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12 Jun 2024, 12:28
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After getting acquainted with how the GMAT worked, I recently did a diagnostic test scoring 595 scoring (72th percentile): 46th percentile for quant, 91st percentile in verbal and 66th percentile in DI. I feel like in Quant nothing was foreign to me but just couldn't get them done in time as I was using overly complex approaches and losing a significant amount of time on them. I was plesantly surprised with my grade in verbal, as I am not a native and have heard bright friends struggling with this section. DI was also really a time managament issue in that sense. After revising all the questions, I quickly understood all the mistakes I made and alternative approaches some people on this forum suggested.
Afterwards, I started TTP but I just get so bored with how repetitive and to a certain degree trivial a bunch of the stuff is (idk if this is just in the beginning of the course though). Would you guys/girls think that exhausting all the official resources i.e. doing the OG+ 3 Section Specific Books + Official Practice questions bundle (for all three sections) and all the Mocks is a viable strategy for someone targeting a 685+ score? Though it may seem that I got a decent diagnostic test score by looking at the percentile, the sample size is small (only 1 official practice test) to really gauge how well my skills stand/how hard the exam may get. On the other hand, my current rational is that if I do every single question out there from the official resources, keep an error log and seek explanations here on GMAT Club, there is really a low chance of getting blindsided by anything in the exam. Issue is I don't know how prevelant this approach is and have not necessarily seen many top scoring debriefs that have followed it.
I am currently about to be finished with my uni exams, and have studied for 3/4 days for the GMAT after I took that diagnostic test mainly through TTP. I plan on taking the GMAT either the first or second week of August and really starting full time prep the 21st of June which means I will have about 7 weeks of full time availability to study. Regarding that, I am not sure that will be enough to finish TTP (for which I was planning on only doing the Q and DI part, following some feedback I got about the verbal vis-a-vis just doing the OG for that specific section). Overall, I feel like I don't need to be taught "how to think" given what I saw in the exam and how the TTP really builds up everything from the ground up and feel like to a certain degree it may just be a waste of time when I could just get acquainted with every single official question available and making sure to understand all of their intricacies. This is feeling like I am at the ascending part of the Dunning-Kruger curve and hence why I am seeking advice. Is my approach valid?
PS: I hope I didn't come off as arrogant, I was just trying to make judgements and hypothesize strategic decisions following this very short experience of mine with the exam and the time I have to study for it.
Afterwards, I started TTP but I just get so bored with how repetitive and to a certain degree trivial a bunch of the stuff is (idk if this is just in the beginning of the course though). Would you guys/girls think that exhausting all the official resources i.e. doing the OG+ 3 Section Specific Books + Official Practice questions bundle (for all three sections) and all the Mocks is a viable strategy for someone targeting a 685+ score? Though it may seem that I got a decent diagnostic test score by looking at the percentile, the sample size is small (only 1 official practice test) to really gauge how well my skills stand/how hard the exam may get. On the other hand, my current rational is that if I do every single question out there from the official resources, keep an error log and seek explanations here on GMAT Club, there is really a low chance of getting blindsided by anything in the exam. Issue is I don't know how prevelant this approach is and have not necessarily seen many top scoring debriefs that have followed it.
I am currently about to be finished with my uni exams, and have studied for 3/4 days for the GMAT after I took that diagnostic test mainly through TTP. I plan on taking the GMAT either the first or second week of August and really starting full time prep the 21st of June which means I will have about 7 weeks of full time availability to study. Regarding that, I am not sure that will be enough to finish TTP (for which I was planning on only doing the Q and DI part, following some feedback I got about the verbal vis-a-vis just doing the OG for that specific section). Overall, I feel like I don't need to be taught "how to think" given what I saw in the exam and how the TTP really builds up everything from the ground up and feel like to a certain degree it may just be a waste of time when I could just get acquainted with every single official question available and making sure to understand all of their intricacies. This is feeling like I am at the ascending part of the Dunning-Kruger curve and hence why I am seeking advice. Is my approach valid?
PS: I hope I didn't come off as arrogant, I was just trying to make judgements and hypothesize strategic decisions following this very short experience of mine with the exam and the time I have to study for it.
12 Jun 2024, 19:40
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Official Guides provide questions that have appeared in the previous GMAT exams..so a realistic assessment is provided through the OG books.
All the Best.
All the Best.
12 Jun 2024, 20:50
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acorreia
Hi acorreia,
Official prep resources may be enough, but this really comes down to the individual. Third-party test prep is certainly not essential, and your plan seems to be fine (you can always add additional material later if you feel you need to).
