30 Days GMAT study plan but only using MGMAT books, OG and GMAT prep s

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Hi Guys, I was wondering if someone has a 30 days GMAT study schedule but only using MGMAT books, OG and GMAT prep s/w at most. Verbal intensive will definitely sweeten the deal

D day is next month and I am stuck in 600 zone. I need to be in 700s to make any use of my score. so I am trying to follow a more organized study plan. Can't say thank you enough to this forum

Hi Rich and other members of this forum, 1) How long have you studied? -- I have been studying on and off from 3 months. 2) What materials have you used so far? - I have used kaplan, some of egmat and some of veritas so far. 3) How have you scored on each of your practice CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for each)? - My score is ranging from 610 to 680 in last bunch of tests . tests were from Veritas, gmatprep, kaplan, manhattan and 800score. 4) Why are you limited to 30 days of study? - i have taken an appointment in sept and I can not reschedule it any further. 5) When are you planning to apply to Business School? - i have not decided yet. Basically, i need to finetune my preparation. I am getting tired of jumping from one material to another and honestly, believe that it is just helping me up my game. I want to focus on only MGMAT books and OG, doing it more qualitatively vs quantitatively. If you have a 30 days plan so I can go over each and every topic, will really help me a lot.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi gmatwithpooja,

Raising your score 100+ points in 30 days will be a challenge (but it is possible); it's probably NOT going to happen with a 'book-heavy' study approach though.

I'd like to know a bit more about how you've studied so far:

1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used so far?
3) How have you scored on each of your practice CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for each)?

4) Why are you limited to 30 days of study?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

kunal21 · Answer

Hi ,

I gave a mock GMAT and score a dismal 590. V 33 Q 38. Im confident of improving my score in quant to 50+ as i made a lot of silly mistakes. But not really sure about the verbal section. I am targeting 720 + and planning to give exam after 45 days. Need a realistic assesment if i should go for it or postpone my plans of giving GMAT.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi kunal21,

Before I can offer any advice on your situation, I'd like to know a bit more about how you've been studying so far:

1) How long have you been studying?
2) What resources have you been using?
3) Is this your first practice CAT? If not, then what were your scores on your other CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

DmitryFarberMPrep · Answer

30 days is not a great amount of time in which to work through every topic in each one of our 8 strategy guides! That would require you to master the contents of a book every 3-4 days! You can read them that fast, but that doesn't leave you much time for practice.

Having said that, here's what I recommend:

*Start the Sentence Correction guide right away. This book covers a lot of topics, and you don't want to cram it all in at once. Continue to work steadily through the book throughout the next month, stopping to practice in the Official Guide as directed. (In your MGMAT Student Center, you can access an OG Problem Sets doc with particular sets of OG problems to do at the midpoint and the end of the book. You can also find lists of all the OG questions for each topic.)

*The RC book is easier to read in a short burst, so work that in whenever you can, preferably at least a few weeks before the exam.

*The CR book also needs to be stretched out, but not as much as SC. Start soon and work through it a few chapters at a time.

*For the quant books, start wherever the need is greatest and then move along. It's better to cover topics well (and even come back and repeat) than to go over everything superficially, so you may need to let some things go to make progress where it's most important. You can run an assessment report of your MGMAT exams and look for which areas are the lowest. Pay the most attention to the more common areas, such as Fractions/%s, Exponents, and Stats. Don't worry as much about, say, Probability or Functions. If you're not sure, I'd suggest Fractions/Decimals/%s and Algebra first, Word Problems next, then Number Properties and Geometry. Don't do the Extra chapter unless you have already worked through all the books.

*Again, for Quant, use the OG Problem Sets doc to find drills for each book & topic.

I hope this helps. If there's anything more I can do to help you fine-tune to your needs, let me know.

kunal21 · Answer

Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC ,

Thanks for your quick reply. I have been studying since 2 weeks now. Using the materials provided by Princeton review for studying. Have given only two mock tests.

for the first one the score were as follows-:

V- 28 Q - 41 Total - 570
 for the 2nd one the following were the scores-:

V- 33 Q- 38 Total- 590

If you can just tell me a way to score around 39-42 in verbal I will be really grateful.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi kunal21,

Since you've been studying for just 2 weeks, you should not expect too much of an increase in score just yet. Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) on their studies to hit their 'peak' scores, so it's likely that you just have not put in enough study time yet. In that same way, I can't just "tell you" how to score V39+. To score at that level, you have to TRAIN - learn specific tactics, learn the typical patterns that GMAT writers use, practice, make mistakes (and fix them), review, take CATs at regular intervals, etc.

You should continue to study with your current resources for the next couple of weeks. If you don't see any improvements, then some adjustments will probably be necessary.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

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