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GMAT Club Weekly Study Plan - Week 7 Updated on: 19 Jul 2026, 00:00
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How was your experience with Official Mock 2 last week?

Were you able to analyze your performance properly and get some clear data points on what to focus on next? That becomes really important now, because how you invest your time over the next few weeks will make a big difference.

Also hoping this time you were able to relate more to the test, the flow, the pressure, and what it takes to stay consistent throughout.

Moving on to this week.

Weekly time budget: 10 to 15 hours total

Week 7 rules (so the group stays aligned)

• Spend a few extra seconds before solving to decide your approach
• Don’t force a method if it’s not working, step back and rethink
• Keep your steps clean, avoid over-complicating solutions
• Use your mock takeaways actively during practice this week

QUANT+


Week 7: Combinations | Probability | Min–Max

This is the part of Quant where formulas exist...
...but blindly using them is how you lose points.

Combinatorics can be solved in multiple ways.
Probability looks simple but can go wrong quickly if you rely on shortcuts.
Min–max questions seem straightforward until you miss a constraint.

A lot of students struggle with combinatorics and probability, so concentrate on building the fundamentals properly, so you don’t lose your way later.

What this week is really about
By the end of Week 7, you should be able to:

  • Recognize when order matters and when it doesn’t
  • Stop brute-forcing combinations that need structure
  • Use complementary probability naturally
  • Respect constraints in min–max problems instead of hand-waving them away
  • Know when listing is safer than formulas

Core reads:

Book reference (if you have it):
  • Manhattan GMAT Quant + DI
    • Chapter 16: Inequalities and Max Min
    • Chapter 29: Combinatorics
    • Chapter 30: Probability

Videos:

Combinatorics

GMAT Club


GMAT Ninja

Manhattan

GMAT with CJ



Probability

GMAT Club



GMAT Ninja

Manhattan



Min-Max

Manhattan



Pick one main explainer per topic. Watching everything helps less than you think.

Practice Sets:

Phase 1: Easy-mode practice

Target:
  • Either reach 80% accuracy on 20 questions, or
  • Build a clean streak of 15 correct

You have two ways to do this. Pick the one that fits how you usually study.

Option A: Manual practice (no Forum Quiz subscription needed)
Click the links below, sort by Kudos and solve questions directly on the forum.


Option B: Forum Quiz mode (recommended if you have the subscription)
  • Build 3 quizzes - (1) Combinations, (2) Probability, (3) Min-Max
  • Goal is the same as Option A: 80% on 20 or a streak of 15
  • Do small sets (15 questions). Review after each set.

Timing ramp for Phase 1
  • Set 1: Untimed (focus on setup and accuracy)
  • Set 2: Soft-timed (generous time, still process-focused)
  • Set 3: Normal pacing only after accuracy is stable

Phase 2: Official-style questions (only after Phase 1 feels comfortable)
Once the practice sets feel comfortable, it's good to start testing yourself on official-style questions:

Target:
  • Either reach 90% accuracy on 30 questions, or
  • Build a clean streak of 20 correct

Forum PracticeQuiz
- Combinations
- Probability
- Min-Max		- Combinations
- Probability
- Min-Max

Common traps to actively watch for
  • Using permutations when combinations are required
  • Forgetting complementary probability exists
  • Ignoring hidden constraints in min–max
  • Over-calculating when elimination would work

The best solution here often looks boring. That’s a good sign.

What’s coming next week

Word Problems and Coordinate geometry


VERBAL+


Reading Comprehension – Specific Questions

This week, RC shifts from "what is this passage about" to "what exactly does this line say".

Specific questions punish:
  • Memory-based reading
  • Vague impressions
  • Answering from intuition instead of the text

What you should get out of this week
By the end of the week, you should be able to:
  • You’ll go back to the passage more confidently
  • You’ll stop answering from memory
  • You’ll match answer choices to exact lines
  • You’ll feel less rushed on detail-heavy questions

Core Reads:

Book Reading

Manhattan Prep – GMAT All the Verbal
  • Chapter 14: Specific Questions

Videos:

Choose whichever style clicks for you.

