GMAT preparation : my exam in Nov 1st week

Hi,

I think your case is a bit similar yet different from me.

I wrote CAT in 2007 and scored 99.98 percentile. I wrote GMAT in February this year and with one week of preparation, I scored 770.

For you, I think even more important than my actual GMAT score should be my first GMATPrep score. Last year, I thought of looking at GMAT and the first thing I did was that I downloaded the official GMATPrep software and gave the test, without any preparations and without even knowing much about the test itself. Also, you can see that it had been 5 years since I gave CAT. Nevertheless, I scored 760.

So, the point I am trying to make here is that if you have a very good percentile in CAT (which I think would be applicable in your case given the GMAT score you are targeting), then it means that you have sound fundamentals in place. Secondly, GMAT is much better a test of your fundamentals than CAT. So, if your fundamentals are good, then your probability of scoring high on GMAT is very high.

So, for you, I would suggest that you first download the GMATPrep software and give a mock test. By doing this, you'll be able to figure out where you stand against your target score and also in which particular areas in verbal and quant do you need to practice.

Once you are done with that, I think if you do even just the official questions, it should be sufficient. You have already purchased OG13. There are other official books for quant and verbal sections i.e. Quant review and Verbal Review Edition 2. In addition, you can purchase extra question bank in GMATPRep software. So, you'll have more than 2000 official questions to solve and learn from.

If you feel that you need to understand some of the concepts tested in GMAT, you can take our free trial.

Thanks,
Chiranjeev

Quant in CAT is difficult than quant in GMAT
Verbal in GMAT is difficult than verbal in CAT

I think you'll appreciate this much better when you give a mock GMAT

-Chiranjeev

@gsmvaqt please don't burden yourself with tons of books. GMAT is about many things but it is definitely about reading a lot of things. OG questions in verbal are very standard and up to the mark. All kind of concepts those are tested on the GMAT are exclusively covered in OG. for theory MGMAT books are pretty good and standard. I feel doing these religiously for 3 months should give you a good edge.
P.s I am just another student and not an expert.

hi..

thank you.. but I want to know one thing clearly..
Is the level of CAT (for IIM's) and GMAT the same ?
With regard to Quant and Verbal..individually..
Do let me know..

thank you !

Are these books a good boost up for 780 :

1) OG - 13th Edition

2) Manhattan GMAT SC

3) GMAT 800

4) Powerscore CR

I am writing GMAT in Nov 1st week.. I am good at math and average at verbal..
I am preparing by self.. please guide me in achieving my goal..