GMAT For Dummies

GMAT For Dummies
by Scott Hatch, Lisa Zimmer Hatch

GMAT For Dummies
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Author: Lisa Zimmer Hatch, Scott Hatch
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-12
ISBN: 0764596535
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: For Dummies

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Book Review: Great Confidence Builder for a Daunting Test
Summary: 5 Stars

This book (edition by Lisa and Scott Hatch) is the one and only thing related to the GMAT that isn't intimidating. Anyone familiar with the "For Dummies" series knows that their claim to fame is their ability to break down complicated information into layman's terms, and this particular edition in the series certainly does not disappoint.

The first few chapters are useful in that they offer guidance on how to maximize your score along with other practical standardized test-taking strategies, which made this book well worth the money spent. This was an excellent investment for my future grad school plans, and I recommend the book for anyone preparing to take a standardized test, particularly, the GMAT.

Summary of GMAT For Dummies

If you?re planning to apply for an MBA program, you?re required to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). And you thought your days of sharpening number 2 pencils were over! How do you prepare for such a comprehensive test? Never fear.

GMAT For Dummies, Fifth Edition, puts at your fingertips everything you need to know to conquer the GMAT. This highly readable, friendly guide makes the study process as painless as possible, providing you with complete math and grammar reviews and all the preparation you need to maximize your score and outsmart your competition. You?ll discover how to:

  • Understand the test?s format
  • Bring the right stuff
  • Make educated guesses
  • Avoid the exam?s pitfalls
  • Calm your nerves
  • Save time and beat the clock

This Fifth Edition is packed with plenty of updated practice questions so you can see just how the GMAT tests a particular concept. Our sample questions read just like the actual test questions, so you can get comfortable with the way the GMAT phrases questions and answer choices. You get plenty of tips on correctly answering the sentence correction, reading comprehension, and critical reading questions and tackling the analytical essays. There?s also a comprehensive math review of everything from number types to standard deviation and expanded coverage of statistics and probability. Each section ends with a mini practice test to prepare you for the two full-length practice tests featured in this easy-to-digest guide. You?ll see how to:

  • Quickly eliminate incorrect answer choices
  • Read passages quickly and effectively
  • Break apart and analyze arguments
  • Write a well-organized, compelling essay
  • Tackle the data sufficiency math question type that only appears on the GMAT
  • Use relaxation techniques if you start to panic during the test

Complete with a scoring guide, explanatory answers, timesaving tips, math formulas you should memorize, and a list of writing errors to avoid, GMAT For Dummies is all you need to practice your skills, improve your score, and pass with flying colors.


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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