OK, you are starting more or less from scratch, and you want to prepare for the GMAT in three months. You need a strategic plan to organize yourself. I designed four different versions of the Three Month Plan, and I need you to start with a little self-diagnosis. Which sounds most like you?
- Version A (For Beginners): Help! Math and verbal both scare the living bejeebers out of me! I need all the help and support I can get! Help!
- Version B (Math Focused): I have a natural affinity with the verbal, but the math is far less intuitive for me. I would like to focus more there.
- Version C (Verbal Focused): Me a math nerd. Me think all math easy. Me have big verbal problems. One day, me will talk good.
- Version D (For Advanced Students): I actually feel reasonably comfortable with math & verbal; if I took the test today, I'd get around 600-650. I'm interested in refining my understanding, and getting into the upper 700s region in the next twelve weeks.
3 Month Study Schedule Version D
Resources to have:
1) the GMAC Office Guide to the GMAT (OG). All page numbers here are from the 12th edition. (Don't write in the book: write everything on separate paper so you can go back and do problems again with a fresh start.)
2) a Premium subscription to Magoosh
3) a journal or notebook (yes, a physical hard copy item)
4) the 8-volume Manhattan GMAT Strategy Guide
5) the two online forums:
(a) GMAT Club
(b) Beat the GMAT
These are great places to ask questions about anything GMAT related, or simply to check out the discussions and see how others are preparing
6) a good 1-2 hours a day, for five days a week, and then a good 3-4 stint on the weekend ("Day Six") --- with a day off on the weekend as well. If you would rather free up some week nights, and move some of the material into the other weekend day, you are welcome to do that.
Abbreviations:
OG = the GMAC Official Guide
PS = Problem Solving, the multiple-choice math questions
DS = Data Sufficiency math questions
RC = Reading Comprehensionverbal question
SC = Sentence Correctionverbal question
CR = Critical Reasoning verbal question
AWA = the Analytical Writing Assessment, the essay-writing section
Notes:
Notice, this is a twelve-week plan. Three calendar months are typically closer to 13 weeks, so if you actually have three calendar months to prepare, that's great. If you have a wedding or a camping trip or something in the middle, you could just skip a few days, and do them later. Alternately, it would leave you more time for the concentrated review I recommend at the end of the twelve weeks.
Also, as much as possible, get enough sleep during this three month period. REM sleep plays an important role in encoding long term memory, and in an eight hour period of sleep, the last hour has the most REM. If you are getting 7 hours/night instead of 8 hours/night, you are depriving your brain of one of its most powerful systems for learning and remembering. Caffeine and energy drinks will keep you feeling awake if you don't get enough sleep, but they don't do bupkis to replace the lost opportunity to encode more information into long term memory.
Week One, Day One
1) Go to https://www.mba.com/the-gmat/test-structure-and-overview.aspx, and read about the structure of the GMAT. Click on each subsection on that page, to read about the individual sections.
2) In the OG, pp. 20-44, take the Diagnostic Test. Grade it, but you don't have to read through all the explanations today. If you did not as well as you expected in either math or verbal, you may choose to re-evaluate which version (A, B, C, D) you are following.
Week One, Day Two
1) For the Diagnostic test you took yesterday, go over the explanations (OG, pp. 46-106). For questions you got right, simply skim the explanation to verify that you go the question right for the right reason. If you got the question wrong, read the explanation carefully, writing in your journal any math/verbal concept you didn't know or understand, as well as anything about the question type that you didn't understand.
2) Watch Magoosh lesson videos:
Math: the five "General Math Strategies" videos
NOTE on Magoosh videos: I am assuming that, since you chose Version D, you already have a strong understanding of math & verbal concepts. I am going to assign very few Magoosh lesson videos in this plan, mostly the strategy videos. If what a video is saying seems obvious to you, just click to the end and listen to the summary to make sure you didn't miss anything. Also, scan the list of Magoosh videos, and if there are math/verbal ideas that you know you don't understand as well as you could, watch those videos as well. As you work on questions in Magoosh & the OG, you will gain understanding of your strengths and weaknesses, and that might be a time to dip into some Magoosh videos to shore up specific areas.
3) In the OG
Read pp. 149-150, and do 10 PS
Read pp. 353-357, do 1 RC passage with all its questions
Whenever you do OG questions, always check your answers right afterwards, and read the explanation of anything you got wrong.
