Lets Beat the GMAT! (Jan/Feb/March 07)

greatman · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject:

Hi beatthegmat...thanks for ur advice......so shd I buy Princeton.......

Can u elaborate little more How it can be helpful to me...as I think I am done with baics and now the only strat...is practice and practice......

Which I prefer to do from official stuff......please give me ur suggestions...ur advice is very valuable at this moment...
Thanks

beatthegmat · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject:

greatman · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject:

Hi Eric Thanks a lot for the prompt reply....I am palnning to do following practice tets :-

1. GMAT Prep
2. Kaplan
3. Powerprep
4.Manhattan

What u suggest? I have done one poerprep score 550 and Kaplan score 500...my target is 600....

Shd i add Princeton or delete some test from above list...my final exam is on March 13.......

Thanks again...

beatthegmat · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject:

aim-wsc · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject: why not

yeah practise tests help a lot.

take as many as you can, since you have more than two months in your hand and you are done with basics.
add PR too.

aim-wsc · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: My study plan.

OK
finally I have made a systematic plan for my GMAT study strategy Twisted Evil

Sudy plan:

1. CAT tests i would be taking during my prepartaion:

POWER Prep : I II
GMAT Prep : I II
PRINCETON : I II III IV
KAPLAN : I II III IV

(earlier i decided to purchase 800score tests but then i got Kaplan...)

2. Total time spend: 6.5 hours
3. Total days : 31 days with some rest days excluded.

4. Books/materials i ll be using for prep:
Kaplan 800
OG 11
OG 10
1000 SC (100 % )
1000 CR (~30-50% )

5. Day to day study plan (splits):

For Day One to twenty:
1000 SC: 50 problems a day : spend 1 hour for solving them & 1 hour for analysing them

For Day one to twelve
1000 CR: ~350 problems in 12 days;
30 problems a day : spend 1 hour for solving them & 30 mins for analysing them

FOr Day thirteen to twenty
RC reference any available source 3000 RC too in six day
: five passages a day: 40 min for solving and 30 mins for analysing

That makes 2 hrs for SC from 1-20 day
and 1.5 hrs of CR & RC for 1-12 & 13-20 day
Total" 3.5 hours of prep.

PLUS 3 HOURS OF STUDY WITH BOOKS

from day one to day ten Kaplan 800
from day five to day ten OG 10
from day ten to day twenty OG 11 exclusive 8)

GMAT CAT tests will be practised during prep from day four till day thirty 8)

[note that : the plan is made exclusively for myself considering my needs my weaknesses and strength i wont guarantee if it would suit you ]

aim-wsc · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject:

you must have observed that i don t have any branded GMAT book except Kaplan 800.

I ll go for it with these materials.

but now i am thinking of a 1000SC. is it worth doing all items from that document?

Any experienced person.... Please help.

I know a guy who s solved all 1000 SC problems ...i ll meet him in
Mumbai GMAT meet

Anyway... i have been checking that document from quite some time... have solved many of the problems... ( will post solution on the blog www.thousand.blogspot.com )
but my question is it worth the time ?

instead i m thinking of reading a school grammar book...
yeah thats right...

Any suggestions?

greatman · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:54 am Post subject:

My update of test results :-

In order

Powerprep 1 540

Kaplan 1 510

Kaplan 2 540

Kaplan 3 510

Powerprep 2 620

Final test date March 13

Tests still to do:-

1, GMAT prep-- 1,2

2, Mahattan 1,2,3,4

3, Priceton online free :---- 1

4, Cambridge :- 1

I have tests from Barron, Nova Arco etc....but I dont want to practise these...Any comments?

Study material:

Mainly OG 11, OG verbral and OG quant....has complete these books now revising...

Along with Barron and Manhattan SC for basics....

Please comment how can I improve? My target arou and 600?

Scoring around 40 in quant and 29 in Verbral in Kaplan tests....wants to improve Verbral to 36 atleast....

Thanks in anticipation

aim-wsc · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:21 am Post subject:

great show greatman Smile

thanks for that update.

since you asked for comments, i have one: i use barrons as a toilet paper Neutral

thats it i have nothing else to comment on.

Do let us know hows Manhattan tests... never heard much about them, neither good nor bad Confused

greatman · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:47 am Post subject:

ha ha !!!!

greatman · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:20 pm Post subject:

Hi Aim-wsc...

U did nt comneted on my strats.....

Waiting for suggestions......

aim-wsc · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:43 pm Post subject:

Edit

YOu have plenty of time wth yourself

if you have exhausted the official guides & still thirsty then
try thousand series...

its good

sim cats are good.
no problem
best of luck.

also check my latest article in my blog
that will help;

aim-wsc · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:

Pity
pity

even after five hundred posts nobody helps me when i had a query

Crying or Very sad

greatman · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:51 am Post subject:

Hi,

Thanks for ur suggestions .........whats the source of 1000 series....

I am done with OG 11, Official Verbal and Quant books.

So want to add one more book....which is better Kaplan or Princeton....I have some inclination for Princeton as people say its Verbal section is good.....Any comments.......

beatthegmat · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:57 am Post subject: