gmat_for_life wrote:
I need some suggestions regarding how should I approach the Manhattan guides. In what sequence should I study these guides and which practice materials should I follow along with them. Any help would be really appreciated
Hi Amit,
First of all - congratulations on your impressive Quant score! A 48 shows strong mastery of the material. If you can get your Verbal up into the high 30's, then you'll be above a 700.
As Rich said, don't worry too much about the IR. Practice your timing a little bit to try to go up a few points, but your score there doesn't matter much (at least if you're applying this year).
As for how to use the Manhattan Prep guides, here's what you should do:
- Before you start, analyze any practice tests you've taken in a lot of depth. Which areas were you weakest? Strongest? Fastest? Slowest? Decide which topics and question types need more of your time and attention.
- Starting with the topics that are weakest, go through the Mprep guides one chapter at a time, and do the following:
1. Start with the problem set at the
end of the chapter, and quiz yourself before you even read the chapter.
2. Read the chapter, making particular note of anything you struggled with in the problem set.
3. Redo the problem set and see how you do after reading.
4. Do a set of OG questions related to that topic. You can find problems by topic using GMAT Navigator:
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/stor ... navigator/
Do this for each chapter in the Quant and Verbal strategy guides. Aim to do this in 8-10 weeks.
- Make sure you are tracking all of the OG questions you do, and timing yourself while you practice. Hold yourself to strict 2-min time limits per question! (I highly recommend using Navigator to track your timing on OG problems)
- Keep a record of any mistakes you make, so you can locate patterns in your errors:
https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... -studying/
- Once you've covered all of the topics, practice your skills with random timed sets out of the OGs. Set the timer for 20 minutes, for example, and do questions 1-10 (skipping any you've already done).
- Take a practice test after 3 weeks, then 2 weeks after that. Increase to a test every week for the last 2 weeks before your real exam.
- Analyze your data from the random sets and practice tests, and go back to any topics that need extra work.
Good luck!
