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I had 4 weeks off and actually rescheduled my test to the end of the 3rd week cuz I almost burned out!

5 weeks of very intensive studying is really demanding and the risk of burning out is huge. I haven't taken the GMAT yet but I can testify to that based on my experience in school. Some courses I took required five to six weeks of intensive studying in order to pass the exam and I felt completely exhausted at the end of my exam preparation. Moreover, instead of seeing progress you will see diminishing results.
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Thanks for all of your replies thus far. I am getting mixed reviews of my study plan. I know I want to do well (650+ range I would consider well) and have been told to go over the MGMAT guides and the OG problems. It seems to take me a while to really go through an MGMAT guide from what I've done so far. I think it's because I take detailed notes. Also, yesterday was the first time I skip a chapter of In Action problem sets.

Anyone have any advice of how to efficiently and effectively go over an MGMAT guide? I think the content is important and I want to go through all of the suggested OG problems and have time to practice on CATs as well.

As well, I welcome any other advice on my first post.
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Taking all this advice into consideration and seeing that there has been little process in the last 2 weeks - busy schedule & other reasons - I plan to re-schedule my exam to later in July - in 4 weeks time. I figured that in order not to burn out for no reason in the next 2.5 weeks, this will bring a more balanced approach.

Any other thoughts?
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