Create a GMAT Preparation Timeline

It normally takes GMAT students around 100 to 150 hours of study time to achieve a 100-point score increase, though some students need significantly less or more time.

Additional score improvements often take longer. So, another 100 points might take 150 to 200 hours more. A third 100 points could take 200 to 300 hours more.

Now, these are rough figures. You may need more or less time to achieve such increases. However, you can use these figures to at least get a starting sense of how much time you’ll need.

A typical study schedule is to study for about 2 hours each weekday and 4 to 5 hours each weekend day. If you use that schedule, you’ll get in about 18 to 20 hours of GMAT study per week.

To determine how long it may take to achieve your goal, you can divide your total expected preparation time by the number of hours you can prepare each week. For example, say you want to achieve a 100-point increase, you think you’ll need 150 hours to do so, and you can study for 18 hours a week. In that case, divide 150 by 18 to get 8.33 weeks, or around two months to achieve your goal.

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