(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best graduate test guides

Congrats on starting the process of preparing for the GMAT - - success on this test is one of the most important aspects of your candidacy AND one thing you can really manage as you head up to applying (the other is your application and essay).

While setting up a schedule first seems to be the most logical thing to do, before you create one, take a diagnostic and see where you already stand! You can save a lot of time and frustration by seeing which areas you should be dedicating the most time to. We recommend you take an official GMAC CAT test, which you can find free on the GMAC website. Knowing how you perform with questions written by the same people who create the real test as well as create the CAT's (computer-adaptive) algorithm, will give you the most reliable score.. 

After your diagnostic, identify what types of questions you’re answering wrong, which ones you guessed on, and which ones you had NO idea how to even approach. While the content you’re tested on is finite, it's best to use your time to grok what you need to work on rather than doing everything -- you don’t need to fix what is not broken. Stay focused on what you need to improve.

Once you know the time blocks in which you’ll devote time to study each day/week up until the test, you’ll want to further break down this time into what you're doing.  Consider the number of hours you can devote daily without feeling overwhelmed (we always recommend a day off from studying each week). Working in 45 minutes-1 hour segments, followed by a 5-10-minute break will help your cognitive engagement. The brain needs time 'not' studying to integrate information. Plan on going through a process where you learn the material, practice your skills, then quiz yourself on it.  Students who work carve out time prior to work hours, during their lunch, and after dinner. Weekends are always ideal for marathon sessions. For quant, we recommend our students use Bell Curves' student center.

For the verbal portion, you’ll also want to identify what you need to learn, and even how well you know American formal written English! Just because you’re a native speaker, it doesn’t mean that the sentence correction will come easily. In addition to the Manhattan Prep material, I recommend you check out our Full Potential Sentence Correction Intensive book, which can be found on Amazon. For some students, they can just ‘feel’ whether a sentence is correct/incorrect, for others, it’s a process going through the ‘rules.’ Figuring out how you'll reliably answer correctly will help ensure there are fewer surprises on test day.

You’ll also want, for verbal, to identify your reading speed. Since this is a timed test, you’re penalized if you cannot answer questions in a timely manner. The quickest way to increase your reading speed...is to learn speed reading. We teach a GMAT speed reading clinic (1-day/5 hours), but there are likely other online or local solutions, though no other GMAT specific speed reading training that I know of. So put that training on your schedule as well.

Throughout your schedule, plan on taking timed diagnostic tests so you can continue to track your progress AND identify when you don’t fully understand a particular question type. The more questions you see, the more you get a feel for the kind of questions you’ll have to work on to succeed on the test. Aim to take as many practice tests as possible, before your test date.

Forums like Beat the GMAT and GMAT Club are great places to ask peers and featured experts (like ourselves) questions as well as get support, commiserate, and celebrate. There are listed, there, in fact, specific schedules to follow.

Another thing we recommend is to do audit your mental outlook and integrate ways to feel your best. Some ways to up-level -- like meditation and exercise, are a cumulative activity. You want to be sure that you enter the test focused, calm and without any stress or anxiety. If you have issues here, we recommend you identify the ‘symptoms’ hindering you, then seek out solutions. We use hypnosis, visualization, mindfulness, sound therapy, and more. We are to test-takers what trainers and sports psychologists are to high-performing athletes.

Finally, if you go on our Instagram, we have a #45DayGMATChallege series of posts that provides helpful tips on setting up a schedule, working on time management, handling stress, prepping for and succeeding on your GMAT.he test go beyond basic grammar and into the ‘meaning’ and implications of what is read. You’ll need to utilize and flex your critical thinking skills and analyze data. 

Stay alert, aware, honest, focused and track your progress. A schedule is a great document to use as a guide, and adaptable as needed. It's great you're starting early enough to make huge strides. But take note: for our students, it typically takes 6 - 8 weeks to reach his/her goal...so yours, working alone, shouldn't be too much more beyond that.

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Best of luck!

