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Last visit: 18 Mar 2025
Posts: 1,201
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Affiliations: Harvard University, A.B. with honors in Government, 2002
Location: United States (CO)
Age: 45
GMAT 1: 770 Q47 V48
GMAT 2: 730 Q44 V47
GMAT 3: 750 Q50 V42
GMAT 4: 730 Q48 V42 (Online)
GRE 1: Q168 V169
GRE 2: Q170 V170
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31 Mar 2016, 19:09
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People keep asking me to recommend a study plan for the GMAT. I have been hesitant to advocate for one specific plan because everyone has different goals, timelines and availabilities--also because there are lots of excellent study plans already on GMAT Club. However, due to popular demand I have come up with a generic one-week study plan that can be repeated as many times as you like.
IMPORTANT: Alternate between timed and untimed practice. Yes, on the GMAT you must complete all questions in around 2 minutes or less. However, you need to learn how to do something slowly before you can hope to do so quickly.
Day 1) practice Quant section (75 minutes)
Day 2) review Quant section (untimed) plus additional practice on IR / Essay (untimed)
Day 3) practice Verbal section (75 minutes)
Day 4) review Verbal section (untimed) plus additional practice on IR / Essay (untimed)
Day 5) full practice test and nothing else
Day 6) rest
Day 7) review full practice test (untimed) and try additional questions similar to the ones you got wrong (use GMAT club for this! Search for questions of a certain type--only real GMAT questions to preserve realism).
GMAT Prep Exams 1 and 2 = 1500 possible questions
GMAT Bundle = 1500 questions
consider using using real LSATs for reading comprehension / critical reasoning if you run out of hard GMAT questions
GMAT point of diminishing returns = roughly 200 hours of study time.
-Repeat old questions! Don't be obsessed with always trying new questions.
-Focus on why answers are wrong just as much as why they are right (80% of answers are wrong).
-Don't just look at the correct solutions; force yourself to write them down (or type them out for verbal). This increases tactile learning and conditions you for the test.
IMPORTANT: Alternate between timed and untimed practice. Yes, on the GMAT you must complete all questions in around 2 minutes or less. However, you need to learn how to do something slowly before you can hope to do so quickly.
Day 1) practice Quant section (75 minutes)
Day 2) review Quant section (untimed) plus additional practice on IR / Essay (untimed)
Day 3) practice Verbal section (75 minutes)
Day 4) review Verbal section (untimed) plus additional practice on IR / Essay (untimed)
Day 5) full practice test and nothing else
Day 6) rest
Day 7) review full practice test (untimed) and try additional questions similar to the ones you got wrong (use GMAT club for this! Search for questions of a certain type--only real GMAT questions to preserve realism).
GMAT Prep Exams 1 and 2 = 1500 possible questions
GMAT Bundle = 1500 questions
consider using using real LSATs for reading comprehension / critical reasoning if you run out of hard GMAT questions
GMAT point of diminishing returns = roughly 200 hours of study time.
-Repeat old questions! Don't be obsessed with always trying new questions.
-Focus on why answers are wrong just as much as why they are right (80% of answers are wrong).
-Don't just look at the correct solutions; force yourself to write them down (or type them out for verbal). This increases tactile learning and conditions you for the test.
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Joined: 10 Jul 2015
Last visit: 18 Mar 2025
Posts: 1,201
Given Kudos: 282
Status:Expert GMAT, GRE, and LSAT Tutor / Coach
Affiliations: Harvard University, A.B. with honors in Government, 2002
Location: United States (CO)
Age: 45
GMAT 1: 770 Q47 V48
GMAT 2: 730 Q44 V47
GMAT 3: 750 Q50 V42
GMAT 4: 730 Q48 V42 (Online)
GRE 1: Q168 V169
GRE 2: Q170 V170
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04 Jun 2016, 08:33
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By popular request, here are my recommended 1-6 month GMAT study plans, broken down by week.
MY RECOMMENDED GMAT STUDY PLAN:
My core philosophy: use Official GMAT Questions Only! It's OK if you end up memorizing all the solutions and answers-that's part of the point, and a little bit of repetition is helpful. But there are thousands of real GMAT questions, so it's unlikely that you will ever run out.
"Section" = a timed, graded section from the GMATPrep Software (Exams 1 through 6). Helps you practice test-taking techniques, and leveraging the GMAT algorithm.
"Practice" = ungraded and the time limit is less strict. Take as long as you need for understanding.
Remember that you don't necessarily need to pay for Exam Packs 1 and 2, because there are approximately 1,500 potential questions in (free) Exams 1 and 2, so you can just keep resetting the tests and using them again. The IR sections will be exactly the same (not adaptive!), but the quant and verbal sections will be different every time.
Another option is to install the GMAT Prep software on 2 different computers. 2 different computers = 2 different versions of the test = nearly twice as many questions to practice.
