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Permalink Reply by Steve Brown on March 5, 2010 at 7:52pm

I used books for my prep as well, starting with Barron's to learn the basics and then Kaplan for the really hard stuff. Kaplan's tests were really rough as I recall, but that's good for putting practice in first before the test. I spent about 4 hours a week for 5 months and about 8 saturday mornings on the test in prep.

From speaking with others, do what worked for you for SAT prep - I loved a lot of practice so the books here were best for me. I know people did well with Princeton Review, but I can't speak from personal experience.

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Permalink Reply by Jill on March 8, 2010 at 3:50pm

Hi Marisa. I too am studying for the GMAT. I highly recommend a series called "GMAT Strategy Guide" it's published by Manhattan GMAT. It preps you by question type. After you've completed the "types" you can move through Kaplan & Baron's which have great practice sections but I felt their strategies weren't as helpful as "Manhatten".

Perhaps take a prep class after you've honed in on your weaknesses & you understand a bit of the test on your own.

Just my 2 cents! Feel free to email if you have any questions or just want to vent.

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Permalink Reply by Marisa Nogueira on March 11, 2010 at 1:59pm

Hi everybody,

Thanks for your input, my friend has signed us both up for a course with Manhattan review. I'll let you know how it goes and if I like it... and more importantly if I hit my target score.

I'm really surprised you were able to study on your own without a course, but I guess some of us are more disciplined than others :)

thanks again guys... and I will contact you with any questions, which I'm sure will come up eventually.

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Permalink Reply by Marisa Nogueira on March 11, 2010 at 2:07pm

only one choice - Rutgers.

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