Scott A. Hatch & Lisa Zimmer Hatch 
GMAT For Dummies 

If you’re planning to apply for an MBA program, you’rerequired to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Andyou thought your days of sharpening number 2 pencils were over! Howdo you prepare for such a comprehensive test? Never fear.

GMAT For Dummies, Fifth Edition, puts at your fingertipseverything you need to know to conquer the GMAT. This highlyreadable, friendly guide makes the study process as painless aspossible, providing you with complete math and grammar reviews andall the preparation you need to maximize your score and outsmartyour 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 updatedpractice questions so you can see just how the GMAT tests aparticular concept. Our sample questions read just like the actualtest questions, so you can get comfortable with the way the GMATphrases questions and answer choices. You get plenty of tips oncorrectly answering the sentence correction, reading comprehension, and critical reading questions and tackling the analytical essays.There’s also a comprehensive math review of everything fromnumber types to standard deviation and expanded coverage ofstatistics and probability. Each section ends with a mini practicetest to prepare you for the two full-length practice tests featuredin 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 onlyappears on the GMAT
* Use relaxation techniques if you start to panic during thetest

Complete with a scoring guide, explanatory answers, timesavingtips, math formulas you should memorize, and a list of writingerrors to avoid, GMAT For Dummies is all you need topractice your skills, improve your score, and pass with flyingcolors.

Table of Content

Introduction.

Part I: Putting the GMAT into Perspective.

Chapter 1: Getting the Lowdown on the GMAT.

Chapter 2: Maximizing Your Score on the GMAT.

Part II: Vanquishing the Verbal Section.

Chapter 3: Applying What You Learned (We Hope) in Grammar Class:Sentence Correction.

Chapter 4: Not as Enticing as a Bestseller: Reading Comprehension.

Chapter 5: Getting Logical: Critical Reasoning.

Chapter 6: Bringing It Together: A Practice Mini Verbal Section.

Part III: Acing the Analytical Writing Section.

Chapter 7: Analyze This: What to Expect from the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA).

Chapter 8: Present Perfect Paragraphs: How to Write a GMATEssay.

Chapter 9: Deconstructing Sample GMAT Essays.

Part IV: Conquering the Quantitative Section.

Chapter 10: Getting Back to Basics: Numbers and Operations.

Chapter 11: Considering All the Variables: Algebra.

Chapter 12: Getting the Angle on Geometry: Planes and Solids.

Chapter 13: Keeping in Step: Coordinate Geometry.

Chapter 14: Manipulating Numbers: Statistics and Sets.

Chapter 15: It’s All in the Presentation: GMATQuantitative Question Types.

Chapter 16: All Together Now: A Practice Mini Quantitative Section.

Part V: Practice Makes Perfect.

Chapter 17: Putting the GMAT into Practice: Test #1.

Chapter 18: Explaining the Answers to Practice Test #1.

Chapter 19: Putting the GMAT into Practice: Test #2.

Chapter 20: Explaining the Answers to Practice Test #2.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 21: Ten Questions You’ve Got a Good Shot At.

Chapter 22: Ten Writing Errors to Avoid.

Chapter 23: Ten Formulas You Need to Know on Test Day.

Index.

About the author

Scott and Lisa Hatch have prepared students forcollege entrance exams for over 25 years. While in law school inthe late ’70s, Scott Hatch taught LSAT preparation coursesthroughout Southern California to pay for his education. He was sogood at it that after graduation, he went out on his own. Usingmaterials he developed himself, he prepared thousands of anxiouspotential test-takers for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, LSAT, GRE, and GMAT.
Years ago, Lisa took one of Scott’s LSAT preparation coursesat the University of Colorado and improved her love life as well asher LSAT score. Lisa’s love for instructing and writingallowed her to fit right in with Scott’s lifestyle, teachingcourses and preparing course materials. They married shortlythereafter.
Since then, Scott and Lisa have taught test preparation to studentsworldwide. Currently over 300 universities and colleges offer theircourses online and through live lectures, and the Hatches havewritten the curriculum for both formats. The company they havebuilt together, the Center for Legal Studies, provides not onlystandardized test preparation courses but also courses for thosewho desire careers in the field of law, including paralegals, legalsecretaries, legal investigators, victim advocates, and legal nurseconsultants.
Scott has presented standardized test preparation courses since1979. He is listed in Who’s Who in California and Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, and he was named one of the Outstanding Young Menof America by the United States Jaycees. He was a contributingeditor to The Judicial Profiler (Mc Graw-Hill) and the Colorado Law Annotated (West/Lawyers Co-op) series, and hewas editor of several award-winning publications. He received hisundergraduate degree from the University of Colorado and his Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law.
Lisa has been teaching legal certificate and standardized testpreparation courses since 1987. She graduated with honors in English from the University of Puget Sound, and she received hermaster’s degree from California State University. She and Scott have co-authored numerous law and standardized test texts, including Paralegal Procedures and Practices, published by West Thomson Publishing, and SAT II U.S. History For Dummies, SAT II Biology For Dummies, SAT II Math For Dummies, and Paralegal Career For Dummies, published by Wiley Publishing.