Powerscore games bible!!! I heard ps has a good RC but I didn't go over that. Their LR Is good as well.
http://www.powerscore.com/lsat/

Manhattan LR and RC. Their games is good but for myself personally I feel as if ps is stronger.
http://www.manhattanlsat.com/

7sage has great vids uploaded for the game sections! JY I personally think he's a little funny but I think he does a good job explaining the games. I've never taken their classes but heard they are good (hence the users above, lol).
http://7sage.com/

Sidebar has a good amount of resources posted! --->

Graeme (mod) also teaches LSAT ... Not sure if it is full time, but if you're not in the area I think I remember him saying he's done it via Skype. Also he has really good explanation books out for the pt's! Check out amazon. Which is awesome bc a lot of the LSAT and doing well is knowing why you got the answer BOTH right and wrong. :D -wow I sound like an advertisement lol.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0988127946/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?qid=1370920344&sr=8-8&pi=SL75 (this just being one.. There are volumes too I believe)

I personally didn't time myself in the beginning. Then once I'm comfortable with the sections ... I started timing myself. At first individual sections then full pt. I worked on a timed test maybe once a week and then more frequently towards the test date... Working on from older pt to the newer ones.

If you're looking for a certain schedule to set for yourself ... I hear lsatblog does a good job of this. http://www.google.com/search?q=lsatblog&btnG=&biw=320&bih=263&sa=2

I use this app that is out for both iOS and android called LSAT proctor by Kaplan. I absolutely love it.

Hmmm lol this is long enough I bet. Sorry for that. Anyhow ...

Just wanted to note that I'm using my phone to post so there may be tons (or little -hopefully) of grammatical errors and I'm hoping the links above works. Apologies of they don't.

Blackistheonlycolor, I largely agree with this post but I would like to share a few thoughts.

Self Study is THE way to prepare for the LSAT. I think an LSAT course is only a good option if you need more help grasping the basics than self study is providing.

The books that PhiPsiSciFi provided are certainly good, but I think there are a few changes which could maximize your prep. My book recommendation list would be:

• The Logic Games Bible $45
  
• Manhattan 3-book set $82
  
• Cambridge LR 1-20 $47
  
• Cambridge LR 21-40 $60
  
• Cambridge RC 1-20 $32
  
• Cambridge RC 21-40 $40
  
• Cambridge Complete LG Set PDF $90
  
• PTs 52-61 $20
  
• PTs 62-71 $22
  
• LSAT SuperPrep $17
  
• [LSAT PT 72] (http://www.amazon.com/Official-LSAT-PrepTest-72-PrepTests-ebook/dp/B00MXDVYS4/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412298868&sr=1-2&keywords=LSAT+72) $6
  
  Total is $461. Now I realize that is significantly more money that the list given above, but if you can swing it, you will get a lot more bang for your buck. The Manhattan LSAT books tend to be a little bit better than the Powerscore ones. The Powerscore Logic Games Bible is certainly a great asset to have, which is why I included it here, but the LR Bible doesn't flow as well as Manhattan's and the RC Bible is nowhere near as good. The next big difference is that my list includes PTs 1-40 only as drills instead of complete tests. The earlier tests are quite a bit different than the modern LSAT, so while you won't get an extremely representative score by taking the full PTs, you can get improve by having the questions broken down into drills. That said, if there was anything you wanted to take off this list, The Cambridge LR 1-20 and RC 1-20 aren't 100% necessary. They are certainly nice to have, but you can only realistically do so many drills and it will be better to do the more modern ones found in PTs 21-40. But if you are planning to study for 6+ months, get 1-20 as well as 21-40. You will want to get all of the Logic Games though. Personally, I think PDF works better because you will want to re-print several of them to complete multiple times. You will also want to re-do every logic game section from tests 40+, which isn't really necessary for the LR and RC sections.
  The rest of my list is pretty much the same. I added PT 72 and you will want to get 73 when that comes out too. Overall, you will get 24 PTs from my suggestions (20 from the two books, 3 from SuperPrep, and PT 72. Obviously you hit 25 if you get PT 73 as well) which should be plenty. If you needed anymore buy the individual PTs from 41 up. I know this is a good bit of money, but it is soooo much cheaper than any reputable LSAT Course and it is more effective too.

