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Yea LSAT prep is MUCH different PT-wise than GMAT prep. LSAT releases 3 out of 4ish tests a year (not counting the tiny administrations) while the GMAT has released only some paper tests, the official guides, and 4 adaptive tests (actually question banks). This means less trudging through PTs and more focus on how well you work each individual practice question (which, honestly, really is an effective way to prep for LSAT too).
GMATPrep comes with two free adaptive tests (actually question banks) and you can buy two additional ones if you want them for like $50 or something.
Just like the LSAT, you should only work with official question, but unlike the LSAT, that only holds true for verbal questions (fake math ones are really helpful).
Here are some resources besides GMATPrep:
So yea, there are a lot of resources out there. GMATPrepNow is great for strategy and some example questions with explanations. Beyond that, I would stick to only the official questions for verbal (OGs and GMATPrep - you can actually find these on GMAT Club if you search effectively), but use any questions for quant (the GMAT Club PS and DS directories are excellent if you can get past the format and if you look for Bunuel's explanations). For PTs, the GMATPrep are the most accurate and you can retake each of them to an extent, but beyond the two free ones you need to buy more or use third-party ones (by the way, buy one of the Manhattan strategy guides, potentially on Kindle for like $10, and get access to 5 additional PTs - not as goot as GMATPrep, but decent nonetheless).
I just ordered the Manhattan Prep books from Amazon (I hope this is the correct set). Now my questions is, how do I self-study this? Is there a study plan included?
PowerPrep Software from GMAC for Practice Tests. These are older official tests that are the best representation of taking an actual test. The software comes with two tests for free, and you can purchase up to four more tests in their shop.
The Official Guide for practice questions. You can also purchase the Official Verbal Guide and Official Quant Guide for more questions later if you need it.
chineseburned's guide to the AWA on GMAT Club. If you follow this format and practice 2-3 essays you will score a perfect 6 on the AWA. If you make an account on GMAT Club, you can also use the built in timer function to test yourself on Official Guide questions (using tags to filter them) which gives you a huge database of additional questions for Problem Solving, Data Sufficiency, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction. I linked the forums already filtered for only official questions if you click any of the categories in the previous sentence.
Manhattan Prep for Quant study and the PowerScore Bible Trilogy for Verbal study. You will need the Official Guide to make proper use of the Manhattan Prep books. The Manhattan books also give you access codes to their online resources which include questions sets for the Official Guides and unofficial practice tests which are useful for practicing the testing environment. The caveat is that their tests are probably only accurate to within plus/minus 60 points. Also, the Manhattan Prep Sentence Correction book has a much better list of idioms than PowerScore, but I preferred PowerScore more overall.
I studied using those materials over the course of about 4 months and scored a 750 (48Q, 45V, 8IR, 6 AWA) on the first sttempt. Start by taking a practice test (preferably unofficial) to get a benchmark, and then begin with the Manhattan prep books and follow the strategy that is laid out by them. As a reference, I studied (roughly) 1-2 hours each weekday and 3-5 hours each Saturday and Sunday. Best of luck to you.
Same, I bought the Manhattan Test prep for around $100 with the online codes. I still need to take my baseline test before I study thou. I really dont want to spend 4 hours taking the first test.
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Selling OG 3 book bundle, complete Manhattan 10 book guide set, and log ins for both (expires January 2020) for $80 shipped. Links below are what I bought exactly.
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Currently going through the Manhattan series which I can't recommend enough which also comes with six practice CAT exams. Plan 3-5 practice exams including the two free ones from MBA.com before the actual exam.
IMO the OG guide isn't enough if you need to re-learn/practice subject matter. The Manhattan guide is also SUPER helpful when it comes to test taking strategy.
that sounds good. Yeah, Magoosh is a really popular suggestion - what are your thoughts on the manhattan complete guide set? It sounds like a lot of people used that too, so I'm wondering if I should be trying to squuze in both or just one or the other.
These are the ones that I'm talking about