GMAT Club



GMAT Ninja



Manhattan Prep



Practice Sets:

Phase 1: Easy-mode practice

Target:
  • Either reach 80% accuracy on 3 sets, or
  • Build a clean streak of 3 sets

You have two ways to do this. Pick the one that fits how you usually study.

Option A: Manual practice (no Forum Quiz subscription needed)
Click the links below, sort by Kudos and solve questions on the forum.


Option B: Forum Quiz mode (recommended if you have the subscription)
  • Build one quiz - RC
  • Goal is the same as Option A: 80% on 3 sets or a streak of 3 sets
  • Complete 3 sets and review after each set.

Timing ramp for Phase 1
  • Set 1: Untimed (focus on setup and accuracy)
  • Set 2: Soft-timed (generous time, still process-focused)
  • Set 3: Normal pacing only after accuracy is stable

Phase 2: Official-style questions (only after Phase 1 feels comfortable)
Once the practice sets feel comfortable, it's good to start testing yourself on official-style questions:

Target:
  • Either reach 90% accuracy on 5 sets, or
  • Build a clean streak of 5 sets

Forum PracticeQuiz
- RC- RC

Focus on

For each passage:
  • Write one sentence on why the passage exists
  • Ignore tempting detail-heavy answer choices
  • Check if the answer matches the entire passage, not one paragraph

What’s coming next

Next Verbal update, we’ll move back to Bold Face and Discrepancy CR questions.


DATA INSIGHTS+


Multi-Source Reasoning (MSR)

MSR this week is about efficiency, not learning new mechanics. You already know how MSR works. Now you’re learning how not to waste time inside it.

Continue MSR sets from previous weeks

Practice Focus:

  • Continue MSR sets from previous weeks
  • Read the question first, always
  • Open only the tabs you need
  • Track claims across sources instead of rereading everything

Core Reads:


Manhattan Prep: GMAT All the Quant + DI
  • Chapter 18: Multi-Source Reasoning

Videos:

GMAT Club

GMAT Whiz

GMAT with CJ



Practice Sets:

Phase 1: Easy-mode practice

Target:
  • Either reach 80% accuracy on 3 sets, or
  • Build a clean streak of 3 sets

You have two ways to do this. Pick the one that fits how you usually study.

Option A: Manual practice (no Forum Quiz subscription needed)
Click the links below, sort by Kudos and solve questions directly on the forum.


Option B: Forum Quiz mode (recommended if you have the subscription)
  • Build MSR Quiz
  • Goal is the same as Option A: 80% on 3 sets or a streak of 3 sets
  • Do small sets (3 sets). Review after each set.

Timing ramp for Phase 1
  • Set 1: Untimed (focus on setup and accuracy)
  • Set 2: Soft-timed (generous time, still process-focused)
  • Set 3: Normal pacing only after accuracy is stable

Phase 2: Official-style questions (only after Phase 1 feels comfortable)
Once the practice sets feel comfortable, it's good to start testing yourself on official-style questions:

Target:
  • Either reach 90% accuracy on 5 sets, or
  • Build a clean streak of 5 sets

Forum PracticeQuiz
- MSR - MSR

What’s coming next week

TPA in DI, one of the tougher and more time-consuming question type


ERROR LOG+


Continue the same structure from last week.


GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDELINES+


How to post your Week 7 update in the group (copy/paste template)
  • Reading sources & Time spent:
  • Quant questions solved:
  • Quant accuracy: combinations __% | probability __% | min-max __%
  • Verbal questions solved:
  • Verbal accuracy: rc __%
  • DI questions solved:
  • DI accuracy: msr __%
  • One question link I want discussed (include your full attempt):

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