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Is there anyone aiming to give GMAT this year with age around 22. I am hoping to give GMAT this year and would be great to have a study buffy

hey giving gmat this year and im 22

about to be

Am I the only one or has the option to take the question bank questions as a test, been removed altogether?

What is ’WE’

How can i practice vocabulary here ? Can anyone help?

Hi Guys, I’m 34 thinking about taking the GMAT have about 14 yrs WE primarily in the Internet & Marketing space, I’ve spoken to a couple of schools in the US and SEA and they said that I won’t be too far off the avg age for their schools, considering I’ve been away from studying for a while now and I’m really new on the forum, can anyone guide me where I can start from scratch and brush up all concepts for Quant and Verbal, I’d like to go through a refresher course of sorts. Also, do you recommend self study, tutor or online courses?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Hi. Welcome to GMAT Club!

Here are a few links to get you started

gmat-study-plan-2023-updated-edition-217827.html

Hi, applying to INSEAD 3rd Round from an MBB, anyone knows which GMAT do I need?

And gmat-ninja-study-plan-week-400295.html

And here’s a link that talks about age in Admissions old-for-an-mba-352223.html

Hi. Welcome to GMAT Club, MCF!

You can take GMAT at the test center, GMAT online, or the GRE. For GMAT, you probably want to aim at 700 or above

Hi, I am planning to take GMAT exam within 4-5 months. Can anyone suggest me the perfect set books which can be helpful in preparation? The GMAT OG is already in list as this contains the exact GMAT questions. But, to study for quant and verbal, which books should be preferred as I need a book which covers basics as well - Manhattan/Kaplan or here also separate books of GMAT OG?

Hi all, I took Insead mini Gmat simulation mock and got an estimate of 710-760. I also took LBS mini Gmat simulation mock and got estimate of 700-740. How accurate are these mocks as a reflection of where I currently stand?

We don’t have people take these too often as a data point…. Most people take either full or a sectional test.

So I could not really say 🤷‍♂️. Have you been studying already? I think those are designed to be more of a diagnostic type of thing

very easy. The only books available and current on the market are MGMAT (#1) and Kaplan (#2). So you can grab mgmat and get going. With the full set. Obviously you need the OG as you mentioned.

there are some other books available eg powerscore which is good for CR mainly and there are mgmat foundations books but I would wait and not overbuy. Just get the mgmat set. If it feels too hard do you feel like the quantum verbal is starting at the point for ahead of you, you can get the foundations books which go back to basically second grade math and basic verbal skills.

Similarly, if you don’t feel like Manhattan approach to critical reasoning is working for you, and you need a different way of explaining or a second shot basically, you can get the powerscore critical reasoning book. However the approach both of them teach is kind of the same sets not a different strategy but just a different way of explaining and laying out the strategy

There are also Princeton review books but they tend to emphasize tricks and shortcuts and I have not seen anyone use those books in the last 10 years successfully

Hi, thanks for your response. Yes I’ve been studying for some time now, around 3 months. Have studied for quant through Manhattan guides and LOTS of official guide questions.

Gotcha. I think it’s a positive signal but at some point you need to take the full test to get a better evaluation of your current score

Sure, of course. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I want to know if anyone is having a similar struggle as I am… I have studied for some time already (1 month, sporadically) about 30-40hours spread out …
I have taken de gmat and scored 450, 3 practice tests (430last month ,350 last week and 400 today )

My exam is next saturday and I can’t seem to up my score… and im aiming for at least 600

Today I took my 3rd practice test and got the hang of time management, because previously I was struggling with this in Verbal, RC took me too much time reading the text, leaving no time for other SC and CR

To be honest I have practiced with TTP, Official practice test questions but haven’t visited the OG as much for Quant…

Hm… what is the struggle?