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Advice needed

by Charlize08 » Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:59 am
Hi everyone!

I would really appreciate if you could share your advices and opinion with me.

I took my first gmat test in December and scored 650 (42 verbal, 36 quant). I decided to take it again in january and worked for 3 weeks, approximatively 3 hours a day. I focused on quant and went through every exercise of the OG guide and spent some time reviewing my mistakes.

I was very disappointed to score a 660 the second time, especially since my quant score did not even improve at all (44 verbal, 36 quant). The day before, I had scored 700 with Manhattan gmat CAT (with 41 in quant).

I want to pass the test for a third time in March and I really want to score at least 700. I am not sure how to go about my study plan from there. I feel like I am familiar with most of the material, although i should probably review some rules I still do not fully master.

What would you suggest me to do? Is there any website or study material you can recommend? (I went through the material with manhanttan gmat guides and practiced with OG, OG Quant and OG Verbal. I also recently discovered Grockit). Is there anything that really helped you to increase your quant score?

I am not too worried about verbal, as i always score in the 90 to 97th percentile but i really need to improve my math skills.

Thanks in advance for your help!
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by FutureWorks » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:44 am
Hi Charlize08,

Juggling between work and studies is tough so you need to define a significant time for your GMAT preparation. Sometimes taking few days off work for preparing for the GMAT can help a person tremendously. If you have time this may not be a bad idea. Take practise GMAT tests to see how you are doing. If you cannot do that don't worry. What might work instead is to set aside 1-2 hours at night on weekdays and major part of your weekend to study and prepare for GMAT- in this case we will suggest a good 2-3 months preparation. However we recommend you to keep taking practise tests to gauge your performance. It will help you in identifying your weak areas and you can focus on them accordingly. You might be able to study more than the given hours and that would take you less than 2-3 months. It all depends on your potential really.
There are various ways you can use to practise for your GMAT. You might need to change your practise style and try this combination to provide you flexibility and different styles to practise so it doesn't get monotonous.

It could be combination of-
1-Books- Books like- The Official Guide for GMAT Review, The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review, The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review etc could be used.

2-Online Study Guide: Websites like Knewton, Grockit etc provide you with practise questions online.

3-Smart phone applications- Kaplan, Veritas etc offer applications to prepare for GMAT on your smart phones.