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hi all

Sorry for asking this general question

I have problem in selecting which material should I study

and I have only about 2 week for preparation

I found so far:

-Gmat official guide 2016

-Gmat official guide 2015

-gmat.veritasprep question bank website

-Gmat manhatten book

If you know a better guide, please tell me

thank you all

OptimusPrepJanielle · Answer

Hi rasof
,
Of the guides that you have listed, Official Guide 2016 is essential for your preparation. Official Guide 2015 might have some older questions, so that can be used for additional practice too. It is not a study guide and may not teach you much about how to strengthen your fundamentals, but it will give you questions that have appeared on the test and will give you valuable lessons from the solution of the questions.
You have a lot of time at your hands and many times this is counter productive. You would need close to 3 months to be well prepared for the test.

Regarding the other materials, there are primarily three methods in which you can go about with your preparation:

1. Classroom course
2. Studying from books
3. Online preparatory course.

Chose the one you are most comfortable with. Most of the courses including ours offer a trial period. Make use of that and see if the course fits your needs.
Once you are through with the concept building phase, I would recommend you to buy Exam Pack 1 and Question pack 1 from mba.com for additional official questions.

If you have not gone through the mba.com site, that should be the first thing to do. So that you understand more about the GMAT.
After that you need to follow a study plan to study effectively. Most of the people need 3 months to achieve the ideal level of preparation.

You can find various study plans here: https://optimus-prep.com/free-gmat-section

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi rasof,

2 weeks is not a lot of study time, so I'd like to know a bit more about your overall plans:

1) What is your goal score?
2) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
3) Do you know which Schools you plan to apply to?

4) Have you done any studying so far (book-work, practice CATs, etc.)?

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

rasof · Answer

1) there is no goal score, in my program, score will be used as differentiation between those who submit in the school
2) I should submit my score before 2 month
3) I have only one school (mba) in my city.
4) I just started practicing on gmat veritasprep com

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi rasof,

Without a specific score goal, it's tougher to provide you with the specific advice that you'll need to succeed.

1) The School that you're interested in should have a website of some type; does that website provide any information about student GMAT scores (average scores, median score, 'middle-80', etc.)?

2) What is the exact application deadline that you have to apply by?

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

rasof · Answer

I have contacted my school and they said you need at least 300 score.

I have 2 month until deadline but the problem is that I must take TOEFL and another college exam.

So basically, I have 2 exams beside gmat and Only 2 months left

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi rasof,

Since you're just beginning, it would be a good idea to take a FULL-LENGTH practice CAT Test; you can download 2 for free from www.mba.com (and they come with some additional practice materials). If you want to do a bit of practice first, so that you can familiarize yourself with the general content and question types first, then that's fine - but you shouldn't wait too long to take that initial CAT. A FULL CAT takes about 4 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.

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

rasof · Answer

Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC,

I just started the diagnostic exam that is in the OG 2015 book. Should I leave it and go to download the software in the mba website?

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi rasof,

While the pencil-and-paper Diagnostic in the OG is a decent source for practice questions, it's not a realistic way to receive a score that would 'line up' with what you'll face on Test Day. That test doesn't adapt, doesn't have the same number of questions (nor the proper ratio of questions) that the Official GMAT has, doesn't include an Essay or IR, isn't on a computer, etc. So while you can certainly complete that Test for general practice, you'll really still need to take a FULL-LENGTH CAT to properly assess your current skills.

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

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