Is it possible to learn math in 2-3 months and get a high score?

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Hi, everyone!

I found a program that requires GMAT. I did a mock test at the Economist and found out that I don't remember ANYTHING except + - x and /. I am ashamed of telling how many correct answers I had, but below a below point. So my question is: Is it possible to refresh such amount of math in 2-3 months and get at least 45? Have anyone of you been in the same situation?

GMATinsight · Answer

Hi  kabars92

If you don't remember anything other than simple mathematical operations then it might be hard to learn everything in 2 months.

Where we believe that almost every student can prepare well in 3months time, there are some exceptions who can do better if given a little more time. So I would encourage you to leave this decision to the GMAT Expert whose help you are considering to take. 4 months on the other hand is the maximum time in which one can be prepared to give best shot to GMAT irrespective of how weak one is at one part of GMAT be it Quant and Verbal sectoion. SO I would suggest that keep a maximum time of 4 months in your mind and be consistent with the preparation. Going for classes will certainly help you and maximum the productivity of the time that you spare for your studies.

A score of 45, which you are targeting, requires solving about 26 questions out of 37 (with a few subjectivities like placement of mistakes) with accuracy and no question left unattempted. You would find it not so hard after knowing that Quant sections offers you about 10 Easy level, 20 Medium level and 7 difficult level questions. So your focus should be crystal clear that you need to get a thorough command over Easy and medium level questions in order to be able to get the desired target score in quant.

You can write to us for any query or a free demo class on subject for a clear and focussed assessment. We provide a free demo class (Skype based interactive one-on-one live class) to every student.

I hope this helps...

ganand · Answer

Hi kabars92, Don't get disheartened by your performance. 2-3 months is more than sufficient to improve your score up to the desired level. The recipe to improve in quant is very straightforward and deterministic. Ingredients required to reach Level 1: Manhattan strategy guide 1 to 5 OG 10th edition and topic wise breakup list Method: 1. Start with Manhattan Guide no. 1, go through the theory part and examples. Repeat the examples once again after completing the each chapter, without looking into the solution. Once you are comfortable with all the examples, move ahead to exercise, try to solve all the problems on your own without any time constraint. 2. Once you are done with one topic, then solve all the questions in the respective section from OG 10. 3. Repeat this process for all the Manhattan guides. You may skip the advanced chapters in round 1 preparation. 4. As a supplement you can watch the videos available on following websites: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/ https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/gmat So start GMAT Quant cooking :-)

. All the best. Thanks.

Bunuel · Answer

You can check  ALL YOU NEED FOR QUANT ! ! ! , well, basically for all you need for quant.

Hope it helps.

kabars92 · Answer

I am new here on the forum and for some reason I couldn't answer to each of you. Thank you very much to all of you for your answers. You gave good tips and I will use them in a good way. And Bunuel, Oh my God, your link is worth gold! #let's refresh math skills#

SUPERSARS · Answer

The math isn't difficult really, but if you don't work in a maths related field and don't use some concepts on a daily basis I suggest you check out the Manhattan Prep Quant books. And yes you can refresh your knowledge in 2-3 months. It just depends on how much work you can spend. Study daily and set daily and weekly goals. You should finish in 6 weeks even.

HKD1710 · Answer

GMAT questions are based on the concepts that we learn in high-school. As GMAT tests logic, you will see questions which would require No math at all. There will be questions for which if you think critically and understand the trap then you might not even need to write anything. As not just the knowledge but application and pattern recognition matters alot, Follow Bunuel's approach to solve Quant questions. Apart from this practice and review is all we need. With a confident mind and developing a habit to see through the logic tested on each problem will get you > Q45.

All the best. Keep posting your doubts on forum and you can see different approaches to solve a kind of question.

Hope it helps.

All the best. Keep posting your doubts on forum and you can see different approaches to solve a kind of question.

Hope it helps.

jpeeples85 · Answer

I started prepping about 6 weeks ago, and I'm taking the real thing this weekend. My situation is a little different, but I feel like I've come a long way in a short amount of time, so I'll tell you what I did. I started out at Q42-Q43, and I'm consistently scoring Q50 now.

I think a diagnostic exam may be a good place to start, but I just started with the Magoosh quant question bank. I was always good at math on SAT/ACT, so I think it came back pretty easily for me. I was missing a ton of questions on Magoosh, but it was good for giving me a sense of what I didn't know. I read the explanations of the ones I missed, and I got pretty comfortable with (most) of them. Then I went through the Manhattan books. I think these were pretty useful, and they'd probably be even more useful for you since you don't remember much from high school. If you get the books, I'd strongly recommend that you utilize the online material. The online question banks were good practice. I thought the CATs were hard as hell, and I wasn't coming anywhere close to finishing the quant sections (I'd have like 7-8 questions left), but reading through all those explanations is when I really started to turn the corner. I identified what I didn't know and read additional questions on the GMATClub forum. I took my first GMATPrep test at the beginning of January (like 3 weeks after I started prepping), and I made a Q50. I took my second test a few days ago and again made a Q50. The Manhattan quant section (and the GMATClub forum) made the GMATPrep and OG stuff seem super easy to me. I was still missing some, but the ones I was missing were mostly because I was being sloppy and not reading the questions closely. I felt like the math skills were there except for 1-2 of them.

I'd strongly recommend reacquainting yourself with math through the GMATClub book or the Manhattan books, but I'd also recommend the Manhattan CATs because I found them hard, frustrating, and super useful.

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