Abhimanyu14
Hi
I am planning to appear for GMAT in June End.. I am preparing a study plan for 3 months.
I took
Magoosh 10 ques diagnostic tests, got 5/10 in verbal and 8/10 in Quant.
Should i take the official gmat practice test before starting prep to get a real scenario and plan my studies accordingly?
Or are there other fairly good test that i should take now and keep the offical tests for later?
Please guide.
Hello,
Abhimanyu14, and welcome to the community. I differ from my colleagues somewhat when it comes to recommending when students ought to take their first official practice test. Since there are only two free tests, I suggest treating each one as a precious commodity. Burn through the diagnostic in the
OG if you want to get used to official GMAT™-style questions, but to establish a baseline score "cold" might show you nothing other than that you need to study more, not even necessarily which areas you need to study. I would get into the theory a bit and work in small sets of practice questions, and once your enthusiasm starts to taper off, that is the point at which you ought to establish a baseline. Set your goal for a practice test by the end of this month. That will help you hold yourself accountable and take the prep process seriously. (And if the results come out well below your eventual target score, you will still have plenty of time in which to improve before taking on the second practice test.)
Good luck with your studies, however you go about them.
- Andrew