GMAT Ninja’s 13-Week Study Plan Updated for the new GMAT in 2024 Study Plan Chat Group Study Plan Schedule: Week 1 (you are here!) | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 Week 1 (~15 hours) Welcome to our “one-size-fits-most”, 13-week GMAT study plan, based on our decades of experience as GMAT tutors. (Yes, decades. Charles is old.) Here’s what you’re getting yourself into: Bad news: no study plan fits everybody perfectly . We’ve designed this one with a reasonably typical GMAT Club member in mind: a test-taker scoring somewhere in the high 400s or 500s, with aspirations of a 600+ and weaknesses on quant, verbal, and DI. If you’re in a different situation, you’ll need to alter the plan to suit your needs. We expect you to spend approximately 15 hours per week studying for the GMAT: roughly 2 hours per weekday, and maybe a bit more on the weekends. Our goal is to help you beat the odds . The average GMAT student improves by less than 30 points when re-taking the exam , according to GMAC data. So be prepared for some serious work. We’ll repeat that last part: be ready to work HARD . If you're not dedicated to your GMAT studies, this isn't for you. Ready to get started? Buckle up. Watch this video first! Here’s a video that explains what the study plan is and – more importantly – how best to use it. You’ll save a ton of time in the long run if you watch the video BEFORE getting started. So please don’t skip this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWYJmeIJAm4 - What You’ll Need Resources you’ll need before starting the study plan: GMAT Official Guide 2024-2025 bundle . An official LSAT book. ( Here’s why. ) This one would be a good choice, but any of the LSAT books with 10 full, official LSAT tests is OK. You could also buy an online subscription to the LSAT library here . Set up an error log of some sort. Use the built in Error Log at GMAT Club , here are some options , and click here to download a version of the minimalist tracker we use with our private tutoring students at GMAT Ninja (click on File --> Make a copy, please). Use anything you’d like. But use something. Here are additional practice resources you’ll eventually want to purchase, but they can wait until later in the process: Official mba.com practice exams . There are 6 (4 paid, 2 free), and you’ll eventually want all of them. Official mba.com practice questions GMAT Club tests (or other non-official practice tests for quant only) Optional: Forum Quiz for targeted practice of some topics Optional, but recommended: GMAT simulation pad if you’re planning to take the GMAT in a test center; If you’re planning to take the GMAT online, you might want to buy a whiteboard that fits the requirements for the online GMAT exam , such as this one . If you’ve already exhausted the official guides , you’re in a tough spot for Data Insights, unfortunately – pretty much every official DI question is already included in the study plan. However, you could use older editions for quant and verbal – OG 12 and the 2nd edition of the quant and verbal guides would be decent options, but you’ll want to skip the geometry. If you have questions, feel free to ask in the thread, and we’ll do our best to help. 1. If you have NOT taken the GMAT or any official practice tests: take mba.com test #1 The goal: establish a baseline score so that you know how far you are from your target. When you’re finished, please don’t review or redo individual questions , since you might want to retake this exam in a month or two, and it’s best if you don’t remember the questions well. It is, however, OK to take a broad look at your struggles. Did you miss far more questions of one type than another? Are you significantly farther from your score goal on one section than the other? For more, please read the 2nd post in this thread . 2. If you’ve taken an actual GMAT exam, please make sure you understand what your score report is telling you. Check out this article to help you analyze your GMAT score report. Or, watch us analyze a GMAC executive's actual score report in this video . If you’ve never taken the GMAT -- or you don’t have a detailed score report from an attempt at the old GMAT -- no problem. Just skip this task, and everything will be fine. 3. Figure out how many points you’d like to gain on the quant, verbal, and DI sections. If you need to gain FAR more points on one section than the others, use that information to guide your studies. If you’re weaker at verbal, please do less quant and DI homework, and spend more time on “optional” verbal assignments and videos. If you’re weaker in quant or DI, you’ll want to focus on those sections. Keep in mind that all three sections are weighted equally in determining your composite GMAT score . For more details, check out this one-minute video on why 3 = 20 in the GMAT scoring system . That’s it. If you’ve recently taken official practice (or actual) tests and you understand how far you are from your goals, that’s great – just move on to the homework. You’re probably going to hate this. We have only two goals on quant in Week 1: 1. Ensure that you NEVER make sloppy errors. 