Hi All,
I intend to take my GMAT by november 30th,3 months from now.
My diagnostic score is 530 V26 Q36.Clearly I need improvement at both quant and verbal.
My target score is 680 V 36 Q47-i.e a 10 point increase in both quant and verbal.I am ready to do whatever it takes to achieve this end.i have already gone through power score CR bible and the first 4
MGMAT books once.I took a practise test after two months of prep fron june to august and was shattered.470 Q37 v19.So I have decided to start everything afresh(2 hrs a day on week days , 6 hrs a day on weekends)...
This is my prep plan:
Materials:
Quant-
MGMATSC -
MGMAT+
e-gmat SC course
CR - Power score CR bible
RC - Veritas prep +
e-gmat RC course
Daily activities-
1)Reading comprehension 2 passages every day before sleep fro Aug 20 to Oct 13(50 hrs) by integrating
e-gmat RC strategies.
2)VERBAL DAYS:Mon,tue,Wed(mornings) - Verbal+3 or 4
OG problems(medium difficulty) from the covered topic
3)QUANT DAYS:Thu,Fri(mornings) - Quant+3 or 4
OG problems(medium difficulty) from the covered topic
4)Sat-Weekly review of topics covered in the past week+Practise test
5)Sun- Practise test review
Verbal:
Aug 12 - Sep 5 - SC (Theory=40 hours on VERBAL days)
Sep 5 - Oct 13 - CR(Theory=39 hours on VERBAL days)+SC practise(moderate-hard) from Grockit-only on verbal days
By October 13 - would have completed atleast 50 RC passages
Quant:
Finish each
MGMAT strategy guide in 10 hrs time.
Aug23-Aug 31 - finish Number Properties
Sep 9 - finish FDPs + practise of Covered topics in Quant on Grockit-only on Math days
Sep 23 - finish EIV + practise of Covered topics in Quant on Grockit-only on Math days
Oct 5 - finish Word Problems + practise of Covered topics in Quant on Grockit-only on Math days
Oct 13- finish Geometry + practise of Covered topics in Quant on Grockit-only on Math days
OG Practise.
Oct 13 - Nov 20 - Dedicated for
OG Practise.
VERBAL DAYS-Roughly 10 questions each from SC,CR,RC on verbal days
QUANT DAYS-Roughly 30 questions and their review each day
Practise tests:
Start from October 13 - November 17- 1 each week for 6 weeks
Final Lap:
leave from office for two weeks.(Nov 17 - Nov 31)
GMAT day- Nov 30.
At the end of each topic ,I plan to take couple of day's leave- both as a reward for completing my studies and as a recharge for the next topic.
Hopefully ,I will get to 680 V 36 Q 47 at the end of this mammoth effort.
Will keep you guys posted on my progress.
Btw,Pl do send in your comments.
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Warm regards,
Shreenath.
Never,ever give up.