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20 Apr 2017, 06:25
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Bookmarks
Stats in Brief:
GMAT Attempts - 1 -> July 2016. Score 720 - Q 50, V 38, AWA 5, IR 6.
Current Target -> 750 or above, IR 7 or above within 3 months
Study Material Available:
1. Complete Set of Veritas Books - Solved Last time.
2. SC Book of Manhattan - Used Last time.
3. OG 16 + Quant and Verbal Reviews - Solved Last time.
4. Powerscore CR - Used Last time.
5. Aristotle - SC Grail
6. About 30 pdf by eGmat
Planning to Buy - Kaplan 800
Test taken last time
1. All the tests in Veritas
2. All the tests in Manhattan
3. All 4 tests by GMAC
Planning to buy
1. I have 31 Kudos. So, I'll buy GC tests for 3 months .
2. Kaplan Question bank and Tests
Now here is the Basic Minimum Daily Study Plan/Strategy
Revision Phase - 1 Week
1. Read 1 Article on Economist.com
2. Revise material on gmat tutor of economist for 1 week spending about 5 hours a day
3. Take a Nutritious Diet
4. Exercise for at least 20 minutes
5. Make notes of new material learned.
Feel free to provide suggestions for improving the prep.
GMAT Attempts - 1 -> July 2016. Score 720 - Q 50, V 38, AWA 5, IR 6.
Current Target -> 750 or above, IR 7 or above within 3 months
Study Material Available:
1. Complete Set of Veritas Books - Solved Last time.
2. SC Book of Manhattan - Used Last time.
3. OG 16 + Quant and Verbal Reviews - Solved Last time.
4. Powerscore CR - Used Last time.
5. Aristotle - SC Grail
6. About 30 pdf by eGmat
Planning to Buy - Kaplan 800
Test taken last time
1. All the tests in Veritas
2. All the tests in Manhattan
3. All 4 tests by GMAC
Planning to buy
1. I have 31 Kudos. So, I'll buy GC tests for 3 months .
2. Kaplan Question bank and Tests
Now here is the Basic Minimum Daily Study Plan/Strategy
Revision Phase - 1 Week
1. Read 1 Article on Economist.com
2. Revise material on gmat tutor of economist for 1 week spending about 5 hours a day
3. Take a Nutritious Diet
4. Exercise for at least 20 minutes
5. Make notes of new material learned.
Feel free to provide suggestions for improving the prep.
20 Apr 2017, 07:01
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This looks like a great plan! A couple minor things to consider/add/adjust:
1.) Obviously, reading the economist is great both for the GMAT (short term) and for keeping up with relevant business news. But consider trying articles from other sources every once in a while, to get yourself used to the more academic language some of the GMAT RC uses in the humanities and sciences: Scientific American, the Atlantic, or more academic articles/books if you have access to them through a university or library.
2.) I find the GC Verbal questions are sometimes logically structured a bit differently than official GMAT questions. So make sure you’re practicing/redoing enough official material to be used to the way GMAC asks questions. But the GC tests are still great sources of additional practice; just take whatever scores you’re getting there with a grain of salt.
3.) You might want to incorporate creating/reviewing flashcards for idioms commonly tested on the GMAT. Things like what prepositions various verbs take, any other grammatical rules you can figure out a way to get into flashcard format with a thing you’re asking on the front and an “answer” or perhaps example sentence on the back. A lot of people like Quizlet for flashcards. Personally, I use Anki. I’m sure there are others. Anki uses a “spaced repetition system” - you tell it how hard or easy each card was for you and it automatically decides how soon you need to see that card again to get it into your longterm memory.
(Also, I feel like kind of a jerk mentioning this, but since you say in your signature that you want to know about grammatical errors in your posts - “Take a nutritious diet” is…. not grammatically incorrect, but idiomatically a bit off. Better to say “Keep a nutritious diet” or “Have a nutritious diet” or maybe just “eat healthily.” At least, that’s what sounds better to me, but sometimes I’m not sure if this is an American English vs. British English issue.
I would probably also prefer “Take notes on new material learned.” to “make notes of…” To make note of tends to be used more metaphorically, as in, to notice, be aware of. To literally write down notes…. you take them.)
1.) Obviously, reading the economist is great both for the GMAT (short term) and for keeping up with relevant business news. But consider trying articles from other sources every once in a while, to get yourself used to the more academic language some of the GMAT RC uses in the humanities and sciences: Scientific American, the Atlantic, or more academic articles/books if you have access to them through a university or library.
2.) I find the GC Verbal questions are sometimes logically structured a bit differently than official GMAT questions. So make sure you’re practicing/redoing enough official material to be used to the way GMAC asks questions. But the GC tests are still great sources of additional practice; just take whatever scores you’re getting there with a grain of salt.
