{"id":10394,"date":"2012-02-21T19:15:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T02:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=10394"},"modified":"2012-02-24T12:38:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T19:38:17","slug":"3-month-gmat-study-schedule-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/3-month-gmat-study-schedule-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Month GMAT Study Schedule for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/august-calendar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10395 alignright\" title=\"august calendar\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/august-calendar-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/august-calendar-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/august-calendar.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>OK, you are starting more or less from scratch, and you want to prepare for the GMAT in three months.\u00a0 You need a strategic plan to organize yourself.\u00a0 I designed four different versions of the Three Month Plan, and I need you to start with a little self-diagnosis.\u00a0 Which sounds most like you?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Version A (For Beginners): Help!\u00a0 Math and verbal both scare the living bejeebers out of me!\u00a0 I need all the help and support I can get!\u00a0 Help!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"3 Month GMAT Study Schedule (Math Focused)\" href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/2012\/3-month-gmat-study-schedule-math-focused\/\" target=\"_blank\">Version B (Math Focused)<\/a>: I have a natural affinity with the verbal, but the math is far less intuitive for me.\u00a0 I would like to focus more there.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"3 Month GMAT Study Schedule (Verbal Focused)\" href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/2012\/3-month-gmat-study-schedule-verbal-focused\/\" target=\"_blank\">Version C (Verbal Focused)<\/a>: Me a math nerd. Me think all math easy. Me have big verbal problems.\u00a0 One day, me will talk good.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"3 Month GMAT Study Schedule for Advanced Students\" href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/2012\/3-month-gmat-study-schedule-for-advanced-students\/\" target=\"_blank\">Version D (For Advanced Students)<\/a>: I actually feel reasonably comfortable with math &amp; verbal; if I took the test today, I'd get around 600-650.\u00a0 I'm interested in refining my understanding, and getting into the upper 700s region in the next twelve weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>3 Month Study Schedule Version A<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Resources to have:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>1) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Official-Guide-GMAT-Review-12th\/dp\/0470449748\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1329773629&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">the GMAC Office Guide to the GMAT<\/a> (OG).\u00a0 All page numbers here are from the 12th edition.\u00a0 (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Don't write in the book<\/span><\/em>: write everything on separate paper so you can go back and do problems again with a fresh start.)<\/p>\n<p>2) <a href=\"https:\/\/gmat.magoosh.com\" target=\"_blank\">a Premium subscription to Magoosh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3) a journal or notebook (yes, a physical hard copy item)<\/p>\n<p>4) the two online forums:<\/p>\n<p>(a) <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\" target=\"_blank\">GMAT Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(b) <a href=\"https:\/\/beatthegmat.com\" target=\"_blank\">Beat the GMAT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are great places to ask questions about anything GMAT related, or simply to check out the discussions and see how others are preparing<\/p>\n<p>5) 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Abbreviations:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>OG = the GMAC Official Guide<\/p>\n<p>PS = Problem Solving, the multiple-choice math questions<\/p>\n<p>DS = Data Sufficiency math questions<\/p>\n<p>RC = Reading Comprehensionverbal question<\/p>\n<p>SC = Sentence Correctionverbal question<\/p>\n<p>CR = Critical Reasoning verbal question<\/p>\n<p>AWA = the Analytical Writing Assessment, the essay-writing section<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Notes:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Notice, this is a twelve-week plan.\u00a0 Three calendar months are typically closer to 13 weeks, so if you actually have threecalendar months to prepare, that's great.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Alternately, it would leave you more time for the concentrated review I recommend at the end of the twelve weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Also, as much as possible, get enough sleep during this three month period.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Week One, Day One<\/h2>\n<p>1) Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mba.com\/the-gmat\/test-structure-and-overview.aspx\">https:\/\/www.mba.com\/the-gmat\/test-structure-and-overview.aspx<\/a>, and read about the structure of the GMAT.\u00a0 Click on each subsection on that page, to read about the individual sections.<\/p>\n<p>2) In the OG, pp. 20-44, take the Diagnostic Test.\u00a0 Grade it, but you don't have to read through all the explanations today.\u00a0 If you did much much better than you expected in either math or verbal, you may choose to re-evaluate which version (A, B, C, D) you are following.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week One, Day Two<\/h3>\n<p>1) For the Diagnostic test you took yesterday, go over the explanations (OG, pp. 46-106).\u00a0 For questions you got right, simply skim the explanation to verify that you go the question right for the right reason.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 (If you got many questions wrong on the Diagnostic, you may have to spread this step out over the next few nights)<\/p>\n<p>2) Watch Magoosh lesson videos:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: the five \"General Math Strategies\" videos<\/p>\n<p>3) In the OG<\/p>\n<p>Read pp. 149-150, and do 10 PS<\/p>\n<p>Read pp. 353-357, do 1 RC passage with all its questions<\/p>\n<p><em>Whenever you do OG questions, always check your answers right afterwards, and read the explanation of anything you got wrong. