125 hours left to prepare for GMAT?

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Dear All,

I have scheduled to take GMAT on 19 October. But till now, I have not started studying yet. I'm quite ok in Math. I'm so worried for RC section. Without any practise, I can answer only 5 out of 10 questions correctly on SC and CR. But for RC 3 out of 10 because of slow reading speed. I do need to get at least 650.

I can't give more than 125 hours in a month because of my job type. Please advise me the strategies for 1 month preparation to do smarter. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks a lot.

sandeep800 · Answer

Hi,
Ur exam is tomorrow?u said 19 september?

siyer · Answer

19 September. I think you mean 19th October. You can visit this link which has good information on a study plan. gmat-study-plan-for-gmat-novices-start-your-gmat-journey-80727.html It has a 120 hours (approx) study plan so its pretty much what you are looking for. Try a practice test first and compare your score with your target of 650. Best of luck!

naychi · Answer

Sorry, I wrongly typed. I meant 19 October.

sandeep800 · Answer

we are in the same boat

mine is also 19th october....will be waiting for other people replies to ur thread..!!

kissthegmat · Answer

If verbal is your main concern, start from here gmat-grammar-book-96532.html

I believe one will get a lot from the above link. Just go through the above link once. After that if you have time you can go for MGMAT SC, PowerScore CR guide and Veritas RC guide even if you have read all these! But, I'll strongly favor if you stay as near as you can to the official material. Don't forget OGs near exam. OGs are your best friends when your exam is near.

sandeep800 · Answer

Any reviews or debrief of Veritas RC ,kisstheGMAt?if u have tried it earlier?

kissthegmat · Answer

I have both MGMAT RC and Veritas RC guides and I find Veritas guide better than MGMAT. But again I'll say stay near to your OGs as you have only 1 month left to real GMAT.

Check out this link https://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/f ... y-tips.cfm mainly the 5th point. Don't study anything new in last 2 weeks, just revise.

naychi · Answer

Thanks for your advice. I would like to know your opinion on that I have 11 edition OG book. Is it enough or should I buy 12th edition OG book to study before 19 October? May I know your advice again for that issue, please? Thanks.

dokiyoki · Answer

Hey !
I had the same trouble when i was starting off with my prep. I didnt puchase OG 12 have been studying from OG 11.There are new Qs in OG 12 but not very many so i think we should be doing fine.

Can any expert comment on the same (or who ever has both the OG editions) ?

naychi · Answer

Hello, I created new topic about it at og-11-edition-can-beat-101254.html. I think it's better to get attention for this issue.

shaselai · Answer

go through the guides. take the diagnostic if you havent done so because you need to see where you stand now. Seems you have more trouble with verbal so make more focus on that but you need to know the raw scores to see if you need more time on quant as well. also use error logs to help.

sandeep800 · Answer

HI dokiyoki, New Book has 1/3 new questions here is the comparison of Two official guides by manhattan... https://www.manhattangmat.com/official-guide-12.cfm U can also see the number of questions which have changed in each part... Thanx regards sandy

kissthegmat · Answer

If you can buy it would be better as you can see the comparison of two books at https://www.manhattangmat.com/official-guide-12.cfm

naychi · Answer

Hey, I found a post useful to us. Please check it at https://www.gmathacks.com/resources/revi ... ition.html. "if you have the 11th edition but haven't really started using it, it's worth the additional investment to move to the 12th edition. The difference is slight, but the 12th edition practice questions probably do correlate a little better to what you'll see on test day." quoted from that post.

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