Recommended Resources

Executive Assessment (EA)

1) GMAT Official Guide 2022 3-Book Bundle PAPERBACKS

These old GMAT books include the question types tested on the EA. If you already have some of the 3 books in the bundle, be sure to buy the rest individually via the links below. Also, if you prefer e-books, you can buy them individually via the links below.

GMAT Official Guide 2022 PAPERBACK or E-BOOK

GMAT Official Guide Quantitative Review 2022 PAPERBACK or E-BOOK

GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review 2022 PAPERBACK or E-BOOK

2) If you plan to take the EA in a test center (recommended) rather than online, then purchase a set of “noteboards” with a marker, so you can use them when you take your practice exams.

3) If you plan to take the EA online rather than in a test center, then purchase a personal whiteboard no more than 12 x 20 inches (30 x 50cm) as well as a few whiteboard pens and an eraser. For the pens, consider:

Staedtler Lumocolor Correctable 305-F

Optional:

1) Manhattan Prep GMAT Foundations of Math FREE E-BOOK

2) Manhattan Prep GMAT Foundations of Verbal PAPERBACK or FREE E-BOOK

3) Manhattan Prep Sentence Correction 6th Edition PAPERBACK - consider getting an inexpensive used copy

4) GMAT Official Advanced Questions PAPERBACK

5) Veritas Prep GMAT Set of 12 Books - consider getting an inexpensive used copy

6) Manhattan Prep GMAT All the Quant 7th Edition PAPERBACK (includes geometry) or

All the Quant + DI 8th Edition PAPERBACK or E-BOOK (does not include geometry)

7) Manhattan Prep GMAT All the Verbal 7th Edition PAPERBACK or E-BOOK (includes Sentence Correction)

8) Manhattan Prep GMAT Advanced Quant 3rd Edition PAPERBACK or E-BOOK

GRE

1) The official ETS Total Access bundle. This includes e-book (PDF) versions of the 3 official books: the Official Guide to the GRE 4th edition, Quantitative Reasoning 3rd edition, and Verbal Reasoning 3rd edition. NOTE: Only use the GRE Mentor course question bank after taking all of the official practice tests because the 640+ problems in the question bank include problems from the practice exams, especially from POWERPREP PLUS® Practice Tests 1 & 3.

2) If you don’t buy the Total Access bundle, then buy the 3-Book Super Power Pack, including the Official Guide to the GRE 4th edition, Quantitative Reasoning 3rd edition, and Verbal Reasoning 3rd edition: PAPERBACKS or E-BOOKS

3) If you don’t buy the Total Access bundle or Super Power Pack because you already have some of the 3 official books, then buy the rest individually.

A) Official Guide to the GRE 4th edition PAPERBACK or E-BOOK

B) Quantitative Reasoning 3rd edition PAPERBACK or E-BOOK

C) Verbal Reasoning 3rd edition PAPERBACK or E-BOOK

4) Manhattan Prep 5lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems 5th edition PAPERBACK or E-BOOK

Optional:

1) Manhattan Prep GRE All the Quant & All the Verbal (includes 6 practice tests) PAPERBACKS

2) If you prefer to get only one of the paperbacks or if you prefer e-books, you can buy them via the links below; however, the 6 practice tests will not be included. The 6 practice tests are in the new short format and can be purchased separately for $49 at ManhattanPrep.com.

A) Manhattan Prep GRE All the Quant PAPERBACK or E-BOOK

B) Manhattan Prep GRE All the Verbal PAPERBACK or E-BOOK

3) Manhattan Prep GRE 500 Essential Words Vocabulary FLASH CARDS

4) Manhattan Prep GRE 500 Advanced Words Vocabulary FLASH CARDS

5) Manhattan Prep GMAT Foundations of Math FREE E-BOOK
(Even though it’s a GMAT book, everything applies to the GRE.)

6) Kaplan GRE Prep Plus 9th Edition PAPERBACK or E-BOOK includes 5 computer-based online practice exams.

Business Writing Assessment (BWA)

1) Official BWA information - Download the BWA Guide and Sample BWA Questions. Read the rules.

2) Official Practice tool - Write up to 4 sample essays, twice each. Get scored by the official algorithm.

3) Purchase a personal whiteboard no more than 12 x 20 inches (30 x 50cm) as well as a few whiteboard pens and an eraser. For the pens, consider:

Staedtler Lumocolor Correctable 305-F