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Hi, I'm looking for the best way to practice gmat while taking the subway to/from work each day. I also study quant much more than verbal, so I'm happy to dedicate this time to verbal only (plus scratch paper would be a pain).
Can any one recommend the best iPhone apps, or other ways to study with a phone, to help achieve this? Ideally I'd be able to pick a topic (e.g. Sentence Correction), and just do tons of SC questions every day on my commute, but I'm worried there will be limited questions available (e.g. more than a few days of commute time). Happy to pay for apps/questions.
Additionally, I might use this for .5-3 hours a day based on how much down time I have so hoping to find a solution that has a good inventory of quality questions.
Can any one recommend the best iPhone apps, or other ways to study with a phone, to help achieve this? Ideally I'd be able to pick a topic (e.g. Sentence Correction), and just do tons of SC questions every day on my commute, but I'm worried there will be limited questions available (e.g. more than a few days of commute time). Happy to pay for apps/questions.
Additionally, I might use this for .5-3 hours a day based on how much down time I have so hoping to find a solution that has a good inventory of quality questions.
02 Nov 2016, 11:39
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Hi iamnobug,
While it's understandable that you would want to take advantage of all of this potential study time, you have to be careful that you're not substituting "quantity of study" with "quality of study." You could work on thousands of practice questions, but if you're not honing specific skills and learning to think strategically about the GMAT, then you could very easily end up 'wasting' lots of practice material (and your time). 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:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
While it's understandable that you would want to take advantage of all of this potential study time, you have to be careful that you're not substituting "quantity of study" with "quality of study." You could work on thousands of practice questions, but if you're not honing specific skills and learning to think strategically about the GMAT, then you could very easily end up 'wasting' lots of practice material (and your time). 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:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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iamnobug,
I commute up to 2 hours to and from work and recently took the GMAT.
I spent a lot good amount of time going through the flashcards on the Magoosh apps. Magoosh has a verbal and a quantitative app, both of them with a substantial amount of information/practice, especially for free apps.
Outside of the Magoosh apps I carried the OG with me almost everyday. I ride a ferry to and from work and had an hour each way to sit down and go through practice problems. Eventually I started bringing my laptop and used my cell phone as a hotspot so I could access the online subscription that comes with the OG.
I know there are other apps out there, but I did my best to abstain from paying for resources I didn't think were essential. What I did do was buy the OG and borrowed every GMAT prep book from my local library. I worked out tons of problems during my commute over the course of maybe 5 months and didn't do a lot of studying outside of the time during my commute.
Overall, I wouldn't rely on apps, I would recommend committing to toting books with you. You can use toting books around as your motivation to effectively study and do well on the GMAT so that you can stop carrying around the books! Either that or you could try tethering your laptop/tablet to your phone to work through questions on the OG website as I did. Or maybe there is a mobile version of the website that could be utilized. I'll have to look into that.
Just some thoughts. Hopefully I've written something that you find useful.
AustinLM
I commute up to 2 hours to and from work and recently took the GMAT.
I spent a lot good amount of time going through the flashcards on the Magoosh apps. Magoosh has a verbal and a quantitative app, both of them with a substantial amount of information/practice, especially for free apps.
Outside of the Magoosh apps I carried the OG with me almost everyday. I ride a ferry to and from work and had an hour each way to sit down and go through practice problems. Eventually I started bringing my laptop and used my cell phone as a hotspot so I could access the online subscription that comes with the OG.
I know there are other apps out there, but I did my best to abstain from paying for resources I didn't think were essential. What I did do was buy the OG and borrowed every GMAT prep book from my local library. I worked out tons of problems during my commute over the course of maybe 5 months and didn't do a lot of studying outside of the time during my commute.
Overall, I wouldn't rely on apps, I would recommend committing to toting books with you. You can use toting books around as your motivation to effectively study and do well on the GMAT so that you can stop carrying around the books! Either that or you could try tethering your laptop/tablet to your phone to work through questions on the OG website as I did. Or maybe there is a mobile version of the website that could be utilized. I'll have to look into that.
Just some thoughts. Hopefully I've written something that you find useful.
AustinLM
. On the verbal front, verbal has always been my weakness, but I'm hoping hard studying on verbal will help me meaningfully (hence looking for ways to also study during commute, or when work is quiet, etc).