2. Check on your arithmetic and algebra foundations. Here’s why: 1. On an adaptive test like the GMAT, careless errors can DESTROY your score. To learn why, check out this video on GMAT time management (6 mins.) or this one on score-killing errors (59 mins.). These videos were made for the old, pre-2024 version of the GMAT, but the punchlines are still spot-on. 2. If you’re unhappy with your quant (or DI) score, you’re probably making careless errors. And you probably don’t pay enough attention to them. 3. Arithmetic and/or algebra are embedded in nearly every quant (and quant-based DI) question, and if those fundamentals are shaky, you’ll be in trouble. I know: this isn’t sexy. You probably won’t enjoy this. But if you perform well, the homework will get more interesting next week. How to approach quant homework 1. Time each set, but don’t rush through . Do every set with test-like intensity , but don’t impose an artificial time limit -- at least not yet. 2. When you’re finished, please do NOT review your errors at all just yet. On the day you do the homework, just input the results into your error log, and walk away. (We’ll say more below about how and when to redo the questions you missed.) Week 1 quant homework By design, these practice sets are mostly short, and they should FEEL easy . So you shouldn’t make any mistakes at all, right? Um... right? 1. Watch this video (34 minutes) on how to approach GMAT quant and data sufficiency . 2. (Optional, but recommended) Videos: how to get better at studying for GMAT quant (8 mins) | GMAT arithmetic (49 mins) | GMAT algebra (70+ mins) 3. (Optional, but recommended) Do a set of 10 general systems of linear equations, which you can generate here . If you’re not efficiently getting 100% of them right (in less than 15 minutes per set of 10), keep doing sets of 10 until you can ace them. 4. (Optional, but also highly recommended) If you’re rusty on quadratics factoring, solve this set of 10 basic quadratic equations . If you need more practice, you can generate more worksheets here ; select as many "Quadratics --> simple factorable" exercises as you need. 5. A set of 25 sub-555 algebra problem-solving questions, available here . Yes, they’re easy. That’s exactly the point – please don’t make any sloppy mistakes! 6. Official Guide Problem Solving #1-25 7. A set of 25 sub-555 arithmetic PS questions, available here 8. (Very, very optional) Quant section only from the GMAT Club tests or another NON-official source (save the remaining mba.com exams for later!) What to do AFTER completing a quant homework set 1-3 days after completing the set, redo your errors from scratch. Do your best to “wash your brains” and pretend that you’ve never seen the questions before. If you get most of the questions RIGHT the second time: you’re probably making careless errors, and fixing them needs to be your #1 area of focus. See below for some videos that might help. If you miss a question twice, don’t overreact. Obsessively studying individual questions drains a TON of your study time – if you miss a particular question, you’ll probably never see anything quite like it again. So focus on GENERAL takeaways on how to improve -- don’t spend hours memorizing steps for individual questions. For more on how to interpret your results, see the next post in this thread . Need help with quant? If you make careless errors or struggle on the content this week, these resources might help: 1. If you’re making careless errors, this video on how to approach GMAT quant (also in the Week 1 quant homework list) is essential viewing. 2. If you’re struggling with the fundamental content this week, check out this GMAT arithmetic video or this algebra video . 3. GMAT Club Math Book: full pdf | algebra section 4. Heroic quant threads from Bunuel : Ultimate GMAT Quant Megathread | Signature Question Collection | All You Need for Quant In Week 1, your goal is to develop a consistent, repeatable approach to GMAT RC questions. We’ll start with a video and article to help you understand how to approach RC passages, and then give you some nice long, hard RC sets so that you can put our advice into practice. How to approach RC homework 1. Time each set, but don’t rush through . Do every set with test-like intensity , but don’t impose an artificial time limit -- at least not yet. 2. When you’re finished, please do NOT review your errors at all just yet. On the day you do the homework, just input the results into your error log, and walk away. Week 1 RC homework 1. Watch this video on the fundamentals of RC or read this beginner’s guide to RC , which covers the same principles. (~ 1 hr.) 2. Do a full LSAT RC set (~25 questions, ~ 1 hr). Click here to learn why we assign LSAT sets for GMAT students . 