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Hello Nidhi,

GMAT Club is one of the great platforms to get information about the GMAT official test, Study plan, Section wise instructions, etc.

To assist you better, we would request you to write back with the following questions:

1. What are your current score and target score? (You can mention the Diagnostic test score also)
2. How do you rate yourself in Quant and Verbal?

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Your diagnostic score will clarify what plan you should adopt to beat the GMAT. An initial mock rating will help to understand your concept knowledge of both sections.
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Do not use e-gmat, their third party questions, format, language (incorrect English) is no where in line with the real gmat.

Sentence correction - understand the meaning of the sentence :: can find many videos online
Critical Reasoning - falisification question, time consuming and not helpful, I got better scores and saved time not using this method
Reading Comprehension - because Magoosh has the concept "active reading" which is the ideal way to undertake the reading passages, they came up with a run off strategy because they can't leave a part of their lessons blank

DO NOT USE E-GMAT!

Hi Nidhijain94,

To start, many GMATers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores and during that time, studying for 15 - 20 hours a week is common (with smaller study sessions throughout the week - and not just on the weekends).

If you took just that one CAT/mock, then it's not clear what your actual 'ability level' is right now (re: you might have gotten a bit lucky or unlucky on that CAT - so your actual level might be closer to the low-500s or low-600s). As such, you should plan to take a NEW CAT/mock sometime soon - and make sure to take it in a realistic fashion that matches-up with what you will face when you take the Official GMAT (take the FULL CAT - with the Essay and IR sections, at the same time of day as when you'll take the Official GMAT, if you will be at a Test Facility, then wear a face mask, etc.). Once you have that Score, you should post back here (or you can feel free to PM me directly) and we can discuss the results and how you might best proceed with your studies.

1) Are you planning to take the At-home GMAT or are you planning to take your GMAT at a Test Facility?
2) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?
3) What specific application deadlines are you considering (are you planning for Round 3 or next cycle's Round 1)?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

This generally doesn't make sense Nidhi. With 90-95% accuracy in OG questions, you should not be getting 580 in mock (even with your timing issue). Which mock test did you give?

Can you give 1-2 more official mock tests and let us know the results. Perhaps 580 is just an anomaly. 1.5 years is a phenomenal time for preparation.

Hi Nidhijain94,

Even I used e-gmat and to be honest, I did not like their CR strategy (Just using the falsification condition). I understand that it takes a lot more time to solve questions that way. There is another method using which you can solve CR questions in a more structured manner. I learnt that from GMATWhiz course. They have a solid framework using which you can pre-think the missing link.

And do not practice too many questions. Practicing without learning the right methods will only result in wastage of time and effort. If you can switch the resource, you can go for GMATWhiz verbal course. If not, I would suggest you not just practice questions but also analyze them in detail. E-gmat has good questions in the scholaranium. Go through the solutions. Analyze each step and identify at which step you made the mistake. I think this should help a little.

I have made a detailed debrief of improving my accuracy in CR. You can go through it to understand a few tips.

Scoring a perfect CR 51 ( 97 percentile ) from being an amateur in CR



Hope it helped. All the best