Here is a sample weekly schedule that I would recommend IF YOU ARE TRYING TO PREPARE IN ONLY ONE MONTH (see modifications for 2-6 month study plans below):
Day 1: COMPUTER DAY
1) 75 minute Quant Section - GMATPrep
2) 75 minute Verbal Section - GMATPrep
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants + Math Concepts and Strategies
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal + Verbal Concepts and Strategies
5) 30 minute IR Section or Practice - GMAT Prep / IR tool from Wiley
6) 30 minutes Essay Practice
Day 2: BOOK (OG) / WILEY DAY
1) 37 Quant Questions in OG / Wiley
2) 41 Verbal Questions in OG / Wiley
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal
5) 12 IR Questions - Any Source
Day 3: COMPUTER DAY
1) 37 Quant Questions in GMATPrep (Question Packs)
2) 41 Verbal Questions in GMATPrep (Question Packs)
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants + Math Concepts and Strategies
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal + Verbal Concepts and Strategies
Day 4: BOOK (OG) / WILEY DAY
1) 37 Quant Questions in OG / Wiley
2) 41 Verbal Questions in OG / Wiley
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants + Math Concepts and Strategies
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal + Verbal Concepts and Strategies
5) 12 IR Questions - Any Source
Day 5: COMPUTER DAY
1) 75 minute Quant Section - GMATPrep
2) 75 minute Verbal Section - GMATPrep
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants + Math Concepts and Strategies
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal + Verbal Concepts and Strategies
5) 30 minute IR Section or Practice - GMAT Prep / IR tool from Wiley
6) 30 minutes Essay Practice
Day 6: BOOK (OG) / WILEY DAY
1) 37 Quant Questions in OG / Wiley
2) 41 Verbal Questions in OG / Wiley
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants + Math Concepts and Strategies
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal + Verbal Concepts and Strategies
5) 12 IR Questions - Any Source
Day 7: take a rest! You're only human.
Repeat for three more weeks, and you've completed approximately 2,160 real GMAT questions out of the approximately 4,000 official GMAT questions available.
Here are my modifications for 2-6 month study plans:
2-month study plan: complete 3 assignments (numbered above) per day.
3-month study plan: complete 2 assignments per day.
4-month study plan: complete 1-2 assignments per day.
6-month study plan: complete 1 assignment per day.
MY RECOMMENDED GMAT STUDY PLAN:
My core philosophy: use Official GMAT Questions Only! It's OK if you end up memorizing all the solutions and answers-that's part of the point, and a little bit of repetition is helpful. But there are thousands of real GMAT questions, so it's unlikely that you will ever run out.
"Section" = a timed, graded section from the GMATPrep Software (Exams 1 through 6). Helps you practice test-taking techniques, and leveraging the GMAT algorithm.
"Practice" = ungraded and the time limit is less strict. Take as long as you need for understanding.
Remember that you don't necessarily need to pay for Exam Packs 1 and 2, because there are approximately 1,500 potential questions in (free) Exams 1 and 2, so you can just keep resetting the tests and using them again. The IR sections will be exactly the same (not adaptive!), but the quant and verbal sections will be different every time.
Another option is to install the GMAT Prep software on 2 different computers. 2 different computers = 2 different versions of the test = nearly twice as many questions to practice.
Here is a sample weekly schedule that I would recommend IF YOU ARE TRYING TO PREPARE IN ONLY ONE MONTH (see modifications for 2-6 month study plans below):
Day 1: COMPUTER DAY
1) 75 minute Quant Section - GMATPrep
2) 75 minute Verbal Section - GMATPrep
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants + Math Concepts and Strategies
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal + Verbal Concepts and Strategies
5) 30 minute IR Section or Practice - GMAT Prep / IR tool from Wiley
6) 30 minutes Essay Practice
Day 2: BOOK (OG) / WILEY DAY
1) 37 Quant Questions in OG / Wiley
2) 41 Verbal Questions in OG / Wiley
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal
5) 12 IR Questions - Any Source
Day 3: COMPUTER DAY
1) 37 Quant Questions in GMATPrep (Question Packs)
2) 41 Verbal Questions in GMATPrep (Question Packs)
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants + Math Concepts and Strategies
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal + Verbal Concepts and Strategies
Day 4: BOOK (OG) / WILEY DAY
1) 37 Quant Questions in OG / Wiley
2) 41 Verbal Questions in OG / Wiley
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants + Math Concepts and Strategies
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal + Verbal Concepts and Strategies
5) 12 IR Questions - Any Source
Day 5: COMPUTER DAY
1) 75 minute Quant Section - GMATPrep
2) 75 minute Verbal Section - GMATPrep
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants + Math Concepts and Strategies
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal + Verbal Concepts and Strategies
5) 30 minute IR Section or Practice - GMAT Prep / IR tool from Wiley
6) 30 minutes Essay Practice
Day 6: BOOK (OG) / WILEY DAY
1) 37 Quant Questions in OG / Wiley
2) 41 Verbal Questions in OG / Wiley
3) Review Incorrectly Answered Quants + Math Concepts and Strategies
4) Review Incorrectly Answered Verbal + Verbal Concepts and Strategies
5) 12 IR Questions - Any Source
Day 7: take a rest! You're only human.
Repeat for three more weeks, and you've completed approximately 2,160 real GMAT questions out of the approximately 4,000 official GMAT questions available.
Here are my modifications for 2-6 month study plans:
2-month study plan: complete 3 assignments (numbered above) per day.
3-month study plan: complete 2 assignments per day.
4-month study plan: complete 1-2 assignments per day.
6-month study plan: complete 1 assignment per day.
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