3. (Optional, but recommended) One more LSAT RC set 4. (Optional) Do 3-4 RC passages from older editions of the OGs; you can find some from OG 12 and the Verbal 2nd edition here . What to do AFTER completing an RC homework set Don’t obsess over the questions you missed. You’re never going to see these passages again, and you don’t want to waste too much time reviewing them. Instead, focus on general patterns. Did you miss a bunch of primary purpose questions? Inference questions? Did you get intimidated by certain types of passages? Did you panic? Run out of energy? Pay special attention to errors that surprised you – did you somehow make a silly mistake? If you missed three or more questions on a particular passage, you might consider redoing the entire passage from scratch. If you do better the second time, ask yourself: what should you have done differently the first time? For more on how to interpret your RC results, check out the 2nd post in this thread . Need help with RC? If you struggled with your RC homework sets this week, here are some resources that might help: Beginner’s guide to RC YouTube video on how to approach RC , or a similar, newer RC basics video . All GMAT Ninja RC resources More RC explanations than anybody should ever read A whole lot of YouTube videos on many topics , or an RC-specific video course If you read the RC section above, this is going to sound very, very familiar. In Week 1, your goal is to develop a consistent, repeatable approach to GMAT CR questions. We’ll start with a video and article, and follow that with some HARD practice. Enjoy! How to approach CR homework 1. Time each set, but don’t rush through . Do every set with test-like intensity , but don’t impose an artificial time limit -- at least not yet. 2. When you’re finished, please do NOT review your errors at all just yet. On the day you do the homework, just input the results into your error log, and walk away. Week 1 CR homework 1. Watch this video on how to approach CR or read this beginner’s guide to CR , which covers the same ideas. (~ 1 hr.) 2. Do a full LSAT CR set (~25 questions, ~ 1 hr). Click here to learn why we assign LSAT sets for GMAT students . 3. (Optional, but recommended) One additional LSAT CR set (~25 questions, ~ 1 hr) 4. (Very optional) Do 15-20 CR from older editions of the OGs; you can find some from OG 12 and the Verbal 2nd edition here . What to do AFTER completing a CR homework set 1-3 days after completing the set, redo your errors from scratch. Do your best to “wash your brains” and pretend that you’ve never seen the questions before. If you get most of the questions RIGHT the second time, that’s a sign that your overall CR process isn’t nearly as consistent as it needs to be, and fixing your process needs to be your #1 area of focus. See below for some videos that might help. If you miss a question a second time, don’t overreact: obsessively studying individual questions drains a TON of your study time – and it isn’t terribly valuable on CR. So don’t spend hours memorizing the steps for individual questions. For more on how to interpret your CR results, see the 2nd post in this thread . Need help with CR? If you struggled with your CR homework sets this week, here are some resources that might help: Beginners’ guide to CR A YouTube video on how to approach CR or a similar, newer CR fundamentals video (also linked in the Week 1 homework list). All GMAT Ninja CR resources More full CR explanations than anybody should ever read A whole lot more YouTube videos , or a CR-specific video course No DI for you this week! We know: ignoring DI just doesn’t feel quite right. But there’s a very limited supply of worthwhile DI practice questions. So you’re better off saving those DI questions for later, so that you can hit your peak at the right time. Don’t worry: by the time you finish the 13-week study plan, you’ll have completed every official DI question in the most recent OG and DI Guide, along with a fistful of videos and well over 100 additional, official DI questions from practice tests. In other words, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to suffer. Er, practice. Read this debrief by a charming Aussie who studied for more than 2,272 hours , or watch this YouTube interview with the same dude.