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week One, Day Three<\/h3>\n<p>1) In the OG, read the Math Review, pp. 108-118, taking notes in your journal on anything new, rusty, or unfamiliar<\/p>\n<p>2) Watch Magoosh lesson videos:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: the first four \"Data Sufficiency\" videos<\/p>\n<p>3) In the OG<\/p>\n<p>Read pp. 267-270, and do 10 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Read pp. 483-485, and do 12 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>Read pp. 651-657, and do 13 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week One, Day Four<\/h3>\n<p>1) In the OG, read the Math Review, pp. 118-127, taking notes in your journal on anything new, rusty, or unfamiliar<\/p>\n<p>2) Watch Magoosh lesson videos:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Data Sufficiency\" videos, up to \"Useful Contradictions\"<\/p>\n<p>3) In the OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 11 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 6 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 1 RC passage with all its questions<\/p>\n<p>4) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 DS questions<\/p>\n<p><em> 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. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week One, Day Five<\/h3>\n<p>1) In the OG, read the Math Review, pp. 127-139, taking notes in your journal on anything new, rusty, or unfamiliar<\/p>\n<p>2) Watch Magoosh lesson videos:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Data Sufficiency\" videos, the last six videos of that section<\/p>\n<p>3) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 15 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week One, Day Six<\/h3>\n<p>1) In the OG, read the Math Review, pp. 140-146, taking notes in your journal on anything new, rusty, or unfamiliar<\/p>\n<p>2) Watch Magoosh lesson videos:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Integer Properties\" videos, the first five videos of that section<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under RC videos: the first three videos of that section<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under SC videos: the first three videos of that section<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under CR videos: the first three videos of that section<\/p>\n<p>3) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 15 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>4) In the OG<\/p>\n<p>Read pp. 759-768 &amp; 790-795; skim the question prompts to get a sense of the variety<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Week Two, Day One<\/h2>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Integer Properties\" videos, up to \"GCD LCM Formula\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 30 PR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Two, Day Two<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Integer Properties\" videos, the last five videos in that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 16 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Two, Day Three<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Arithmetic, Percent, Ratio\" videos, the first five videos in that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Week Two, Day Four<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Arithmetic, Percent, Ratio\" videos, up to \"Fraction Properties \u2013 II\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 21 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Two, Day Five<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AWA<\/span>: watch all 8 videos<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>3) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 12 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Two, Day Six<\/h3>\n<p>1) Today, you are going to write four essays, half an hour each.\u00a0 In OG, pp. 769-789, pick two Issue sample prompts at random (or have someone pick them for you), and for each, take 30 minutes to write an essay on a computer.\u00a0 You can write in any word processing program.\u00a0 Then, in OG, pp. 796-827, pick two Argument sample prompts at random (or have someone pick them for you), and for each, take 30 minutes to write an essay.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you have these essays, what do you do with them?\u00a0 If you have a friend or mentor who is a gifted writer, see if they would read the essays for you an critique them. If they are willing, you can show them the assessment criteria in the OG, and ask them to follow it.\u00a0 Alternately, you can upload your essays in the online forms and ask for feedback.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Week Three, Day One<\/h2>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Arithmetic, Percent, Ratio\" videos, up to \"Percent Increases and Decreases\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 30 PR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Three, Day Two<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under SC videos, up to \"Parts of Speech - Clauses\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 16 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Three, Day Three<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Arithmetic, Percent, Ratio\" videos, the last four videos in that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Week Three, Day Four<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under SC videos, up to \"Subject-Verb Agreement - II\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 21 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Three, Day Five<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Algebra, Equations, Inequalities\" videos, the first four videos<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>3) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 12 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Three, Day Six<\/h3>\n<p>1)Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mba.com\/the-gmat\/download-free-test-preparation-software.aspx\">https:\/\/www.mba.com\/the-gmat\/download-free-test-preparation-software.aspx<\/a>, download the free software.