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Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers

I took my GMAT in February 2013, and I scored a 740 (Q50V40). I remember that my timing was off thoroughly during quant (it was the first time that I had to blindly guess 2-3 questions, and I remember having little to no stamina in verbal). I am an MBA Class of 2017 hopeful, and want to start my journey with as much time in advance as possible. I want to retake the GMAT, not because I think I did not score enough, but because I think I can score higher and because I want to get some structure and discipline in my life outside work. GMAT has always been a hobby and a passion, and what better way than to kick some 99 percentile butt? I want to invite all of you who are planning to take the GMAT, and are applying to the MBA 2016/17 application cycle and we can make a pledge to do the best we can. Below you will find the structure to my GMAT plans, and MBA plans (soon to come). I will post all the resources that I am going to use, and all the question banks that I am going to practice from. Feel free to post yours and we can kill the GMAT/MBA cycle together this year

Resources to be used

MGMAT Guides (6th edition) - I am also going to follow the MGMAT Syllabus.
MGMAT CATs
GMAT Club CATs
GMAT Club forum tags, timer, and workbook
GMAT Club master threads
Bunuel's collections
GMATPrep Question Pack 1
GMAT Prep Exam Pack 1
Thursdays with Ron Videos
MGMAT GMAT app on iOS for on the go practice (Pretty nifty app but quite expensive - $20)

Weekly Breakdown

Week 1: 28th Jan - 4th Feb

Quant: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentage
Resources to be used: Manhattan GMAT FDP - 6th edition. Official Guide 2016, Official Guide: Quant Review 2016, Bunuel's sets, and GMAT Club tests.

Verbal: Critical Reasoning
Resources to be used: Manhattan GMAT Critical Reasoning: 6th edition, Official Guide 2016, Official Guide: Verbal Review 2016, GMAT Club resources and sets sets, and GMAT Club tests.

Updates - I will keep updating this section everyday with resources and questions that I attempt on a daily basis. Watch out for this space.

Revision Resource: Check this thread

Questions Practiced for Critical Reasoning

Structure Family: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7

Assumption Family: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

Strengthen and Weaken Family: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10

Evaluate and Flaw Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

Evidence Family (Inference/Discrepancy/Except): Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8

Week 2: 5th Feb - 12th Feb

Quant: Number Theory - Resources and Question Banks - TBD - Will be updated next week.

Verbal: Sentence Correction - Resources and Question Banks - TBD - Will be updated next week.

Week 3: 5th Feb - 12th Feb

Day1: MGMAT CAT (Score: XXX Q XX V XX)
Day2: MGMAT CAT Analysis
Day 3: Error Log from Week 1
Day 4: Error Log from Week 2
Day 5: GMAT Club CAT
Day 6: GMAT Club CAT Analysis

Week 4: 13th Feb - 20th Feb

Quant: Word Problems - Resources and Question Banks - TBD

Verbal: Reading Comprehension - Resources and Question Banks - TBD

Week 5: 21st Feb - 28th Feb

Quant: Algebra - Resources and Question Banks - TBD

Verbal: Integrated Reasoning - Resources and Question Banks - TBD

Week 6: 1st Mar - 8th Mar

Day1: MGMAT CAT (Score: XXX Q XX V XX)
Day2: MGMAT CAT Analysis
Day 3: Error Log from Week 1
Day 4: Error Log from Week 2
Day 5: GMAT Club CAT
Day 6: GMAT Club CAT Analysis

Break for 5 days (Catch up with friends and social life)

Week 7: 14th Mar - 21st Mar

Quant: Geometry - Resources and Question Banks - TBD

Verbal: AWA and Verbal Revision - Resources and Question Banks - TBD

Week 10: 22nd March - 29th March

Day1: GMAT Prep CAT (Score: XXX Q XX V XX)
Day2: MGMAT CAT Analysis
Day 3: Error Log from Week 1
Day 4: Error Log from Week 2
Day 5: GMAT Prep CAT (Score: XXX Q XX V XX)
Day 6: GMAT Prep CAT Analysis

Week 11: 30th March - 6th April

Solve ALL GMAT Prep problems ever created - GMAT Club tags
MGMAT/GMAT Club CAT - One last time

7th - 8th April - Take the GMAT

Although, I am making this for my benefit mostly, I hope to help the community as well. I will post daily all the questions that I have practiced and all the topics that I have covered. Please share your plans if you want or any feedback on my plan will also be highly welcome.

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

27 Jan 2016, 10:30

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Thank you so much for this, I'll begin to prepare for the GMAT this week and I'll try to stick to your plan. Best of luck!

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

27 Jan 2016, 10:55

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Count me in, Souvik. Let's kick some butt

I have already booked my date with Destiny. May 2nd it is.

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

27 Jan 2016, 22:15

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Things can't get better than this and of course nowhere else than gmatclub. I am in souvik

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

28 Jan 2016, 10:21

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Following this thread. I plan to take the GMAT by May the latest. I started studying about 2 weeks ago using MGMAT guides (enrolled in MGMAT Interact). I was originally planning to take it in April but since I will be out of the country for about 10 days in March and going to a music festival in April, I thought of moving it to May to give me more time for prep.

Good luck to us!

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

28 Jan 2016, 11:40

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Count me in, man. Haven't set a date yet, but will also give by April end.