Last visit was: 05 Sep 2026, 10:34

It is currently 05 Sep 2026, 10:34

Toolkit

General GMAT Questions and Strategies

GMAT Club Daily Prep

Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.

Go to My Error Log Learn more

Request Expert Reply

Confirm Cancel

Sep 06
Live Online Class with Top EA Expert Logan Thompson
09:30 AM EDT
-
12:30 PM EST
Top scores are possible when you enroll in a powerful EA course, taught live online + 6 months access to TTP OnDemand video courses included! Perfect class schedule and easy course access for working professionals. Class starts Sundays Sept. 6, 2026.
Sep 02
Save on All Magoosh Study Plans
01:00 PM EDT
-
11:59 PM EDT
Take 30% off all study plans with code COURSEWORK - Expires on Monday 9/7
Sep 04
BIG NEWS! We’ve been nominated, and we’d love your vote!
10:00 AM EDT
-
11:59 PM EDT
We’ve worked incredibly hard to build TTP into the best test prep experience possible, and it would mean a lot to us to win Newsweek’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Test Prep. If TTP has helped you, we’d be incredibly grateful for your vote.
Sep 07
All GMAT Club Tests are free and open for Labor Day on Monday, September 7th!
12:01 AM PDT
-
11:59 PM PDT
On the 7th, GMAT Club Tests will be Free! Including all the Quizzes, Questions, and Tests. 12 AM - 11:59 PM PDT
Sep 07
The Free 12-Week GMAT Study Plan (Full Walkthrough)
10:00 AM PDT
-
11:00 AM PDT
A complete walkthrough of GMAT Club’s free 12-week GMAT study plan: what you study each week, how progress and goals are tracked, how the error log works, and how your practice unlocks paid tools at no cost.
Sep 09
Masters' Spotlight Fair
07:00 AM PDT
-
10:00 AM PDT
Meet AdComs and explore top Master’s programs - MiM, MiF, MSc, MSBA and more. - Application Fee Waivers - Free 1-Week of GMAT Club Tests: - Master's Application Toolkit - Grand Prize Giveaway
Sep 09
How Aman Bounced Back from 3 MBA Rejections to Get Into Cambridge
10:00 AM PDT
-
11:00 AM PDT
Three MBA applications. Three rejections. No interview invites. A year later, Aman was admitted to Cambridge Judge, SMU, and IMD. In this episode of MBA Admit Stories, Aman shares how he rebuilt his MBA application...
Sep 15
Live Online Class with Top GMAT Expert Rich Zwelling
07:00 PM EDT
-
09:00 PM EST
Elite scores are possible when you enroll in a powerful GMAT course, taught live online + 6 months access to TTP OnDemand video courses included! Class starts Tues/Thurs Sept. 15, 2026 - Nov. 15, 2027, 7:00pm-9:00pm EST
Sep 21
Live Online Bootcamp Class with Top GMAT Expert Chris Peckover
08:00 PM EDT
-
10:00 PM EDT
Boost your GMAT score in less than one month in a live online class + 6 months access to TTP OnDemand video courses included! Class starts Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri Sept. 21, 2026 - Oct. 9, 2027, 7:00pm-10:00pm EST

Back to Forum

Create Topic

GMAT Ninja 13-Week Study Plan (Focus ed.) Week 1: Start Here

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Sarvam

Joined: 26 Dec 2025

Last visit: 24 Aug 2026

Posts: 29

Own Kudos:

[1]

Given Kudos: 3

Posts: 29

Kudos: 7

[1]

11 Feb 2026, 03:36

Kudos

Bookmarks

Can I buy GMAT official guide online from mba dot com webiste or this amazon one is only recommended

GMATNinja

GMAT Club Verbal Expert

Joined: 13 Aug 2009

Last visit: 03 Sep 2026

Posts: 7,399

Own Kudos:

71,568

Given Kudos: 2,182

Status: GMAT/GRE/LSAT tutors

Location: United States (CO)

GMAT 1: 780 Q51 V46 Verified score

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Products:

Expert

Expert reply

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Posts: 7,399

Kudos: 71,568

11 Feb 2026, 08:24

Kudos

Bookmarks

Sarvam

Can I buy GMAT official guide online from mba dot com webiste or this amazon one is only recommended

Either way is fine. If I'm not mistaken, mba.com only sells electronic versions of the official guides, so if you prefer a physical book, you'll want to order from Amazon or some other retailer. But the content (including access to online-only questions) is the same, no matter where you buy the book.

Enjoy!

silviao

Joined: 28 Jan 2026

Last visit: 20 Apr 2026

Posts: 9

Given Kudos: 13

Posts: 9

Kudos: 0

13 Feb 2026, 21:41

Kudos

Bookmarks

i got crushed by most of the math homework pls help!