Week One, Day Three
1) In the OG, skim the Math Review, pp. 108-146, to give yourself a sense of the range of what the GMAT asks on math. If any concepts are rusty or unfamiliar, your next stop should be the relevant Magoosh lesson videos.
2) Watch Magoosh lesson videos:
Math: in the "Data Sufficiency" section, 6 videos: "Intro to Data Sufficiency", "DS Strategy – I", "Useful Contradictions", "Common DS Myths – Part I", "Common DS Myths – Part II", and "DS Strategy – II"
3) In the OG
Read pp. 267-270, and do 10 DS questions
Read pp. 483-485, and do 12 CR questions
Read pp. 651-657, and do 13 SC questions
Week One, Day Four
1) Watch Magoosh lesson videos:
Verbal: under SC videos, the first three videos and the last video in the section
2) In the OG
Do 11 PS questions
Do 6 DS questions
Do 1 RC passage with all its questions
3) In Magoosh
Do 13 DS questions
Whenever you do Magoosh questions, if you get a question wrong, watch the video right then, and take notes in your journal about what concepts tripped you up.
Week One, Day Five
1) Watch Magoosh lesson videos:
Verbal: under RC videos, the first three videos and the last video in the section
3) In Magoosh
Do 20 PS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week One, Day Six
1) Go to https://www.mba.com/the-gmat/download-free-test-preparation-software.aspx, download the free software.
2) Take one full length GMAT on the GMAC software. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program. Write down the two prompts, exit the software, and take 30 minutes to write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal.
Week Two, Day One
1) Watch Magoosh
Verbal: under CR videos, the first four videos and the last video in the section
2) In Magoosh
Do 30 PS questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Two, Day Two
1) Watch Magoosh
Math: under "Integer Properties" videos, the last five videos in that section
2) In Magoosh
Do 10 PS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
3) In OG
Do 16 DS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
Week Two, Day Three
1) Watch Magoosh
AWA: the first five videos in that section
2) In the OG
Read pp. 759-768 and skim the question prompts to get a sense of the variety
3) In Magoosh
Do 13 DS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Week Two, Day Four
1) Watch Magoosh
AWA: the last three videos in that section
2) In the OG
Read pp. 759-768 and skim the question prompts to get a sense of the variety
3) In OG
Do 21 PS questions
Do 13 SC questions
Week Two, Day Five
1) Watch Magoosh
Math: in the "Algebra, Equations, and Inequalities" section, watch "The Something Method" video
Math: in the "Word Problems" section, watch "Double Matrix Method" and "Three Criteria Venn Diagrams" videos
Math: in the "Integer Properties" section, watch "Divisibility Rules" video
2) In Magoosh
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
3) In OG
Do 12 CR questions
Week Two, Day Six
1) Take another full length GMAT on the GMAC software. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program. Write down the two prompts, exit the software, and take 30 minutes to write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal
Week Three and on
At this point in the schedule, there are no Magoosh videos assigned. Again, these should be your go-to source for a refresher on any point of math/verbal content on which you need more clarity.
Starting this week, I will assign reading from the MGMAT books each day. Keep in mind that should any questions arise as you read the MGMAT books, you are more than welcome to email Magoosh for support. As part of the premium subscription, we will answer any question from any GMAT prep source.
Week Three, Day One
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 8, SC, Chapter 1-2
2) In Magoosh
Do 30 PR questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Three, Day Two
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 1, Number Properties, Chapter 1-2
NOTE: on the MGMAT Math books: if your background is math or something equally technical (physics, engineering, etc.), you may well only have to skim these chapters because the material is so familiar.
If math is your strength, then on days when you are merely skimming MGMAT math material, use the extra time to visit the forums and seek out advanced problems. You can read the expert solutions, or if you are very confident, try answering questions in the forum posts. As the old saying goes: the best way to learn something, or to make sure that you understand it, is to have to teach it to someone else.
