I have browsed through many blogs and forums in the past few weeks and one of the objectives of this exercise was to gather information on the best material available to study and prepare for GMAT.
I found that there was a lot of emphasis on the OGs, Kaplans and MGMATs but I found that these books touch concepts very briefly and were not really helpful in really preparing for the GMAT. E.g., in the practice tests, there was a question on Rhombus; a question on incribed triangles in a circle; I could not answer these questions based on study of the guides only. I needed a "real" resource. Of course, you can go back to your textbooks and hunt down the knowledge but that it would be time consuming and GMAT doesn't really require depth in the concepts.
I had come across Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org) 5-6 months back and absolutely loved the concept. I have seen his TED talks and others and believe that this is really the revolution waiting to happen in the education industry. Anyway, so when I needed a real resource, I naturally turned to it; I was not disappointed. I was able to very quickly brush up my knowledge of circles, quadrilaterals, probability etc. And I think I am going to significantly better in my next test. Therefore, I really recommend using this resource for all your study needs.
Best of luck.
I found that there was a lot of emphasis on the OGs, Kaplans and MGMATs but I found that these books touch concepts very briefly and were not really helpful in really preparing for the GMAT. E.g., in the practice tests, there was a question on Rhombus; a question on incribed triangles in a circle; I could not answer these questions based on study of the guides only. I needed a "real" resource. Of course, you can go back to your textbooks and hunt down the knowledge but that it would be time consuming and GMAT doesn't really require depth in the concepts.
I had come across Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org) 5-6 months back and absolutely loved the concept. I have seen his TED talks and others and believe that this is really the revolution waiting to happen in the education industry. Anyway, so when I needed a real resource, I naturally turned to it; I was not disappointed. I was able to very quickly brush up my knowledge of circles, quadrilaterals, probability etc. And I think I am going to significantly better in my next test. Therefore, I really recommend using this resource for all your study needs.
Best of luck.
Wow! I agree this is a tremendous resource, I have just started my GMAT prep recently, this must be useful for anyone wanting to brush up concepts and practice! Thank you!
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