<\/p>\n<p>2) Take one full length GMAT on the GMAC software.\u00a0 Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.<\/p>\n<p>For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions.\u00a0 Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections.\u00a0 Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT.\u00a0 Note how your sleep the night before affects your work.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0 Write any observations in your journal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Week Four, Day One<\/h2>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Algebra etc.\" videos, the five \"Factoring\" videos<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 30 PR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Four, Day Two<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under RC videos, up to \"Identifying the Main Idea\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 16 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Four, Day Three<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Algebra etc.\" videos, up to \"Number of Solutions\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Week Four, Day Four<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under SC videos, up to \"Modifiers \u2013 IV\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 21 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Four, Day Five<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Algebra etc.\" videos, up to \"Function Notation\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>3) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 11 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Week Four, Day Six<\/p>\n<p>1) Today, you are going to write four essays, half an hour each.\u00a0 In OG, pp. 769-789, pick two Issue sample prompts at random (or have someone pick them for you), and for each, take 30 minutes to write an essay on a computer.\u00a0 You can write in any word processing program.\u00a0 Then, in OG, pp. 796-827, pick two Argument\u00a0sample prompts at random (or have someone pick them for you), and for each, take 30 minutes to write an essay.<\/p>\n<p>These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Week Five, Day One<\/h2>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Algebra etc.\" videos, up to \"Inequalities and Absolute Value\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 30 PR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Five, Day Two<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under RC videos, the last four videos in that action<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Algebra etc.\" videos, the last two videos in that action<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 16 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Five, Day Three<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Word Problems\" videos, up to \"Number of Variables\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Week Five, Day Four<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under SC videos, up to \"Parallelism \u2013 IV\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 21 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Five, Day Five<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Word Problems\" videos, up to \"Shrinking and Expanding Gaps\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>3) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 11 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Five, Day Six<\/h3>\n<p>1) Take another full length GMAT on the GMAC software.\u00a0 Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.<\/p>\n<p>For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions.\u00a0 Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections.\u00a0 Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT.\u00a0 Note how your sleep the night before affects your work.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0 Write any observations in your journal<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Week Six, Day One<\/h2>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Word Problems\" videos, up to \"Three Criteria Venn Diagrams\"<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under SC videos, the three \"Comparisons\" videos<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 30 PR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Six, Day Two<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Word Problems\" videos, up to \"Mixture Questions\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 16 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Six, Day Three<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under CR videos, up to \"Conclusion and Inference\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Week Six, Day Four<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Word Problems\" videos, the last three videos in the section<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Coordinate Geometry\" videos, the first two videos in that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 21 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Six, Day Five<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Coordinate Geometry\" videos, up to \"Writing Equations of Lines\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions<\/p>\n<p>3) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 11 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Six, Day Six<\/h3>\n<p>1) Today, you are going to write four essays, half an hour each.\u00a0 In OG, pp. 769-789, pick two Issue sample prompts at random (or have someone pick them for you), and for each, take 30 minutes to write an essay on a computer.\u00a0 You can write in any word processing program.\u00a0 Then, in OG, pp. 796-827, pick two Issue sample prompts at random (or have someone pick them for you), and for each, take 30 minutes to write an essay.