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25 Jul 2010, 16:11
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Hello all,
(Id like to apologize in advance for the length of my first post, lol, but i greatly appreciate anyone who reads and would love any feedback or ideas.)
New to the forums. I absolutely love this website and the community of prospective b-school students like myself, i love reading the inspiring, enlightening, and informative experiences of all the posters on here. Ive been lurking through the forums for the past several weeks and am in the beginning of my GMAT studies, and my quest to 700+.
I dont plan on taking the exam until near the end of the year so im giving myself a lot of time to study. Im taking a manhattan in-class review course starting in september, i decided on manhattan since many people on here swear by their books and i do well in a structured, in class setting as opposed to strictly on my own. but i am studying on my own now before hand so i have a better feel for the material once i begin the class, and know exactly what areas i need to improve on. I would like some feedback/suggestions/recommendations from some of the GMAT veterans and others in their studies as well, and i will be more than happy to review any of the materials/methods i use as well as updating my progress as i go. This is my plan as of right now to get me to my 700+ score.
I havent taken any full CATs yet, as i wanted to familiarize myself with the material before i take a diagnostic. The only thing i took was the diagnostic in the front of the OG12 and got "above average" on the math sections and "average" each of the verbal. So needless to say i dont know where i stand right now as far as a score, but i know that i am typically much stronger in math given my engineering background and need to work more on my verbal.
My plan is to review one week verbal, one week quant, and do some awa review when i have some extra time on the weekends. Is this one week on and switch method a good approah? id like to hear what some others think.
Note: I havent used the OG12 or OG math and verbal because i realized that manhattan references these books alot and didnt want to "use up"
1. Princeton review, cracking the gmat. I wasnt going to get this book because of the reviews i read and many people saying that it wont get you to 700+ on its own . But I picked this book up because a friend of mine recommended it, and he scored 640 using just this and the OG11, so figured this book would serve as a good primer if nothing else since im just starting out. Im so far halfway through the book, i finished the math section, it was really easy, but did give some good strategies for DS. I took the math gmat warmup test untimed and got all of them right in a fairly timely fashion. I plan to complete the verbal section in the coming week and do the full paper test over next weekend.
2. Kaplan workbooks. Math and verbal. Starting with math then verbal the following week
3. 1st diagnostic (either PR or Kaplan). Should give me an idea of where i am and what sections to work on.
4. From this point up until my review course i plan on using various other resources, namely powerscore SC and CR, the GMAT club tests, PR 1012, ultimate challenge sets, etc. then take my manhattan diag at this point. not as set in stone as earlier, but i figure i will adjust my plan as i go.
5. Manhattan review course (9/21-11/19). During this time ill mostly stick to their schedule and strengthen my weaknesses as i go. I figure they will have me do the mgmat practice tests during the class.
6. After the class, i hopefully will have identified my weaknesses and spend most of my time from here up until test day (december sometime) doing practice tests from gmatprep and doing the sets here at gmat and ultimate challenge sets.
Hopefully this will take me up to test day and 5 or so months from now ill be staring at a 750 on the CAT screen, lol. Thanks to anyone who made it through my lengthy (sorry again) post, and i would love any feedback/ideas anyone may have. I realize the difficulty of this exam and obtaining the score i want but i am all-in with this and will do whatever i have to to get it. So thanks again and i look forward to interacting with all of you and becoming involved in your GMAT community.
Cheers,
John
(Id like to apologize in advance for the length of my first post, lol, but i greatly appreciate anyone who reads and would love any feedback or ideas.)
New to the forums. I absolutely love this website and the community of prospective b-school students like myself, i love reading the inspiring, enlightening, and informative experiences of all the posters on here. Ive been lurking through the forums for the past several weeks and am in the beginning of my GMAT studies, and my quest to 700+.
I dont plan on taking the exam until near the end of the year so im giving myself a lot of time to study. Im taking a manhattan in-class review course starting in september, i decided on manhattan since many people on here swear by their books and i do well in a structured, in class setting as opposed to strictly on my own. but i am studying on my own now before hand so i have a better feel for the material once i begin the class, and know exactly what areas i need to improve on. I would like some feedback/suggestions/recommendations from some of the GMAT veterans and others in their studies as well, and i will be more than happy to review any of the materials/methods i use as well as updating my progress as i go. This is my plan as of right now to get me to my 700+ score.
I havent taken any full CATs yet, as i wanted to familiarize myself with the material before i take a diagnostic. The only thing i took was the diagnostic in the front of the OG12 and got "above average" on the math sections and "average" each of the verbal. So needless to say i dont know where i stand right now as far as a score, but i know that i am typically much stronger in math given my engineering background and need to work more on my verbal.
My plan is to review one week verbal, one week quant, and do some awa review when i have some extra time on the weekends. Is this one week on and switch method a good approah? id like to hear what some others think.
Note: I havent used the OG12 or OG math and verbal because i realized that manhattan references these books alot and didnt want to "use up"
1. Princeton review, cracking the gmat. I wasnt going to get this book because of the reviews i read and many people saying that it wont get you to 700+ on its own . But I picked this book up because a friend of mine recommended it, and he scored 640 using just this and the OG11, so figured this book would serve as a good primer if nothing else since im just starting out. Im so far halfway through the book, i finished the math section, it was really easy, but did give some good strategies for DS. I took the math gmat warmup test untimed and got all of them right in a fairly timely fashion. I plan to complete the verbal section in the coming week and do the full paper test over next weekend.
2. Kaplan workbooks. Math and verbal. Starting with math then verbal the following week
3. 1st diagnostic (either PR or Kaplan). Should give me an idea of where i am and what sections to work on.
4. From this point up until my review course i plan on using various other resources, namely powerscore SC and CR, the GMAT club tests, PR 1012, ultimate challenge sets, etc. then take my manhattan diag at this point. not as set in stone as earlier, but i figure i will adjust my plan as i go.
5. Manhattan review course (9/21-11/19). During this time ill mostly stick to their schedule and strengthen my weaknesses as i go. I figure they will have me do the mgmat practice tests during the class.
6. After the class, i hopefully will have identified my weaknesses and spend most of my time from here up until test day (december sometime) doing practice tests from gmatprep and doing the sets here at gmat and ultimate challenge sets.
Hopefully this will take me up to test day and 5 or so months from now ill be staring at a 750 on the CAT screen, lol. Thanks to anyone who made it through my lengthy (sorry again) post, and i would love any feedback/ideas anyone may have. I realize the difficulty of this exam and obtaining the score i want but i am all-in with this and will do whatever i have to to get it. So thanks again and i look forward to interacting with all of you and becoming involved in your GMAT community.
Cheers,
John
25 Jul 2010, 23:01
Kudos
Bookmarks
Man its too lengthy to be first post...
Well am on the same boat hope to take gmat in the year ending.
Started collecting books and I am firm believer in self study.
Well am on the same boat hope to take gmat in the year ending.
Started collecting books and I am firm believer in self study.
25 Jul 2010, 23:43
Kudos
Bookmarks
Good luck man, you have great collection of gmat books. These are more than enough for preparation.