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

28 Jan 2016, 12:20

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Thanks a Ton, souvik101990
I was eagerly looking for a good plan... and what can be better when it comes from an expert!!

P.S.: As per the plan, in Week 1: 28th Jan - 4th Feb you will cover Quant: Fractions, Decimals. But in week 2, you will cover "Number Theory". My question is that: isn't this a bit redundant? I mean, Fractions & Decimals come under "Number Theory", right?

However, I will try my best to follow the plan....

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

28 Jan 2016, 13:16

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SamTheLearner wrote:

Thanks a Ton, souvik101990
I was eagerly looking for a good plan... and what can be better when it comes from an expert!!

P.S.: As per the plan, in Week 1: 28th Jan - 4th Feb you will cover Quant: Fractions, Decimals. But in week 2, you will cover "Number Theory". My question is that: isn't this a bit redundant? I mean, Fractions & Decimals come under "Number Theory", right?

However, I will try my best to follow the plan....

Hi SamTheLearner, I believe that what is meant by "Number Theory" is different from Fractions and Decimals. Number Theory deals with the rules relating to odd and even numbers, prime number, divisibility and positive and negative.
If you check out the Manhattan or Veritas Guides it will make sense. I hope it helps.

And good luck Souvnik and all of you !

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

28 Jan 2016, 13:22

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Count me in Souvik. Looking to take the test first weekend of May, and then again first weekend of June. Best of luck.

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

28 Jan 2016, 14:22

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I am also planning to take the test by last week of April or first week of May. This will surely help to achieve the target score.

Good luck to all!

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

28 Jan 2016, 16:18

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I am also planning for my first GMAT in April . I have covered MGMAT quant 3 guides and just started on Wordproblems MGMAT guide.
Please count me in..so that you can keep me motivated if I lose my way in between !!(thanks to work pressure).

Will catch up with your plan with Verbal.

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

28 Jan 2016, 19:49

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Great Plan due to work schedule was loosing focus thanks for the plan I guess that should help me get back on track

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

28 Jan 2016, 21:11

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COUNT ME IN

I WILL TAKE MY EXAM IN APRIL

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

28 Jan 2016, 22:08

souvik101990 wrote:

Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers

I took my GMAT in February 2013, and I scored a 740 (Q50V40). I remember that my timing was off thoroughly during quant (it was the first time that I had to blindly guess 2-3 questions, and I remember having little to no stamina in verbal). I am an MBA Class of 2017 hopeful, and want to start my journey with as much time in advance as possible. I want to retake the GMAT, not because I think I did not score enough, but because I think I can score higher and because I want to get some structure and discipline in my life outside work. GMAT has always been a hobby and a passion, and what better way than to kick some 99 percentile butt? I want to invite all of you who are planning to take the GMAT, and are applying to the MBA 2016/17 application cycle and we can make a pledge to do the best we can. Below you will find the structure to my GMAT plans, and MBA plans (soon to come). I will post all the resources that I am going to use, and all the question banks that I am going to practice from. Feel free to post yours and we can kill the GMAT/MBA cycle together this year

Resources to be used

[list][*]MGMAT Guides (6th edition) - I am also going to follow the MGMAT Syllabus.

Hi souvik101990,

Having looked through your plan, I'd like to emphasize that it doesn't follow the Manhattan GMAT Syllabus (as far as the sequence of books you will study each week....unless of course you are using the syllabus do to the homework problems from the OG).

By the way, I actually just signed up for a live course with Ron Purewal in San Jose, CA. My 9 week class is scheduled to end on March 22nd, and I'm planning on taking the GMAT on April 4th. I am hoping to get the same Q50 V42 breakdown for my score.

Best of luck to everyone!

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30 Jan 2016, 00:16

Can somebody please direct me where i can find the MGMAT syllabus?

Thanks,

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30 Jan 2016, 11:02

Hi All,

I am planning to use Aristotle for the verbal preparation. How will that fit into this plan? Can someone guide me with regard to using manhattan guides for quant and aristotle grail for verbal?

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30 Jan 2016, 11:13

rahulzlpr wrote:

Hi All,

I am planning to use Aristotle for the verbal preparation. How will that fit into this plan? Can someone guide me with regard to using manhattan guides for quant and aristotle grail for verbal?

Aristotle RC is not good don't go for it.
Mgmat guides for quant are good to refresh basics.

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30 Jan 2016, 12:18

Where did you get the MGMAT syllabus?

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

30 Jan 2016, 22:53

Combinatorics for GMAT :

Can anyone guide me as to what level of preparation I should do for this topic?
I am finding MGMAT word translation strategy guide exercises for this chapter little trickier.

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Re: Road to Q50 V42 - Calling all April - May GMAT Takers [#permalink]

31 Jan 2016, 23:36

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Hi Guys,

I just finished the MGMAT Critical Reasoning book. So far I missed 2 questions out of the 20+ questions in the problem sets. Posted them on the evernote error log that I am maintaining, and will post that on this thread.

I am starting FDP today and hope to finish the book in a day or two, and then start brute force CR and FDP practicing till Feb 4th to be on track with my plan.

Going to work now. I will come back in the evening and answer questions on this thread. So good to see people participating :-)

P.S: I will also post all the CR questions that I practiced over the the last 3 days from the MGMAT book (Some of them are already in the forum, but I will post them anyway).
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