Magoosh VS e gmat?

Question

Hi everyone

I need to improve my score from a 640 to a 700+ in a month or so, targeting a top MBA

From your experience which study plan would be most effective and appropriate?

In a nutshell I did a reverse prep : started last summer with a manhattan prep 14day bootcamp but it helped me fathom the general concepts and test structure of the GMAT I was unfamiliar with more than it prepared me to take a test

I then spent monthes in a prep in Dubai boosting concepts but I realized only during covid lockdown that I neglected algebra which is my main weakness 
Inequalities, plane geometry etc...
Other than that I’m good on verbal and other quant sections

I scored 640 on test day with a 82 percentile in verbal

Kindly share your insights

logro · Answer

Hey beitrukh - I cannot comment on either of them as i haven't used the quant portion of egmat or Magoosh. But I found TTP quant to be a great resource. They start with the basic fundamental concepts so that should help you win the battle against Algebra

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi beitrukh,

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far besides the course that you mentioned?
3) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) On what date did you take the Official GMAT and how did you score (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

If you took your GMAT at a Test Facility, then you might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

GMATWhizTeam · Answer

Hey beitrukh,

An improvement from 640 to 700+ in a month is definitely possible. But for that, a generic study plan wouldn't suffice. You would need a more personalized approach because you have a deadline to meet. Let me share my insights here.

As you just have a month's time, it is really important to plan your studies accordingly. The first thing to do is to identify your strengths and weaknesses and organize the topics based on them. This will help you to focus more on our weaker areas. The ideal study plan has to be to:

Identify the conceptual gaps and work on them (Start with the weaker topic) 
 Learn the right methodology to solve the questions of those topics 
 Take sectional quizzes for each topic 
 Move to the next topic, only if you get an accuracy of 80% or more. 
 Repeat the same for every topic and once you finish all the topics, start taking mocks 
 Once you consistently get your desired score a couple of times, you are good to book a slot

This has to be done in a month, so, it is really important to have clear deadlines every week. Having clear deadlines will help you stay motivated right till the end. If you are wondering  how to create a study plan, don't worry. You can get your personalized study plan by signing up for a free trial  of GMATWhiz course.

How to select the right resource: 
I understand that selecting the right course can be really confusing as there are plenty of resources available online. The best way to select a course is to check the free trial of the course. But there are few key points which you have to consider while evaluating the course. Here the link to the   blog  regarding “ The key factors to consider while evaluating the right course ”. You can read through it to understand how to evaluate any course.

If you are open to suggestions, I would like you to check the course of GMATWhiz. 
  It is one unique course which offers you the best quality content and employs an artificial intelligence driven learning. 
 It offers you a  personalized study plan  which is integrated with the course. The concept booster and practice quizzes after every concept video help you solve GMAT like questions using the right methodology.  
 It offers you real time improvement modules so that you can work on your weaker areas right away.

There are many more exciting features offered by the course. I would recommend you to check the free trial of GMATWhiz before taking the decision. Here's the success story of one of our students who improved her score by more than 100 points in 40 days.

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ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi beitrukh,

640 is a nice start! To improve your GMAT score to a higher level, you need to go through GMAT quant and verbal carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills. The overall process will be to learn all about how to answer question types with which you currently aren't very comfortable, and do dozens of practice questions category by category, basically driving up your score point by point. For example, if you find that you are not strong in answering Number Properties questions, then carefully review the conceptual underpinnings of how to answer Number Properties questions and practice by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc. When you are working on learning to answer questions of a particular type, start off taking your time, and then seek to speed up as you get more comfortable answering questions of that type. As you do such practice, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get right. If you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question? By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to efficiently fix your weaknesses and in turn improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.

Each time you strengthen your understanding of a topic and your skill in answering questions of a particular type, you increase your odds of hitting your score goal. You know that there are types of questions that you are happy to see, types that you would rather not see, and types that you take a long time to answer correctly. Learn to more effectively answer the types of questions that you would rather not see, and make them into your favorite types. Learn to correctly answer in two minutes or less questions that you currently take five minutes to answer. By finding, say, a dozen weaker quant areas and turning them into strong areas, you will make great progress toward hitting your quant score goal. If a dozen areas turn out not to be enough, strengthen some more areas.

You can work on verbal in a similar manner. Let’s say you are reviewing Critical Reasoning. Be sure that you practice a large number of Critical Reasoning questions: Strengthen and Weaken the Argument, Resolve the Paradox, find the Conclusion, Must be True, etc. As you go through the questions, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get correct. If you missed a Weaken question, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not recognize what the question was asking? Did you skip over a key detail in an answer choice? Getting GMAT verbal questions right is a matter of what you know, what you see, and what you do. So, any time that you don't get one right, you can seek to identify what you had to know to get the right answer, what you had to see that you didn't see, and what you could have done differently to arrive at the correct answer.

So, work on accuracy and generally finding correct answers, work on specific weaker areas one by one to make them strong areas, and when you take a practice GMAT or the real thing, take all the time per question available to do your absolute best to get right answers consistently. The GMAT is essentially a game of seeing how many right answers you can get in the time allotted. Approach the test with that conception in mind, and focus intently on the question in front of you with one goal in mind: getting a CORRECT answer.

In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new verbal and quant materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the  best quant  and  verbal courses .

You also may find my article with more information regarding
 how to score a 700+ on the GMAT  helpful.

Feel free to reach out with any further questions.

Good luck!

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