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anyone have opinions on whether i should do problems out of og math and og verbal before, after, or with og12?

-a mgmat representative said their books are designed to be used with all 3 at the same time.
-topher's study plan please-evaluate-my-study-schedule-79588.html?highlight=study uses saves og12 for last.

i think i would like to do one of the og math/verbal or og12 in months 1-2 to drill while studying the mgmat books, and save the other for drilling in month 3 while doing cat's. anyone have experience with this?

i guess knowing if the og math and verbal problems generally harder than og12, on par, or easier would help too.
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Hi,

While we do cover all the questions in all three of the OGs in our 8 books, if you're stuck for time I would suggest starting with the OG12 and then (like you suggested,) using the OG Verbal and Quant later for reviewing the concepts you learned in our 8 guides.

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Thanks for your reply, Caitlin. Actually, i'm not stuck for time...it's the opposite...I have a lot of time to plan my studying approach and I want to make sure that I am taking advantage of all resources available!
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That's great! I would still stick by what I said and you originally suggested before though. It's a good idea to keep some questions to go over after you've gone through all our books. Don't forget that you also have the question banks that come with each book too!

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anyone have opinions on whether i should do problems out of og math and og verbal before, after, or with og12?

-a mgmat representative said their books are designed to be used with all 3 at the same time.
-topher's study plan please-evaluate-my-study-schedule-79588.html?highlight=study uses saves og12 for last.

i think i would like to do one of the og math/verbal or og12 in months 1-2 to drill while studying the mgmat books, and save the other for drilling in month 3 while doing cat's. anyone have experience with this?

i guess knowing if the og math and verbal problems generally harder than og12, on par, or easier would help too.
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The goal of any study plan is to prioritize, focusing on those areas in which you have your greatest weaknesses. For example, if you recognize that you have a particular weakness in Data Sufficiency, you should focus on this topic by working through the OG Main and OG Math guide particularly in relation to data sufficiency. In this situation, you might want to work through all problems in the OG Main in relation to DS, check them and analyze what you are consistently getting wrong, revisit this strategies and methods, then work through all of the problems in the OG Math to see if you have improved. In any case, you should always spend the majority of your time on your weaknesses.

In relation to the difficulty of a given book, the difficulty level is probably about the same between all of the OG books. Difficulty, in this case, will mostly depend upon your proficiency in a given topic. Just remember that practice makes perfect.
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