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05 Jun 2020, 07:44
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Hello friends,
I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I am beginning on my GMAT journey and feeling a bit overwhelmed with where to start.
I would appreciate some feedback and direction on how to plan out this journey.
Due to the current situation, my company is allowing us to work from home until early September and workload is usually light for our office during the summer months. So, I can devote a good amount of time to my GMAT Preparation. Even though I have been thinking about the GMAT at the back on my mind for a long time, I think that with my current work situation, this would be an ideal time to give this a shot.
I took the MGMAT CAT 1 (free available online) and scored a 590 (Q38, V34, IR 2.4).
I took this attempt without any prior studying, except for reading the introduction to the GMAT chapters in a couple of prep books.
While taking this test, I felt a bit frustrated with some questions in Quant and SC as I had no clue on how to solve them. I have a science background and good verbal skills (native speaker) so this was a surprise to me.
Over the last two weeks, I have been reading through the Manhattan Prep Quant Books, watching a variety of YouTube videos to brush up on concepts and reviewing some notes for SC. I also did a few RC passages from the OG (averaging about 9 minutes/passage and mostly struggled with history dense passages as there were too many details to sift through to do well on the questions).
Resources available to me (mostly borrowed from my colleagues and friends):
Official Guides Set 2020
Manhattan Prep Book Set
Kaplan Prep Plus 2020
Also downloaded a bunch of docs with notes and practice questions this forum
Goal Score: 730 or higher
Estimated Test Date: End of August (This would give me 3 months to prepare)
Concerns:
- I am on a tight budget so I am thinking of doing self preparation.
- I have not been good with standardized tests and have struggled with them in the past. So, the thought of the GMAT is raising a lot of anxiety and affecting my motivation level. I think that this is really holding me back (mentally).
How should I go about my preparation?
Here are my thoughts:
June - Complete review and readings of the prep books, do some practice questions daily on this forum
July - Take another mock test in week 1 and devote this month to doing lots of practice questions
August - Solidify any remaining weak concepts, take a couple of mocks/week and review results.
Is this sufficient? I am open to input on how best to optimize my study time.
Thanks!
I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I am beginning on my GMAT journey and feeling a bit overwhelmed with where to start.
I would appreciate some feedback and direction on how to plan out this journey.
Due to the current situation, my company is allowing us to work from home until early September and workload is usually light for our office during the summer months. So, I can devote a good amount of time to my GMAT Preparation. Even though I have been thinking about the GMAT at the back on my mind for a long time, I think that with my current work situation, this would be an ideal time to give this a shot.
I took the MGMAT CAT 1 (free available online) and scored a 590 (Q38, V34, IR 2.4).
I took this attempt without any prior studying, except for reading the introduction to the GMAT chapters in a couple of prep books.
While taking this test, I felt a bit frustrated with some questions in Quant and SC as I had no clue on how to solve them. I have a science background and good verbal skills (native speaker) so this was a surprise to me.
Over the last two weeks, I have been reading through the Manhattan Prep Quant Books, watching a variety of YouTube videos to brush up on concepts and reviewing some notes for SC. I also did a few RC passages from the OG (averaging about 9 minutes/passage and mostly struggled with history dense passages as there were too many details to sift through to do well on the questions).
Resources available to me (mostly borrowed from my colleagues and friends):
Official Guides Set 2020
Manhattan Prep Book Set
Kaplan Prep Plus 2020
Also downloaded a bunch of docs with notes and practice questions this forum
Goal Score: 730 or higher
Estimated Test Date: End of August (This would give me 3 months to prepare)
Concerns:
- I am on a tight budget so I am thinking of doing self preparation.
- I have not been good with standardized tests and have struggled with them in the past. So, the thought of the GMAT is raising a lot of anxiety and affecting my motivation level. I think that this is really holding me back (mentally).
How should I go about my preparation?
Here are my thoughts:
June - Complete review and readings of the prep books, do some practice questions daily on this forum
July - Take another mock test in week 1 and devote this month to doing lots of practice questions
August - Solidify any remaining weak concepts, take a couple of mocks/week and review results.
Is this sufficient? I am open to input on how best to optimize my study time.
Thanks!
05 Jun 2020, 10:06
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pari10001
Good part is that you have got V34 to start with and being a native you should not face much issues improving it. A test taker with Q40-45 is done with concepts but it needs a proper relook into how well concepts are learnt - better review the mock and try to remember where/when you lagged or faced difficult both concept-wise and time-wise.
Material you mentioned is okay but do get a hold of Powerscore bible for CR. For SC Manhattan guide is best and for quant GC Mathbook is good to go. Taking 9 minutes in an RC passage of 5 questions is great if you get all of them right - ensure that you don't get anyone wrong in first 4 atleast.
The timelines you mentioned are upto you. When are done with concepts practice questions - better if you do along with concepts i.e. one concept then its practice Q then another the practice and so on - and work on accuracy. Finally look into your error log and work upon them.
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05 Jun 2020, 11:50
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Courses that can help with your prep:-
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Best books for Quants:-
https://gmatclub.com/forum/best-gmat-ma ... ml?fl=menu
Best books for Verbal:-
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Best Gmat practice tests:-
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