Buy Richard Montauk's how to get into a top mba program and mba gameplan. Those two books should be enough of a reference to get you through most everything. check out businessweek forums for extra info although beware there are tons of jerks and useless info there so put on your filters. have any q's i'd be happy to answer them. general advice would be concentrate on one aspect at a time, and prepare yourself for the long long haul, it took me a year all told from when i started studyin for the gmat till i got my decisions. so start by studying for and taking the gmat then go from there. Good luck!