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Dear all,
I'm an italian economics bachelor student who needs to take the GMAT in December 2021 to win a scholarship in the master of her dreams. The problem is that I need a 700+ score to win and I have very poor logical-maths skills and I have around 8/9months to prepare. So I'm here to ask you some advices from where (books, sites, courses) to study from considering my poor logical and quant skills, and what is the best plan to prepare for the exam.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND FOR YOUR TIME, is really important for me.


Your problem is half solved, for asking! :)
Get the manhattan GMA Strategy guides and imbibe them; they will change your verbal score forever! I was practically an idiot in verbal CR until i met them. I also used Kaplan for my verbal.
For your quant, after using the strategy guides for quant, you need a very organized and structured tutor for your quant as well. manhattan gmat is great if you can handle the price. For more affordable quants with excellently organized tutoring structure that will push you up your dream score, go for EmpowerGMAT or TargetTestPrep. They don't beat about the bush. They will show you the way you must walk. And if you walk it, guaranteed is your result, they know their onions!
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Dear Rich, thank you for your answer. I will start studying for the first time (never did a gmat test before)tomorrow after my last exam, and I just bought the OFFICIAL guide, no other material for the moment. I know that the best option would be a course/tutor, but my family can't afford other costs than the exam cost or books costs, because it would be too much for them, unfortunately.
Yes, the scholarship I'm interested in has a specific minimum GMAT Score "requirement" of 700 and I'm planning to apply in February 2022.
Thank you for your time and attention , I really appreciate it.
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Dear Rich, thank you for your answer. I will start studying for the first time (never did a gmat test before)tomorrow after my last exam, and I just bought the OFFICIAL guide, no other material for the moment. I know that the best option would be a course/tutor, but my family can't afford other costs than the exam cost or books costs, because it would be too much for them, unfortunately.
Yes, the scholarship I'm interested in has a specific minimum GMAT Score "requirement" of 700 and I'm planning to apply in February 2022.
Thank you for your time and attention , I really appreciate it.

Hi, i'm italian too, i would suggest to try to understand your current math level by doing OG exercise's ( use an error log to know the exercises level) then you can decide wether buy a course ( TTP is great).
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Hi arixing,

The OG books are great sources for practice questions, but they're not designed to teach you Tactics, patterns or the little 'secrets' behind the GMAT - for those, you'll need Course-oriented materials. To that end, you might want to work on the OG a little later on in your studies.

Since you're just beginning your studies, it would be a good idea to take a FULL-LENGTH practice CAT Test; you can access 2 for free at www.mba.com (and they come with some additional practice materials). If you want to do a little studying first, so that you can familiarize yourself with the basic content and question types, then that's okay - but you shouldn't wait too long to take that initial CAT. That score will give us a good sense of your natural strengths and weaknesses and will help provide a basis for comparison as you continue to study. A FULL CAT takes about 3.5 hours to complete, so make sure that you've set aside enough time to take it in one sitting. Once you have that Score, you should report back here and we can discuss the results.

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One thing that may be helpful is the gmatclub in-house math guide. It's free and can be downloaded as a pdf.
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