Hi everyone (made a similar posting on GMAT Club, would like BTG's opinion on this too!)
I'm a little frustrated right now since I just spent 3 hours doing 15 of the XXX diagnostic questions from the 13th edition OG and feel like I've wasted a lot of time ... but I'll start off with an introduction:
I am a fourth year university student (doing a BBA in Canada) registered to do my GMAT early February. I am aiming for a score of 700. I have no intentions of applying to a B-School immediately, but would like a good score within the 5 year grace period after I get some work experience. I decided to take the GMAT earlier this month, since I am not going to school this semester (will start in January again).
I'm very appreciative and thankful I found out about all these great internet resources at my disposal ... my biggest irk though is all the information overload I'm getting! This will be my first time self studying and it's very overwhelming. Although I've read the Newbie topics, I'd really like it if someone had links to some solid + detailed studying plans of specific books and tools to follow. In terms of books, so far, I have the OG and MGMAT (all 8, 5th edition) purchased. Should I add the Kaplan Premier to my arsenal as well (based on the master textbook guide on the forum)? How/when do I use the OG to study?
To be honest, I'm lost on how to study for this. Since I'm currently still in university, I have my studying gears still moving ... but I want to study smarter, not harder (you can probably tell I got a little frustrated spending my afternoon at school ripping my hair from solving a question about angles!). I haven't done a diagnostic test to see what my current score is, but I'm worried it is high opportunity cost in terms of time. I understand the best way to succeed is by taking the tests, and I plan to do that during the latter course of my studying ... but to start off my first week, I'm really just looking for something I can study from to help me tackle those questions.
Unless of course the GMAT is a completely different animal (than say, a school course) and I might have to switch my approach to this altogether.
Many thanks for your insights ... I'll be tackling some more questions in the meantime.
I'm a little frustrated right now since I just spent 3 hours doing 15 of the XXX diagnostic questions from the 13th edition OG and feel like I've wasted a lot of time ... but I'll start off with an introduction:
I am a fourth year university student (doing a BBA in Canada) registered to do my GMAT early February. I am aiming for a score of 700. I have no intentions of applying to a B-School immediately, but would like a good score within the 5 year grace period after I get some work experience. I decided to take the GMAT earlier this month, since I am not going to school this semester (will start in January again).
I'm very appreciative and thankful I found out about all these great internet resources at my disposal ... my biggest irk though is all the information overload I'm getting! This will be my first time self studying and it's very overwhelming. Although I've read the Newbie topics, I'd really like it if someone had links to some solid + detailed studying plans of specific books and tools to follow. In terms of books, so far, I have the OG and MGMAT (all 8, 5th edition) purchased. Should I add the Kaplan Premier to my arsenal as well (based on the master textbook guide on the forum)? How/when do I use the OG to study?
To be honest, I'm lost on how to study for this. Since I'm currently still in university, I have my studying gears still moving ... but I want to study smarter, not harder (you can probably tell I got a little frustrated spending my afternoon at school ripping my hair from solving a question about angles!). I haven't done a diagnostic test to see what my current score is, but I'm worried it is high opportunity cost in terms of time. I understand the best way to succeed is by taking the tests, and I plan to do that during the latter course of my studying ... but to start off my first week, I'm really just looking for something I can study from to help me tackle those questions.
Unless of course the GMAT is a completely different animal (than say, a school course) and I might have to switch my approach to this altogether.
Many thanks for your insights ... I'll be tackling some more questions in the meantime.
