MGMAT Strategy Guides and OG Study plan recommendation

Hi, What is current score level? Start your questios with easy level, once you habituated with easy and medium level questions then move into hard level question. It will help you to manage time to solve the level wise questions. if you reach to this level(Easy question should be done in 60-75 sec, Medium level 75-90 Sec), then you will have time for harder questions.

Hi Scon,

Welcome to gmatclub!

Also read these posts by MGMAT instructors:
Best Use of Manhattan GMAT books
How to use the Manhattan GMAT and the OG?
How to use the Strategy Guides?
How to Study for the GMAT

Hope this helps!

Thank you for all the replies fam! These articles are definitely helpful but I'd really like to know a more definitive way to use GMAT Club questions or OG questions. And I completely understand how this can be very subjective. *This is probably too much to ask and may be it is something for me to figure it out for myself * I'm really trying to put numbers and a plan on my calendar and I am struggling to do it. I want to make the most optimal use of my resources without exhausting them which can happen by the time I realize what the right strategy is.
I did the OG diagnostic and here is how I scored (Not time boxed - Took my time to solve): 44/48 (PS + DS) - 3 of them were really silly and one was because I forgot Variance and Standard Deviation concepts; 10/17 (CR); 14/17 (RC); 8/17 (SC)
I tried to solve some original GMAT questions and I am taking up to 5 minutes to solve some difficult ones (particularly word problems). Being an Engineer, Quant is supposed to be my forte, so I'll be very disappointed if my Quant scores don't reflect: 49, 50 or 51. Speed is definitely still a big big issue. But again I've only started preparing from 20 days (60 hours) and I have about another 80 days (240+ hours) left. I am able to spend up to 3 hours per day during weekdays and 4 hours per day each of the days on the weekends.
My target score is 740; otherwise I won't get an admission in the school where I want to study.

Hi Scon,

The pencil-and-paper Diagnostic Test isn't the most accurate way to assess your skills for the Official GMAT (the number of questions, the 'order' of the questions and the ratio of the question types - among other things - do NOT match what you will face on Test Day). Have you taken any practice CATs/mocks yet? If you have not, then you can take 2 for free at www.mba.com (and they come with some additional practice materials). That score will give us a good sense of your natural strengths and weaknesses and will help provide a basis for comparison as you continue to study. A FULL CAT takes about 3.5 hours to complete, so make sure that you've set aside enough time to take it in one sitting. Once you have those scores, you should report back here and we can come up with a study plan.

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 your timeline and your goals:

1) What is your exact Test Date?
2) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
3) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

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

Hi Scon,

I’m glad you reached out, and I’m happy to help.

Since you seem to be struggling when solving practice GMAT questions, it’s likely that you have not fully learned each GMAT quant and verbal topic. Thus, you may consider going back and following a more thorough study plan that allows you to individually learn each GMAT quant and verbal topic and to then practice each topic until you’ve gained mastery. If you find that you need to practice more questions per topic, then you may consider using some additional resources. Certainly, if you’d like some more detailed advice on how to improve your quant and verbal skills, feel free to reach out.

Also, you may find it helpful to read this article about How to Score a 700+ on the GMAT — A Mini Guide for Success

Good luck!