How to spend time efficiently to prepare GMAT in my case? 450 to 650+

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Hello everyone,
Unfortunately I did bad on my first online exam (450, Q35, V17, IR4) because I did not prepare well and was too anxious about it. My highest score in mock exam is 570 (Q41, V27, IR8). My goal is to reach 650+ (Q49+, V30+, IR5+), and my next in-person exam date is Oct. 27th which is 49 days later. I would like to know how to prepare for the test in such short period of time. What section should I spend the most time on? and how should I plan time for each section according to my case? I am confused and don't know where to start now. Thank you very much for the help.

SohGMAT2020 · Answer

Hi  RayLei412 ,

Everyone starts their GMAT journey at different points. Where you will finally reach is not dependent on where you start but on how much effort you put in. I would suggest that you look at the mock exams and see which areas you have faltered the most. Identifying weak areas is very important. Assuming you have enrolled for some course or have access to study materials, go through those weak areas again and strengthen your concepts. I think those are the area you need to spend your most time on. There are many more things you can do. But I think you can start by doing this.

Once again don't worry about your initial mock score. My first mock score was 590 but now I consistently score above 720 in my mocks. ( Will appear for the actual GMAT this month-end most probably)

Good luck!

homersimpsons · Answer

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Avinashkr29 · Answer

There is no shortcut to success. Keep working hard.

nik98 · Answer

Hey,

As mentioned above, there’s no easy shortcut ways to reach your goal. Going from a v27 to a V30+ might not take much time but going from a Q40 to Q49+ will take loads of effort. I’ll give you some tips from my perspective.

Firstly, given your goal you need to take a quant intensive approach, essentially focus more on quant. But let me warn you this will be intensive prep with probably 180+ hours (just a rough estimate take it lightly). Since you’re below Q44, you actually need to focus more on the concepts and studying content rather than practice.

Now coming to resources, which resources/books/courses are you currently following? You can either go for books approach or online video course (up to your preference). If you go books approach, get the manhattan prep guides, or if you go for online course approach, go for the TTP quant course (very intensive and long but you can go for the short study plan mode). Try out the trial version before buying online courses.

Once you finish all the content studying and reach a Q43-44, start practicing questions more. Use the OG, gmat club and other question banks. At this stage, an error log really helps. Keep an error log and track your mistakes, review them and learn from them. Look up the gmat club study plan to go from Q44 to Q48+. This is also when you should start focusing more on strategies and looking into them. You should also focus on your section specific performance and work on your weaker sections once you’ve reached this stage.

At the same time study for verbal and get your verbal score to your target. For verbal, the Manhattan prep guides are pretty good imo. You can check out other courses by googling for its reviews and opinions (don’t see gmat club for this

). You can study for verbal simultaneously or start verbal after you’ve reached a certain level in quant.

Essentially, your target is achievable but it depends on you and how much time and effort you put in. I hope this helps

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). You can study for verbal simultaneously or start verbal after you’ve reached a certain level in quant. Essentially, your target is achievable but it depends on you and how much time and effort you put in. I hope this helps

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