Hi, I started my prep in November 2010 with a diagnostic Test - GMATPrep Test 1 from the MBA.com website.
I managed attempting 28 on the Quant and 38 on the Verbal, I thought I would end up with a 300 but got a suprising 510, Q:27 and V:34.
I was somewhat encouraged and set a target for Mid January for the real exam aiming 720.
My Quant was clearly the weaker of the two and with guidance from friends I dug out some old Math basic books and worked through it topic by topic in detail.
I'd practice Verbal each day as well for atleast 30 mins but majority of my study time was dedicated to Math.
GMAT books I was working from:
OG 12
Priceton Review - Cracking the GMAT
Kaplan Premier
MGMAT SC
I set my exam date for Jan 18th 2011.
My plan was to work on the basics and practice as much upto Dec 31st and Jan 1st onwards attempt a test a day my test results as follows:
Jan 1st: Princeton Review Online Test: Q:36, V:28. 540
Jan 4th Kaplan CD: Q: 28, V:29. 530
Jan 8th: GMATPrep Test 1: Q: 39, V:25. 540.
I was devastated, after 2 months of rigorous practice all I see is an improvement of 30 points ?
However, what was encouraging was to see my Quant score jump from 27 to 39 (given that I ran out of time and guessed the last 10 q's without even reading).
My Verbal is a shocker which has dropped from 34 to 25. I cannot explian why other than the fatigue factor.
Anyhow, I have pushed my date out to Feb 14th, I have exactly 5 weeks and I want to come up with a wiinning strategy. I work FT and have decided to dedicate no more than 3 hrs a day on weekdays and 4 hrs each on Sat n Sun. I say so because in the last 2weeks, last week of Dec to 1st week of Jan I was putting in atleast 8 to 10 hrs daily and saw absolutely no improvement in my score. I was burnt out and could not bare to look at my books for atleast 3 days.
Then I read in Ron's post that it can be detrimental to study too much without break. I guess that is what has happened to me.
I am restarting from tommorrow and have decided to do 20 Problem Solving, 20 DS, 20 SC, 20 CR and 20 RC daily. I will go back to the OG as it has been a while since I touched it.
Sat for test and Sun for review.
To all the experts out there, please advise how I should use my time daily and what books to work from. I also intened to work through the Verbal and qUANT og SUPPLEMENTS.
Another point to note is that if I practice SC today then tomm. I perform well in SC and bad in other areas of Verbal. If I practice CR today then RC and SC will inevitable fall.
Experts, your advise and comments PLEASE !!!
I managed attempting 28 on the Quant and 38 on the Verbal, I thought I would end up with a 300 but got a suprising 510, Q:27 and V:34.
I was somewhat encouraged and set a target for Mid January for the real exam aiming 720.
My Quant was clearly the weaker of the two and with guidance from friends I dug out some old Math basic books and worked through it topic by topic in detail.
I'd practice Verbal each day as well for atleast 30 mins but majority of my study time was dedicated to Math.
GMAT books I was working from:
OG 12
Priceton Review - Cracking the GMAT
Kaplan Premier
MGMAT SC
I set my exam date for Jan 18th 2011.
My plan was to work on the basics and practice as much upto Dec 31st and Jan 1st onwards attempt a test a day my test results as follows:
Jan 1st: Princeton Review Online Test: Q:36, V:28. 540
Jan 4th Kaplan CD: Q: 28, V:29. 530
Jan 8th: GMATPrep Test 1: Q: 39, V:25. 540.
I was devastated, after 2 months of rigorous practice all I see is an improvement of 30 points ?
However, what was encouraging was to see my Quant score jump from 27 to 39 (given that I ran out of time and guessed the last 10 q's without even reading).
My Verbal is a shocker which has dropped from 34 to 25. I cannot explian why other than the fatigue factor.
Anyhow, I have pushed my date out to Feb 14th, I have exactly 5 weeks and I want to come up with a wiinning strategy. I work FT and have decided to dedicate no more than 3 hrs a day on weekdays and 4 hrs each on Sat n Sun. I say so because in the last 2weeks, last week of Dec to 1st week of Jan I was putting in atleast 8 to 10 hrs daily and saw absolutely no improvement in my score. I was burnt out and could not bare to look at my books for atleast 3 days.
Then I read in Ron's post that it can be detrimental to study too much without break. I guess that is what has happened to me.
I am restarting from tommorrow and have decided to do 20 Problem Solving, 20 DS, 20 SC, 20 CR and 20 RC daily. I will go back to the OG as it has been a while since I touched it.
Sat for test and Sun for review.
To all the experts out there, please advise how I should use my time daily and what books to work from. I also intened to work through the Verbal and qUANT og SUPPLEMENTS.
Another point to note is that if I practice SC today then tomm. I perform well in SC and bad in other areas of Verbal. If I practice CR today then RC and SC will inevitable fall.
Experts, your advise and comments PLEASE !!!