GMATNinja

GMAT Club Verbal Expert

Joined: 13 Aug 2009

Last visit: 03 Sep 2026

Posts: 7,399

Own Kudos:

71,568

Given Kudos: 2,182

Status: GMAT/GRE/LSAT tutors

Location: United States (CO)

GMAT 1: 780 Q51 V46 Verified score

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Products:

Expert

Expert reply

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Posts: 7,399

Kudos: 71,568

17 Feb 2026, 12:06

Kudos

Bookmarks

silviao

i got crushed by most of the math homework pls help!

Sorry to hear the bad news! Please tell us more about where the pain is. What were your results like? Do you feel completely lost on algebra and arithmetic? Or did you feel OK with the core content, and you just don't like your results?

Most GMAT materials assume a basic level of comfort with algebra and arithmetic and other foundational math topics -- so if those are missing for you, it might make sense to spend some time rebuilding those basics, and then you can come back to the GMAT later. But again, let's see what the data looks like, and we can try to get you pointed in the right direction from there.

Sarvam

Joined: 26 Dec 2025

Last visit: 24 Aug 2026

Posts: 29

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 3

Posts: 29

Kudos: 7

25 Feb 2026, 08:14

Kudos

Bookmarks

As it is mentioned that in Week one Do 1-20 question from OG correct but they will be mixed questions not algebra so is it ok if we miss some ?

Sarvam

Joined: 26 Dec 2025

Last visit: 24 Aug 2026

Posts: 29

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 3

Posts: 29

Kudos: 7

25 Feb 2026, 08:21

Kudos

Bookmarks

As mentioned in Week 1 quant section "6. Official Guide Problem Solving #1-25"
So does that this OG questions 1-25 have only algebra questions or mixed questions ?
If mixed and other topics then we might miss sum so is it fine ? I am a bit confused GMATNinja

GMATNinja

GMAT Club Verbal Expert

Joined: 13 Aug 2009

Last visit: 03 Sep 2026

Posts: 7,399

Own Kudos:

71,568

Given Kudos: 2,182

Status: GMAT/GRE/LSAT tutors

Location: United States (CO)

GMAT 1: 780 Q51 V46 Verified score

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Products:

Expert

Expert reply

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Posts: 7,399

Kudos: 71,568

04 Mar 2026, 09:03

Kudos

Bookmarks

Sarvam

If you're doing the first 25 OG PS questions, they won't be limited to just algebra. In a way, that reflects a limitation of the OGs (which doesn't usefully segment questions by topic), but it's also a deliberate part of the design of the study plan: it's a good thing to start doing mixed sets from the very beginning, since that's how the exam works.

In theory, there might be question types that you're completely unfamiliar with, and if you miss those, that's OK. (All of this is reflected in the "how to interpret your results post", which gives you guidance on how to think about your errors at this stage.) But for many students, the questions early in the OG are relatively easy -- even when they address topics that you haven't explicitly studied in a very long time. So they're still good practice at this stage, and they help ease you into the right mindset for the GMAT.

I hope that helps a bit, and have fun studying!

Swatkats1404

Joined: 26 May 2025

Last visit: 03 Jun 2026

Posts: 14

Given Kudos: 5

Posts: 14

Kudos: 0

08 Mar 2026, 00:00

Kudos

Bookmarks

Hi GMATNinja, I'd subscribed to the 13-week study plan via email in Jan, but had to halt due to certain commitments and I'd opted out/unsubscribed it. I would be restarting my preparation now and was trying to re-register via mail for the same study plan today, however I have not received any mail yet for week 1. I have also updated my preferences in mail for the same. Can you please help? Thanks in advance.

GMATNinja

GMAT Club Verbal Expert

Joined: 13 Aug 2009

Last visit: 03 Sep 2026

Posts: 7,399

Own Kudos:

71,568

Given Kudos: 2,182

Status: GMAT/GRE/LSAT tutors

Location: United States (CO)

GMAT 1: 780 Q51 V46 Verified score

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Products:

Expert

Expert reply

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Posts: 7,399

Kudos: 71,568

09 Mar 2026, 09:10

Kudos

Bookmarks

Swatkats1404

Sorry that you're not seeing the emails! I'm not smart enough to help with the technical stuff, unfortunately. bb, any ideas?

Swatkats1404

Joined: 26 May 2025

Last visit: 03 Jun 2026

Posts: 14

Given Kudos: 5

Posts: 14

Kudos: 0

09 Mar 2026, 09:17

Kudos

Bookmarks

No worries, I'll go through each week's plan through the forum here, I have raised a ticket separately as well though.
Thank you for outlining the plan and a bit of an extra Thanks to Charles for his way of explaining things, it keeps me motivated through my prep.