Hi there! I actually received my scores today, and I'm no paragon of standardized test taking, but here's what I did:

• First, check what is more important for your program. For instance, quantitative was more important than verbal for me, so I focused quite a bit on that.
  
  
• Take a test. www.ets.org has a free prep software that comes with 2 tests that mimic the actual GRE pretty well. Take one, see where you're lacking, set a plan and a goal. Downloading the software is mandatory in my opinion, and serves as an amazing free resource.
  
  
• Get a nice book. This depends on what you want to focus on. I used Barron's, which I found more useful for math than verbal. However, they also have a very nice book that teaches you 800 high frequency words for the GRE. I think studying vocab for this test should never be underestimated.
  
  
• Don't overdo yourself. Cramming is a terrible studying technique. I studied for 2 1/2 months, for instance. Set an hr or 2 per day to work on a section of math, and practice some words.
  
  
• Whenever you finish reviewing those topics you think you were lacking in (from the first practice), take another practice test.
  
  
• For writing, I had no idea how to approach it. There's some guides out there, and the topic pool can be found in the ETS website, but it's difficult to estimate results on that one.
  
  Finally, I would say register early. Many of my smartest friends did not do as well as they hoped the first time. The test can be very tiring, so allow yourself enough time to retake it (just in case).
  
  That's what I did, and my study process might have some flaws (of course), but hopefully something from there helps!
  
  Good luck with the process! It sucks, but I think it's worth it.

Much of the logic required for the test is shared among sections, so studying for one helps the others. Also, each section tends to require a slow progression because you are basically changing how you think, so a lot of people recommend intertwining the three to some extent.

Logic games are usually the quickest to improve on, so a lot of people start with more of a focus there. This allows you to shape your mind to LSAT faster and can help with the other sections. It also gives you a sense of progress and accomplishment.

Reading comprehension and logical reasoning are basically how well you pay attention to what you read and how you logically connect the provided information, so how fast and to what extent you pick those sections up depends on how well you build those skills. Sometimes that takes days to see drastic improvement (I had a student go from the mid-teens to the mid-twenties on RC in a day because he changed to a more effective approach), but often it takes months (usually because one is just practicing instead of changing what he or she is doing wrong).

First, I recommend that you take a practice test. You can access June 2007 for free. This will help you to determine what needs the most work. You will eventually want to buy at least some of the official preptests (all are good, but newer is more relevant and therefore more important):

• PrepTest 77
  
• PrepTest 76
  
• PrepTest 75
  
• PrepTest 74
  
• PrepTest 73
  
• PrepTest 72
  
• PrepTests 62-71
  
• PrepTests 52-61
  
• PrepTests 29-38
  
• PrepTests 19-28
  
• PrepTests 7, 9-16, 18
  
• 10 Real LSATs Grouped by Question Type: Manhattan LSAT Practice Book
  
  Then, I suggest working with a set of prep books or online lessons. A lot of people like 7Sage, the LSAT Trainer, and PowerScore, but there are other options as well.
  
  Three pieces of advice:
  
  1.) Don't blow through all of your practice tests - even though there are 77 of them - a lot of people who start early tend to run out. That leads to:
  
  2.) Don't take a lot of practice tests early. Your job is not to practice your current (bad) habits; instead, it is to identify what aspects of your approach you are doing wrong and make a conscious effort to fix them. You will get much more out of slow, untimed, exhaustive, reflective study than out of plowing through lots of practice tests expecting something to change. If you are not improving yourself, do not just continue to take practice tests - instead:
  
  3.) Don't be afraid to look into a tutor. An experienced one can usually diagnose issues and sometimes that is more efficient and effective than working through it on your own, especially when you are stuck and struggling to improve. That can be expensive sometimes, but it can also be the reason why you get into your target school and/or the reason why you get a scholarship (my prep, many years ago, paid for itself many times over).
  
  Good luck!

