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gmat_102011
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Hi Guys,
My first post over here.
After months of procrastinating, I have finally decided to bite the bullet and re-take the GMAT exam. Scored a 660 (48Q, 34V) in my first attempt. Need a solid 720 plus to camouflage my poor acad scores. Planning to start from 1st March with some 6-7 odd months of preparation time. Here's what I have in mind:
Books
Verbal
For Sentence Correction - I was thinking of starting with e-gmat followed by Aristotle SC Grail. If these two resources don't give me the desired accuracy, I shall pick up Manhattan SC.
For Reading Comprehension - RC 99
For Critical Reasoning - PowerScore
Once I am through with all these books, I will start with the official guides
Quant
Although a score of 48 is not too bad, I am not sure if I'll be able to repeat this performance. Plus, I really think that I can score a 49+ with more focus and dedication. My weak topics are - Co-oridnate, geometry, P&C, probability, absolute values and inequalities. I have a feeling if I can master these topics, I'll be able to break in through the 49+ barrier. Will start with other topics only once I am through with the ones mentioned above.
Anyway, somehow there aren't any great books/courses available for quant section in the market. The only set which I liked so far is the Veritas one but its too expensive. So have decided to just browse around the forums for questions/material.
Structure
Will only be able to give 1-2 hour on weekdays followed by 3-4 hours on weekends. For the first month or so, I'll try to do 3 RC passages and ten CR questions everyday and any additional time (specially during weekends) would be devoted towards sentence correction. After that, ill dedicated my weekdays to quant and weekends to verbal.
Only once I am reasonably confident of my accuracy, I'll start taking full length/sectional tests.
Guess, I have rambled on a lot.
Let me know what you guys think of the above ? Any changes I should make or books I should add ?
Cheers
My first post over here.
After months of procrastinating, I have finally decided to bite the bullet and re-take the GMAT exam. Scored a 660 (48Q, 34V) in my first attempt. Need a solid 720 plus to camouflage my poor acad scores. Planning to start from 1st March with some 6-7 odd months of preparation time. Here's what I have in mind:
Books
Verbal
For Sentence Correction - I was thinking of starting with e-gmat followed by Aristotle SC Grail. If these two resources don't give me the desired accuracy, I shall pick up Manhattan SC.
For Reading Comprehension - RC 99
For Critical Reasoning - PowerScore
Once I am through with all these books, I will start with the official guides
Quant
Although a score of 48 is not too bad, I am not sure if I'll be able to repeat this performance. Plus, I really think that I can score a 49+ with more focus and dedication. My weak topics are - Co-oridnate, geometry, P&C, probability, absolute values and inequalities. I have a feeling if I can master these topics, I'll be able to break in through the 49+ barrier. Will start with other topics only once I am through with the ones mentioned above.
Anyway, somehow there aren't any great books/courses available for quant section in the market. The only set which I liked so far is the Veritas one but its too expensive. So have decided to just browse around the forums for questions/material.
Structure
Will only be able to give 1-2 hour on weekdays followed by 3-4 hours on weekends. For the first month or so, I'll try to do 3 RC passages and ten CR questions everyday and any additional time (specially during weekends) would be devoted towards sentence correction. After that, ill dedicated my weekdays to quant and weekends to verbal.
Only once I am reasonably confident of my accuracy, I'll start taking full length/sectional tests.
Guess, I have rambled on a lot.
Let me know what you guys think of the above ? Any changes I should make or books I should add ?
Cheers
