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.
- ISBN10 0764596535
- ISBN13 9780764596537
- Publish Date 1 September 2006 (first published 28 August 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 8 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition 5th Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English