GMAT STUDY

[gmat1981]

I'm studying Manhattan 9 guides and 3 official Guides, along with that I'm solving 6 Manhattan, 5 GMAT Premier and 2 MBA.com Exams.

Study I'm doing in 49 days, ie 7 weeks

CAT's I'm doing in 4 week.

Total of 11 weeks.

I work only 2 days and rest of the 5 days I stay at home to ace the gmat.

My question is that is it enough to study all this in 11 weeks based on my status where I only work 2 days a week and rest of the week I'm at home.

Second I'm studying everything and then solving CAT's and then doing a review process of any incorrect attempts by visiting the books.

I want to know that do I need to do review again for all 12 books as I'm not doing this in my plan ?. A lot of people who wrote gmat successfully they told me review is not required and one can only focus on learning incorrect attempts on CAT's.

I just need to confirm this with an expert.

Thanks

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Hi gmat1981,

It's important to realize that what "works" for one person might not necessarily work for you. Putting together a plan/timeline is a good idea, but you have to be open to the idea that you might end up changing it. You might find it more useful to take a CAT once per week instead of saving them all until the end. This will give you the opportunity to track your progress over a longer period of time and focus on improving individual subjects (as opposed to having to fix lots of problems in the last 4 weeks of your timeline). Other than that point, your plan might be enough for you to achieve your goal.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

[gmat1981]

But how I can write 1 cat every week when I've not mastered the material yet. I need 7 weeks from now to master everything.

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Hi gmat1981,

You're not supposed to master everything before taking a practice CAT for the same reason that someone who was attempting to lose lots of weight wouldn't wait weeks/months to weigh himself: you need to be able to track your progress.

It's quite possible that "your way" of studying does not lead you to your goal. If that's the case, then it's better to know earlier (so that you can make the necessary adjustments) than later (when you're almost out of time). There are also a number of other skills that can only be learned by taking CATs at regular intervals: pacing, endurance, overall organization, etc. These skills are easier to master over the long-term, but are tougher to develop on a shorter timeline.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich