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Hi Binay,

Since you've been studying for the last 3 months, have you taken any practice CATs/mocks yet? If you have, then how did you score on each (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)? If you have not, then you should take a CAT sometime soon (perhaps this weekend). Make sure to take it in a realistic fashion that matches-up with how you will take your Official GMAT (re: take the FULL CAT - with the Essay and IR sections, take it away from your home, at the same time of day as when you'll take the Official GMAT, etc.; if you're taking the At-home GMAT, then take the sections in the order Q/V/IR with NO break between the Quant and Verbal sections, etc.). Once you have that score, you should report back here and we can discuss the results and how you might best proceed with your studies.

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Hi Rich,

Thanks for suggestion. Before I started my prep I had given one practice test in which I scored 540 (Q-47, V-20). I am planning to take CAT after completing all questions from official guide. What will be your suggestion on that?
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Both are the same in contents,but the ebundle doesn't have any physical book. I myself prefer the physical book and can wait for few weeks for delivery.

The online question bank has 150 additional Verbal and Quant questions not included in the book. The access duration is not more than 1 year.

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I want to know what will be better to buy, GMAT OG Bundle- ebooks+ online question bank or GMAT OG Bundle -books+ online question bank?. I am getting Books+ online question bank at pretty lower cost in amazon compared to online version from Wiley Efficient Learning. There is only one benefits that I can see in online version which is that I can create my own practice set. Someone please help to decide as I am going to buy in one or two days.
If you are targeting 2021 intake then OQB makes sense. But your current level is not known, I would say it depends on you. I have solved few 2021 question here and some seem to be totally different on the language part. So, I am planning to buy Books + OQB and personally don't prefer ebook.

Definitely it should be a fine investment.
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Hi Binay,

The only practical way to assess your GMAT skills over time is to take FULL-LENGTH CATs at regular intervals and under realistic conditions (re: taking the FULL CAT - with the Essay and IR sections, away from your home, at the same time of day as when you'll take the Official GMAT, etc.). In addition, there are certain aspects to taking a FULL CAT that you can only learn by actually taking a FULL CAT - and if you have to make some adjustments to your test-taking routine, then it's better to have MORE time to define those issues and fix them (than waiting to take your CATs at the 'end' of your studies, when you might not have enough time to properly improve). Each CAT also gives us a way to measure how well "your way" of studying is helping you to improve.

Given everything that we have discussed so far, you should take a NEW, FULL-LENGTH CAT sometime soon (and not wait until after you have finished all of the questions in the OG).

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