Hi,
decided to post my experience, hoping somebody might find it helpful.
If you are working in any consulting firm, then trust me and plan well in advance!
Now, the journey began 2 months back when because of some health issues i was on leave for good 3-4 weeks. At that moment i decided to give the exam which had been on my "to do list" since high school.
The first question that comes to one's mind as the journey begins is whether to go for a coaching class. Followed by what material to refer to and how much time to devote.
In my opinion, coaching classes should be opted for only if u are going to be regular and have that extra time to listen someone teach first and then put that into practice. Or just go through the material and learn on your own. I opted for the latter. The material that should be referred will actually very from person to person. Start with the OG, pay attention to why that book also starts with a practice test. :)I guess you must have got the clue by now.
I referred to the following in the below mentioned order.
1) OG 12
2) Manhattan SC 4th ed.
3) Manhattan CR 4th ed.
4) Verbal review 12th - 2nd ed. (whichever was the latest. whilst referring 2 & 3)
5) Manhattan SC 2nd ed.
6) OG 10 (whilst referring 5)
7) Aristotle SC Correction
8) Powerscore CR Bible
9) BTG verbal question for the day (Referred to BTG on few occasions)
While i practiced the problems from these books, i tracked the areas which needed improvement based on wrong answers out of total questions in the that section or error rate. The error rate for whichever sub section within a section showed me the least improvement i worked on that area first. Too complex !!..
For eg. A track sheet for SC section looked like 137 questions as 18/137 with majority of mistakes in idioms sub-section. So studied idioms list , made few notes which i referred to on the day before the exam.
This strategy was interspersed with 6 Manhattan & 4 Gmat-prep practice tests, which i feel are more than enough for the preparation. The exam score were always less than the actual Gmat score (710,650,720,680,730,720,710,710,700,720 in no particular order).
Anyways, that was it from the preparation point of view.
Few things which help overall are:
1) don't study anything on the day prior to the examination
2) if you have to, then go through few notes (which should be created by you based on your study approach).
3) read some book to pass time
4) don't eat anything out of ordinary. I had a chocolate before the exam to keep the energy level high.
Hope it helps. Goodluck and go BTG!
M
decided to post my experience, hoping somebody might find it helpful.
If you are working in any consulting firm, then trust me and plan well in advance!
Now, the journey began 2 months back when because of some health issues i was on leave for good 3-4 weeks. At that moment i decided to give the exam which had been on my "to do list" since high school.
The first question that comes to one's mind as the journey begins is whether to go for a coaching class. Followed by what material to refer to and how much time to devote.
In my opinion, coaching classes should be opted for only if u are going to be regular and have that extra time to listen someone teach first and then put that into practice. Or just go through the material and learn on your own. I opted for the latter. The material that should be referred will actually very from person to person. Start with the OG, pay attention to why that book also starts with a practice test. :)I guess you must have got the clue by now.
I referred to the following in the below mentioned order.
1) OG 12
2) Manhattan SC 4th ed.
3) Manhattan CR 4th ed.
4) Verbal review 12th - 2nd ed. (whichever was the latest. whilst referring 2 & 3)
5) Manhattan SC 2nd ed.
6) OG 10 (whilst referring 5)
7) Aristotle SC Correction
8) Powerscore CR Bible
9) BTG verbal question for the day (Referred to BTG on few occasions)
While i practiced the problems from these books, i tracked the areas which needed improvement based on wrong answers out of total questions in the that section or error rate. The error rate for whichever sub section within a section showed me the least improvement i worked on that area first. Too complex !!..
For eg. A track sheet for SC section looked like 137 questions as 18/137 with majority of mistakes in idioms sub-section. So studied idioms list , made few notes which i referred to on the day before the exam.
This strategy was interspersed with 6 Manhattan & 4 Gmat-prep practice tests, which i feel are more than enough for the preparation. The exam score were always less than the actual Gmat score (710,650,720,680,730,720,710,710,700,720 in no particular order).
Anyways, that was it from the preparation point of view.
Few things which help overall are:
1) don't study anything on the day prior to the examination
2) if you have to, then go through few notes (which should be created by you based on your study approach).
3) read some book to pass time
4) don't eat anything out of ordinary. I had a chocolate before the exam to keep the energy level high.
Hope it helps. Goodluck and go BTG!
M
