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Starting point - 500; HELP! [#permalink] New post   21 Nov 2006, 08:01
My friend recommended this forum to me. I just started studying for the GMAT. I bought the 11th edition of the GMAT Review (The Official Guide) and took a test in the book. According to the results, my starting point is 500. Well, yes, I am disappointed but willing to do whatever it takes to get above 700. How can I reach my goal? What GMAT resources are best to use? Can you recommend a good GMAT Math Review? Finally, how many months of studying is recommended? I work full-time and need a really good study plan.

Thanks in advance, everyone!
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[#permalink] New post   21 Nov 2006, 08:11
Well there could be no recommendation on how many months one should study... Generally, if you are not a natural talent in taking standardized tests, you would need at least a few months of practice-learning.

Then again no two learnings are alike. You must commit yourself to learning everyday.

Regarding the material on Math, i would recommend Manhattan Gmat books and Kaplan for learining purposes and OG for practicing purposes. Also here you can find a so called 1000 document where you get 1000 questions on RC, CR, SC, PS, DS parts...
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[#permalink] New post   21 Nov 2006, 09:15
I recommand u to have a look on the very good post of Futuristic https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=244281

And meanwhile, welcome ! :D :)
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[#permalink] New post   24 Nov 2006, 09:25
The OG is a must but it doesn't cover any GMAT strategy, just has practice. I would strongly recommend Cracking the GMAT (Princeton Review) for this. It was the best strategy book I got, and the tests are very much like the real thing. They are adaptive and have answer explanations that are very helpful.

Be sure to keep an error log (use the one on this site), and be diligent in figuring out the patterns in your errors. It would be hard to go from a 500 to a 700, but if you really knew nothing about the GMAT when you took that first test, you could go quite far.
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