GMAT Study Plan - How to Start your GMAT Prep

adeelshakir, looks good!

You can use the Kaplan Math Workbook to do the exercises when you run out of the GMAT and OG 12. otherwise, don't need to spend too much there.

Hi there!
Thanks for you reply...
I have Kaplan Math Workbook; but are the questions good enough to be considered as GMAT Stature? Plus. does it have like 700 type questions...
Whats your opinion on Math Bible questions of Jeff Sackmann's; plus i am also planning to purchase his 100 challenging quantitative problem sets" later on ,i.e. when i reach that level.

Please suggest

Thanks

Kaplan Math Workbook is GREAT (my opinion). I studied using it.
Here are my tips for it:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html? ... ive=390957



Here are my thoughts about Total GMAT Math Bible:

Total GMAT Math
4 out of 5
Title: The most complete GMAT Math Guide hands down but not very friendly

I am the founder of GMAT Club and top 1000 reviewer on Amazon – I have seen a lot of GMAT books and also reviewed pretty much all of them. This is a single most complete book that includes everything you need to get a solid score on the quant (you should also get the OG 12, and the author recommends it as well). It is also not a book that just came out of nowhere, Total GMAT math has been available as an ebook for about 4 years now and I am glad to see it is finally available in the print format. However, it does assume a greater level of general math knowledge as well as commitment than most GMAT books – that’s what you get with a comprehensive book

The get the most of this book: 1) Read the first intro chapters including the one on “how to use this book” 2) Take each suggestion serious 3) Make your own notes in a separate notebook 4) Always time yourself with a timer and keep a GMAT error log

Strengths:
- 399 GMAT style questions (book says 300+ but it is almost 400)
- Good explanations with diagrams
- Over 1,000 Exercises (non-gmat style questions)
- Assumes zero math knowledge
- Covers all topics and only what is covered on the GMAT. You won’t need any other books for quant
- Each question are gets a section (inequalities, absolute value, work problems, etc)
- Includes XXX of 700+ questions
- Good strategy suggestions including focusing on concepts rather than solving thousands of questions, writing question information down, and mental math concepts
- Good paper and formulas are done well

Weaknesses:
- Could be intimidating: the text is very tightly packed without almost any illustrations
- No highlighting or a summary sheet – would be great to have formulas or key concepts highlighted on pages or at the end of the book
- Copyright and website address on every page – gets a bit old and distracting
- No OG recommendations table – would be helpful to have a list of questions from the OG for additional practice after each chapter
- Table of content is not useful at all (8 pages long for a 450 page book)

Bottom line: The ultimate book for math on the GMAT but may be too much for some who are not willing to commit the time. Let not the price scare you – it is on the low side of what other prep companies charge for the entire math book set.

I will put together a guide specifically for math. Right now, I would probably recommend looking into MGMAT number properties and MGMAT Word Translations - have you done that?

Also, have you tried the GMAT Club tests?

First of all - thanks to those responsible for putting together all of the great information on this site. I've only just begun to delve into the site and am extremely grateful to have found it before getting too far into the process of studying.

I just received my MGMAT books, including the Fundamentals of GMAT Math book, and OG12 yesterday, so I decided to take my first practice test with GMATPrep tonight after work. I took it cold - no review prior, just downloaded the software and started. Here's how it went:

Quant: 35 (39%)
Verbal: 41 (92%)
Overall score: 640

Clearly my quant needs more work than my verbal, but I plan on bumping up the verbal too. My questions for the experts around here (BB and anyone else) are how accurate is the GMATPrep practice test as an indicator of future scores and is it feasible to increase my quant score enough to get me to a 700+ score in the next 2ish months? I haven't scheduled my test yet, but will need to take it in the next few months. Probably by the end of Oct.

I work full time, but am able to study ~2 hours a night and will probably study (realistically) 8-10 hours total a weekend. What do you think?