GMAT in 3 months

Question

I have 3 months for GMAT Prep. I am done with the GMAT Quant Concepts from MGMAT Books. I plan to use the following resources for the next 3 months.

Grockit for Practice (20 Questions everyday)
GMATClub Tests
OG12 (PS,DS,SC,CR not for RC)
Verbal Review (CR,SC, not for RC)
e-gmat (SC concepts and 450 questions)
Aristotle SC Grail (Concepts + 100 questions)
RC99 (99 passages)

Tests - 
5 800score tests
5 MGMAT Tests
GMATPreps

I did 70 CR Questions from OG. I just got 5-6 questions wrong. Should I use the Powerscore CR Bible?

Using RC99 instead of OG based on the reviews here.

Please give you feedback on the strategy. I have GMATPrep 1 - 620 (Q47,V28) before starting with my Prep.

menacel · Answer

Powerscore CR is nice for beginners. I had no idea how to approach the problems so it brought me up to speed.

If I were you, I'd thumb through it at a bookstore and if it has techniques you already know, don't bother and just keep practicing.

gmatprep2011 · Answer

Two other decisions that I have made are -

1) Replacing Manhattan SC with e-gmat and Aristotle SC Grail

2) Skipping RC from OG and Verbal Review and working on RC99

Any views on this...

KarishmaB · Answer

Skipping the OG is almost never a good idea (say, if you are fabulous in Quant then the first 100 ques could be considered a waste of time) especially for Verbal since it is quite representative of the real thing. Would you rather spend your time on the simulation if you can lay your hands on the actual old exam questions which are not very different from the current level?

bob75 · Answer

I don't think it's a good idea to skip the OG altogether. I have been using both the Aristotle books and while I agree that they are very good books, I have also done all the questions from the OG.

For SC I suggest that you first go through the SC Grail because Manhattan SC is too dense (specially the Advanced part). Then if you are targeting a very high score I would suggest you go through Manhattan SC once. Having gone through the SC Grail earlier will make it much easier to absorb the information in the Manhattan SC book.

For RC I agree that OG passages are more on the easier side and also ask you too many questions but I still think you should go through them once and then move on to the RC99 for additional practice. This is what I have been doing and my RC accuracy has really improved.

Overall your plan looks good. All the best!

bb · Answer

Have you seen my study plan? gmat-study-plan-for-gmat-novices-start-your-gmat-journey-80727.html?highlight=ml301

jko · Answer

Keep in mind the OG questions are arranged from easiest to hardest, so if you just did the first 70 CR questions in the OG, you've probably only reached the 500-600 or 600-700 threshold.

Having said that, I've just recently gone through the Powerscore CR bible and found it to be a pretty valuable resource, so I would recommend getting it regardless of your current critical reasoning level.

gmatprep2011 · Answer

@all - Thanks a lot for the feedback

Decided to use the Powerscore CR bible
Will also do OG RC once RC99 is done...

One more question... Should I do 800score CATs or Kaplan CATs or Grockit CATs? (This is in addition to MGMAT tests)

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