dgg93 wrote:
Hello guys,
First of all I'm gonna present myself, my Name is Daniel, I'm a European 25 years old man. I'm working in consulting in a Big Four Firm (EY, KPMG, Deloitte, PwC) with 2 years and a half of experience.
My goal is to reach 730+ in GMAT in order to apply at top B-schools in North America.
I plan to apply in 2019 or 2020 if needed, so I'm starting with GMAT these Christmas holidays.
2 weeks ago I did my first mock test at Gmat Official Prep and I scored a 520 (I just did Quant and Verbal, didn't try IR nor AWA). Note that I didn't prepare at all for it.
I read deeper in this forum and I established a 3 months plan in order to achieve my goal. My idea is from Monday to Friday dedicate between 1-2h daily, and 8h between Saturday and Sunday.
To get this, I bought
OG,
OG Quant Review and
OG Verbal Review.
First think,
is this a feasible plan?Secondly, I'm a little lost about how to approach this. I mean, I start reading
OG Quant, go deeper with
OG Quant Review and then move to Verbal? Any help would be appreciated.
And last but not least, thanks everyone for reading, I'll be updating the post with my results
Thanks,
Daniel.
Hi Daniel,
Welcome to GMATCLUB. You should dedicate around 3 months to improve your score. It’s a good thing you have taken a GMAT Mock once. You now know your weaknesses and work on them. If you are willing to study dedicatedly for that period, you are sure to achieve your goal. I think you need to solidify you base and adopt a proper technique to answer the questions. Please do not move on to the
OG questions till the time you have solidified your base and are confident with your concepts. I believe you may benefit from taking a GMATPREP course. If you are willing, there are some great GMAT prep companies that can help you with your preparation.
In order to make an informed decision I would highly encourage you to go to their websites and try on their free trial and decide for yourself which one do you like better. You try out free access to EmpowerGMAT,
Magoosh and Optimus Prep as they have great reviews on GMATCLUB.
Also for verbal, I would highly encourage you to consider
e-gmat verbal online or the
e-gmat verbal live course. They are both amazing courses especially designed for non-natives. They offer almost 25% of their courses for free so you can try out their free trial to decide which one you want to go for. Plus the
e-gmat Scholaranium which is included in both the courses is one of the best verbal practice tools in the market. You can easily track your progress in that you can identify your strengths and analyze and improve on your weak areas.
You can also try out the
MGMAT guides they are phenomenal and cover the entire syllabus really well. Just by going through these guides and solving the
OG will help you reach 600+.I must add that if you are particularly looking to discover and improve on your weak areas in Quant; a subscription to
GMATCLUB tests is the best way to do that. They are indeed phenomenal and will not only pinpoint your weak areas but also help you improve on them.
Further taking multiple mocks might help. Apart from the GMATPREP,
Manhattan GMAT tests and Veritas Prep Tests in my experience have good verbal and Quant section and will certainly help you point out and improve your weak areas.
Further another advantage of taking many mocks is to build up your stamina. Apart from the GMATPREP tests, taking practise tests of any major GMATPREP company ought to do that.
I would also encourage you to purchase GMATPREP QP 1 for some great additional practice. Here is a link that will help you with your decision.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/best-gmat-ve ... ml?fl=menuLastly, you can check out a very interesting article by Mike McGarry from
Magoosh detailing a 3 month study plan
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/3-month-g ... -students/. You will find it very helpful as it gives out a study plan as per your needs.
Hope this helps. All the best.