2) In OG
Do 16 DS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
Week Three, Day Three
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 8, SC, Chapter 3
2) In Magoosh
Do 13 DS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Week Three, Day Four
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 1, Number Properties, Chapter 3-4
2) In OG
Do 21 PS questions
Do 13 SC questions
Week Three, Day Five
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 8, SC, Chapter 4-5
2) In Magoosh
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
3) In OG
Do 12 CR questions
Week Three, Day Six
1) Take another full length GMAT on the GMAC software. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program. Write down the two prompts, exit the software, and take 30 minutes to write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal
Week Four, Day One
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 1, Number Properties, Chapter 5-6
2) In Magoosh
Do 30 PR questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Four, Day Two
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 8, SC, Chapter 6
2) In OG
Do 16 DS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
Week Four, Day Three
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 1, Number Properties, Chapter 7-8
2) In Magoosh
Do 13 DS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Week Four, Day Four
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 8, SC, Chapter 7
2) In OG
Do 21 PS questions
Do 13 SC questions
Week Four, Day Five
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 2, Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Chapter 1-2
2) In Magoosh
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
3) In OG
Do 11 CR questions
Week Four, Day Six
1) Take another full length GMAT on the GMAC software. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program. Write down the two prompts, exit the software, and take 30 minutes to write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal
Week Five, Day One
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 8, SC, Chapter 8 & 10
2) In Magoosh
Do 30 PR questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Five, Day Two
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 2, Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Chapter 3-4
2) In OG
Do 16 DS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
Week Five, Day Three
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 8, SC, Chapter 9
(see Magoosh Idiom List, under the "Idioms" Video in the SC section)
2) In Magoosh
Do 13 DS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Week Five, Day Four
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 2, Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Chapter 5 & 7
2) In OG
Do 21 PS questions
Do 13 SC questions
Week Five, Day Five
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 8, SC, Chapter 11
2) In Magoosh
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
3) In OG
Do 11 CR questions
Week Five, Day Six
1) Take another full length GMAT on the GMAC software. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program. Write down the two prompts, exit the software, and take 30 minutes to write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal
Week Six, Day One
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 3, Equations, Inequalities, and VICs, Chapter 1-2
2) In Magoosh
Do 30 PR questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Six, Day Two
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 8, SC, Chapter 12
2) In OG
Do 16 DS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
Week Six, Day Three
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 3, Equations, Inequalities, and VICs, Chapter 3-4
2) In Magoosh
Do 13 DS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Week Six, Day Four
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 8, SC, Chapter 13
2) In OG
Do 21 PS questions
Do 13 SC questions
Week Six, Day Five
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 3, Equations, Inequalities, and VICs, Chapter 5-6
2) In Magoosh
Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions
3) In OG
Do 11 CR questions
Week Six, Day Six
1) Take another full length GMAT on the GMAC software. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program. Write down the two prompts, exit the software, and take 30 minutes to write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal
Week Seven, Day One
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 7, RC, Chapter 1-2
2) In Magoosh
Do 30 PR questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Seven, Day Two
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 3, Equations, Inequalities, and VICs, Chapter 7-8
2) In OG
Do 16 DS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
Week Seven, Day Three
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 7, RC, Chapter 3-4
2) In Magoosh
Do 13 DS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Week Seven, Day Four
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 3, Equations, Inequalities, and VICs, Chapter 10-11
2) In OG
Do 21 PS questions
Do 13 SC questions
Week Seven, Day Five
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 7, RC, Chapter 5-6
2) In Magoosh
Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions
3) In OG
Do 11 CR questions
Week Seven, Day Six
1) Take another full length GMAT. At this point, you are out of "tries" on the practice tests on the GMAC software. You will need to find a full length GMAT elsewhere. In the forums, you will often find links to free full length GMATs that other test prep companies are offering. (If you have trouble finding one, email us at Magoosh for help with this.)Download one of those practice GMATs.
Take this full length GMAT. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions, write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal
Week Eight, Day One
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 3, Equations, Inequalities, and VICs, Chapter 13-14
2) In Magoosh
Do 30 PR questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Eight, Day Two
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 7, RC, Chapter 7: do half the passages in the chapter
2) In OG
Do 16 DS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
Week Eight, Day Three
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 4, Word Translations, Chapter 1-2
2) In Magoosh
Do 13 DS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Week Eight, Day Four
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 7, RC, Chapter 7: do the other half of the passages in the chapter
2) In OG
Do 21 PS questions
Do 13 SC questions
Week Eight, Day Five
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 4, Word Translations, Chapter 3-4
2) In Magoosh
Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions
3) In OG
Do 11 CR questions
Week Eight, Day Six
1) Take another full length GMAT. You will need to find a full length GMAT, in the forums or elsewhere. Download one of those practice GMATs.
