Hey dear bb,
I'm very happy you are still following my plan. Actually, I've not yet started my GMAT plan. The reason is that since publishing my articles takes several months, they are my priority for the time being. You know, I have 4 articles at hand, all of which are at final stages and ready to be submitted. Since publishers need a few months to review your articles and publish them, I should finish and submit them as early as possible in order to catch the application deadlines. I don't want to receive the happy acceptance news of any of them after I have sent my CV to the schools without the names of those articles in it. That would be an antidote after the death of the patient, fruitless
I'm sure you know how important articles and research experience is for PhD applicants
So, I have rearranged the time schedule and moved the GMAT part to be focused after June.
Regarding shedding off some of them, I may do it if I feel each of them has nothing new to teach to me. Regarding that I should attend a conference at Turkey on October 20, my total hours may decrease by approximately 100 hours, maybe. So, it's very probable I shed some of them off. Cramplan is a candidate. I'll let you know how I'm proceeding after I've started studying seriously later.
All in all, bb, what I wrote above in my Hardcore plan, to me, was more of a psychological declaration for myself. Of course, I will follow the plan and would gladly adopt any technical criticism or suggestion, but what is more important to me is to receive feedback and encouragements from you all. Moreover, doing so has made me responsible and accountable. You know, now, I feel that I've promised some people to do sth that should lead to a great score. So, I should keep this promise or I'm not a man. I've never taken a look at any of those books. I've just bought them. As soon as I start studying, I may feel that the dragon image I have made out of them for myself, was a bit tooooo exaggerated.
One thing else, bb: there's a compilation on how to speed up your calculations. From the first encounter of me, I've found it helpful and well-organized. I always like to upload it here, but I'm afraid of copyright matters. But I don't think that it's a book. Though there is a copyright sign there, there's no ISBN, publisher name or book certificate. It looks like a pamphlet. Any idea?
Regards,
Saeed