GMATNinja

Sorry that you're not seeing the emails! I'm not smart enough to help with the technical stuff, unfortunately. bb, any ideas?

Yudhajit22

Joined: 21 Dec 2021

Last visit: 15 Aug 2026

Posts: 17

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 9

Location: India

Schools: ISB '27

Posts: 17

Kudos: 3

11 Apr 2026, 22:26

Kudos

Bookmarks

I’m about to begin the GMAT Ninja study plan, but I have a few questions before getting started.

I’ve already taken the official GMAT in 2025 and scored 605. My target score is 695+.

Do you have any suggestions on how I can tweak this study plan to maximize my improvement? My weaker areas are Data Insights and Verbal.

Additionally, I already own the GMATTM Official Guide 2025–2026 Data Insights Review (online question bank), the hard copy of the Official Quant Review, and the Official Verbal Review 2022. However, I’ve already worked through most of these questions and remember many of them.

Given that, would it still make sense to purchase the GMAT Official Guide 2025–2026 bundle (eBook + online question bank)?

GMATNinja

GMAT Club Verbal Expert

Joined: 13 Aug 2009

Last visit: 03 Sep 2026

Posts: 7,399

Own Kudos:

71,568

[1]

Given Kudos: 2,182

Status: GMAT/GRE/LSAT tutors

Location: United States (CO)

GMAT 1: 780 Q51 V46 Verified score

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Products:

Expert

Expert reply

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Posts: 7,399

Kudos: 71,568

[1]

13 Apr 2026, 09:25

Kudos

Bookmarks

Yudhajit22

Great questions. If quant is a strength for you, it would probably make sense to skip quite a bit of the quant content, and focus mainly on DI and verbal. Especially in the first few weeks of the study plan, there's a lot of topic-based practice that you might not really need. Just make sure that you're doing enough quant to stay sharp, and make sure that you're not killing yourself with careless errors -- even a tiny number of them can hurt your score pretty badly. Other than that, skip the quant as much as you'd like.

If I'm reading your post correctly, it sounds like you've done the skinny little quant/DI/verbal supplements, but not the main OG? If that's the case, just pick up a copy of the OG itself, and don't worry about the rest of the bundle. The 2025-26 Official Verbal Review still has a fair amount of overlap with the 2022 edition -- maybe 60% of the CR and RC questions will be the same, give or take. So you could grab the verbal guide mostly for the 40%(ish) of questions that are new to you, in theory.

As you'll see in the study plan, I'm a big fan of LSAT questions if you need extra reps on CR and RC. So that might give you better bang for your buck than the verbal guide.

I hope that helps a bit, and have fun studying!

yc168

Joined: 11 Nov 2024

Last visit: 05 Sep 2026

Posts: 1,132

Own Kudos:

1,121

[1]

Given Kudos: 855

Products:

Posts: 1,132

Kudos: 1,121

[1]

24 Apr 2026, 13:32

Kudos

Bookmarks

It turned out that there are at least 60 "sets" (sections) of LSAT LR questions, with hyperlinks to those questions compiled in one single Excel file. With this you'll be able to practice LSAT LR sets on GMAT Club.

The source data was from GMAT Club's CR-1000 Series. I modified the file a bit for ease of use in the following post:
62 Sections of LSAT LR questions. Practice on GMAT Club CR Forum.

This file contains the LR sections from PrepTests 1-26, 34, 35, 38, and two tests which I can't identify the number. 2 LR sets per test.

Hope this provides an alternative to those who cannot get hold of one of the 10-LSAT-PrepTests books, or want to practice LSAT LR questions as assigned in this study plan in a GMAT-like digital interface.

justified107

Hi GMATNinja,

Thanks for the reply!

Could you please suggest how can i make this plan work without the LSAT book since it is not available in my region.

Additionally, how do I do targeted practise of quant topics from the OG book?

In week-1 of quant homework, it is mentioned to complete qts 1-25, however these questions include other topics like probability as well whereas we have only covered linear algebra in week-1.

