Keep in mind that buying a used edition will still give you access to the tests as the book does not rely on any kind of a unique code to get CAT access.Good Luck on your GMAT!