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One month left prep ideas needed!

by HalifaxGuy » Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:16 am
Hi, I have been studying for GMAT for sometime now, almost 3 months on and off, on mostly, I think i am in my third month now. my first CAT was 540 , second was 500, my first diagnostic which i struggled with interms of time and focus was a mere 400 something. I had been studying with Kaplan premier, after my second kaplan CAT (500), i decided to take a break , refocus and reorganize, i started reading the blogs , study strategies, etc, various posts, and comments on this website, I bought kaplan math workbook to go thorough the math basics again, also bought MAnhattan SC and kaplan 800, just started doing problems from OG 13. I fell my math is better now, I plan on taking GMAT mid Novemeber, so I have a month to really work on it. I wanted to get some suggestions, in terms, what I could do this month to really work on it. I dont plan on taking any more CATS at this point, I believe I want to go through as much of the OG 13 as possible, then I'll do a Kaplan CAT.

I just wanted to get some suggestions from you guys. I understand GMAT is not about how much practice problems one can do but how one thinks about and approaches a problem. Your comments and suggestions would be appreicated
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:36 am
You answered your question... Review, review, review. If you still have a month left, I don't know that you should not take another CAT. Focus on the OG and other official material.
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by HalifaxGuy » Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:16 am
I am thinking about a few things, in terms of my strategy. I have been making alot of flash cards, i fing them a good way to review and also I was also thinking, I am going to go through OG 13, categorize all questions by topic, for example, arithmetic, Q1, 3, 17, 45, etc, Algebra, Q4, 66, etc.

Then I will do all these questions with a stop watch, check my time,

The other thing I have noticed is that for me it is helpful to make some notes for quant, for example, write down what the questions wants, it only takes a few seconds but it is the difference between correct or incorrect answer.

For example, price of c is 3/5 of 9 in 92, it is 2/5 of 9 in 94, what is the increase from 1992 to 1994, not the origional before 92.

making some notes, taking a few extra seconds to clearly work out problems is also helping,

and making sure not to make careless mistakes.