Self Study for GMAT 2018 | Self Preparation

H louhit

You have excellent source to start with.

Official guides are indeed the best possible sources, since they incorporate real and retired practice questions from previous tests.

They come directly from GMAC who are creators of the test.

Manhattan prep is next best thing, their guides will cover all verbal and quant necessary for the exam.

Their 6 online CAT's are one of the best sources possible for mock exams, besides official ones on mba.com store.

It used to be that along with books you get access code for online Manhattan mocks, however you will need to check that with them, maybe that now is separate purchase.

Now, regarding study plan, if you dont want to use already existing study plans, you can either google them or search here on forum, you can devise your own.

In order to do that, first decide how many hours per day you can study, also how many days per week.

Since you have 3-4 months I suggest you to devise let say 2 month plan, so you have time to complete it twice.

Now, simply divide number of pages from your books with 60 days( if you choose to work every day) to get sense how many pages you need to finish per day or per week.

One day you may work less, the other when you are in the mood maybe more, thats all ok as long you are on your path to complete it.

Also you may choose to work on verbal and quant every day, or have verbal or quant days, when you will practice just one section, or just one topic.

Keep logs of your errors and come back later to them, so you can indentify your weakness in order to give them special attention.

If you already didnt, take practice exam, to see where you stand, then set a goal regarding your desired score and keep doing mocks lets say once every 2 weeks to see how you progress.

Create list of schools where you want to apply and check their average GMAT score of previously admitted students, as your goal.

Good luck and happy prep !