Guidance on starting GMAT studies

Hi Sandeep,

Though it should around 3 to 4 months for you to prepare for GMAT, but for most of the people the story is quite painful. GMAT is a test that moves around developing good habits. Enough practice material is available in the market : e-gmat, Magoosh, Empowergmat etc. All are good and quite reasonable. I would suggest you to start with a diagnostic from https://www.mba.com and check your level.

Then move to MGMAT guides for both quant and verbal.
Use GMAT CLUB math and grammar book to your advantage.

Be regular on GC and work on questions available here. When you reach to some point in your preparation, then go for a good course available. Use this link for free practice material here: https://gmatclub.com/marketplace/free-stuff?fl=menu

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Hi Sandeep4motwani,

Welcome to GMATclub! Check out these threads:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-study-plan-217827.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/all-you-need ... 40445.html

Hope this helps!

Hi Sandeep4motwani,

You should dedicate around 3 months to prepare for your GMAT. I would encourage you take one of the two GMAT PREP practice test. You can know your weaknesses and work on them. If you are willing to study dedicatedly for that period, you are sure to achieve your goal. I would recommend you to opt for an online prep rather than a coaching class as a well designed online prep company can be much more beneficial. If you are willing, there are some great GMAT prep companies that can help you with your preparation.

In order to make an informed decision I would highly encourage you to go to their websites and try on their free trial and decide for yourself which one do you like better. You try out free access to EmpowerGMAT, Magoosh and Optimus Prep as they have great reviews on GMATCLUB.

Also I would highly encourage you to consider e-gmat verbal online or the e-gmat verbal live course. They are both amazing courses especially designed for non-natives and they are both within your budget. They offer almost 25% of their courses for free so you can try out their free trial to decide which one you want to go for. Plus the e-gmat Scholaranium which is included in both the courses is one of the best verbal practice tools in the market. You can easily track your progress in that you can identify your strengths and analyze and improve on your weak areas.

You can also try out the MGMAT guides they are phenomenal and cover the entire syllabus well. I must add that if you are particularly looking to discover and improve on your weak areas in quant; a subscription to GMATCLUB tests is the best way to do that. They are indeed phenomenal and will not only pinpoint your weak areas but also help you improve on them.

Further taking multiple mocks might help. Apart from the GMATPREP, Manhattan GMAT tests and Veritas Prep Tests in my experience have good verbal and Quant section and will certainly help you point out and improve your weak areas.

Further another advantage of taking many mocks is to build up your stamina. Apart from the GMATPREP tests, taking practise tests of any major GMATPREP company ought to do that.

I would also encourage you to purchase the latest version of OG and the verbal review for some great additional practice. Here is a link that will help you with your decision.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/best-gmat-ve ... ml?fl=menu

Lastly, you can check out a very interesting article by Mike McGarry from Magoosh detailing a 3 month study plan

https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/3-month-g ... -students/. You will find it very helpful as it gives out a study plan as per your needs.

Hope this helps. All the best.

For online resources, here is a Google Sheet with links to OG SC video explanations:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

[url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f_ckdULgV6oCSYXW2eJ8le-uuRElwlDOuH1HmTgctJI/edit?usp=sharing

As an example, you can try to watch through a few walkthroughs here:
https://www.gmatpill.com/sentencecorrection/og/q007.mp4
https://www.gmatpill.com/sentencecorrection/og/d35.mp4

This is a great resource from which to practice and also hear an expert's perspective thinking through test questions.

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https://www.gmatpill.com/testimonials

---and get additional GMAT Practice at our online question bank, which has 1,000+ practice questions available free. A paid account is required to view all of our excellent video explanations.

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