SilverRat

Joined: 13 May 2026

Last visit: 30 Aug 2026

Posts: 1

Products:

Posts: 1

Kudos: 0

17 May 2026, 21:51

Kudos

Bookmarks

Should I be doing a mix of Quant and RC/CR each day. Or should I do quant for 1-2 days then Verbal for 1-2 days in a row. Trying to organize the suggested hours in the guide. Thanks

GMATNinja

GMAT Club Verbal Expert

Joined: 13 Aug 2009

Last visit: 03 Sep 2026

Posts: 7,399

Own Kudos:

71,568

Given Kudos: 2,182

Status: GMAT/GRE/LSAT tutors

Location: United States (CO)

GMAT 1: 780 Q51 V46 Verified score

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Products:

Expert

Expert reply

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Posts: 7,399

Kudos: 71,568

19 May 2026, 11:20

Kudos

Bookmarks

SilverRat

Should I be doing a mix of Quant and RC/CR each day. Or should I do quant for 1-2 days then Verbal for 1-2 days in a row. Trying to organize the suggested hours in the guide. Thanks

You don't necessarily need to do a mix of quant and RC/CR each day, unless that's your preference for some reason. My only real advice is that it's a mistake to "binge" on topics -- for example, some students will try to do all of the verbal homework in one day, and that's a recipe for misery and an awful performance. So as long as you're doing some of everything every few days, you're fine.

I hope that helps a bit!

MurilloBerto

Joined: 30 Jun 2026

Last visit: 22 Aug 2026

Posts: 3

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 6

Posts: 3

Kudos: 1

30 Jun 2026, 19:10

Kudos

Bookmarks

Hello!

I have 4 free weeks to study for the GMAT (not working, 100% dedicated to studying), and I was planning to follow your 13-week plan in a condensed format, since I'm planning to study ~8 hours a day.
However, I've seen you advise people not to do this, but it wasn't clear to me why. Could you please explain? I'm really tempted to compress each week of the study plan into 2-3 days, haha

GMATNinja

GMAT Club Verbal Expert

Joined: 13 Aug 2009

Last visit: 03 Sep 2026

Posts: 7,399

Own Kudos:

71,568

[2]

Given Kudos: 2,182

Status: GMAT/GRE/LSAT tutors

Location: United States (CO)

GMAT 1: 780 Q51 V46 Verified score

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Products:

Expert

Expert reply

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Posts: 7,399

Kudos: 71,568

[2]

02 Jul 2026, 12:32

Kudos

Bookmarks

MurilloBerto

Good question! In all honesty, it doesn't have much to do with the design of the study plan itself. The bigger issue is that cramming for the GMAT isn't usually all that effective.

The reason is that the GMAT isn't a knowledge-based test, so brute-force studying usually isn't as successful as it might be for, say, a microeconomics or organic chemistry exam. Instead, the GMAT depends on your ability to read precisely, apply logic consistently, be flexible in your methods, make good timing decisions, and -- above all else -- avoid the careless errors that can kill your score on an adaptive test.

Usually, when students spend more than a few hours a day studying for the GMAT, they start to get worse at many of those things. Once fatigue sets in, your execution will start to suffer, and you'll start making unnecessary mistakes -- and when that happens, you're basically just getting better at making unnecessary mistakes. That can crush you on an adaptive test like the GMAT.

My biggest piece of advice: make sure that every hour of your studying is high quality. If you start making sloppy mistakes because you're even a little bit fatigued, please stop -- you've done enough for one day. If that's three or four hours, that's OK -- I'd rather see you do 3-4 GREAT hours than 3-4 great hours plus 4-5 crappy ones. Even if you only have a few weeks to study.

If you're on a short timeline, I realize that it's not the advice you want to hear. But seriously: don't sacrifice quality and execution, no matter what.

For the study plan itself, my caution is just that you'll have to sacrifice large chunks of it if you want to fit everything into four weeks without compromising quality. If you can make that happen, awesome -- I'd love to hear how it goes for you.

I hope that helps a bit, and have fun studying!

4dyuti

Joined: 08 Jun 2025

Last visit: 05 Sep 2026

Posts: 6

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 33

Location: India

Posts: 6

Kudos: 1

15 Jul 2026, 22:09

Kudos

Bookmarks

I just discovered the 13-week study plan, Is it just fine if i sign up today?, The original post dates to 11th March 2026.