<\/p>\n<p>These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Week Seven, Day One<\/h2>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Coordinate Geometry\" videos, the last video \"Graphs of Quadratics\"<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Geometry\" videos, the first four<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 30 PR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Seven, Day Two<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Geometry\" videos, up to \"Polygons\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 16 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Seven, Day Three<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under SC videos, up to \"Conditionals\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Week Seven, Day Four<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Geometry\" videos, up to \"Circle Properties\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 21 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Seven, Day Five<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Geometry\" videos, the last three videos<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions<\/p>\n<p>3) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 11 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Seven, Day Six<\/h3>\n<p>1) Take another full length GMAT on the GMAC software (You can do each test in the software three times).\u00a0 Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.<\/p>\n<p>For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions.\u00a0 Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections.\u00a0 Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT.\u00a0 Note how your sleep the night before affects your work.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0 Write any observations in your journal<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Week Eight, Day One<\/h2>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Power and Roots\" videos, up to \"Exponent Laws - I\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 30 PR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Eight, Day Two<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Power and Roots\" videos, up to \"Square Roots\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 16 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Eight, Day Three<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under SC videos, up to \"Word Choice \u2013 III\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Week Eight, Day Four<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Power and Roots\" videos, up to \"Operations with Roots\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 21 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Eight, Day Five<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Power and Roots\" videos, the last three videos in that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions<\/p>\n<p>3) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 11 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Eight, Day Six<\/h3>\n<p>1) Today, you are going to write four essays, half an hour each.\u00a0 In OG, pp. 769-789, pick two Issue sample prompts at random (or have someone pick them for you), and for each, take 30 minutes to write an essay on a computer.\u00a0 You can write in any word processing program.\u00a0 Then, in OG, pp. 796-827, pick two Argument\u00a0sample prompts at random (or have someone pick them for you), and for each, take 30 minutes to write an essay.<\/p>\n<p>These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Week Nine, Day One<\/h2>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Statistics\" videos, all five videosin that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 30 PR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Nine, Day Two<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Counting\" videos, the first three videosin that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 16 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Nine, Day Three<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under CR videos, the last five videosin that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Week Nine, Day Four<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Counting\" videos, up to \"The MISSISSIPPI rule\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 21 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Week Nine, Day Five<\/h3>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Counting\" videos, the last four videos in that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions<\/p>\n<p>3) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 11 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Week Nine, Day Six<\/h4>\n<p>1) Take another full length GMAT on the GMAC software (You can do each test in the software three times).\u00a0 Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.<\/p>\n<p>For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions.\u00a0 Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections.\u00a0 Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT.\u00a0 Note how your sleep the night before affects your work.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0 Write any observations in your journal<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Week Ten, Day One<\/h2>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Probability\" videos, the first three videos in that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 30 PR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Ten, Day Two<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Probability\" videos, up to \"Probability of Event A AND Event B\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 16 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Ten, Day Three<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under SC videos, the last two videos in that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Ten, Day Four<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Probability\" videos, up to \"Rewriting Questions\"<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 21 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Ten, Day Five<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Math<\/span>: under \"Probability\" videos, the last three videos in that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions<\/p>\n<p>3) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 11 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Ten, Day Six<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Today is the last time you are going to write four essays, half an hour each.\u00a0 In OG, pp. 769-789, pick two Issue sample prompts at random (or have someone pick them for you), and for each, take 30 minutes to write an essay on a computer.