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Tips for creating a scheduled plan to get a 685+ score on the GMAT

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Tips for creating a scheduled plan to get a 685+ score on the GMAT [#permalink] New post   17 Mar 2024, 06:35
­Hi,

I have decided to take the GMAT Focus by May-June and I'm wondering how to plan my days out leading up to May. My current score is a 585 with a breakup of: Q77 V80 DI80. I would say I'm super weak in Quants, whereas for the other 2, I mainly need to work on timing and staying focused. I've decided to go over my Quant foundations from scratch once more and keep practicing questions in all difficulty levels (and all the 3 sections) on the OG and gmatclub because I figure these are the only accurate sources of GMAT questions available to me (I have other subscriptions to gmat courses but I do find differences between the OG and others so I'm not sure if that's just my lack of skill or if that's really a thing?).

I have a few books available. Could anybody vouch for any of these? Here's what I've got:
  • Wiley's GMAT RC and CR
  • Manhattan Prep (All)
  • Kaplan GMAT
  • The Princeton Review Math Workout
  • Powerscore CR Bible
  • Peterson's Ultimate Toolkit
  • Brandon Royal RC
  • Aristotle RC
  • Veritas Prep (All)
It'd be very helpful if you could suggest an appropriate plan of action to maximise my scores. I'd started working on the Manhattan Advanced Quant problems but realised they might still be too difficult for me. When should I move to them?

This is the problem with having too many options haha. I don't have a clue where to focus my efforts and in what manner. I'd appreciate any help you can offer.
 
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Re: Tips for creating a scheduled plan to get a 685+ score on the GMAT [#permalink] New post   18 Mar 2024, 18:37
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­Hi helpmegmat,

To improve your quant skills, you may find it helpful to engage in topical quant practice. 

For example, let’s say that you want to practice Number Properties. You can do so by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc. 

After each problem set, thoroughly analyze your incorrect questions. For example, if you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question? 

By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to fix your weaknesses efficiently and, in turn, improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.


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Tips for creating a scheduled plan to get a 685+ score on the GMAT [#permalink] New post   17 Mar 2024, 08:31
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­It sounds as if you have to focus on topics rather than worry about resources. In other words, regardless of what resources you use for what topic, to increase your score, just master one topic at a time in the following way:

- First, review the concepts and strategies a topic involves.

- Then, do practice questions involving that topic UNTIMED until you're achieving high accuracy. 

- Finally, work on reducing the time per question until you're correctly answering questions involving that topic at test pace.

Then, move on to the next topic and do the same thing.

You could use one resource for a topic or refer to multipe resources for some topics if you want to get multiple insights, but in any case, let the topics drive your prep, not the resources.

For some additional insights into how to prepare effectively, see these posts.

How to Score 705+ on the GMAT Focus Edition

How to Prepare for GMAT Verbal­
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Re: Tips for creating a scheduled plan to get a 685+ score on the GMAT [#permalink] New post   18 Mar 2024, 01:43
MartyMurray wrote:
­It sounds as if you have to focus on topics rather than worry about resources. In other words, regardless of what resources you use for what topic, to increase your score, just master one topic at a time in the following way:

- First, review the concepts and strategies a topic involves.

- Then, do practice questions involving that topic UNTIMED until you're achieving high accuracy. 

- Finally, work on reducing the time per question until you're correctly answering questions involving that topic at test pace.

Then, move on to the next topic and do the same thing.

You could use one resource for a topic or refer to multipe resources for some topics if you want to get multiple insights, but in any case, let the topics drive your prep, not the resources.

For some additional insights into how to prepare effectively, see these posts.

How to Score 705+ on the GMAT Focus Edition

How to Prepare for GMAT Verbal­

­Thank you for the help! The blog was great too :)
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