The GMAT for Dummies, by Suzee Vlk from Test Prep Bookstore.com

GMAT scores are an important part of any graduate business-school application, so you need to perform well. Suzee Vlk, long time test-prep specialist and author of several Dummies books, can help. The GMAT for Dummies is packed with useful information and strategies to help you prepare for the test. The book includes advice on how to use the book efficiently (Vlk estimates you'll need 28 hours to work through it), review chapters for all three sections of the exam, and two complete practice exams. Two chapters focusing on the analytical writing assessment portion of the exam will help you write effective essays--and remind you that schools differ regarding the importance of this section. Vlk also offers special advice for "computer illiterates" worried about taking this computer-based exam. In familiar Dummies style, Vlk includes a handy tear-out "Quick Reference Card" with a summary of the most important information and a "Part of Tens" section with "10 Dumb Things You Can Do to Mess Up Your GMAT" and 10 relaxation techniques to use before and during the exam. With its witty writing and helpful icons in the margins pointing out important information, The GMAT for Dummies makes test preparation easy and relatively painless. --C.B. Delaney

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GMAT for Dummies

Review excellent for preparing someone who's been out of Undergrad for approximately 5 years. Testaking timesaving tips as valuable as practice. Included info on actual computer as well as scoring of test.

GMAT Dummmies

I think it is a great book especially when you had a lot of the material from highschool; I think it really breaks down the subject matter which is good because it is at your own pace. I recommend it!

Great book, for what it is

This is a great book if you only take it for what it is meant to be: a starting point. I purchased this book to begin studying for my GMAT with no intentions of it being the only book I would use. The book does an excellent job of explaining the GMAT in general and does a great job teaching to the writing portion of the test. The math review and verbal review are good places to start, but unless you are very strong already in these areas, you will likely need another book to complement this one. I think this is an excellent book and is certainly a much better read than any of the other GMAT prep books I have used.

Too light in content to be useful

Quite frankly this is a difficult test. Typically the ... For Dummies books do a great job in giving information on a subject. This book treats the subject matter too light. The publisher did not catch the many errors in mathematical formulas, and if this is your only reasource, your not going to do well. The first two chapters that explain basic information about the test, do an excellent job. The book looses ground quickly at that point and in the end does a poor job in preparing you for the exam if this is your only source of studing for the exam.

Would've been great if it weren't for the mistakes

I started studying for the GMAT with this book, and at first it seemed like a good idea. The book seemed like it was delivering good content with a really funny humorous style. But later on I realized the flaw in that approach.

The GMAT test isn't fun! You go in there and you're in for 3 1/2 of the most stressful hours in your life! The questions aren't funny and none of the answers is ridiculously wrong. After taking the test I felt like I was a soldier thrown into a brutal battle after being trained on fighting with water pistols! The book might give you the tactics you need to know for the GMAT, but along with that, it puts you in the wrong spirits for the test.

Another fatal flaw is found in the fact that some of the math laws provided are wrong! When I reached the math section I noticed that there was something wrong, but I couldn't put my hand on it, especially that I haven't rubbed shoulders with math since I graduated from college. However I eventually discovered that some symbols were MISSING and that's what made some of the examples lacking sense! Luckily, I was able to identify the missing symbols and filled in the blanks and that helped get over that problem.

I liked the author. She was really funny and her kindness was present in her work. But this book isn't what I would recommend for anyone wanting to study for the GMAT.

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Suzee Vlk

For Dummies, 2000-05-17

Price: $16.99

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