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piyushdabomb
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Hi,
I've looked at numerous study strategies and plans out there for people who have both been successful and unsuccessful at their usage. The problem I've noticed however, is that I can't seem to make "my" study plan work out for me based on past experiences with frustration. Here is my thought and if you can provide any feedback, I sincerely appreciate it:
The first time I started studying for my exam, I gave myself 4 months. I didn't schedule the exam, but the first 2 months, I dedicatedly studied only quant 2 hours a day on the weekdays and 6 hours on the weekend. By the third month I jumped straight into verbal and repeated the process. I started forgetting my quant and this was frustrating (even after making notecards). - This was problem #1
During my 2 hour days of only studying either quant or verbal, I told myself that I would allocate 1 hour for foundation work, 0.5 hours of problem set review, and 0.5 hours of problem set review. I realized that I wasn't spending enough time reviewing the problems, so I lessened my foundation development. I again realized that my foundations were not strong enough. Not only did I lose time, but it was a tug-of-war situation on where to draw the line - This was problem #2.
From all the study schedules I've found online, no one addresses the following issues in any level of granularity:
1. Best practices on studying both quant and verbal simultaneously without forgetting one or the other.
2. How to effectively allocate and time manage foundations development, problem solving, and problems reviewing.
So my obvious questions:
1. How do I effectively and only a daily basis tackle both the quant and the verbal sections? I don't want to land in my past experience with forgetting key topics because I spent so much time on one section over another.
2. I haven't started studying again, but I will begin to create an action plan in 24 hours. What's the most efficient method to spend time building my foundations, working on problems, and reviewing problems simultaneously?
For example, if you look at Dana's study plan for one with a verbal focus (a focus I clearly need), she breaks down the gmat by sections, by treating both the quant and verbal sections independently. It didn't work for me.
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/01/ ... -gmat-plan
Help?
I've looked at numerous study strategies and plans out there for people who have both been successful and unsuccessful at their usage. The problem I've noticed however, is that I can't seem to make "my" study plan work out for me based on past experiences with frustration. Here is my thought and if you can provide any feedback, I sincerely appreciate it:
The first time I started studying for my exam, I gave myself 4 months. I didn't schedule the exam, but the first 2 months, I dedicatedly studied only quant 2 hours a day on the weekdays and 6 hours on the weekend. By the third month I jumped straight into verbal and repeated the process. I started forgetting my quant and this was frustrating (even after making notecards). - This was problem #1
During my 2 hour days of only studying either quant or verbal, I told myself that I would allocate 1 hour for foundation work, 0.5 hours of problem set review, and 0.5 hours of problem set review. I realized that I wasn't spending enough time reviewing the problems, so I lessened my foundation development. I again realized that my foundations were not strong enough. Not only did I lose time, but it was a tug-of-war situation on where to draw the line - This was problem #2.
From all the study schedules I've found online, no one addresses the following issues in any level of granularity:
1. Best practices on studying both quant and verbal simultaneously without forgetting one or the other.
2. How to effectively allocate and time manage foundations development, problem solving, and problems reviewing.
So my obvious questions:
1. How do I effectively and only a daily basis tackle both the quant and the verbal sections? I don't want to land in my past experience with forgetting key topics because I spent so much time on one section over another.
2. I haven't started studying again, but I will begin to create an action plan in 24 hours. What's the most efficient method to spend time building my foundations, working on problems, and reviewing problems simultaneously?
For example, if you look at Dana's study plan for one with a verbal focus (a focus I clearly need), she breaks down the gmat by sections, by treating both the quant and verbal sections independently. It didn't work for me.
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/01/ ... -gmat-plan
Help?
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Sincerely,
Piyush A.
Sincerely,
Piyush A.
