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jacksonlong
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Just beat the gmat!!! here is my experience:
started studying around the 2nd week of DEC (so total about 6 weeks)
books:
og11
manhattan sc
princeton review cracking the gmat
practice exams
gmatprep 660
manhattan free cat 680
princeton cat1 630
princeton cat2 670
powerprep1 660
powerprep2 680
gmatprep2 690
main thing that helped me was all the practice cats I took. Pacing was my biggest problem and all these timed test helped me develop a good rhythm.
I did not find og11 as help as many people have said. About 4/5 the questions were too easy and I felt I was wasting time doing them. I ended up only doing the last 30 questions from each section.
Most important thing that I have learned from this experience is make an educated guess and move on when you do not have the exact answer. The worst thing to do is waste valuable time AND THEN get the answer wrong. I may have gotten lucky on a couple of guesses today, because honestly I was not expecting anything higher than a 710.
started studying around the 2nd week of DEC (so total about 6 weeks)
books:
og11
manhattan sc
princeton review cracking the gmat
practice exams
gmatprep 660
manhattan free cat 680
princeton cat1 630
princeton cat2 670
powerprep1 660
powerprep2 680
gmatprep2 690
main thing that helped me was all the practice cats I took. Pacing was my biggest problem and all these timed test helped me develop a good rhythm.
I did not find og11 as help as many people have said. About 4/5 the questions were too easy and I felt I was wasting time doing them. I ended up only doing the last 30 questions from each section.
Most important thing that I have learned from this experience is make an educated guess and move on when you do not have the exact answer. The worst thing to do is waste valuable time AND THEN get the answer wrong. I may have gotten lucky on a couple of guesses today, because honestly I was not expecting anything higher than a 710.
