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Please Help - How do I proceed with my prep?

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Please Help - How do I proceed with my prep? [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2020, 10:00
Hello there. I am starting my GMAT prep and at present I have only 3 books with me. I have the Manhattan Foundations of Math, Verbal and the GMAT official guide. I was wondering how do I approach all these books? Note -I do not want to take the diagnostic test right now because my foundations are very weak and I'm pretty sure my score isn't going to be even remotely decent to top of. Thus I decided to get my hands on the Manhattan foundation books so I can work on the basics first.

I would really like some guidance on the following -
1. How do I approach all the 3 books that I have ?
2. What additional books would help me in my practise?
3. How much time do I need to spend on each of the 3 books before I can move on to the other books?

I have about 3 months of prep time before I write the exam. Please do share your thoughts.

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Re: Please Help - How do I proceed with my prep? [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2020, 11:09
3 months is decent time for GMAT prep. You can follow Magoosh 3 month plan and substitute the other 2 books in place of Magoosh product if you don't have the subscription.
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Re: Please Help - How do I proceed with my prep? [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2020, 11:20
I think it'd be helpful to take a diagnostic to see where you are, even if you do think that you are weak. You might surprise yourself, and it's helpful to understand how much work you'll have to put in to get to your desired score.

After my first CAT, I went through all of my wrong answers and mapped them to the question type & difficulty based on the question banks on this forum.

From there, I paid attention to foundational math while taking extra care in the areas I was particularly weak in.
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Please Help - How do I proceed with my prep? [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2020, 11:29
Do not complete all official questions at once. Strenghten your basics using manhattan guides. Divide your time between english and quant either daily or on alternate days. Once you are done with basics, start solving gmat club mocks every alternate day or weekly thrice. Analyze it in depth. For english, goto forum, example , goto sc and filter out og13 questions..solve them and analyze on gmat club. Do not refer to official explanation. Subscribe to a mock like experts global and give a mock every 2 weeks in the first half of prep and every one week in the 2nd half

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Re: Please Help - How do I proceed with my prep? [#permalink] New post   25 Aug 2020, 04:12
Hi guys,
Would it help for me to finish the Manhattan foundation of math and Foundation of Verbal books and then give the diagnostic test to assess my skills?

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Re: Please Help - How do I proceed with my prep? [#permalink] New post   25 Aug 2020, 04:45
RikitaDsouza wrote:
Hi guys,
Would it help for me to finish the Manhattan foundation of math and Foundation of Verbal books and then give the diagnostic test to assess my skills?

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Hi Rikita,

As someone who has just completed 1 month of GMAT preparation, I would say that would be perfect.
I went through the Foundations of math book as well and it was really helpful in understanding the basics. But do make sure you practice section wise questions after each chapter from GMAT club or any other resource as the drill sets after each chapter are just basic math questions and not GMAT type questions.
Do make sure to take the diagnostic test after that, and don't worry about the result. As you progress and keep practicing, it will get better.
I have no idea about Verbal though, sorry!

Hope this helps! Good luck :)
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