Important books for GMAT

Hi friends , how is it going .
My preparation had been a little inconsistent in past 2 weeks as i was very busy attending Job related chores and stuff . My apologies for not posting in the last week .I hope your GMAT preparation is going smoothly .
I fully agree with all those who think that preparing for exams like GMAT , GRE, CAT is much more better and economical online than joining a coaching institute.Those coaching institutes like IMS, Career launcher and allare just a big show off.The best place to study is the net . You can get all the resources ( I mean everything that you can ever want ) for free which the so called 'coaching institutes' will give you in return for a small fortune.
oke i think all of you got the point that online preparation is all goody goody but you will need to have some good physical books also to help start and get along with your preparation.Online reading and understanding is one thing but nothing can beat the old fashioned way of sitting down with a good book in hand and geting through and applying your brain in the process.

Its time now we get to buisness and get ourselves some good and trusted study material for our preparation.I have done some research on this and i have made up a short list of books that are very well acknowledged and trusted and you can start your preparation with them.

Kaplan GMAT, 2007 Edition: - Covers the whole of GMAT syllabus. Good comprehensive book

Cracking the GMAT - 2007 Edition by Princeton review

Kaplan GRE & GMAT Math Workbook – For starting preparation

Kaplan 800 – For advanced preparation

Sentence Correction GMAT– Very good and comprehensive. A must have for your preparation.

These books are fully trusted and have been acknowledged worldwide by GMAT gurus. Excellent stratergies and the approaches to tackle GMAT are all given very nicely and comprehensively in these books. They are a must for every GMAT aspirant. You can buy them online on www.amazon.com or purchase them from any bookstore near your residence.

Hi friends
How is the preperation going on...
I hope it's going as planned.I will be providing you with some cool resources that will be helpful in your preperation, in near coming posts but now for some useful information.
I was just surfing the Gmat websites when i found these cool forums of MBA where a lot of MBA aspirants come toghter and discuss amongst themselves various issues , very healthy interaction takes place and it very informative also. Many of these are past Gmat takers and many are ones who will be taking the same in near future. These forums can be a great advantge for any student going for Gmat specially if its your first try at the exam.
I have also learnt many important pieces of information from these forums and have also taken some of the resources from these forums.
I highly recommend you to join these forums . All your queries can be solved their, though You can ask me as well whenever you have any ( any question even if its not Gmat related hehe) Question.
If any of you want to join these forum ( which i highly recommend) just contact me or leave a comment and i will give you the links of some of the very best forums. If you will tell me from where you belong i can also give specific forums for MBA aspirants of that specific region, like if you are in india- mumbai i can give seperate link of mumbai MBA forum communities and so on..
Oknow i will end this post now but remember to keep practicing as practice makes a man perfect.

Reading Comprehension

hi friends

today we will continue with our verbal portion practice.
We will practice reading comprehension and look for the best methods to go about solving the reading comprehension , we will also be looking at some of the tips and tricks for solving the reading comprehension.

What is a reading coprehension

GMAT reading comprehension questions are meant to test your understanding of the implications, meanings, and structures presented in the passages. You can expect to see 2 to 4 passages of 200 to 400 words each, in the verbal section of the GMAT exam. Each passage will be followed by 4 questions. Because the GMAT is now a computer-adaptive test, you will only see 1 question at a time. The passage, however, will remain on your computer screen until you have answered all of the questions related to it.

There is a certain patterm that has been seen since the reafing comprehensions started coming in the MAT exams.This pattern shows us that RC's can be classified into 3 broad groups.You will get a passage in the exma from within these 3 groups.

1.Science - If the passage is from science group its most likely to talk about subjects like biology , chemistry , physics . These type of passages are very factual. You should to an initial skimming ( fats reading) of the passage and take note of any factual information given. These types of passages can be boring but they are simple and factual and therefore are relatively easyto do.

2.Social science - Typically, these passages deal with topics such as history, politics, and geography. These are enjoyable to read but the questions they pose can be a little dauting.Read carefully these passages and answer according to questions.You must read these passages slowly in order to answer the many inference questions they are sure to present.

3.Buisness - Business passages involve very difficult structures, and present questions that require you to infer information and even to determine the authors' moods and opinions. They need to be read slowly and carefully.

Tips and tricks

• Use your scrap paper - Use your scrap paper to make very brief notes on the main ideas of each paragraph. This will be very useful as in computer based test these days you can do it on screen.
  
• Read the first question before the you read the passage - As the exams these days are on computer you will only see 1 question of the passage , but be sure to read that before starting the passage .
  
• Identify the type of passage you are reading - Identify the passage that has come in the exam and see which of the 3 categories i explained above it falls in , and go about it in that stratergy .
  
• Practice is the key - Nothing can beat the hardcore practice . The best way is to read as much u can before when preparing for the MAT and learn the various reading techniques.