EliMan wrote:
This part here:
Week Two, Day One
1) Watch Magoosh lesson videos
Math: the next six lesson videos
NOTE: After the Intro to Data Sufficiency module, some of the opening modules are very basic math. This plan is
designed for someone who needs to watch every single video. If you feel you know some of this basic concepts well
already, be your own judge: don’t force yourself to sit through a math lesson in which you know everything. You can
click ahead, and just check the summary at the end to make sure there was nothing you needed. If an entire
module looks basic to you, then you could just take the quiz at the end: if you ace the quiz, you probably don’t need
to sit through the module. You can always go back later and brush up on one thing you missed. Skipping some
videos will put you ahead in the schedule, and you will have more time to review video lessons at the end.
2) In Magoosh
Do 12 PS questions
Do 3 RC passage with all the associated questionsI think I'll be modifing the schedule a little bit right now due to the extreme randomness of questions vs topic order - I'm getting plenty wrong, but mostly due to yet to be reviewed/refreshed topics.
So instead of watching the videos in order now - and then doing questions (plent of which I get wrong or blank out at) - I'm choosing to do the
Magoosh questions first - as best as I can - and if I was wrong or completly didn't know how to do said question - I watch all the 'Related Lessons' videos for that question - which I count towards my "Watch
Magoosh lesson videos Math: the next six lesson videos" for the scheduled day.
Does this seem like an OK way to do it to you?
Also thank you for the response
mikemcgarry !
I appreciate the reply thanks!
Dear
EliManI'm happy to respond.
My friend, I don't really have much of a sense of what your level of understanding in math is or how experienced with the GMAT you are.
If math is a problem area for you, then I would ardently recommend watching the lessons in strict order. You see, the lessons are cumulative and concepts build in the sequence. Someone who is relatively strong in math can just jump into an isolated "related lesson" and get what he needs without having seen the previous sequence of lessons. This can be very confusing, though, for a student who has a great deal to learn, because any one lesson may draw on several different concepts treated in earlier lessons, and in the absence of all those concepts, the poor student will be confused and
not even known what he is missing!
Once you have watched all the lessons up to a certain module, it's fine to go back to a "related lesson" that you have already seen, because at that point you will probably get more out of the lesson on a second viewing, having just seen a question in which it was involved.
I will also say, it's fine to watch any "related lesson" as a preview, getting what you can out of it at the moment, but don't count that toward one of the videos you need to see in the study schedule. You need to work through the videos in strict order, so you see them cumulatively and get through the entire set. Any "preview" videos you want to watch would be over and above this sequence. As always, there's never any problem doing something that over and above--in fact, that's frequently the mark of an excellent student!
I know it can be frustrating to get all these questions wrong in the beginning. This is where, for your own benefit, you need to adopt a heroic attitude. Each question you get wrong is an opportunity to improve your understanding and you must embrace this opportunity with the heart of a lion. Instead of jumping ahead to related lessons for which you haven't been adequately prepared, think about keeping a rigorous
error log. See:
Studying for the GMAT: Learning from Your MistakesIf you can articulate, for each problem you get wrong, exactly what you do and don't understand, you will be in very good shape when you arrive at the lesson that answers these question.
My friend, few people achieve excellence largely because few have the heart for it. I urge you to embrace as many of the habits of excellence as you can.
Mike
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08 Jan 2017, 08:57
