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by sid.gmat » Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:15 am
Hi, i just started on the 60 day plan (6 days down) and am already 2 days behind on the workload. Its not like I am deliberately procrastinating but with work et al there are some days on which 24 hours are just not enough and i can barely come home and crash for what remains of the night.

my question therefore is, if i for whatever reasons can't keep up the daily schedule and fall behind what is the best way i should approach it. Keep up with the daily sequence (that is, if i miss day 4, then on day 5 ignore day 4 all together and do what the day 5 email tells me to do) or keep up with the study sequence (that is, in the above example, on day 5 i do day 4 work, on day 6 i do day 5 and so on and so forth).

I will obviously try and keep up with the schedule and on days i have more time i will obviously try and catch up, but this is to answer a more immediate concern.

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by sivaelectric » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:13 am
Hey buddy, first thing you are not alone. Many people out here have had troubles. First time when I joined I missed it totally and I am using it again in my own way. :)

60 day GMAT plan is designed in such a way that you approach the exam step by step and topic by topic. Dont jump days if you miss. My opinion if you miss 4th day dont jump to 5th day if you start the next day. Try somehow to allocate two hours each day. Never miss a day. :) Hope it helped.
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:47 am
Hi sid.gmat,

I thought I'd weigh in as well.

The Guide is very sequential, especially in the math section where it's often important to master one concept before moving on to a new concept that will require you to apply the first concept.

Time-wise, I'd be curious to know how many people stick with the schedule every day for all 60 days. There must be times when work, family, weekends interfere.

Keep at it - it gets easier :-)

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by Kemmy G » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:01 am
Hello Brent@GMATPrepNow. I was just going to post the same comment as Sid.gmat above when I saw his post. I try to keep up with the lessons, but it's awfully hard! I come home from work at about 6/7pm every evening and then devote the next 4 hours to studying, but even at that, I find myself spending an entire 4 hours just understanding and memorizing one topic, not to talk of the 3 or 4 I'm supposed to study for that period! Some of the topics, I haven't covered before, so I can't rush through them (took me 3 days to finish a particular topic).Consequently, I'm several days behind. I did read the fine print- "This study guide was designed specifically for students who can devote 2-4 hours of prep time each day over 60 days. If you can't commit to this plan, then this study guide probably isn't for you" and I knew I would make the time. It's just that the sheer volume of work is exhausting. As it is, there's barely time to wind down from work before I get stuck straight into studying. Don't get me wrong; I love the structured reading. It's stopped me from bouncing around from topic to topic and I get more studying done with the guide, but with a full 8-5 job, how do I juggle this? :(
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:17 am
Kemmy G wrote:Hello Brent@GMATPrepNow. I was just going to post the same comment as Sid.gmat above when I saw his post. I try to keep up with the lessons, but it's awfully hard! I come home from work at about 6/7pm every evening and then devote the next 4 hours to studying, but even at that, I find myself spending an entire 4 hours just understanding and memorizing one topic, not to talk of the 3 or 4 I'm supposed to study for that period! Some of the topics, I haven't covered before, so I can't rush through them (took me 3 days to finish a particular topic).Consequently, I'm several days behind. I did read the fine print- "This study guide was designed specifically for students who can devote 2-4 hours of prep time each day over 60 days. If you can't commit to this plan, then this study guide probably isn't for you" and I knew I would make the time. It's just that the sheer volume of work is exhausting. As it is, there's barely time to wind down from work before I get stuck straight into studying. Don't get me wrong; I love the structured reading. It's stopped me from bouncing around from topic to topic and I get more studying done with the guide, but with a full 8-5 job, how do I juggle this? :(

Hi Kemmy,

I wish there were an easy answer to your question. It's extremely tough to prepare for the GMAT when you have to work 8-12 hours each day first.

As you know, the Guide has a list of To-Do activities and several extra learning activities. If your practice GMATPrep test(s) indicates that you are already close to your target score, you can probably drop some of those additional activities/questions. If you are still far from your target score, you should probably continue to complete all of the learning activities - it just might take you longer than 60 days.

Please note that the last 17 days of the Guide are devoted to taking practice tests and strengthening weaknesses, so it's not like you will have tons of homework for the entire 60 days.

I hope that helps somewhat.

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