Help me decide to choose old Vs. New MGMAT stategy books!

[rajman41]

Hi everybody!
I am new to this forum and would join as an active member from now on. I have one question to you all the members of the team i.e i bought gmat strategy guides 4th edition last year but due to work couldn't give much more time on studies.
I made up my mind to take the test in two months and decided to use the MGMAT stategy books as they have good reviews. Additionally, I heard that MGMAT have already launched their 5th edition strategy books in the market. At this point, what should i go to start with, the old edition or get the newest ones?. Are there additional chapters inclueded in the newest ones? Would like to know more about it.
Thanks in advance!

[rajman41]

Hi everybody!
I am new to this forum and would join as an active member from now on. I have one question to you all the members of the team i.e i bought gmat strategy guides 4th edition last year but due to work couldn't give much more time on studies.
I made up my mind to take the test in two months and decided to use the MGMAT stategy books as they have good reviews. Additionally, I heard that MGMAT have already launched their 5th edition strategy books in the market. At this point, what should i go to start with, the old edition or get the newest ones?. Are there additional chapters inclueded in the newest ones? Would like to know more about it.
Thanks in advance!

Any info please!!!

[rajman41]

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Is this the comment i expected to get from such a forum. Why doesnt MGMAT officers doesn't handle about this situation, where a student come to ask for some questions, and on the contrary gets this kind of spams!!

[StaceyKoprince]

Hi, rajman. Spam can't be handled instantly / automatically. Whatever automatic blocking methods we put in place, the spammers always find a way around. When we become aware of a spam post, we do delete it.

Next, please remember to read the forum guidelines before posting. Please don't "bump" your own post. We respond to all posts in order, oldest first, and the date of your post is based on the date of the last post in the thread, not the first. If you bump your own post, you will wait longer for a response.

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Now, on to your question. There is additional information in some of the books, but some have changed more than others. The quant books have been reorganized but most of the material itself is the same. There are additional practice drills in the 5th edition quant books, though.

On the verbal side, the critical reasoning book changed the most - for that one, it might be worth getting the 5th edition book. You're probably fine with RC and SC.

The 4th edition uses OG12 and the 5th edition uses OG13, so just note that.

Finally, the 5th edition included a new book on Integrated Reasoning (this didn't exist for the 4th edition), so you may want to get that one.

For the most part, though, you're fine with your 4th edition books!