Hey all,

I'm planning to take the gmat on the 18th of April !
I took the gmat 6 years ago and scored 590. (now this score does not appear anymore on my mba.com profile). I'm targeting a 700+ now.

So far I went through :
- all 5 MGMAT Math books (took notes and did exercises from these books)
- all OG PS problems and half of the DS problems (made an error log and plan to finish DS + retake all wrong/guess/>2min questions)
- Aristotle SC Grail : book + all questions

I don't feel like I am still nailing maths (maybe I'm around Q42). What should I do to improve my math ? I'm not sure my level is enough to try the gmat club tests yet...

Plus I want to improve on verbal now !

My books are :
- OG12 + OG Verbal
- 8 MGMAT books
- LSAT paper tests
- Aristotle Grail
- RC99

Actually, I'm a bit lost right now (just finished all 5 MGMAT math books).

Could you advise a daily plan until my test ?
What would you suggest for me from now on ?


Thanks a lot guys !

ps : i'm a non native speaker

kudos for you shovitdhar ! Thanks

other suggestions ?

For Verbal :
I didn't prepare much for RC, so I don't know what a reasonable amount of passage I should do everyday? 2? 3? I plan to do this from RC99
How many questions should I do everyday on other categories ? CR ? SC ?

For Quant :
I definitely will focus on my weaknesses : the Word Translation book was the most difficult for me, especially Combinatorics, Probabilities and mega wordy questions (those which already take me 45-55 seconds to read...)
Plus continue to practice, practice, practice, and review my notes from MGMAT books

Thank you

I schedule to take GMAT this mid-April as well. I see that you have all the solid books to get a decent score and me too . Just want to share with you my study plan:

Quantitative:
I spent about 1 week to revise MGMAT Number Properties and Word Translation (I don't need much time because I have gone through these books once). Then I read MGMAT Geometry in 1 day, since I found that the knowledge covered in this book pretty quite basic and I was quite familiar with the topics discussed here.

SC:
I used MGMAT SC and Aristotle Grail SC and read these books in about 2-3 days. Again, I have walked through these materials once, so I did not have to spend so much time.

CR:
Honestly, this is my weak area. I constantly got many problems wrong in CR, mainly because I don't understand the logic of GMAC (poor me ). I used PowerScore LSAT - Logical Reasoning Bible, which is similar to PowerScore GMAT except for some sections regarding logic.

RC:
I read the book called RC Module MLIC to learn the strategies. Personally I found this book very useful when it introduced the necessary steps to crack each question type and illustrated its strategy by a real RC in the OG or in the GMATPrep. I needed about 1 day to read this book. Moreover, I usually practice 3 passages in RC99 per day. I use GMAT Timer by Walker and copy my answer into an excel sheet. In this way, I can do the passages in a time manner and keep track of the wrong answers.

During the next 2-3 weeks, I will devote my time to practicing problem in OG 12. Upon completion, I will use GMATClub Tests.

As someone has recommended, I will spend the last 3-4 weeks to do the full length CATs and definitely spend more time to analyse the tests.

FYI: I am a non-native speaker and am struggling with Verbal.
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You don't seem to have left with a lot of time. I would suggest that you should start concentrating on your weak points. Seems as if you are finding it hard to deal with the verbal section. Though you have studied a lot of good books , still i will suggest you one more study guide that has questions prepared by experts and self-explanatory answers as well. Check out Examsample website- GMAT study guide.
Concentrate well, practice as much as you can and all the very best for your exam!!

Ok! I'm in the same boat. 2nd attempt in April too. I need to ace verbal as i'm not that strong in quant.

Every night before I go to bed i'm making myself a morning verbal quetion pack. I will religiously do it every weekday morning before work, and when I wake up at the weekend - for the next 33 days straight.

Contents -

3 RC 99 passages - 27 minutes
6 CR passages (from aristotle prep website, OG and Verbal review 2nd ed) - 12 minutes
10 SC passages (from SC grail, OG, Verbal review, and various docs) - 15 minutes

Total time to complete is less than an hour. Do this 'pack' every morning - mark questions as correct/incorrect/guess and at the END of the week (every 7 days) spend a few hours reviewing every wrong and guessed question. Compile a document of wrong/guessed answers and learn the relevant rules for those questions inside out by the end of your review session. Rinse & repeat.

I think this structured approach will yield dividends. This in addition to study in the evenings will be a huge help for me, i can tell.

Let us know what your plan of action is!
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Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion!

This looks like a very solid plan of action. However, one needs to make sure that reviewing the correct/incorrect answers should be the most important activity. It doesn't make sense to keep on practicing without knowing why or why not you are getting questions right or wrong.
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[day-42]
I quote myself
Does anybody have to tell me something about this ?

Plus I followed your advice BB and planned a "macro" schedule that you can find enclosed. What do you think about that ? Is that reasonable ? Does one have to take Gmat Prep more than twice ?

Thanks !!

ps : my week end off is a wedding that I can't miss, unfortunately.. (but maybe it will be good to get fresh air before the final run)

Thanks, and very good point! I plan to make a 'meta' document of the weeks incorrect and guessed questions to go through pretty thoroughly.
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Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion!

It's almost definite that your below average personal score came from guessing the last 8/9 questions. I wouldn't worry too much about your knowledge, but your timing is an issue.

For instance, on my MGMAT CAT before my real exam I think I hit V40. During the real thing, I was doing really well 2/3 of the way in. I was seeing bolded questions and really difficult SC/RC questions. However I also had to guess the last 8/9. I ended up with V33!
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Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion!