Review - Cracking the GMAT with 2 Practice Tests, 2014 Edition

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Our GMAT course is much more than clever techniques and powerful computer score reports; the reason our results are great is that our teachers care so much about their students. Thanks to all the teachers who have made the GMAT course so successful, but in particular the core group of teachers and development people who helped get it off the ground: Alicia Ernst, Tom Meltzer, Paul Foglino, John Sheehan, Mark Sawula, Nell Goddin, Teresa Connelly, Phillip Yee, Kimberly Beth Hollingsworth, Bobby Hood, Chris Chimera, Chris Hinkle, Peter Hanink, and Cathy Evins.

Special thanks to John Fulmer and Kyle Fox for their tireless work revising the current edition.

Special thanks to Adam Robinson, who conceived of and perfected the Joe Bloggs approach to standardized tests and many of the other successful techniques used by The Princeton Review.

• Practice your GMAT test-taking skills.
• Access two full-length practice GMAT exams.
• Take one as a diagnostic test before you work through Cracking the GMAT.
• Work through the chapters and practice questions found in this book, focusing on the sections where you need specific review.
• Then take the second practice GMAT and see how much you improved.
• Review all of the content to sharpen your skills one last time.
• Then, prepare to tackle the GMAT with skill and ease!

• Go to www.PrincetonReview.com/cracking
• Youll see a welcome page where you should register your book using the ISBN. You can look at the ISBN on the back cover of this book, printed just above the barcode. Type in this ISBN and create a username and password so that next time you can log into www.PrincetonReview.com easily.
• Now youre good to go!

Congratulations on your decision to attend business school! Preparing for the GMAT is an important part of the process, so lets get started. This chapter will provide you with a strategic plan for acing the GMAT, as well as an overview of the test itself, including question formats and information on how the test is scored.

In the next few chapters, youll find the strategies that have given our GMAT students the edge for the past 20 years.

Our courses include an extremely thorough review of the math and verbal skills our students need to ace the GMAT, and this book will give you that same review.

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Two of the GMATs sections, the Quantitative and Verbal sections, are computer adaptive. These sections quickly hone in on your ability level and then mostly give you questions at or just above that level. It makes sense for you to practice on the level of problem you will actually see during the test. Cracking the GMAT is the only book out there with practice questions grouped by difficulty. Page after page of practice questions are arranged at the back of this book in difficulty binsjust like the questions on the real GMATso that you can concentrate on the question level you will have to answer on the actual test in order to get the score you need.

The recently added Integrated Reasoning section of the GMAT is not computer adaptive. Weve provided two complete Integrated Reasoning sections at the back of this book to help you prepare for this section of the test.

As you work through the book, youll want to take our online practice tests to see how youre doing. These tests closely mimic the GMAT so you can become familiar with the tests content and structure. Our tests include adaptive sections for the Quantitative and Verbal sections and a non-adaptive section for the Integrated Reasoning section. Our practice tests can be found at PrincetonReview.com/cracking. In addition, we actively encourage students to use The Official Guide for GMAT Review, which is published by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). It contains actual test questions from previous administrations of the GMAT. You should also take at least one of the real practice tests available through the GMAT website, www.mba.com.

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Using the detailed score reports from your practice exams, youll be able to zero in on problem areas and quickly achieve mastery through additional practice. And as your score rises on the adaptive sections, this book is ready with more difficult question bins to keep you on track for the score you need. You can use the two practice Integrated Reasoning sections in this book to help you prepare for your practice tests and your real GMAT.