I have been studying for the GMAT for the last three weeks. I have read a lot about STUDYING STRATEGY (as opposed to exam strategy) and walked away with a lot of interesting things about what to do and avoid doing. The following is my strategy thus far. I do not want to change it or follow a new strategy (unless it is seriously flawed). I am simply looking for suggestions on how to improve what I already set out to do.
Import piece of information: I plan to take the test in either June or July.
During the week I do about 90 minutes of questions from all sections of Quant and Verbal; I am studying with PR at the moment, but will follow the same approach with other books. This approach will, from the outset, get me into a frame of mind where I have to solve different types of problems. I have started with easier problems from each section and will work my way into the most difficult ones in all sections, concurrently. I will randomly time some problems at each level of difficulty and in each section of Q and V. On weekends I study about 5 hours (w/ timed CAT perhaps every three weeks).
In addition to the question and exam practice, I have been writing flashcards. I have also been looking over Eric's flashcards, and rewrote those I found useful. Rewriting in my own words allows me to retain information better. I review these daily, and especially on Sundays, when I have off from studying the actual texts.
As I near my test date, I will begin working through the OG Verbal and Quant books in addition to the Kaplan 800, because these contain some of the more difficult material. I will additionally continue reviewing previously reviewed and studied material from other texts and flashcards.
The texts I own at the moment are:
Ultimate Math Refresher (absolute waste of time)
Princeton Review Cracking the GMAT (working on presently)
Kaplan Premier 2008 (will work on next)
OG 11th Ed.
I plan to purchase:
OG Verbal and OG Quant
Kaplan 800
I might also purchase:
Project GMAT (for the stat, prob, perm and comb)
Delta Course
Any suggestions, corrections, revisions, etc. will be appreciated.
Import piece of information: I plan to take the test in either June or July.
During the week I do about 90 minutes of questions from all sections of Quant and Verbal; I am studying with PR at the moment, but will follow the same approach with other books. This approach will, from the outset, get me into a frame of mind where I have to solve different types of problems. I have started with easier problems from each section and will work my way into the most difficult ones in all sections, concurrently. I will randomly time some problems at each level of difficulty and in each section of Q and V. On weekends I study about 5 hours (w/ timed CAT perhaps every three weeks).
In addition to the question and exam practice, I have been writing flashcards. I have also been looking over Eric's flashcards, and rewrote those I found useful. Rewriting in my own words allows me to retain information better. I review these daily, and especially on Sundays, when I have off from studying the actual texts.
As I near my test date, I will begin working through the OG Verbal and Quant books in addition to the Kaplan 800, because these contain some of the more difficult material. I will additionally continue reviewing previously reviewed and studied material from other texts and flashcards.
The texts I own at the moment are:
Ultimate Math Refresher (absolute waste of time)
Princeton Review Cracking the GMAT (working on presently)
Kaplan Premier 2008 (will work on next)
OG 11th Ed.
I plan to purchase:
OG Verbal and OG Quant
Kaplan 800
I might also purchase:
Project GMAT (for the stat, prob, perm and comb)
Delta Course
Any suggestions, corrections, revisions, etc. will be appreciated.
