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Hi Praveen I strongly recommend The Princeton Review TOEFL Material. If you want, I could pass all 05 Princeton Review 'Classroom' manuals to you. These are not available in the market. They cover: Structure Grammar Listening Reading Writing In addition, they also include 4 CDs on listening. Besides, I could also give you the TOEFL Powerprep CD that includes two CBTs. Let me know what you think. Cheers Gagan

Hi Nimisha I strongly recommend The Princeton Review TOEFL Material. If you want, I could pass all 05 Princeton Review 'Classroom' manuals to you. These are not available in the market. They cover: Structure Grammar Listening Reading Writing In addition, they also include 4 CDs on listening. Besides, I could also give you the TOEFL Powerprep CD that includes two CBTs. Let me know what you think. Cheers Gagan

Hi Nimisha I strongly recommend The Princeton Review TOEFL Material. If you want, I could pass all 05 Princeton Review 'Classroom' manuals to you. These are not available in the market. They cover: Structure Grammar Listening Reading Writing In addition, they also include 4 CDs on listening. Besides, I could also give you the TOEFL Powerprep CD that includes two CBTs. Let me know what you think. Cheers Gagan

May i suggest that you should try to lay your hands on the GMAT prep material from American Education Aids. The American Education Aids material is simply superb as it trains you in two ways: builds ur foundation first and second, gives you hundreds and hundreds of practice questions. That too, questions taken from past GMAT PBTs. I'd refered to this material the first time while still in college in 1998 and scored a 680 and used the revised material again this year to score a 720. The material also contains over 100 argument and issue essays, which really help you structure your own essays. Just for the record, my AWA score is 5.5. Lastly the material also includes the Powerprep CD. Cheers Gagan

May I wish you the very best for your IELTS LightSay. Just make sure you do a lot of regular reading up before your test date. That should boost your confidence.

I am interested in selling the entire set of GMAT material from The American Education Aids and also all 9 of the current ETS tests. Im in India.

Here are my Kaplan CD Test scores and my actual GMAT score. Perhaps this might make you feel better: Kaplan Diag: 680 KCAT1: 540 KCAT2: 580 KCAT3: 670 KCAT4: 640 Actual GMAT: 720 Do not let the score from the first practice test discourage you at all. Get the best out of time in terms of learning and target a score improvement of atleast 30-40 points on every subsequent test.

'reliable, valid and comparable' are vague terms. I was hoping Erin wouldve has something to say about this trial testing.

All you guys out there who've never taken their GMAT before, its time to party. You could be one of the lucky few who might get a chance to take the GMAT absolutely free of cost! Unbelievable, but true. Read on: Limited 2005 Summer GMAT® Testing We would like to invite those who have never taken the GMAT® exam before to apply to participate in free limited summer testing. As a part of the transition from the current Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) vendor to Pearson VUE and ACT, the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) will offer free limited GMAT® testing with the new vendors this summer. The testing will take place in 20 cities around the world from July 15 to August 15, 2005. Note: Testing in Sao Paulo, Brazil will take place from August 1 to August 12. Selected candidates will take a complete Computer-Adaptive GMAT® (GMAT CAT®) that will become part of their permanent test records. These candidates will be reimbursed for the registration fee after completing the testing and questionnaire process. They will receive official GMAT® scores and will be able to send those scores to schools. The limited summer testing will take place in the following cities: United States Boston, Massachusetts (full) Chicago, Illinois (full) Nashville, Tennessee (full) San Francisco, California (full) Houston, Texas (full) Atlanta, Georgia (full) Latin America Sao Paolo, Brazil Buenos Aires, Argentina Lima, Peru (full) Asia/Pacific Hong Kong, Hong Kong Seoul, South Korea Sydney, Australia Osaka, Japan Europe London, United Kingdom (full) Lisbon, Portugal Moscow, Russia Prague, Czech Republic Middle East/Africa Nairobi, Kenya Lagos, Nigeria (full) Ankara, Turkey Please note: Preregistration for the following cities has closed: United States Boston, Massachusetts Chicago, Illinois Nashville, Tennessee San Francisco, California Houston, Texas Atlanta, Georgia Europe London, United Kingdom Middle East/Africa Lagos, Nigeria Latin America Lima, Peru To prequalify for selection, you must meet certain criteria. You must— be a first-time test taker submit information for prequalification online between April 1 and June 27, 2005 In addition, you must be willing to— register for the test between June 29 and August 14, 2005 agree at the time of registration to the terms and conditions of testing and the privacy policies in effect at the time of testing, which describe the collection, transmission, and processing of certain personal data in the U.S., including the digital fingerprint, photograph, and signature to be collected at the test center pay for the test at time of registration, using a Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or JCB card (you will be reimbursed for the registration fee after completing the entire process) test between July 15 and August 15, 2005, at one of the test centers designated for limited summer testing complete an online survey that will be e-mailed to you by September 30, 2005, following the official scoring of the exam Selected candidates will be accepted into this program on a first-come, first-served basis. Be sure to apply early! This information has been posted on the mba.com website. I wonder what Erin has to say about this. My take is that students should watch out because the trial testing may have snags and/or a slightly different overall orientation in terms of questions' style and structure. Cheers

Absolutely not. Dont even think of penning a word (or in this case, alphabet) during any of the breaks. Strictly not allowed.

Ive said this before and I'm gonna say it again.....make sure you take atleast a few ETS 'retired' tests b4 the real thing. In my opinion, if taken under timed conditions, they're very good indicators of one's final GMAT score.

Hi there Here's a list of material that i used for crackin my gmat. I reckon that its quite comprehensive, both for math and for verbal. Manuals Official Guide 10th Edition Kaplan GMAT 2005 Kaplan GRE/GMAT Math Workbook The Princeton Review GMAT Manual (classroom edition-with strategies) The Princeton Review Additional Hard Math Question Sets (classroom edition) Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Aggarwal-2005 edition GMAT Study Notes from Arjun Classes, Mumbai GMAT Study Material from American Education Aids, Chennai (contains over 1000 questions from past PBTs, on each section as well as 90 issue & 90 argument sample essays) CDs Powerprep CD Kaplan CD The Princeton Review CD Paper-Based Tests 09 Official ETS (retired) Tests 01 The Princeton Review Diagnostic Test 02 American Education Aids Practice Tests

Hi there The Kaplan 2005 is indeed a great book, especially the CD tests. Make sure u practice the minitests separately as the questions covered therin are different from the ones in the CATs Make sure u do the ETS practice tests as well

Another good way to push up ur math scores will be to first brush up all ur concepts thoroughly. If you'e in India, you could easily procure a copy of RS Aggarwal-Quantitative Aptitude. Except for Co-ordinate Geometry, it pretty much covers most of the topics you will find on the GMAT. I think it's a great starting point for ur quant skills.

Hi all I had enroled for a TOEFL prep course with The Princeton Review , but later backed out. Nevertheless, I obtained all their courseware including 4 listening CDs. If anyone out there wishes to buy the same from me, you could let me know. I wanna give it away for a throwaway price. Cheers Gagan