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Strategy for last two weeks too ambitious???

by anniev2 » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:42 am
I plan to take the test in 2 weeks and I'm wondering what you guys thought about my study schedule:

Note: my weakness is SC, DS; strength is PS, CR; RC is


Today 3/3: 60 questions (mix of RC, SC, PS, DS); 2 AWA

Wed, 3/4: 70 questions (mix of SC, CR, DS, PS)

Thur, 3/6: 60 questions (mix of each type), 2 AWA

Fri, 3/7: 50 questions (mix of DS, PS, RC)

Sat, 3/7: 60 questions, 1 CAT

Sun, 3/8: 60 questions (DS, PS), 1 CAT

Mon, 3/9: Review incorrect PS and DS; study MGMAT SC book, 1 AWA

Tues, 3/10: Review incorrect CR, SC, RC; study MGMAT SC Book, 1 AWA

Wed, 3/11: MGMAT SC Book, 1 CAT

Thur, 3/12: MGMAT SC Book, 2 AWA

Fri, 3/13: MGMAT SC Book, 2 AWA

Sat, 3/14: ???

Sun 3/15: ???

Mon 3/16: Test Day

Questions:
- Should I start to review the MGMAT SC book earlier since that is my weakness. My logic for doing it last is that I wanted to finish the OG questions and then start on it.

- what is the best time to review the questions that I got incorrect?
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by Toph@GMAT_REBOOT » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:03 am
I'd review the sentence correction book first. You want to be able to apply the techniques that you learn/like to all of those SC practice problems you plan on doing.

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by VP_Jim » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:06 am
That seems like a good plan - it might be a tad ambitious (remember: quality, not quantity, matters when studying), so just be careful not to burn out. I would leave the last couple days free, as at that point you've probably learned all you can at that point and just need to relax a bit. Maybe write out a "game plan" for how to approach the test, but really, I don't advise studying on the day or two before your test.

Also, I'd recommend that you look at your prep guide before the OG, since the explanations in the OG aren't the greatest. Your job should be to align the problems in the OG to the strategies you learned in your prep guide.

Good luck!
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by anniev2 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:08 am
Thanks for the feedback! I agree that it is somewhat ambitious and I have already started to review the MGMAT SC book. Its a lot of reading MGMAT SC but it seems to be what I need to improve my score.

Also..in general, I immediately reviewed my wrong answers as I practiced the OG book. Now that I'm on the last 1/3 of the questions in each section I have started to go back and review ALL my answers (correct and incorrect) to find a specific strength and weakness among the question types in each section. And I am reviewing the SLOW and INCORRECT answers too. After this, I will complete the final 1/3 of the OG question (the most difficult ones) with my strengths, weaknesses and common pitfalls in mind.

After I complete the OG book question, plan to go back and re-read the explanations given in the VERBAL sections to determine why certain answers were eliminated or why I eliminated answers that were actually correct. Hopefully, I can pick up on another pattern there too.

Basically the plan i outlined above is still in effect but I think I may need 3- 4more days. I'll see how things progress.
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