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15 Dec 2015, 07:40
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Hi ya'll - experts and fellow aspirants ! 
I am planning to restart my GMAT preparation after a long gap of 2-3 months. To give you a fair idea of my past preparation, I am elaborating study materials I referred and proficiency level I had before this long break.
Quant :
being from an engineering background , I didn't follow any specific material. I brushed the basic concepts from a guidebook of a local coaching institute. Solved OG13 and did GMATclub quant tests every now and then (scored between the range of 41-49..was constantly scoring more than 47 towards the end). I would solve questions from GMATclub forum under different tags to solidify my weak areas. So in all I was fairly confident of my Quant preparation.
Materials used : OG13, GMATclub tests, GMATclub forum
Verbal:
For verbal I followed e-gmat live prep course. I found their SC as fairly thorough and good...Didn't like their CR much and found RC average...Therefore I read Powerscore CR bible which I found very helpful..For RC I followed Manhattan strategy guide , which was also decent.. I would say my proficiency level was good in SC , average in RC and I struggled in CR..Towards the end of this period I also solved GMAC's question pack with a decent accuracy level. Though I only attempted few sectional tests for Verbal from unofficial sources (2-3).
Materials used :
OG13, Verbal Review 2nd edition, E-gmat course, Powerscore CR bible, Manhattan RC strategy guide,GMAC question Pack
Throughout this preparation period I felt that CR was my biggest weakness followed by RC.I would always take more than 2 minutes per question in CR , and still the accuracy level would remain around 50-60%. I didn't practice RC much, but always felt that I could improve in this section with little more practice.
Not giving full length CATs was the biggest blunder that I committed throughout this period.
Hence, here I am after 3 months raring to go to the battlefield again and score a win over this beast
. I would be more than grateful if some one can help me in creating a plan/do's/don't/any strategy/tips for next 1.5 months. I have covered everything once. I just need to refresh everything that I had learnt while also strengthening my weak areas . Apart from that I need to develop test temperament that was so missing from my overall prep the last time around.
Thanks in advance !!
Cheers
SR
I am planning to restart my GMAT preparation after a long gap of 2-3 months. To give you a fair idea of my past preparation, I am elaborating study materials I referred and proficiency level I had before this long break.
Quant :
being from an engineering background , I didn't follow any specific material. I brushed the basic concepts from a guidebook of a local coaching institute. Solved OG13 and did GMATclub quant tests every now and then (scored between the range of 41-49..was constantly scoring more than 47 towards the end). I would solve questions from GMATclub forum under different tags to solidify my weak areas. So in all I was fairly confident of my Quant preparation.
Materials used : OG13, GMATclub tests, GMATclub forum
Verbal:
For verbal I followed e-gmat live prep course. I found their SC as fairly thorough and good...Didn't like their CR much and found RC average...Therefore I read Powerscore CR bible which I found very helpful..For RC I followed Manhattan strategy guide , which was also decent.. I would say my proficiency level was good in SC , average in RC and I struggled in CR..Towards the end of this period I also solved GMAC's question pack with a decent accuracy level. Though I only attempted few sectional tests for Verbal from unofficial sources (2-3).
Materials used :
OG13, Verbal Review 2nd edition, E-gmat course, Powerscore CR bible, Manhattan RC strategy guide,GMAC question Pack
Throughout this preparation period I felt that CR was my biggest weakness followed by RC.I would always take more than 2 minutes per question in CR , and still the accuracy level would remain around 50-60%. I didn't practice RC much, but always felt that I could improve in this section with little more practice.
Not giving full length CATs was the biggest blunder that I committed throughout this period.
Hence, here I am after 3 months raring to go to the battlefield again and score a win over this beast
. I would be more than grateful if some one can help me in creating a plan/do's/don't/any strategy/tips for next 1.5 months. I have covered everything once. I just need to refresh everything that I had learnt while also strengthening my weak areas . Apart from that I need to develop test temperament that was so missing from my overall prep the last time around.Thanks in advance !!
Cheers
SR
15 Dec 2015, 10:44
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Hi solitaryreaper,
I'd like to confirm something from your post. From what you describe, it sounds like you have not taken any FULL-LENGTH CATs (with the Essay and IR sections) and you have not taken the Official GMAT yet. Are both of those facts correct? If they both are, then you really MUST take a FULL-LENGTH CAT sometime soon, so that we can get an accurate sense of your strengths and weaknesses. That score data will help us to plan out your studies going forwards.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'd like to confirm something from your post. From what you describe, it sounds like you have not taken any FULL-LENGTH CATs (with the Essay and IR sections) and you have not taken the Official GMAT yet. Are both of those facts correct? If they both are, then you really MUST take a FULL-LENGTH CAT sometime soon, so that we can get an accurate sense of your strengths and weaknesses. That score data will help us to plan out your studies going forwards.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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Yes Rich. Both these facts are true. As you suggest I'll appear for a full length CAT(may be in a week), but before that I need a quick revision because I think I might have forgotten even the basic rules /formulas. Which CAT do you suggest? (I wish to save official ones for the later part of preparation because they're very few in number ).
Regards,
SR