Take this full length GMAT. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions, write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal
Week Nine, Day One
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 6, CR, Chapter 1-2
2) In Magoosh
Do 30 PR questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Nine, Day Two
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 4, Word Translations, Chapter 5-6
2) In OG
Do 16 DS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
Week Nine, Day Three
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 6, CR, Chapter 3-4
2) In Magoosh
Do 13 DS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Week Nine, Day Four
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 4, Word Translations, Chapter 7-8
2) In OG
Do 21 PS questions
Do 13 SC questions
Week Nine, Day Five
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 6, CR, Chapter 5
2) In Magoosh
Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions
3) In OG
Do 11 CR questions
Week Nine, Day Six
1) Take another full length GMAT. You will need to find a full length GMAT, in the forums or elsewhere. Download one of those practice GMATs.
Take this full length GMAT. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions, write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal
Week Ten, Day One
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 4, Word Translations, Chapter 9 & 11
2) In Magoosh
Do 30 PR questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Ten, Day Two
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 6, CR, Chapter 6
2) In OG
Do 16 DS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
Week Ten, Day Three
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 4, Word Translations, Chapter 12
Read Volume 5, Geometry, Chapter 1
2) In Magoosh
Do 13 DS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Week Ten, Day Four
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 6, CR, Chapter 7
2) In OG
Do 21 PS questions
Do 13 SC questions
Week Ten, Day Five
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 5, Geometry, Chapter 2-3
2) In Magoosh
Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions
3) In OG
Do 11 CR questions
Week Ten, Day Six
1) Take another full length GMAT. You will need to find a full length GMAT, in the forums or elsewhere. Download one of those practice GMATs.
Take this full length GMAT. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions, write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal
Week Eleven, Day One
In this week, you will be finishing up all the questions in Magoosh and all the questions in the OG. You will also finish reading the MGMAT books.
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 6, CR, Chapter 8
2) In Magoosh
Do 27 PR questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Eleven, Day Two
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 5, Geometry, Chapter 4-5
2) In OG
Do 14 DS questions
Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions
Week Eleven, Day Three
1) MGMAT
Read Volume 5, Geometry, Chapter 6-8
2) In Magoosh
Do 10 DS questions
Do 13 CR questions
Week Eleven, Day Four
1) MGMAT
re-read any two chapters
2) In OG
Do 20 PS questions
Do 10 SC questions
Week Eleven, Day Five
1) MGMAT
re-read any two chapters
2) In Magoosh
Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions
3) In OG
Do 11 CR questions
Week Eleven, Day Six
1) Take another full length GMAT. You will need to find a full length GMAT, in the forums or elsewhere. Download one of those practice GMATs.
Take this full length GMAT. Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.
For the two essay questions, write the essays in a word processing program. These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.
As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions. Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections. Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT. Note how your sleep the night before affects your work. Note how what you had for dinner the previous night and what you had to eat earlier that day affects your energy level and concentration. Write any observations in your journal
Week 12 & After: Concentrated Review
At this point, if you have been following the schedule, you should have done every question in both Magoosh and in the OG at least once. For the days of this week, and remaining days of the test, keep up work on GMAT math and verbal. Some suggestions for what to do:
1) Go back to OG questions you did a while ago, and do them again. (This is why it was important not to write in the book)
2) Through selecting question type & difficulty on the "Dashboard", do Magoosh problems over again, and see how you do a second time.
3) Continue re-reading two chapters each day in the MGMT books, reinforcing whatever topics you need.
4) Go to the online forums, looking for challenging questions that folks are asking.
5) An online search will always turn up additional batches of questions to practice.
6) If you have a weekend day that is more than a couple days before the real GMAT, then take one final practice GMAT, as on the other Day Six's.
Day before the test:
1) No GMAT preparation all day
2) Eat a large, healthy, leisurely dinner – no alcohol!
3) Go to bed earlier than usual.
Day of test
1) ABSOLUTELY NO LAST MINUTE GMAT PREPARATION!
2) Eat a large breakfast, full of protein
3) Do relaxing, fun activities to pass time until the test
Bring to the test
1) A liter of water
2) Healthy energy-packed snacks (nuts, protein bar, etc.)
3) On breaks, make sure to get up, move & stretch – moving & stretching the large muscles of the body (legs & torso) will get oxygen flowing throughout, which will help keep you awake and keep you thinking clearly.
For relaxation tips, see this post.
This post was originally written by Mike McGarry, GMAT Expert at Magoosh GMAT, and originally posted here.