Get on the road to business school with comprehensive review and 3 practice tests
GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies is a must-have to scoring your highest on the GMAT and earning your MBA. Updated for the new GMAT Focus Edition, this trusted guide will walk you through the basics of what’s on the test and give you test-taking strategies that will help you make the most of the available time. You’ll get a comprehensive review of all the GMAT content—data insights, verbal reasoning, and quantitative reasoning. Then it’s time to practice, with flashcards and 3 full-length practice tests. Detailed study plans help you prep wisely, no matter how much time you have before test day. Grab this Dummies guide to master the GMAT!
- Create a targeted study plan with a diagnostic pre-assessment
- Take full-length practice GMAT tests so you’ll be ready for the real thing
- Maximize your chances of getting into the business school of your choice
GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies will help you land a higher score on this important exam.
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with the GMAT 5
Chapter 1: The Lowdown on the GMAT 7
Chapter 2: Maximizing Your Score on the GMAT 17
Chapter 3: Mastering Business School Admissions 27
Part 2: Creating a GMAT Study Plan 33
Chapter 4: Planning Your Approach 35
Chapter 5: GMAT Practice Assessment 41
Chapter 6: Scoring and Interpreting the Practice Assessment 55
Part 3: Vanquishing the Verbal Section 71
Chapter 7: Applying What You Learned (We Hope) in Grammar Class: Sentence Correction 73
Chapter 8: Not as Enticing as a Bestseller: Reading Comprehension 95
Chapter 9: Thinking This through Logically: Critical Reasoning 117
Chapter 10: Bringing It Together: A Mini Practice Verbal Section 143
Part 4: Acing the Analytical Writing Section 159
Chapter 11: Analyze This: What to Expect from the Analytical Writing Assessment 161
Chapter 12: Present Perfect Paragraphs: How to Write a GMAT Essay 165
Chapter 13: Deconstructing Sample GMAT Essays 173
Chapter 14: Sampling a Series of Writing Prompts 181
Part 5: Conquering the Quantitative Section 189
Chapter 15: Getting Back to Basics: Numbers and Operations 191
Chapter 16: Considering All the Variables: Algebra 213
Chapter 17: Getting the Angle on Geometry: Planes and Solids 237
Chapter 18: Keeping in Step: Coordinate Geometry 257
Chapter 19: Manipulating Numbers: Statistics and Sets 271
Chapter 20: It’s All in the Presentation: GMAT Quantitative Question Types 287
Chapter 21: All Together Now: A Mini Practice Quantitative Section 305
Part 6: Excelling on the Integrated Reasoning Section 323
Chapter 22: Best of Both Worlds: The Integrated Reasoning Section 325
Chapter 23: Deciphering Data in Charts and Graphs 341
Part 7: Practice Makes Perfect 353
Chapter 24: GMAT Practice Test 355
Chapter 25: Practice Test Answers and Explanations 381
Part 8: The Part of Tens 409
Chapter 26: Ten Question Types You’ve Got a Good Shot At 411
Chapter 27: Ten Writing Errors to Avoid 415
Chapter 28: Ten Ways to Increase Your Chances of Getting into Business School 419
Index 423
About the Author :
Lisa Zimmer Hatch, MA, and Scott A. Hatch, JD, have been helping students excel on standardized tests and navigate the college admissions process since 1987. They have written curricula and taught students internationally through live lectures, online forums, DVDs, and independent study, and have authored numerous test-prep texts.
Sandra Luna McCune, PhD, is professor emeritus and a former Regents professor at Stephen F. Austin State University. She’s currently a full-time author and math/statistics consultant.
