My GMAT Story

After a basic grasp over the scope of the examination, I decided to get my hands on some basic study material for a quick revision of my basics.

I got a few ebooks from a friend - the MGMAT materials and glanced through them for the next 2 weeks. There was no fixed routine for my study and I took it pretty casually. All I wanted to do is get to know where I stand and how far is 760 + ?

After I was done with the basic recap, I took a free full length test on MGMAT and scored a 600. The test was nerve wracking and I am sure to do better if I keep calm. Now I have enrolled for a course and will actually get into studying.

Don't take this the wrong way, but there is no way in hell you can "casually study" and get a 760+ on the gmat unless you are Bunuel's twin or have a 2nd head. You just simply can't memorize enough idioms or cover enough quantitative concepts to score that high.

If you really want to crack 760, you need to do the following:

1) Read every mgmat book available. Read sentence correction and number theory twice. DO NOT take another practice test until you have read all the mgmat material.
2) Take your first GMATPrep test. Review your answers, see where your weaknesses are (use an error tracker), and decide how you are going to improve your weaknesses over time.
3) Spend at least a week reviewing your weakest area and building it up to become a strength/non-weakness.
4) Take another practice test (mgmat) and repeat step 3 after you have completed this process.
5) Rinse and repeat step 4 until you are consistently scoring in excess of 730 (if you are truly aiming for a 760+)

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These are very good points. The only thing I would like to add is that even when you identify your strengths, make sure you are not neglecting your strong areas; in my case, I didn't pay much attention to quant (my strong area) and this was perhaps the reason I could not "crack 760".

Also, since you have already joined coaching, it might not be necessary (you might not even have time) to read "all mgmat" material; coaching material might be sufficient.

The only other point is that after going thru the material (coaching/mgmat) do a lot of practice questions, and focus on solving "official questions" (these are questions from OG/verbal reivew/quant review/GMATPrep). A lot of discussion on each and every official question is available on this very forum; especially read how "experts" (GMAT instructors) analyze each question. This, in itself, is a learning process.