Length of Study Per Day For A Mid-June Rewrite

Ten per day on the weekend? or 10 total? Also, what's your work schedule like?

I have to run now, but I'll give you my opinion tonight based on your answers to those questions.

In general, I don't advise studying more than 2-3 hours per day.

i think you'd want to give yourself some time post-class to fine tune your skills.... if you are not scoring within range of your target score on practice exams, you should NOT take the exam.

Riprop wrote:Ten per day on the weekend? or 10 total? Also, what's your work schedule like?

I have to run now, but I'll give you my opinion tonight based on your answers to those questions.

In general, I don't advise studying more than 2-3 hours per day.

Yeah...I have been averaging 5 hours on Saturday and 5 hours on Sunday. Needless to say, I have only started a week or so into this pace...it has been a grind.

The more I think about it...I guess the length of study time will be dictated based on how I am scoring on my practice CAT's!!

money9111 wrote:i think you'd want to give yourself some time post-class to fine tune your skills.... if you are not scoring within range of your target score on practice exams, you should NOT take the exam.

Thanks for the advice brother...

acrowson wrote:

Riprop wrote:Ten per day on the weekend? or 10 total? Also, what's your work schedule like?

I have to run now, but I'll give you my opinion tonight based on your answers to those questions.

In general, I don't advise studying more than 2-3 hours per day.

Yeah...I have been averaging 5 hours on Saturday and 5 hours on Sunday. Needless to say, I have only started a week or so into this pace...it has been a grind.

The more I think about it...I guess the length of study time will be dictated based on how I am scoring on my practice CAT's!!

If you split it up properly, you might be alright studying 5 hours each weekend day, but make sure you honestly assess the quality of your studying on those days. If you don't think your processing things well because of the extended period of time, studying that much could actually be detrimental. You'll think you'll have covered everything well, but the sections you studied at the end of your weekend sessions might not really click. You'll be trying to get your five hours in instead of focusing on the materials. I could be wrong, but this is how I work. DIFFERENT METHODS WORK FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE THOUGH. Just remember, this isn't a college exam. You're not cramming one semester of learning into one night of studying. You're studying over a period of six or so weeks. You have time. Quality over quantity studying!

Best of luck! And I'll be happy to answer any questions you have along the way!

Hey, acrowson-

That is a lot of hours- at Knewton, we recommend about 6-8 hours a week for the two months before the test, which is the period you're in now. Your 20+ hours/week may very well burn you out rather than prepare you for the test. We know you're aiming for a serious score jump, and that's great (and certainly achievable), but moderation is always best.

For more details about hours of study, and how to focus your time to study SMARTER, not HARDER, check out this blog piece by our faculty manager and superstar GMAT teacher, Dave Ingber:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/04/ ... r-the-gmat

Of course, the Knewton course was designed to help students hit their goal scores while maintaining a busy work schedule. You can trust our course to guide your study schedule. Meanwhile, if it makes you comfortable, keep up the hard work, but if you feel yourself burning out, make sure to make adjustments!

Best of luck!
Alex

Alex_Knewton wrote:Hey, acrowson-

That is a lot of hours- at Knewton, we recommend about 6-8 hours a week for the two months before the test, which is the period you're in now. Your 20+ hours/week may very well burn you out rather than prepare you for the test. We know you're aiming for a serious score jump, and that's great (and certainly achievable), but moderation is always best.

For more details about hours of study, and how to focus your time to study SMARTER, not HARDER, check out this blog piece by our faculty manager and superstar GMAT teacher, Dave Ingber:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/04/ ... r-the-gmat

Of course, the Knewton course was designed to help students hit their goal scores while maintaining a busy work schedule. You can trust our course to guide your study schedule. Meanwhile, if it makes you comfortable, keep up the hard work, but if you feel yourself burning out, make sure to make adjustments!

Best of luck!
Alex

Thanks for the insight Alex!! I am loving the Knewton course so far...I am definitely feeling confident with how I am being prepared!!