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Nova's GMAT Prep Course (with Online Course)

by Jeff Kolby (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
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Comprehensive preparation for the GMAT

Every year students pay $1,000 and more to test prep companies to prepare for the GMAT . Now you can get the same preparation in a book. GMAT Prep Course provides the equivalent of a 2-month, 50-hour course.

Although the GMAT is a difficult test, it is a very learnable test. GMAT Prep Course presents a thorough analysis of the GMAT and introduces numerous analytic techniques that will help you immensely, not only on the GMAT but in business school as well.

Features:

Math: Twenty-two chapters provide comprehensive review of GMAT math.

Logical Reasoning: Discover the underlying simplicity of these problems and learn the tactics the GMAT writers use to obfuscate the answers.

Reading Comprehension: Develop the ability to spot places from which questions are likely to be drawn as you read a passage (pivotal words, counter-premises, etc.).

Sentence Correction: Comprehensive review of GMAT grammar.

Mentor Exercises: These exercises provide hints, insight, and partial solutions to ease your transition from seeing GMAT problems solved to solving them on your own.

Also includes a comprehensive, Free online Course!

Course Features:

Ask Questions! Our instructors monitor StudyDesk to answer your questions. StudyDesk also records the step where you make a mistake or ask a question. This is just one of many powerful educational tools in StudyDesk.

Highly Interactive: You can search the course for any topic, take notes, view solutions, view reports.

Versatile: You can access the course from any computer at any time.

Statistics: Your performance on the exercises and tests is saved and you may review your performance and check solutions at any time. Also, you can check your ranking based on all students taking the course.

Also includes GMAT test prep software!

Software features:

Mentor Mode: In Mentor Mode, you are immediately told whether you answered a problem correctly, and you can immediately view a detailed solution of the problem.

Test Mode: In Test Mode, you can take a GMAT test timed and scored by the program.

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  1. ISBN-10
    1889057401
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1889057408
  3. Publisher
    Nova Press
  4. Publication date
    July 1, 2011
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    1.25 x 8.25 x 10.5 inches
  7. Print length
    620 pages
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This is an excellent book. I think it will put you over the top in the math section of the GMAT (the only part I studied). Many of the book's questions are brutal and, in fact, the author says that 10% of the book's questions are more difficult than any you will find on the GMAT. This will greatly increase your skills as well as confidence. I would recommend however that you also purchase Kaplan's GRE/GMAT workbook (another excellent book) to supplement Nova's. I would start with Kaplan which seems to assume less math knowledge in the reader and then move on to Nova. Nova has 22 math sections and unlike any other GMAT book that I've seen, it has an entire section on Defined Functions. I think this book will impart confidence in the test taker also. Working these problems will have you telling ETS to 'Bring it on!' This book is well worth the money! --A student

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nova Press (July 1, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 620 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1889057401
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1889057408
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.25 x 8.25 x 10.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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mak17f
5.0 out of 5 stars The best! Highly Recommended
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2004
I used a total of five books in preparing for the GMAT: Barron's 13th edition, Petersons 2003 and 2004 CDs, Kaplan 2005, Nova's GMAT Prep Course 2003, and the Official Guide.

I have taken the GMAT twice. The first time I used the Barron's book and the Petersons CD and scored a 40% on math, 75% on verbal, and a 4.5 on the essay for a total score of 570. This score was unacceptable.

The second time around, I budgeted more time to study a day (around 6 hours) and for a longer time period (a month and a half). For me, I felt I had a strong background knowledge on all the required subjects, but I was not as honed on specific strategies and techniques for answering questions. My thoughts on each book:

Barron's: As a beginner, I enjoyed this book. I read the whole book and did all practice tests. They did not explain probability, sequences, and progressions questions well. In general, the math explanations were a bit sketchy. However, the word problem explanations were the best out of all the books.

Petersons: I just used the CDs and did not look at the book. After taking their adaptive practice tests, one is provided feedback which has questions divided into very difficult, difficult, etc. This is beneficial because you can see the level of difficulty at which you generally test. This is a really helpful addition that other CDs lack.

Kaplan: My least favorite book and CD. The book had very poor explanations for test questions. The book only offered general guidance for taking the test and outline common strategies. The cartoonish CD just became annoying and took more time than it was worth.

Nova: Far and away the best book. After reading reviews on various sites, everyone recommended Kaplan and Princeton Review, but no one mentioned this book. I found it by chance at the local book store. It covered everything on math and had exceptional, comprehensive explanations. Also, the drills after all chapters were very, very, very helpful. After doing all drills in Nova, the commonly considered difficult practice questions in Kaplan were almost a joke. I would recommend to anyone this book.

Official Guide: A must to have for everybody taking GMAT. I did the last third of the questions for each section, which are typically more difficult.

I recommend, in order from best to worst:

Nova, Official Guide, Petersons CDs, Barron's, Kaplan.

I recently took the test again and got a 96% in verbal, 60% in math, and a 690 overall.
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JM
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent preparatory text
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2005
I am very happy with this book. After reading numerous reviews about this and other GMAT guides, I chose this one. It was not easy to find in bookstores, which largely carry the more familiar titles(Kaplan, etc.) I bought the book around Christmas.

I felt pretty rusty with much of the material(I've been out of school for a while), so I started working my way through the book a little at a time, somewhat haphazardly. Then I actually registered for the GMAT three weeks ago, and suddenly my sense of urgency got more intense.

Now then, the review:

I found that the coverage of the mathematics topics and the verbal topics to be thorough and comprehensive. I was able to re-familiarize myself with the material pretty quickly, and my performance on the test questions in the book improved a great deal. Similarly, I was able to improve my performance on the Verbal questions, although I found that section much harder to get into. This was more a function of the material than the writing.

To my mind, the greatest value this book offers is not the mathematics or grammatical reviews, but the test information that it offers. The factor that improved my scores on the Powerprep tests more than anything else was the dissection of the test, the explanations of the questions and how to answer them, and other test strategy information offered by this book.

If you just read the sections on the types of questions, what they are looking for, and how to attack them, you will improve your scores a lot. This is true of the essays as well. Once you memorize, or at least practice, the formulas for how to write the essays, you will get past the fact that the topics are stupid and pointless, and will be able to write a good essay despite the amazing banality of the topics.

The result: I got a 690 on the GMAT using only this book, and studying sporadically for a few weeks leading up to the test.

For reference, the first time I took Powerprep CAT 1(January), I got 34 Quant and 26 Verbal. On the Saturday before the test(February), I got 49 Quant and 36 Verbal. On the actual GMAT, I got 44 Quant and 41 Verbal. I give credit for the improvement to the test strategy and explanations provided in the book.

I highly recommend this book to help you prepare for the GMAT.
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HoneyBadger
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2011
When I was looking for GMAT preparation books, I reviewed many books from different publishers. Even though Nova Press is a less known brand than Barron, Kaplan, or Princeton Review, the content and exercises helped me score in the top 4 I got accepted into a Top 10 b-school, and when I decided to build a GMAT app, I remember Nova's book. I licensed the content and launched an iPad app [....]. With the app, you can leave your paper and pencil at home. You can also get help from peers and tutors using video- animated discussion board. Please check it out.
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Aayush Srivastava
5.0 out of 5 stars Pages quality not good, But for the money it demands Bang for ...
Reviewed in India on November 9, 2015
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Pages quality not good,
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abin mathew
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for these price
Reviewed in India on May 22, 2015
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Bought this nova GMAT guide today,the paper quality is very bad,a sudden hand release over the page is enough to tear. But regarding the questions and answers,its simply the best,all answers are explained ,but when price is concerned, the page quality should not be looked into.
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