Hey u/wowmuchinfo, don't worry too much about previous knowledge of the law! The LSAT is a test of analytical, reading, and logic skills. There's tons of helpful information in this sub's sidebar, including this Intro to the LSAT,

What system of studying makes most sense will depend on what your style of learning is. Given that the test is now administered on a digital tablet, I would recommend some kind of online study course (I used 7sage and personally loved it, but other programs out there include the LSAT demon, and some others discussed on this past post). There are also free prep tests and resources from LSAC and Khan Academy. And I've seen great things about tutors posted in the sub, there's this (fairly old) directory, plus some searches could probably steer you towards someone.

I didn't buy any books, so truly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, but I've seen people here rave about loophole, the powerscore logic games bible, and the LSAT trainer. Lots of posts here recommend buying physical books of prep tests (see below) but I would not do that, as with the switch to the digital format, practicing the test on paper won't set you up as well for the real deal.

Studying for the test is generally broken down into three activities: curriculum (reviewing the test structure and questions), drilling or sections (doing sections of the test, timed or untimed), and prep tests (taking practice tests under timed conditions, followed by review.) Generally, the first thing you'll want to take a diagnostic test to see where you are now. Usually, people use the test from June 2007 as their diagnostic. Here's the PDF, but if you buy any of the programs, a digital tester should be included, and you might want to wait and do that. What you do from there will depend on what program you're focused on. Once you've taken your diagnostic, you might want to visit 7sage's predictor to see what your target score is based on your top school. My last tip: save as many of the most recent tests (i.e. those numbered in the 70s and 80s) for later in your studying. They are likely more similar to what your test will be like.

The LSAT is a sticky wicket, but with time and practice, it's conquerable. Good luck!

Get the Princeton Review. It helped me out a lot when I took the GRW a few years ago. I got great scores. They focus on the things that you can do that will best help increase your scores. For instance, the best predictor of a high score on the written section is length. There's other useful information of course, but keeping things like that in mind is very helpful.

Cracking the GRE with 4 Practice Tests, 2017 Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation) https://www.amazon.com/dp/110191971X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_sZR9yb869S99R

Avoid the "official" the study guides from ETS. Some people think that must be the best study guide because it comes from the people who make the test. That's not true. Remember, they have an image to maintain. They are selling themselves to universities as an "objective" test of intelligence, and future academic potential, which is utter nonsense. The GRE only tests how well you take the test, but you have to get through it if you want to go to grad school. Thus, ETS claims to those who get the results of the tests, but not to the ones taking the test, that the scores are a "reliable" measure of intelligence. Which means that no one should be able to study for a few months and dramatically improve their scores. Of course you can do that, but their material will not be as helpful because they solely focus on examples of past GREs, not strategies that increase the probability of a better score. Princeton Review is all I used and I was very happy with my scores. Now I'm finishing my third year in grad school.

I don't see any concrete advice, so I'll advise of what I did to prepare. I started 4 months away from my test date because I was still a full time student the whole time preparing. Got a 159/167/5.0 and was pretty stoked with my verbal score. I started out in the low 140s/high 130s (words r hard) and had to work a lot to bring that up. For math, I just ran through two practice tests in the beginning and that was enough to brush up on the math stuff (the only things I forgot were statistics related).

Materials

• Kaplan's GRE Prep Book (with online tests) http://www.amazon.com/GRE-Premier-2016-Practice-Tests/dp/1625231326/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463072761&sr=8-1&keywords=kaplans+gre
  
  
• Roughly 1,000 flash cards and a large notebook for writing down words you don't know/essays/miscellaneous (I got one with dividers to split up 1. words I don't know 2. essay prep 3. essay writing 4. math equations I don't know)
  
  
• 5 bags of coffee and a shitty test score for motivation
  
  Process
  
  Writing: For this, I don't have much of a way of recommending how you prep. I have never been too great at writing itself, but you can learn a great deal from going through the book and googling extra essay prompts to organize your ideas. Organizing your ideas in an outline is imperative. Beyond that, the writing center at Tech might be worthwhile if you score below a 4.0 on your first test (it also depends what you're going to grad school for: I went into the medical field so writing is somewhat important, if you're going into engineering, you could pretty much get by with a 3.5 so long as the other scores are decent). Just work on organizing a good argument with brief but concrete examples. Read tons of example essays to figure out how to formulate your ideas.
  