\u00a0 You can write in any word processing program.\u00a0 Then, in OG, pp. 796-827, pick two Argument\u00a0sample prompts at random (or have someone pick them for you), and for each, take 30 minutes to write an essay.<\/p>\n<p>These essays you will either share with a trusted friend or mentor, or post in the online forums asking for feedback.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Eleven<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this point, you have seen every the Magoosh at least once.\u00a0 Judge for yourself, based on which questions\/concepts you have been finding difficult, which videos you should watch again.\u00a0 Keep a pace of watching five Magoosh lesson videos a day.<\/p>\n<p>In this week, you will be finishing up all the questions in Magoosh and all the questions in the OG.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Eleven, Day One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Watch five Magoosh lesson videos an additional time<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 27 PR questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Eleven, Day Two<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Watch five Magoosh lesson videos an additional time<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 14 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 2 RC passages with all the associated questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Eleven, Day Three<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Watch Magoosh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verbal<\/span>: under CR videos, the last five videosin that section<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 DS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 13 CR questions<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Eleven, Day Four<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Watch five Magoosh lesson videos an additional time<\/p>\n<p>2) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 20 PS questions<\/p>\n<p>Do 10 SC questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Eleven, Day Five<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Watch five Magoosh lesson videos an additional time<\/p>\n<p>2) In Magoosh<\/p>\n<p>Do 1 RC passage with its associated questions<\/p>\n<p>3) In OG<\/p>\n<p>Do 11 CR questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Eleven, Day Six<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Take another full length GMAT on the GMAC software (You can do each test in the software three times).\u00a0 Go through the entire solution after you are done, taking notes in your journal on anything you got wrong.<\/p>\n<p>For the two essay questions in the software, do not write the essays in that program.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>As much as possible, try to mimic the GMAT conditions.\u00a0 Give yourself relatively short breaks in between sections.\u00a0 Only eat the kinds of snacks that you are planning to bring to the real GMAT.\u00a0 Note how your sleep the night before affects your work.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0 Write any observations in your journal<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Week 12 &amp; After: Concentrated Review<\/h2>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 For the days of this week, and remaining days of the test, keep up work on GMAT math and verbal.\u00a0 Some suggestions for what to do:<\/p>\n<p>1) Go back to OG questions you did a while ago, and do them again.\u00a0 (This is why it was important not to write in the book)<\/p>\n<p>2) Through selecting question type &amp; difficulty on the \"Dashboard\", do Magoosh problems over again, and see how you do a second time.<\/p>\n<p>3) Keep watching for a second time 5 Magoosh lesson videos a day, on whatever topics you feel you need to review<\/p>\n<p>4) Go to the online forums, looking for challenging questions that folks are asking.<\/p>\n<p>5) An online search will always turn up additional batches of questions to practice.<\/p>\n<p>6) If you feel you need it, devote one more evening to writing two more practice essays, from the topics listed in the OG<\/p>\n<p>7) If you have a weekend day that is more than a couple days for the real GMAT, then take one final practice GMAT from the GMAT software, as on Week Eleven, Day Six.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Day before the test:<\/h2>\n<p>1) No GMAT preparation all day<\/p>\n<p>2) Eat a large, healthy, leisurely dinner \u2013 no alcohol!<\/p>\n<p>3) Go to bed earlier than usual.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Day of test:<\/h2>\n<p>1) ABSOLUTELY NO LAST MINUTE GMAT PREPARATION!<\/p>\n<p>2) Eat a large breakfast, full of protein<\/p>\n<p>3) Do relaxing, fun activities to pass time until the test<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Bring to the test:<\/h2>\n<p>1) A liter of water<\/p>\n<p>2) Healthy energy-packed snacks (nuts, protein bar, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>3) On breaks, make sure to get up, move &amp; stretch \u2013 moving &amp; stretching the large muscles of the body (legs &amp; torso) will get oxygen flowing throughout, which will help keep you awake and keep you thinking clearly.<\/p>\n<p>For relaxation tips, see <a title=\"Beating GMAT Stress\" href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/2012\/beating-gmat-stress\/\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Any questions on this plan?\u00a0 Just leave us a comment!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This post was originally written by Mike McGarry, GMAT Expert at Magoosh GMAT, and originally posted <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/2012\/3-month-gmat-study-schedule-for-beginners\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, you are starting more or less from scratch, and you want to prepare for the GMAT in three months.\u00a0 You need a strategic plan to organize yourself.\u00a0 I designed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,783,243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat","category-magoosh-blog","category-blog","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10394"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10417,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10394\/revisions\/10417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}