Excellent work. Thank you for sharing it with everyone.

emrahercan wrote:Hello BTG,

Please find the attached excel file for my plan to study the two review books. I prepared 8 GMAT tests from these two books.

Hope you will find it useful.

Good luck,

Hey emrahercan,

can you explain the excel sheet a bit more clearly.

Thanks in advance.

sure.

I tried to create GMAT tests from the OG Review books. In other words, 37 quant and 41 verbal. I work on one set if these questions and analyze them the following day.

The numbers you see on that file is question intervals from different sections. Lets say 1-15 CR means work on CR questions between 1 and 15, inclusive.

Hope this helps,

EE

Thanks and thanks for sharing the file

What exactly do you do during analysis of test ? Do you just see the answers for the questions which you missed and search for explanations ? or is there more to it (which I suspect there is)

Thanks

I categorize my answers as below:

1) Correct Answers

1-a) Correct + Good timing: I read the explanation and find if there is any alternative solution

1-b) Correct + Bad Timing: I try to find if there is any faster approach/method

2) Incorrect Answers

This is where I spend most of my time. Before reading the explanation, I try to solve the question again without worrying about the time. ( very important step in learning process )

After that I read the explanation and find out why I couldn't answer the question.


+ Silly mistake ?
+ New question type ?
+ Lack of knowledge ?

I also log all my answers ( OG Tracker )

It is a time consuming process but I believe that every second is worth it. I do believe in quality of studying over quantity.

Hope it helps,

Good luck!

I read the explanation and find if there is any alternative solution

a) if there is
b) whether there is
c) whether or not is
d) whether there are
e) in case there is

Thank you so much. I realize from your post that I don't really spend quality study time . I will try to follow your approach. And dude .. what is OG tracker ?

emrahercan wrote:I read the explanation and find if there is any alternative solution

a) if there is
b) whether there is
c) whether or not is
d) whether there are
e) in case there is

Ans B

A: WRONG - if is used for conditional situations: "if X then Y"
B: Correct - Whether is used in situations with uncertainty
C: WRONG - Wordy and awkward
D: WRONG - noun verb matching problem
E: WRONG - Awkward. Distorts meaning

Good Times. Can I now go to Wharton please?

I got the OG tracker through Manhattan GMAT. But I believe you can find it in "resources" link. It is an excel file where you can track your answers and log your timings. It also classifies the questions. Wonderful tool - and I highly recommend it!

If you purchase any of MGMAT books, you will have access to their 6 CAT ( Second best after GMAT Prep ) and OG Tracker and all other good stuff.

Have fun!