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125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 18 Sep 2010, 03:39
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I have scheduled to take GMAT on 19 October. But till now, I have not started studying yet. I'm quite ok in Math. I'm so worried for RC section. Without any practise, I can answer only 5 out of 10 questions correctly on SC and CR. But for RC 3 out of 10 because of slow reading speed. I do need to get at least 650. :( I can't give more than 125 hours in a month because of my job type. Please advise me the strategies for 1 month preparation to do smarter. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks a lot.

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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 03:39
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Dear All,

I have scheduled to take GMAT on 19 September. But till now, I have not started studying yet. I'm quite ok in Math. I'm so worried for RC section. Without any practise, I can answer only 5 out of 10 questions correctly on SC and CR. But for RC 3 out of 10 because of slow reading speed. I do need to get at least 650. :( I can't give more than 125 hours in a month because of my job type. Please advise me the strategies for 1 month preparation to do smarter. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks a lot.


19 September. I think you mean 19th October.

You can visit this link which has good information on a study plan.
gmat-study-plan-for-gmat-novices-start-your-gmat-journey-80727.html

It has a 120 hours (approx) study plan so its pretty much what you are looking for.

Try a practice test first and compare your score with your target of 650.

Best of luck!
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 04:54
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I have both MGMAT RC and Veritas RC guides and I find Veritas guide better than MGMAT. But again I'll say stay near to your OGs as you have only 1 month left to real GMAT.

Check out this link https://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/f ... y-tips.cfm mainly the 5th point. Don't study anything new in last 2 weeks, just revise.
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 08:25
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kissthegmat wrote:
I have both MGMAT RC and Veritas RC guides and I find Veritas guide better than MGMAT. But again I'll say stay near to your OGs as you have only 1 month left to real GMAT.

Check out this link https://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/f ... y-tips.cfm mainly the 5th point. Don't study anything new in last 2 weeks, just revise.


Thanks for your advice. I would like to know your opinion on that I have 11 edition OG book. Is it enough or should I buy 12th edition OG book to study before 19 October? May I know your advice again for that issue, please? Thanks.



If you can buy it would be better as you can see the comparison of two books at https://www.manhattangmat.com/official-guide-12.cfm
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 03:36
naychi wrote:
Dear All,

I have scheduled to take GMAT on 19 September. But till now, I have not started studying yet. I'm quite ok in Math. I'm so worried for RC section. Without any practise, I can answer only 5 out of 10 questions correctly on SC and CR. But for RC 3 out of 10 because of slow reading speed. I do need to get at least 650. :( I can't give more than 125 hours in a month because of my job type. Please advise me the strategies for 1 month preparation to do smarter. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks a lot.


Hi,
Ur exam is tomorrow?u said 19 september?
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 03:43
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naychi wrote:
Dear All,

I have scheduled to take GMAT on 19 September. But till now, I have not started studying yet. I'm quite ok in Math. I'm so worried for RC section. Without any practise, I can answer only 5 out of 10 questions correctly on SC and CR. But for RC 3 out of 10 because of slow reading speed. I do need to get at least 650. :( I can't give more than 125 hours in a month because of my job type. Please advise me the strategies for 1 month preparation to do smarter. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks a lot.


Hi,
Ur exam is tomorrow?u said 19 september?


Sorry, I wrongly typed. I meant 19 October. ;)
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 03:45
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naychi wrote:
Dear All,

I have scheduled to take GMAT on 19 September. But till now, I have not started studying yet. I'm quite ok in Math. I'm so worried for RC section. Without any practise, I can answer only 5 out of 10 questions correctly on SC and CR. But for RC 3 out of 10 because of slow reading speed. I do need to get at least 650. :( I can't give more than 125 hours in a month because of my job type. Please advise me the strategies for 1 month preparation to do smarter. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks a lot.


Hi,
Ur exam is tomorrow?u said 19 september?


Sorry, I wrongly typed. I meant 19 October. ;)


we are in the same boat :( mine is also 19th october....will be waiting for other people replies to ur thread..!!
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 04:24
If verbal is your main concern, start from here gmat-grammar-book-96532.html

I believe one will get a lot from the above link. Just go through the above link once. After that if you have time you can go for MGMAT SC, PowerScore CR guide and Veritas RC guide even if you have read all these! But, I'll strongly favor if you stay as near as you can to the official material. Don't forget OGs near exam. OGs are your best friends when your exam is near.
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 04:28
kissthegmat wrote:
If verbal is your main concern, start from here gmat-grammar-book-96532.html

I believe one will get a lot from the above link. Just go through the above link once. After that if you have time you can go for MGMAT SC, PowerScore CR guide and Veritas RC guide even if you have read all these! But, I'll strongly favor if you stay as near as you can to the official material. Don't forget OGs near exam. OGs are your best friends when your exam is near.



Any reviews or debrief of Veritas RC ,kisstheGMAt?if u have tried it earlier?
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 05:13
kissthegmat wrote:
I have both MGMAT RC and Veritas RC guides and I find Veritas guide better than MGMAT. But again I'll say stay near to your OGs as you have only 1 month left to real GMAT.

Check out this link https://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/f ... y-tips.cfm mainly the 5th point. Don't study anything new in last 2 weeks, just revise.


Thanks for your advice. I would like to know your opinion on that I have 11 edition OG book. Is it enough or should I buy 12th edition OG book to study before 19 October? May I know your advice again for that issue, please? Thanks.
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 07:42
Hey !
I had the same trouble when i was starting off with my prep. I didnt puchase OG 12 have been studying from OG 11.There are new Qs in OG 12 but not very many so i think we should be doing fine.

Can any expert comment on the same (or who ever has both the OG editions) ?
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 07:56
dokiyoki wrote:
Hey !
I had the same trouble when i was starting off with my prep. I didnt puchase OG 12 have been studying from OG 11.There are new Qs in OG 12 but not very many so i think we should be doing fine.

Can any expert comment on the same (or who ever has both the OG editions) ?


Hello,

I created new topic about it at og-11-edition-can-beat-101254.html. I think it's better to get attention for this issue. ;)
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 08:01
go through the guides. take the diagnostic if you havent done so because you need to see where you stand now. Seems you have more trouble with verbal so make more focus on that but you need to know the raw scores to see if you need more time on quant as well. also use error logs to help.
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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 08:13
dokiyoki wrote:
Hey !
I had the same trouble when i was starting off with my prep. I didnt puchase OG 12 have been studying from OG 11.There are new Qs in OG 12 but not very many so i think we should be doing fine.

Can any expert comment on the same (or who ever has both the OG editions) ?

HI dokiyoki,
New Book has 1/3 new questions
here is the comparison of Two official guides by manhattan...
https://www.manhattangmat.com/official-guide-12.cfm
U can also see the number of questions which have changed in each part...

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Re: 125 hours left to prepare for GMAT? [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2010, 09:37
dokiyoki wrote:
Hey !
I had the same trouble when i was starting off with my prep. I didnt puchase OG 12 have been studying from OG 11.There are new Qs in OG 12 but not very many so i think we should be doing fine.

Can any expert comment on the same (or who ever has both the OG editions) ?


Hey, I found a post useful to us. Please check it at https://www.gmathacks.com/resources/revi ... ition.html. "if you have the 11th edition but haven't really started using it, it's worth the additional investment to move to the 12th edition. The difference is slight, but the 12th edition practice questions probably do correlate a little better to what you'll see on test day." quoted from that post.
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