  Verbal: This is what I sucked at. My vocabulary has always been horrifically bad, and I got by forever with saying "I'm an engineer, I don't need this shit!" The Kaplan book has good lists in the back. I made flash cards for the most used words as well as word roots to figure out words on the fly. Go through the appendix and write down all you don't know, start with that.
  
  Next, everytime you take a practice test, write down all of the words you didn't know on paper while you're taking the test, and make flash cards of those. I had a good 5-600 of word roots and words by the time I got done with a dozen practice tests and with how stupid the Kaplan book made me feel. Vocabulary is what got me the most, and is important for both the multiple choice as well as the reading comp. If you suck at reading comp. even after learning vocab, ask someone at the Writing Center for help. Reading/writing were never enough of a problem for me to seek out extra help, but I still wasn't great at them.
  
  Math: Just run through practice tests. Write down any formulas you forget from math. If you're struggling with this, idk how to help because I can't explain math. You should be fine coming from Tech. I made like 50 flash cards of formulas to run through the week before the test (things like permutations vs combinations always tripped me up in the way they were worded).
  
  TL;DR
  
  Practice. A lot. If your grad school of choice is competitive or your GPA isn't the greatest, you should treat this like a class in itself over the next few months. It helps if you can budget the extra $200 to just take it now to get a feel for it and get a score to see where you need to improve. You must wear headphones and they give you a full pat down each time you go in and out of the computer room. The guy running my session was upwards of late 70s, and he stood behind me during half of the test.

Thank you! I'm ordering some books to drill out practice problems. I don't struggle much with the theory, more the way to go about problems quickly and efficiently. I noticed, having my math background, I was trying to rigorously prove/find an exact solution for almost all quant problems. I didn't exactly run out of time, but I felt like I ended up guessing quite a bit because I would try to keep myself to about 2min per problem. The verbal section I did a bit better than average which was a nice surprised, and the IR was the same case. I have to make some calls/emails to the programs I'm applying to for deadlines to determine when i will need to retake the test. Other than practice problems, would you recommend any strategy books? The two packages I was looking at are provided via Amazon links. The 2018 on looks good, but has 700 or so less reviews than the 2017 one. Let me know what you think which one would be more beneficial and why. Thanks again!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1119396174/ref=zg_bs_11686_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=8TJGNN2M6BAHGKH4TZEF

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1119347637/ref=zg_bs_11686_19?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=8TJGNN2M6BAHGKH4TZEF

Smart move taking the diagnostic first. Here's what I recommend you do in a step-by-step fashion:

• Go through the ETS Math Review Guide. Make sure you know ALL of the concepts in here and complete all of the exercises, even if they seem easy. The only thing you can probably skip is the "box plot" section.
  
  
• Go through your diagnostic test with a fine-tooth comb and try to determine precisely what your weaknesses are. You can break down math questions in four general categories: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data. Try to determine which of the four your strong at and which of the four you're not so good at.
  
  
• Obtain all of the official practice material, most of which you can find in the Super Power Pack. I would also recommend that you obtain the Old GREs because, although the math is a little bit easier, it has a ton of practice material (27 tests) that you can draw from.
  
  
• Purchase the 5-lb Manhattan book for supplemental math practice. Just make sure you don't do the verbal in this book.
  
  
• Start familiarizing yourself with some of the more common math strategies like Choosing Numbers and Periodically Stopping.
  
  
• Create a practice test schedule. When will you take your next practice test? When will you take the one after that? We use practice tests to gauge progress, so make sure you have a firm plan in place and that you take the practice test sessions carefully.
  
  
• Use this subreddit as a resource. If you ever feel overwhelmed, just give us a holler.

Kaplan Premier for the basics and practice CATs (I used MGMAT and Kaplan). Actually relied more on MGMAT only because it was the first one I opened.

