Hi All,
I've been following the posts on beatthegmat.com for a couple weeks now and have found the community to be extremely helpful and supportive. Therefore, I was hoping I could get advice/direction from experts and people who have already taken the GMAT. I have provided a quick synopsis of my situation below:
- Aiming to write the GMAT at the end of February or beginning of March (Target: min 700)
- Started studying 2 weeks ago and only completed Cracking the GMAT by Princeton Review, in addition to a handful of questions from OG12
- Wrote the 1st GMATPrep on Jan 18th and scored 590 (Q42, V29)
When I reviewed my errors in GMATPrep I noticed in the quant section my first 3 questions were wrong and in the first 10 questions I made 5 mistakes. Therefore, I can't complain with a 42 in quant. I was not surprised by my verbal score. I know verbal in general is a weakness, which is what I need to address asap.
The past weeks I have started watching study halls by Ron Purewal and have implemented his quant strategy (If I see _____ ON ANOTHER PROBLEM, I should _____). Both of these additions to my studying have helped, as witnessed by my stronger performance in quant. I have yet to implement his verbal strategy, but will immediately.
I recently picked up the following books that I feel address my weakest areas:
- MGMAT: Sentence Correction
- MGMAT: Number Properties
- Powerscore: Critical Reasoning Bible
This brings me to my 3 main questions:
1- Is 700 a realistic goal I can reach in 5-6 weeks? I'm currently studying GMAT full-time and am implementing Ron's study guidelines:
- 5 hours/day. 5-6 days a week
- 1 complete day off
- 1-2 hours of non-gmat activities per day
2- Before I jump to questions, how do I review a topic that I'm weak in properly? For example, SC and probabilities.
3- How should Ron's study halls be effectively used?
Any and all thoughts will be extremely helpful in my preparation.
Thank you
I've been following the posts on beatthegmat.com for a couple weeks now and have found the community to be extremely helpful and supportive. Therefore, I was hoping I could get advice/direction from experts and people who have already taken the GMAT. I have provided a quick synopsis of my situation below:
- Aiming to write the GMAT at the end of February or beginning of March (Target: min 700)
- Started studying 2 weeks ago and only completed Cracking the GMAT by Princeton Review, in addition to a handful of questions from OG12
- Wrote the 1st GMATPrep on Jan 18th and scored 590 (Q42, V29)
When I reviewed my errors in GMATPrep I noticed in the quant section my first 3 questions were wrong and in the first 10 questions I made 5 mistakes. Therefore, I can't complain with a 42 in quant. I was not surprised by my verbal score. I know verbal in general is a weakness, which is what I need to address asap.
The past weeks I have started watching study halls by Ron Purewal and have implemented his quant strategy (If I see _____ ON ANOTHER PROBLEM, I should _____). Both of these additions to my studying have helped, as witnessed by my stronger performance in quant. I have yet to implement his verbal strategy, but will immediately.
I recently picked up the following books that I feel address my weakest areas:
- MGMAT: Sentence Correction
- MGMAT: Number Properties
- Powerscore: Critical Reasoning Bible
This brings me to my 3 main questions:
1- Is 700 a realistic goal I can reach in 5-6 weeks? I'm currently studying GMAT full-time and am implementing Ron's study guidelines:
- 5 hours/day. 5-6 days a week
- 1 complete day off
- 1-2 hours of non-gmat activities per day
2- Before I jump to questions, how do I review a topic that I'm weak in properly? For example, SC and probabilities.
3- How should Ron's study halls be effectively used?
Any and all thoughts will be extremely helpful in my preparation.
Thank you
