GMAT Official Guide 2019 Bundle: Books + Online (Gmat Official Guides) Paperback – Import, 3 Jul 2018

Thanks to these books I now passed the test and secured my place at the top 3 UK university. Great explanations and instructions on how to tackle those GMAT tasks

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I liked these books. They come with a very good review of all concepts covered and include many practice questions and explanations for all answered questions indicating why it was wrong or why it was correct. This helped a lot with studying.The online platform, the Question builder, was very useful tailoring practice exams to the specific sections and skill levels.Why I gave this review a 3 Star is because it helped me make a grave mistake on test day and affected my overall mark greatly.In the Question Builder - the quantitative section allows you the use of an on screen calculator. It is a primitive calculator (in comparison to some of the modern day scientific units.) You need to click on it to open it and when you aren't using it you can minimize it.I got used to using the online calculator in an attempt to mimic the actual GMAT test and familiarize myself with the difficulty level of the questions and left my scientific calculator out of it.On Test Day - I sit down to write the quantitative section and there is no calculator. In fact it says calculators are not allowed right on your screen. So my time spent practicing theory and principles did nothing to help me with my simple arithmetic that I overlooked thinking I had the use of a calculator. This hurt my quant score and my overall test.This is largely in part my error for not reading the entire book... as it is stated in the book no calculator is provided for the quant section... I however find it frustrating that the "official test prep" included the calculator and I completed all my practice with it. Study-ers beware.

My name is Dan, and I've been helping people with the GMAT for a decade now with Vincia Prep in Paris, France. As a GMAT expert, I can tell you that the official guide is a very useful tool for your GMAT preparation. I can also tell you that one of the most common mistakes that I see with students who are just starting to study is that they begin by going directly to practice questions without working on the necessary strategies first. Beginning by studying the proper techniques to tackle questions will allow you to practice in a more efficient way. These books have great practice questions but almost no strategy. Thus, buy some strategy books or take a class to start your studies and then work on these books.