3.) You might want to incorporate creating/reviewing flashcards for idioms commonly tested on the GMAT. Things like what prepositions various verbs take, any other grammatical rules you can figure out a way to get into flashcard format with a thing you’re asking on the front and an “answer” or perhaps example sentence on the back. A lot of people like Quizlet for flashcards. Personally, I use Anki. I’m sure there are others. Anki uses a “spaced repetition system” - you tell it how hard or easy each card was for you and it automatically decides how soon you need to see that card again to get it into your longterm memory.
(Also, I feel like kind of a jerk mentioning this, but since you say in your signature that you want to know about grammatical errors in your posts - “Take a nutritious diet” is…. not grammatically incorrect, but idiomatically a bit off. Better to say “Keep a nutritious diet” or “Have a nutritious diet” or maybe just “eat healthily.” At least, that’s what sounds better to me, but sometimes I’m not sure if this is an American English vs. British English issue.
I would probably also prefer “Take notes on new material learned.” to “make notes of…” To make note of tends to be used more metaphorically, as in, to notice, be aware of. To literally write down notes…. you take them.)
20 Apr 2017, 11:00
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Vmacc
(Also, I feel like kind of a jerk mentioning this, but since you say in your signature that you want to know about grammatical errors in your posts - “Take a nutritious diet” is…. not grammatically incorrect, but idiomatically a bit off. Better to say “Keep a nutritious diet” or “Have a nutritious diet” or maybe just “eat healthily.” At least, that’s what sounds better to me, but sometimes I’m not sure if this is an American English vs. British English issue.
I would probably also prefer “Take notes on new material learned.” to “make notes of…” To make note of tends to be used more metaphorically, as in, to notice, be aware of. To literally write down notes…. you take them.)
I would probably also prefer “Take notes on new material learned.” to “make notes of…” To make note of tends to be used more metaphorically, as in, to notice, be aware of. To literally write down notes…. you take them.)
Thank You for this. I'm from India and, generally, idioms and metaphors do not come easy to us. Really appreciate it.
Vmacc
This looks like a great plan! A couple minor things to consider/add/adjust:
1.) Obviously, reading the economist is great both for the GMAT (short term) and for keeping up with relevant business news. But consider trying articles from other sources every once in a while, to get yourself used to the more academic language some of the GMAT RC uses in the humanities and sciences: Scientific American, the Atlantic, or more academic articles/books if you have access to them through a university or library.
2.) I find the GC Verbal questions are sometimes logically structured a bit differently than official GMAT questions. So make sure you’re practicing/redoing enough official material to be used to the way GMAC asks questions. But the GC tests are still great sources of additional practice; just take whatever scores you’re getting there with a grain of salt.
3.) You might want to incorporate creating/reviewing flashcards for idioms commonly tested on the GMAT. Things like what prepositions various verbs take, any other grammatical rules you can figure out a way to get into flashcard format with a thing you’re asking on the front and an “answer” or perhaps example sentence on the back. A lot of people like Quizlet for flashcards. Personally, I use Anki. I’m sure there are others. Anki uses a “spaced repetition system” - you tell it how hard or easy each card was for you and it automatically decides how soon you need to see that card again to get it into your longterm memory.
1.) Obviously, reading the economist is great both for the GMAT (short term) and for keeping up with relevant business news. But consider trying articles from other sources every once in a while, to get yourself used to the more academic language some of the GMAT RC uses in the humanities and sciences: Scientific American, the Atlantic, or more academic articles/books if you have access to them through a university or library.
2.) I find the GC Verbal questions are sometimes logically structured a bit differently than official GMAT questions. So make sure you’re practicing/redoing enough official material to be used to the way GMAC asks questions. But the GC tests are still great sources of additional practice; just take whatever scores you’re getting there with a grain of salt.
3.) You might want to incorporate creating/reviewing flashcards for idioms commonly tested on the GMAT. Things like what prepositions various verbs take, any other grammatical rules you can figure out a way to get into flashcard format with a thing you’re asking on the front and an “answer” or perhaps example sentence on the back. A lot of people like Quizlet for flashcards. Personally, I use Anki. I’m sure there are others. Anki uses a “spaced repetition system” - you tell it how hard or easy each card was for you and it automatically decides how soon you need to see that card again to get it into your longterm memory.
I am aware of these drawbacks in my strategy but this plan is only for Revision Phase (1 week) which started yesterday. Nevertheless, following is how I addressed these issues last time:
1. I read articles in Economist, Bloomberg, NY Times (this was pretty easy), Scientific American, Some Journal in Anthropology as suggested on the blog by Magoosh.
2. I have a few PDFs with over 1000 official questions and I did not solve everyone of them last time.
3. I did take notes in my phone so that I could read critical material whenever I had time.
Time for log Entry and notes of yesterday:
Time spent Studying: 3 Hours.
Notes
C.R.
1. A single sentence can neither be a conclusion nor be a premise. Read at least 2 sentences to label them premise/conclusion.
2. A difficult argument may contain 2 or more different Points of View and hence draw 2 or more conclusions. For example, when the argument consists of a conversation between 3 participants, each of the participants can have his/her unique conclusion. I remember seeing such questions in Powerscore last time.
RC
Important Reading list in the pic below
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