OG (Official Guide) for practice - they're actual, past GMAT questions.

GMAT Club for additional resources. The regular posters are very helpful and there are a ton of extra questions to practice with available there. Just be careful, as some are of pretty poor quality.

And don't forget, when you register for the GMAT, you'll gain access to two CATs via the GMAT Prep software. Those are the best indicators of your ability as they're written by the creators of the test.

Good luck!

You can take the GMAT as many times as you want. Many schools, including the top-ranked ones, take the score that you designate... in other words, you get to choose which score the school sees.

Also, GMAT scores are good for five years, so it's never too early to start.

That being said, there's no reason you should not have a stellar GMAT score. All I did was go through the official practice book, and I got a 97% (I didn't even review the essay portion until two hours before the exam, in the parking lot).

The test is extremely "logical"... I don't know how to describe it other than that. Cheating like this article implies doesn't really help the students at all, since it's not based on memorization.

One last thing. At least for top-ranked schools, a high GMAT score won't get you IN, but a low GMAT score quite possibly might keep you OUT.

Essays are the most important part of the application process. Develop a "story" with your essays, and emphasize a united goal. I highly recommend giving this book a read.

Good luck!
Anderson '10

Real, Official ETS GRE materials are are totally missing from your list.

ETS GRE materials are the best materials to practice with--especially for the Verbal section, where imitation questions can differ significantly from the real exam.

Below is an exhaustive list of all the official GRE preparation materials from ETS currently available:

1. PowerPrep Online (Free): 2 free computer-adaptive tests (CATs) containing 160 real GRE questions per test (320 total), along with a Test Preview Tool (18 additional questions and 2 more essay questions). Note: The PowerPrep Online GRE tests include the exact same 320 questions as the questions from this book.
   
2. Powerprep Plus Online ($40 per test with 90 days of access): 3 more CATs ($40 each with 90 days of access) that you can only take once per purchase. 80 real GRE questions per test, and 480 real GRE questions total, along with a Test Preview Tool (18 additional questions and 2 more essay questions).
   
3. Paper-Based GRE Practice Test (old version): Beware: only 22 questions on the old paper-based test are unique: the other 78 questions overlap with the free PowerPrep Online test #1. Do not take these paper-based tests until after you take the PowerPrep online tests, or your diagnostic scores on the CATs might be less realistic due to question repetition.
   
4. Paper-Based GRE Practice Test (new version): Beware: only 37 questions on the old paper-based test are unique: the other 53 questions overlap with the free PowerPrep Online test #2. Do not take these paper-based tests until after you take the PowerPrep online tests, or your diagnostic score might be less realistic due to question repetition.
   
5. The Official Guide to the GRE General Test, 3rd Edition: 296 real GRE practice questions, including 57 additional math exercises.
   
6. Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning Practice Questions, Second Edition, Volume 1: 150 additional GRE Quant practice problems, along with answer explanations / test info.
   
7. Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions, Second Edition, Volume 1: 150 GRE Verbal practice problems, along with answer explanations and information on the test.
   
8. The Official GRE Super Power Pack (includes books #5, 6 and 7 in one bundle, sometimes at a lower price than the individual books).
   
9. The Official GRE Value Combo (includes books #6 and 7 in one bundle, sometimes at a lower price than the individual books).
   
   If you add up all the unique questions in these official resources, it totals about 1,600 official questions, which for many students is more than sufficient for a full GRE preparation. However, many students need more learning, strategy and practice than the official materials can provide. With that in mind, here are some additional 3rd-party GRE strategy and learning guides that we can recommend:
   
   
10. Manhattan Prep 5-Lb Book of GRE Practice Problems
    
11. Manhattan Prep GRE Set of 8 Strategy Guides
    
12. GRE Prep by Magoosh
    
13. Barron’s GRE, 22nd Edition
    
14. McGraw-Hill Education GRE 2018
    
15. Cliff’s Notes Math Review for Standardized Tests, 3rd Edition
    
16. GRE Vocab Capacity (disclaimer: also written by us)
    
    You might also want to consider purchasing the Manhattan Prep GRE CATs, which do not include real GRE questions, but are still (mostly) realistic and make for good practice if you need more than four CATs. The first exam is free, and you can buy six more for $39.
    
