I had already done practice tests and had followed a Barron’s prep book as well before I picked this one up. I think I actually got this book one week before the test… so I used it more for just additional research.

Well, the pointers in it are definitely good. It helps to get you to look at the problems a little differently. I also didn’t want to focus much attention to the essays because they didn’t matter to my school. So I just read up on what this book had to offer and I ended up with a 5 on the essay part with little-to-no effort!!!

The practice test was good (from the DVD) but you can only use it once. I tried to do it again and it just gave me the same questions in a different order! A bit annoying, but it wasn’t too bad because I already had done plenty of practice tests previously. Also, SOME of the questions I got on the DVD were repeats from the paper tests in the book.

If I had to do it all over again (thankfully, I don’t!) I’d read this book first and try out the practice test. Then I’d focus the rest of my time on doing official practice tests from GMAC.