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Your new plan sounds reasonable. Actually, I think it's a good thing that the OG explanations are awful - it really forces you to think through problems and design your own methods. If the OG just laid it out for you, I think less learning would take place.

20 problems a day might be a little low. You'll probably breeze through a few of the problems, especially at first (the OG goes in rough order of difficulty). To figure out a good studying pace, work backwards from your test day. The three OG have about 1500 problems in them, total; just divide 1500 by the number of days until your test, and that's your pace (you said 6 weeks, which we'll call 40 days, which works out to 38 problems/day). Optimally, you'll be able to get through all three OG and take a few practice tests, but the focus should definitely be on quality rather than quantity.

Good luck!

Thanks, will keep you posted. I've started with the OG math book today and managed to complete 20. Yes, you're right, they were quite easy and many people say that one should just start w/ #50. However, I feel that the problems before that serve as a confidence booster and should be solved. Tommorrow I will try to do the 40 probs. I plan on completing the math book and then jumping to verbal.

Also, for anyone considering Kaplan.....I think the experiences of those in this forum says a lot. Yes, Kaplan problems are quite difficult, and help you practice for the hardest problems on the GMAT.

However......Kaplan instruction sucks. Their instructors are not well trained, and don't have to score particularly high on the test in order to teach. If you are going to drop over $1k on test prep, go with Manhattan. If all you ever do is just buy their books, you will be better prepared than if you took a Kaplan course.