    We do NOT recommend Kaplan or Princeton Review books, which are decent for mid-level scorers, but too simplistic for the student who aspires to high GRE scores.
    
    Bonus: Don't forget about the GRE Big Book, which is now outdated, but has 27 old GRE tests, which are still useful, especially for Quant, despite subsequent changes to the GRE test format.
    
    Source: Vince and Brian's (Free) GRE PowerPrep Explanations

TL;DR: the difficulty depends on what you're good at - English and/or Math.

I'm a jiak kantang kind of person and I've never had major problems with math, so I personally thought that the exam wasn't super challenging. Basically I found some free practice tests online and did a few of them to get a feel for what the time management would be like. Granted I took the GRE like five years ago so I don't really remember all that much about the test itself haha

In contrast, my friends from more Mandarin-speaking backgrounds really struggled with vocab and grammar and some of them had to take the test twice to get the score they wanted. They managed to improve their score by grinding Kaplan and Manhattan. There are PDFs floating around so you don't have to spend a ton of money.

One friend who didn't take AMath at O levels had a lot of trouble with the math section, but the other people were mostly fine.

All the best!

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One additional consideration: as confirmed by their product descriptions, buying any of the 4th edition books gives you access to Manhattan Prep's 6 online practice GRE tests. The product descriptions of the new 5th edition books make no such promises. Manhattan sells the 6 practice tests for US $50; if you want both the books and the practice tests, it's cheaper to just buy the 4th edition books new on Amazon (while they last) and get the practice tests included for free.

Side note for anyone interested: I just saw that a new edition of the 5lb Book will be released on December 4th as well, and it's up for preorder on Amazon now. According to its description, the new edition "has been updated to include an online companion of lessons from Interact® for GRE, our revolutionary interactive, on-demand learning platform. In addition, the book now includes new mixed timed sets, a cheat sheet of key math rules, and micro drills to test individual skills." Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1506247598/

Try the third party sellers. They usually work well, especially the ones "fulfilled by amazon".

These are the GRE books I'm using:

[Prep book from ETS, the test writers] (http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Revised-General-Test/dp/007179123X?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00)

[Kaplan Prep book] (http://www.amazon.com/GRE-Premier-2016-Practice-Tests/dp/1625231326/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1464258601&sr=1-1&keywords=kaplan+gre)

[Big book of practice problems] (http://www.amazon.com/Practice-Problems-Manhattan-Strategy-Guides/dp/1941234518?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER)

ETS PowerPrep II, which is software that includes 2 practice tests with standard testing conditions.

If anyone has other suggestions, please share.

I'm currently using ETS material for all the verbal, but for non-ETS material. I use the 5-lb Book of GRE Practice Problems from Manhattan Prep (https://www.amazon.com/lb-Book-GRE-Practice-Problems/dp/1506247598/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=gre&qid=1559187676&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1).

I got it on sale last December alongside with the GRE vocabulary flashcards.

However, my friend swears by Magoosh. I didn't want to drop $149 when I'm taking the exam in 3 months. I suggest utilizing and exhausting all of the free resource before thinking about buying GRE prep courses.

I'm about to order these 8 guides- http://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Strategy-Guides-Fourth-Edition/dp/098417804X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331607685&sr=8-1

I have taken a princeton review course, tested, was not happy with my score, and now i'm studying for a second time- but switching to manhattan prep material. hope this is helpful.

When are you taking it? If you're looking for study materials I recommend this book!

