BEST TIME FOR OG VERBAL REVIEW, QUANT REVIEW AND Q PACK 1

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Hi! 
All GMAT aspirants must be aware that there are 3 main official sources for GMAT prep: The OG, OG for verbal review and OG for quant review. From what I have read elsewhere one must finish the OG before doing anything else. I have done this myself.

My question is should the verbal and quant review be left for the last few weeks of prep? Also should the GMATPREP question pack 1 be left for the last too? 
 
 Kindly give your feedback and also mention how many weeks before the exam should one start working on these 3 official practice sources. 
 
Thanks!!

mikemcgarry · Answer

Dear dp26389 , I'm happy to respond. :-)

The answer to your question depends on many factors, the most significant of which is --- what is the total time the student is spending on studying for the GMAT? If someone plans to study for the GMAT in only a month, then I think I would say: just get through the OG. If someone is spending 3-6 months, then they could do more. I guess I would say --- think of the OG & OVR & OQR as a giant set of questions, however many questions total those three books contain. I think a student should divide that total number of questions evenly by the number of days she or he plans to study, and work through that giant question set at a uniform rate. Yes, I would recommend the OG first, and when that's done, I would recommend equal parts of the OVR and the OQR each day --- very important to have a dose of math and a dose of verbal each day. I think questions from these books are good to do on weekdays, M-F, and weekend days are good for full length practice tests. If someone is studying, say, for six months, then I recommend getting a low quality test right at the beginning, just to have the endurance experience of sitting for a whole GMAT. Paper tests are fine for practice in the first half, say, the first three months. As one progresses, one wants to use high quality CATs --- the MGMAT CATs are very good, and Magoosh has a CAT as well. Finally, the GMAT Prep CATs should be on the last weekend test days leading up to the test itself. Does all this answer your question? Mike :-)

dp26389 · Answer

Thanks mike!!
I have exactly one month for my exam. I am yet to start OQR, OVR and qpack 1. Based on what you've said I will start from today itself.

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