ResourcesBuy any
official guide and a quant review+ verbal review- either buy it second hand(it should not have any markings) or pick it up for free from a friend who has already taken the test, or share it with someone who is planning on taking the test after 6/12 months.
Take a free Manhattan CAT, to figure out where you stand, it will give you an assessment report that will tell your weak spots in quant and verbal, make extra purchases(if required) accordingly.
QUANT:
Study materialIf you want to brush up your basics really well then Manhattan's Foundation book is great!(second hand/free/share with a study buddy) If you aren't too bad with math then you won't need to subscribe to any course. Use gmatclub's theory book, it is a free and useful resource:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-math-bo ... 30609.htmlWorkbookUse gmatclub's
OG guide:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-club-gu ... 29823.htmlit's an organised excel sheet that offers you topic wise/difficulty wise questions of all of quant. Finish any one
OG and a
OG quant review. start with medium level questions, if you aren't solving them correctly, then review relevant lessons in gmatclub math theory book(or look for lessons on the internet-plenty of useful material available!), solve more questions of those type and then move on to next topic.
solve
gmatclub tests questions, buy their CATS-6 month subscription cost 100 usd(if you have 100 pts on gmatclub account, you can buy premium membership for free, that way you get 30% off
gmatclub tests- i.e 3-month package for $55 and 6-month package for $69) it will give your score the necessary boost. make sure you review each question, if you have doubts, post it on the forum.
general note: you can earn 100 pts within 2-2.5 months, use timer regularly, reply to posts on the forum, start new topics on the forum etc, complete your profile etc link to earning pts:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/rewards-dash ... sandbadges. make useful posts on the club, you will get kudos.
Verbalresources: stick to
Official guide and
official guide verbal review for questions.
SCyou need to be well versed with
parallelism/idiomsparallelism:https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/paralleli ... orrection/idioms: use gmatclub guide to solving
OG- check the topics section for idiom questions- solve all idiom related questions in any 1
og and 1 verbal review(that should suffice)
check
egmat's
meaning based approach very useful to improve accuracy, link:
https://e-gmat.com/blog/video-lessons/g ... ion-lessonCRtypes of cr questions: https://www.kaptest.com/blog/business-sc ... questions/check this post everything significant that you need to know while attempting a cr question:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/e-gmat-s-all ... 68945.html, but before that use the below mentioned
technique.
you can use the following technique while solving questions: Picture one person who you really enjoy disagreeing with, or simply someone you listen to with a lot of disapproval, the kind you want to prove wrong. Whenever you attempt a question, think that the CR prompt is being spoken by this person. When you do this, apart from grabbing your full attention, you will also be able to instantly find faults in the said person's argument. After that, read the question and pre-think the answer without checking the options, you will be able to eliminate answers more easily and this should also help in spotting the correct answer.
RCcheck this
magoosh article to understand different rc question types:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2016/strategie ... ion-types/
try to understand the big picture of each passage. summarize every paragraph in a sentence or two, reword it in your head in a language you're most comfortable with(in case you're a non native). then summarize each of these 1-2 line paragraph summaries, into 1-2 sentence passage summary- this is the big idea/primary message of the passage.
observe shifts in tone of the author, and note them down or anything that the author stresses in the passage.
if you want to really improve your rc skills-practice these lsat questions (25 questions in one set to be solved in 35 mins) link:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/best-compila ... 06729.htmlCATSbuy Manhattan, share it with a study buddy, who will be taking the test 3 months after you do. They cost $49, but if shared it will cost you only $25
or you can gather enough points on gmatclub and purchase it for free using your points from the rewards section.
approx total cost:OG + OGQuant Review + Verbal Quant Review(if bought second hand and then shared) = 700 INR or 10 USD
Manhattan's Quant Foundations = 500 INR OR 8 USD
GMATCLUB CATS=3500 INR OR 50 USD (if shared with someone)
Manhattan CATS = 1600 INR OR 25 USD
GMATPREP OFFICIAL EXAM PACK 1= 1600 OR 25 USD
(costs will further reduce if you earn a premium gmatclub subscription with 100 pts)
TOTAL: 7700 INR or 118 USD