These are the study materials I ordered:

• CliffsNotes Math Review for Standardized Tests
  
  
• Cracking the New GRE with DVD by Princeton Review
  
  
• 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary by Wilfred Funk, Norman Lewis
  
  
• New GRE 2011-2012 Premier with CD by Kaplan
  
  
• Barron's New GRE, 19th Edition
  
  
  

is this the offcial guide to GMAT? http://www.valorebooks.com/textbooks/official-guide-for-gmat-review-13th-edition/9781118109793#default=buyhttp://www.valorebooks.com/affiliate/url/siteID=x0f6M7?url=http://www.valorebooks.com/textbooks/official-guide-for-gmat-review-13th-edition/9781118109793%23default=buy&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Froogle&utm_source=Froogle&date=05/21/13

also, you think i'll be fine by getting this and the above link?: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/098417804X?ie=UTF8&tag=gmatclub-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=098417804X

I bought the Wiley GMAT prep book and got the score I needed for my program. I would have done better had I actually completed most of the book. Pay attention to the math section as they focus on stuff you probably haven't done since your algebra/trig days.

I could only find it available for purchase on the American amazon website. https://www.amazon.com/Loophole-LSAT-Logical-Reasoning/dp/1732749000/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=loophole+lsat&qid=1567657711&s=gateway&sprefix=loophole+&sr=8-1

This is the one I used: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1506247598/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Just because you ask specifically about books, I'll restrict my answer to just that

1. Magoosh Prep guide (https://www.amazon.in/GRE-Prep-Magoosh-ebook/dp/B01MTEK77B)
   
   Pros:
   This is quite good, covers all the techniques. Most importantly, there are problems which are v v tricky. And Only tricky problems, so you're exposed to all the charades that ETS can pull.
   
   Cons :
   Only covers tricky problems, so as to get you exposed. This isn't really detailed.
   
   I would defo buy it tho, so I get the exposure!
   
   
   
2. ETS sample tests books (Or CDs) or the free test you get with your GRE exam fee payment. Note: The GRE Prep software only works properly on windows :(
   
   
3. Just get a online service to help you out (This is optional, There is magoosh for everything, Membean for learning new words / vocab).
   
   That is pretty much all you need. All the books, at the very least, because most of the GRE services are software :|

I think what's best is probably to start out doing them by game type until you can go about -1 average on each game in about the target time.

Look into getting something like this: (it not only has them by type but it's hard to fidn those PTs anyways, so might as well use them for drilling)
https://www.amazon.com/Real-LSATs-Grouped-Question-Type/dp/1937707369/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1466898472&sr=8-2&keywords=manhattan+lsat+by+question+type

It's 10 tests worth of PTs but split up by type for LG and LR (R is just broken into individual sections, not even individual passages). For instance it's broken into like basic ordering practice set 1, which is like 4 games, say game 2 of PT 43, game 1 of PT 48, etc, and basic ordering practice set 2, which is like 4 other games.

Here's what I'd recommend:
First, photo copy at least 5 copies of each game so you can redo it multiple times. Or else write the answers on a separate paper and don't do any work or cross anything out on the real sheet.

If your issues are due to not knowing good ways to diagram the games rather than just going slow, do the first half of each type one game at a time and review how to do it by watching the 7sage videos even if you got them all right unless you absolutely crushed it.

If your issues are just because you go slow, or for the second half of each type, you can do the second half of each type all in a row and then review all 4 or so games all in one go by watching them on 7sage.

Then the next day, redo every game that either took you too long or you got one wrong. And if any of them took too long again or you got any wrong again (probably most of the games still did), watch the 7sage video again.

Then the next day move on to the next type, like basic grouping or whatever. Do the same thing that I said above for the first type of doing them, reviewing them etc. Except also add in some of the ones you still get wrong from the first type.

Then the next day do more review of the second type and any of the first type you still get wrong.

Keep doing this until you get through all the types in the book and are comfortably getting no more than about 1 wrong per game in about the target time listed on 7sage.

Eventually you'll kind of remember how to do each game, but that's fine because you'll also learn to recognize patterns of rules that always come up. You'll get comfortable with the basics of each type because you'll have done so many of one type in a row rather than bouncing back and forth between types and not solidifying in your mind how to do them as well.

Then you should move onto full practice tests. No sense doing a ton of practice tests when you are making too many rookie mistakes.

(also you might as well go by question type for learning how to do LR since you have them split up in the Manhattan book anyways)