starting my prep this week

[iridebikes]

Well I have decided to take the GMAT end of January this year and my prep starts on tuesday. I scored a 520 on the practice exam (gmatprep) and my qualitative score was much higher than my quantitative. Anyway I have decided to buy the manhattan gmat 8 pack set of books, along with the powerscore bible and official guide qualitative. Anyway I have roughly 11 weeks to prepare and I am also thinking about enrolling in the veritas live online program starting december 7th and ending january 21st. So far this is what I am looking at then.

-manhattan gmat 8 pack review set + CAT tests/problem sets

-OG quant+qual + OG 12th edition

-Powerscore bible

-Veritas online prep

-Beat the gmat flash cards (verbal)

Will this be overwhelming?


I have a few weeks left of classes but I can devote most of my time to studying over the next 3-4 weeks. After that I have 7 weeks at home and I can devote most of my time to studying (won't be working). Does it look like I have overwhelmed myself with material ? I'm not sure if I should stick to just the manhattan gmat 8 pack set or if I should also go for the veritas prep as well. By the way I am NOT applying to first tier schools I am from NY and will be applying to schools that require around 530-600 GMAT and an overal gpa of 3.2-3.3. My personal goal is 650. Thanks for your help

[papgust]

I would suggest that you stick with Mgmat for Maths (5 guides) and SC. RC and CR are not pretty good in Mgmat.

Powerscore CR bible is a very comprehensive book. You need to spend atleast a week to grasp the content strongly. But I have heard great things about veritas prep verbal prep. I would suggest that you first study Veritas verbal (RC and CR) and see whether they are helping you in your accuracy.