Sorry for the long post, this question has been troubling me greatly, and I hope those who are familiar with MGMAT strategy guides/GMAT can help....
I am currently preparing for my GMAT exam on 6/2 (Taking it the last day before GMAC rolls out the new exam). I have purchased all 8 of the MGMAT Strategy Guides and the Official Guide Companion but have some questions concerning my study plan.
After weeks of researching methods to best tackle the GMAT and reading articles written by Stacey Koprince@MGMAT along w/ other people who have successfully taken the GMAT (Ursula, Twinn Spltter + many others), I came across a post by a poster on this forum named Jek who have utilized MGMAT Guides and achieved a 770 score (Link included below for those interested).
His overall philosophy is master the content first before working on the speed. In sum, he suggests for people to go through the strategy guides first (4-5 out of the 8), do the In Action problems and the problems on the OG BEFORE taking the Diagnostic Test on the OG untimed. His argument is, doing it this way, the result of the DT will provide information on one's upper limits of the knowledge of the exam contents and see if additional review of the contents are necessary.
If the DT yields a favorable score, one should then take 1 of the 2 GMAC tests to see how he/she is taking the exam timed. Then, very lastly, working on improving speed by practicing using the OG questions, take the 6 MGMAT CATS and the remaining GMAC test weeks before the actual exam.
Here are my questions:
Q1: His strategy makes sense since I am hesitant on taking the Diagnostic Test out cold without first knowing anything about the subject matter; it just seems counter-intuitive to me to take a test without first studying for it or have at least any knowledge of the materials! Yet, at the same time, everyone seems to suggest to take the Diagnostic Test before doing any form of studying on the guides. I am quite confused as to which of the two ways is the best to go about preparing for the exam.
Q2: Additionally, if I were to follow Jek's method mentioned above, should I save the OG problems suggested in the strategy guides after taking the Diagnostic Test as it will speed up the time required to go through all of the guides? Or, are the OG questions listed within the MGMAT guides designed for students to go through them first prior on moving from one guide to another?
Given that I'm 4 months away from the exam date, I am worried that I will find myself 2-3 months in and still working through the guides + OG problems given the breadth of the information covered across the 8 guides.
Link to Jek's post: https://www.beatthegmat.com/770-50-q-46- ... 40093.html
Thanks in advance
I am currently preparing for my GMAT exam on 6/2 (Taking it the last day before GMAC rolls out the new exam). I have purchased all 8 of the MGMAT Strategy Guides and the Official Guide Companion but have some questions concerning my study plan.
After weeks of researching methods to best tackle the GMAT and reading articles written by Stacey Koprince@MGMAT along w/ other people who have successfully taken the GMAT (Ursula, Twinn Spltter + many others), I came across a post by a poster on this forum named Jek who have utilized MGMAT Guides and achieved a 770 score (Link included below for those interested).
His overall philosophy is master the content first before working on the speed. In sum, he suggests for people to go through the strategy guides first (4-5 out of the 8), do the In Action problems and the problems on the OG BEFORE taking the Diagnostic Test on the OG untimed. His argument is, doing it this way, the result of the DT will provide information on one's upper limits of the knowledge of the exam contents and see if additional review of the contents are necessary.
If the DT yields a favorable score, one should then take 1 of the 2 GMAC tests to see how he/she is taking the exam timed. Then, very lastly, working on improving speed by practicing using the OG questions, take the 6 MGMAT CATS and the remaining GMAC test weeks before the actual exam.
Here are my questions:
Q1: His strategy makes sense since I am hesitant on taking the Diagnostic Test out cold without first knowing anything about the subject matter; it just seems counter-intuitive to me to take a test without first studying for it or have at least any knowledge of the materials! Yet, at the same time, everyone seems to suggest to take the Diagnostic Test before doing any form of studying on the guides. I am quite confused as to which of the two ways is the best to go about preparing for the exam.
Q2: Additionally, if I were to follow Jek's method mentioned above, should I save the OG problems suggested in the strategy guides after taking the Diagnostic Test as it will speed up the time required to go through all of the guides? Or, are the OG questions listed within the MGMAT guides designed for students to go through them first prior on moving from one guide to another?
Given that I'm 4 months away from the exam date, I am worried that I will find myself 2-3 months in and still working through the guides + OG problems given the breadth of the information covered across the 8 guides.
Link to Jek's post: https://www.beatthegmat.com/770-50-q-46- ... 40093.html
Thanks in advance