GMATNinja

GMAT Club Verbal Expert

Joined: 13 Aug 2009

Last visit: 03 Sep 2026

Posts: 7,399

Own Kudos:

71,568

Given Kudos: 2,182

Status: GMAT/GRE/LSAT tutors

Location: United States (CO)

GMAT 1: 780 Q51 V46 Verified score

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Products:

Expert

Expert reply

GMAT 2: 800 Q51 V51 Verified score

GRE 1: Q170 V170 Verified score

GRE 2: Q170 V170 Verified score

Posts: 7,399

Kudos: 71,568

16 Jul 2026, 11:16

Kudos

Bookmarks

4dyuti

I just discovered the 13-week study plan, Is it just fine if i sign up today?, The original post dates to 11th March 2026.

Yes, definitely! It's meant to be started anytime you'd like.

Enjoy, and please kick the GMAT's butt for us!

MurilloBerto

Joined: 30 Jun 2026

Last visit: 22 Aug 2026

Posts: 3

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 6

Posts: 3

Kudos: 1

20 Jul 2026, 16:00

Kudos

Bookmarks

Hi GMAT Ninja,

I've been following your 13-week plan, and yesterday I finished week 3. I ran into a point of doubt that's been causing me a bit of anxiety over the past few days haha

When doing the 25-question sets for Quant and DS, I selected ~15 mixed-difficulty questions, and I performed noticeably worse on the sub-555 ones (as expected). From what I understood of the plan, this is normal and I'll have time to work on this later on. However, when I looked at the schedules for the upcoming weeks, I couldn't find content-focused lessons on the specific topics I struggled with. So I'm not sure whether I should pause now and try to study those topics to improve on the harder questions (I got 80-100% right on the easy and medium ones), or whether those topics will be covered at some point down the line.

Thank you!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Moderators:

gchandana

229 posts

MBAACCOUNT2025

General GMAT Forum Moderator

486 posts

Prep Toolkit

Announcements

Assumption Questions: Missing Links, Strengtheners, & the Negation Test

Subscribe to GMAT Club for Latest Episodes of GMAT Podcasts. Success Stories, and Live GMAT Lessons

An Engineer’s Struggle with GMAT - And How He Scored 705

Subscribe to GMAT Club for Latest Episodes of GMAT Podcasts. Success Stories, and Live GMAT Lessons

Register and Get 1 week of free GMAT Club Tests!

Free interactive GMAT study plan

Tuck at Dartmouth

AI at Dartmouth Tuck: How the School Is Preparing Leaders for the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Inside the courses, research, and hands-on learning defining wise, decisive leadership in an AI-driven world.

Read More

AGSM at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE

Top GMAT Focus Debriefs

An Emory MBA Powers Growth

Emory powers growth—professionally and personally. Built on a foundation of interdisciplinary learning, leadership development, and career readiness, our top-20 MBA program delivers a high return on investment with top-5 career outcomes.

My Rewards

What are Rewards?

My Tier

(1 points)

HOT DEALS FOR SEPTEMBER

	Target Test Prep - Save up to $599 $400 Discount + $99 Bonus GMAT Club Tests
	e-GMAT: 60% Off on GMAT Focus Get to 735+ from any starting point
	Magoosh increases your score, guaranteed - 15% off ALL Magoosh GMAT plans with code GMATCLUB15 + Free GMAT Club Tests.
	Manhattan Prep: $99 Bonus Score Higher on Your GMAT Exam. Guaranteed.
	Experts' Global - ~~$1720~~ $960 End-to-End GMAT Prep + App Support: 150+ Videos, 2000+ Questions, 15 FLTs +
	GMATWhiz - Save up to 44%! Plus get a $99 bonus from GMAT Club when you buy a course. Sale ends Sept 7.
	GMAT Club Tests - Free Included with every course purchase of $149+ View all deals

GMAT Ninja 13-Week Study Plan (Focus ed.) Week 1: Start Here

Prep Toolkit

615 to 715 in 15 Days (Ria's Strategies)

More than Quant/Verbal Abilities: Speed vs. Accuracy

745 with Only Self-Prep and GMAT Club

From 555 to 765: 210-point Improvement

Perfect 805 Score Debrief by Julia

My Rewards