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                                  ABOUT THIS BOOK
           If you don’t have a pencil in your hand, get one now!  Don’t just read this book—write on it,
           study it, scrutinize it!  In short, for the next six weeks, this book should be a part of your life.
           When you have finished the book, it should be marked-up, dog-eared, tattered and torn.
              Although the GMAT is a difficult test, it is a very learnable test.  This is not to say that the
           GMAT is “beatable.”  There is no bag of tricks that will show you how to master it overnight.
           You probably have already realized this.  Some books, nevertheless, offer "inside stuff" or "tricks"
           which they claim will enable you to beat the test.  These include declaring that answer-choices B,
           C, or D are more likely to be correct than choices A or E.  This tactic, like most of its type, does not
           work.  It is offered to give the student the feeling that he or she is getting the scoop on the test.
              The GMAT cannot be “beaten.”  But it can be mastered—through hard work, analytical
           thought, and by training yourself to think like a test writer.
              This book will introduce you to numerous analytic techniques that will help you immensely,
           not only on the GMAT but in business school as well.  For this reason, studying for the GMAT
           can be a rewarding and satisfying experience.
              Although the quick-fix method is not offered in this book, about 15% of the material is
           dedicated to studying how the questions are constructed.  Knowing how the problems are
           written and how the test writers think will give you useful insight into the problems and make
           them less mysterious.  Moreover, familiarity with the GMAT’s structure will help reduce your
           anxiety.  The more you know about this test, the less anxious you will be the day you take it.