10 days for the GMAT- advice pleaseee

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10 days for the GMAT- advice pleaseee

by vkb16 » Sat May 02, 2009 1:59 am
Hi
Ive been preppin for my 2nd attempt (1st attempt- 30 dec, lousy 530!) for almost 4 months now.
My weaknesses were a very low verbal score, mainly bcoz of RC and somewhat due to CR.
In these months, I did a number of lsat papers(with kaplan explanations) and my RC has improved trmendously (hit rate >90%, time <2min/qs)
My CR has improved to a much better level, but still some scope for improvement is there.
SC has stayed really good, plus im re-doing the MGMAT SC book with the OG.

My only area of concern is quant. I have done the concepts from mgmat and math bible till today. Im going to do the entire OG this time, within 3-4 days. What more do u guys suggest for quant?

Also, to get a good practice at giving cats, Im gonna give one CAT every day stating monday(4th) and gonna give the last one on saturday (9th).

Any more suggestions? Corrections?
Also, is it better to give more GMATPreps than MGMAT CATs? or a mix?
Thanks
Latest Scores - MGMAT 650 (24th april)
GMAT Focus(Quant, 28th april) 32-40
Aiming for 710+
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by kobel51 » Sat May 02, 2009 12:36 pm
Stick to GMATPrep CATs. They're much better than any other CATs. I wouldn't recommend taking one a day. Maybe one every other day, because you need to give yourself enough time to carefully study the problems and solutions.

If you have the GMATFix OG Companion (https://www.beatthegmat.com/reviews-of-o ... 33767.html), use it in conjunction with the OG to (1) organize your study by topic rather than just jumping from topic to topic and (2) see how to apply GMAT strategies to GMAT questions. If you don't have the OG Companion, then maybe it's not worth buying since you only have a few days left.

You may be able to catch a couple of free GMAT classes from GMATFix as well (https://www.beatthegmat.com/free-gmatfix ... 35354.html). You can have a look at the class schedule to see whether any class taught next week will address one of your weak areas.

Hope you do well!