Saturday, April 16, 2011

5 days to go

I had another fairly productive day yesterday. I managed to get through Days 33-34 and 37 (Critical Reasoning), 38-40 (Reading Comp) and part of Day 13 (Word Problems) of the Beat The GMAT 60 Day Study Guide - about 150 questions from the OG in total. About 5.5 hours of productive work, I reckon.

Taking stock of where I'm at, my preparation has comprised of the following:

January - February
  • Attended all Veritas Prep classes and (eventually) did all the homework. Did all the Veritas Prep classes using the 'On Demand' videos too.
  • Went through the MGMAT Foundations of Math book.
  • Took four practice CATs, starting from low 600s and peaking two days after my last Veritas Prep Class at 700.
March - now
  • Got really busy at work and dropped preparation pretty badly. Started scoring lower on practice CATs but still in the mid-high 600s.
  • Re-did nearly every Veritas Prep class (other than the last 2 classes, which are set for next week) either through attending in person or using the 'On Demand' videos' and re-did all the homework questions that I got wrong the first time around. Got most, but not all, of these right the second time around.
  • Currently going through the Beat The GMAT 60 Day Study Guide (for guidance on going through the OG only - I'm not using the Kaplan resources) as quickly as possible. So far I've done:
    • Days 1-12 (Quant)
    • Days 24-28 (Sentence Correction), 30-34 and 37 (Critical Reasoning) and 38-40 (Reading Comp)
    • I'm not too worried about Days 42-60 as they are all about re-doing questions, attempting questions from Quant2 and Verbal2 and reviewing stuff. 
  • Using the MGMAT Archer tool and the Beat The GMAT OG error log to track progress. According to the logs, I've done 493 questions from the OG with 314 questions to go. 


Last 5 days - plan of attack

5 days to go - Today (Saturday)
  • Get another 200 or so questions done on the OG.
4 days to go - Sunday
  • Do my last practice CAT using GMAT Prep's own program. 
  • Finish off the last 110 or so questions in the OG.
3 days to go - Monday
  • Go to the Veritas Prep class on AWA (possibly - might skip this).
  • Using MGMAT Archer, go through a few questions targeting weak areas only. Do about 100 questions max. Spend some time on the really tough ones.
2 days to go - Tuesday
  • Visit Pearson Vue centre.
  • Go to the Veritas Prep class on Advanced Word Problems and Quant Review (possibly - might skip this).
  • Using MGMAT Archer, go through a few questions targeting weak areas only. Do about 100 questions max. Spend some time on the really tough ones.
1 day to go - Wednesday
  • Pack for holiday. Otherwise take it easy. Get sleep etc.

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