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One month left, needing some study advice [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2010, 21:22
Hey everyone,

I'm looking for some advice and tips on how to cram this last month of study. So far I've worked through all of the Manhattan GMAT books and for the last month I have just been pounding away at problems from the various OGs (10th, 12th, and 13th editions).

I've taken two cats so far. Both are from Mahattan GMAT.

1 - 640 (Q44, V33) (Taken about three weeks ago)
2 - 650 (Q44, V35) (Yesterday)

Obviously the area with the biggest room for improvement is verbal.

My target GMAT is 650-700 and I have about 3-4 hours a day available to dedicate to studying.

So basically, what do you recommend?
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Re: One month left, needing some study advice [#permalink] New post   08 Sep 2010, 03:13
UPGRAYEDD wrote:
Hey everyone,

I'm looking for some advice and tips on how to cram this last month of study. So far I've worked through all of the Manhattan GMAT books and for the last month I have just been pounding away at problems from the various OGs (10th, 12th, and 13th editions).

I've taken two cats so far. Both are from Mahattan GMAT.

1 - 640 (Q44, V33) (Taken about three weeks ago)
2 - 650 (Q44, V35) (Yesterday)

Obviously the area with the biggest room for improvement is verbal.

My target GMAT is 650-700 and I have about 3-4 hours a day available to dedicate to studying.

So basically, what do you recommend?


Hi For CR i will advice you with Powerscore CR bible book..for RC u can use the strategies in the verbal section of this forum..
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Re: One month left, needing some study advice [#permalink] New post   08 Sep 2010, 06:47
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konnichiwa! with your breakdown you need to go into finer details to really get to your goal. Go back to questions you got wrong on or you have spent a lot of time on and see how you couldve done better. Error logs is key here since you will be able to know what specific areas to focus on instead of "everything".
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Re: One month left, needing some study advice [#permalink] New post   08 Sep 2010, 17:39
Okay so what do you guys think about this kind of daily plan....I'm taking the test October 16th in Osaka. 5 weeks from now. Uh so nervous.

Weeks 1 and 2

Quant - Pretty good scores so just want to do enough to maintain skills. 20PS / 20DS (Randomly selected from OGs)
Verbal - RC is very good and rarely miss questions. So I'm thinking. 40SC / 40CR / 3 passages RC
Review - Review everything missed for the day

Weeks 3 and 4

GMAT Club tests plus whatever CATs I can get my hands on. Everything timed to work on timing and stamina.

Final Week

Review everything

Final two days

Take them off and relax

Take test

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Re: One month left, needing some study advice [#permalink] New post   08 Sep 2010, 21:45
i think you need to stick error log somewhere to review last week. and Ganbarre!
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Re: One month left, needing some study advice [#permalink] New post   08 Sep 2010, 21:53
I already keep track of every problem I do and how I do on it.
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Re: One month left, needing some study advice [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2010, 07:13
One month before GMAT, you should concentrate only on OGs and give more time on the analysis of incorrect questions you made during your preparation. Use error log.
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Re: One month left, needing some study advice [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2010, 08:44
Also consider the older OG's for additional FRESH questions.
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