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Totally updated for the "next generation" GMAT scheduled to launch in June 2012! The new edition of the book-CD version of McGraw-Hill's popular guide to the business school entrance exam taken by more than 265,000 people annually, including crucial information for the thousands of international GMAT takers.

About the Book
McGraw-Hill's GMAT guide is totally revised to cover the "next generation" GMAT: a new version of the exam containing a brand-new question type called "integrated reasoning" that requires test-takers to analyze information from varied sources including charts, graphs, and spreadsheets. The guide also offers examples, strategies, and practice for every question type, plus full-length sample tests in print, on CD, and online.

267,000 test-takers worldwide in 2009

Covers the new exam launching in June 2012 In the book:

4 complete sample exams with explained answers

NEW: Complete coverage of the new test format, including the new "integrated reasoning" question type

Two-color 8-page Welcome section including How to Use This Book, GMAT Study Plan, Getting the Most from the Online Tests, and more.

Complete section on getting into the best MBA programs

Valuable guidance for international GMAT takers —Foreword by Dean of Admissions at Goizueta School of Business, Emory University

On the CD:

4 more practice GMATs with automatic scoring and timing

Online:

2 more practice GMATs with automatic scoring and timing

20 free coaching videos demonstrating GMAT problem-solving strategies

Market/Audience
Over 1500 universities in the US offer graduate degrees in management or business administration, and most of these require the GMAT for admission.
The number of GMAT test takers in 2009 reached nearly 267,000, the most in one year in the history of the exam. Beyond growing larger, the GMAT testing pool is becoming more international and increasingly diverse. Approximately 51 percent of the people who took the GMAT in 2009 were non-U.S. citizens—the first time that test takers who were citizens of other nations outnumbered Americans.
GMAT exams taken by Chinese citizens rose 35 percent in testing year 2009 compared with the year before, to 23,550; the number is up 181 percent since 2005. Tests taken by citizens of India were up 7 percent in testing year 2009, to 30,633, capping a 128 percent increase during the past five years.

Benefit to the Customer

Covers the new test format launching in June 2012

Gives students the tools they need to master all GMAT content areas

Provides test-taking practice with questions just like those on the real GMAT

CD offers test-taking experience that mimics the actual GMAT

Includes more GMAT practice online at

Provides valuable information for the thousands of overseas GMAT-takers

About the Authors
James Hasik (Austin, TX) is a GMAT test preparation instructor and tutor who has been developing training curricula and teaching courses to individual and corporate clients for over ten years.
Stacey Rudnick (Austin, TX) is Director for MBA Career Services at The McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, and is charged with all career management responsibilities for McCombs's full-time and evening MBA students.
Ryan Hackney (Austin, TX) is a writer specializing in education, history, and business.