GMAT Strategy

Hey guys,

I wrote the GMAT in early Jan and got a 590 (Verbal and Quant, both 58%). I did the Kaplan online course but was not very diligent in doing everything in it. I skimmed the material and gave the test a shot. I did not find Kaplan inspiring as such. I applied to the school of my choice and now have a chance to get in if I can improve my GMAT to 650 or higher. From what I have read here, it seems Manhattan GMAT is the way to go. I'd like to find out your thoughts on what course materials I should use and what strategy to implement. I have the OG 12 and the Quant and Verbal books. I'm writing end of March. I appreciate your help. Thank you.

What are your weak areas in quant? That will dictate which (if not all) MGMAT books you should get. The only thing I see here though is that by the time you receive the books you'll have a little over a week to study and there's no way you can go through all of the MGMAT study guides PROPERLY in such a short time frame. I will say that the Word Translations guide is invaluable as is the number properties guide.

I suggest that whatever preparation material you choose, don't skim through it, carefully read each and every tips and lessons.

RayDream wrote:Hey guys,

I wrote the GMAT in early Jan and got a 590 (Verbal and Quant, both 58%). I did the Kaplan online course but was not very diligent in doing everything in it. I skimmed the material and gave the test a shot. I did not find Kaplan inspiring as such. I applied to the school of my choice and now have a chance to get in if I can improve my GMAT to 650 or higher. From what I have read here, it seems Manhattan GMAT is the way to go. I'd like to find out your thoughts on what course materials I should use and what strategy to implement. I have the OG 12 and the Quant and Verbal books. I'm writing end of March. I appreciate your help. Thank you.

For verbal,I think ur material is sufficient.
Just learn the concepts slowly-dont skim thru it.

For maths,try making notes of the elimination strategy,shortcut-tricks.
Also,can you mention ur weak and strong pts. in the QUANT and VERBAL ??