Need help on how to start prepping for Quants

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Hi guys,

I am relatively weak at quants however, want to achieve the score of 700+.

I am able to understand the concepts however, when it comes to do the questions I falter.

Kindly let me know how to go about it.

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desertEagle · Answer

First find out what your level is in quants. You must take a diagnostic test to gauge where u stand. I see your target goal is defined as 700+. If you want to score 700+ there can be many ways. One ways is to do great in verbal and score 51, then you would only need 35 in quant. However i believe that you want to score high in quants because getting a high score of even 42 in verbal is very tough. So, I take your target for verbal will be around 38 and then your target for Quants will be 48+. Google "gmat score chart" if you want to see more.

After that see what level questions you are capable of doing. For that you go to gmatclub-> GMAT -> practice question banks .. select 700+ and then select official GMAT questions.... Then do 20 questions, 10 each from DS and PS. Then see how many are you capable of doing untimed. If you are able to get 80+% correct, then you should keep doing 700+ questions both from GMAT and not gmat sources. Else drop your level and select 600-700 questions. If you are able to 80+% correct, you need to just brush up things and continue doing so that you reach 100% accuracy in last 20 questions you attempted. Then you move up to 700+ questions. If you are not able to do 80% of 600-700 questions correctly, then you need to learn the basics. Pick ebooks of manhattan prep books(you can get them for free by searching google with keyword "manhattan gmat pdfdrive") and do them and learn all the formulas and start doing <600 level questions. Once you start getting 100% accuracy in last 20 questions, then move to 600-700 level questions and keep moving up.

Best of luck

Russ19 · Answer

Hi  shubhz4488 ,
After mastering specific topic-related concepts, you can attempt topic-based easy, medium, and hard OG questions respectively.
Good Luck!

shubhz4488 · Answer

Thanks everyone for your support and response on this.

How should I even approach Quants from scratch given I have lost touch with it since a long long time.

Should I finish off one topic and do some questions from the OG and 500+ level questions and move on to the next topics post which at a go I can practice all the topics or how exactly should I go about it ?

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EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi shubhz4488,

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

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BLTN · Answer

Dear shubhz4488,
if you are good at self-studying then reading the Manhattan guides is preferable option. In other case, you can take the online course. There are abundance of platforms that provide quant and verbal course, and reviews most of them are presented here. I would suggest to take TTP course because its well-structured study plan and unique approach already have helped me to ameliorate my Quant score. You can take its diagnostic test to check where you are.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi shubhz4488,

I have a great article you can check out:

How to Increase Your GMAT Quant Score: Top 25 Tips

Feel free to reach out with any questions.

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

One thing that can be helpful is trying to figure out shorter ways to solve questions. There are some video Quant tips on the GMAT Knight blog showing this. When you review questions, see whether you can leverage the answer choices to back-solve. Perhaps you can easily estimate your way to an answer choice rather than figure out the exact value of the answer which could be more tedious.

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