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Category: Book
Author: Graduate Management Admission Council
Publisher: Graduate Management Admission Council
Studio: Graduate Management Admission Council
Manufacturer: Graduate Management Admission Council
Label: Graduate Management Admission Council
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 11
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 832
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0976570904
Dewey Decimal Number: 650
EAN: 9780976570905
ASIN: 0976570904
Publication Date: September 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 Be Careful What you Trust July 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having spent 30 minutes studying out of the Math review section, I found considerable errors similar to others who posted. I've found 7 in 20 pages. Come on.
The errors go beyond having "x2" instead of x^2. The errors go to basic concepts that if a trusting reader were to follow, the test-taker would be in trouble. Sometimes the diagrams don't match the word descriptions. In the review of coordinate geometry, the equations given and the graph representation are way off. If you don't have your high school notes handy or are a little more than rusty, this could hurt you.
While I'm sure the rest of the book is helpful, I am giving this 1-star because it smacks of laziness and it's kind of insulting. It's troubling to think that these mistakes are acceptable for an organization that administers a major graduate admissions test. We wouldn't get into B-schools with errors like these.
To the GMAC: take notes from the LSAC, and leave the test review to the pros.
 First copy was filled with typos... July 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The first copy I got of this book had a lot of typos in it. For example, one of the values in a math problem read "28" instead of "2^8".
There was another math example where they printed "=" instead of "-", which made the explanation incoherent.
I was feed up when they misprinted the Pythagorean Theorem: a2 + b^2 = c^2 instead of a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
I thought to myself, if I'm catching all these typos, I wonder which ones am I missing. Luckily, I was able to exchange my copy for a typo free copy. There were 6 copies of this book on the shelf at my local Barnes & Nobles, 5 of them contained typos like my first copy. So beware...
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0 out of 4 found this review helpful
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Great book! June 27, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is even better than I supposed. And it was delivered even earlier, that is nice :)
 Could be Better June 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
For a more detailed review please refer to user Youssef J. Habbouche's review. I'm only going to include what I he hasn't.
I'm actually giving this book 3.5/5 stars. Reason is because as the official prep book by GMAC, I think the number of typos and errors are unacceptable. For example #20 of the Problem Solving section:
20. Of the five coordinates associated with points A, B, C, D, E on the number line above (diagram included in text), which has the greatest absolute value?
(A) A = -2
(B) B = -1
(C) C = 0
(D) D = 1
(E) E = 2
Quick glance at the options and you know there are 2 possible answers A and E. Answer according to text is A. There are other errors and typos like this scattered across the pages of this book. If you have a keen eye they shouldn't be too hard to pick out. Although it can be quite frustrating since the last thing one needs while preping for a test like this is to start second guessing one's ability.
Overall it's a very good prep material especially because some of the questions in the book did show up on the actual test. If the errors and typos are a minor thing to you, this book is the way to go. Using other books as supplement might also help. Good luck!
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