2nd Time Taking GMAT in 9 weeks.

[fangtray]

HI,

I took the GMAT September 22nd and received a score of 640. For me, that is not bad, not good. It was enough to get into the schools I wanted to go to. However, one school is offering that if I can raise my GMAT to 660, I have a good chance of receiving a scholarship for the program. So here I am again, this time, taking a gamble so that I am awarded money.

THe first time around, I just blindly went through the entire OG 12th book, and then did research online and realized that was not the best way to do it. Then I bought the princeton review book, and felt it was not a very good guide. I liked Manhattan GMAT, and I used their sentence correction guide, as well as PowerScore's Critical Reasoning Bible.

What I want now is a structured study plan. So that I can plan out my weeks and days and get organized. Is there a study guide or a "syllabus" that someone could share with me that has been very popular amonst test takers?

I just need to raise my score by 20 points, but studied so much my 1st time around that I am unsure if I can raise it.

I would like to seek help on which products I need to buy also.

I am very flexible on time, and can study probably 3-4 hrs a day until test day 9 weeks from now.

Thanks so much.

Ray

[fangtray]

also is there a way to purchase the labs without the full course?

I think I shoudl purchase the 6 CATS and the labs to help me practice this 2nd time around. ANy suggestions?

[fangtray]

bump. MGMAT staff, please help, just trying to figure out what products to buy from you guys and how to best utilize it

thx

[StaceyKoprince]

Please don't bump your own posts unless you have something new to add. We answer the oldest questions first, and the date is based on the *last* post in the thread, so you just wait longer to get an answer!

Also, in future, if you have any questions about specific products, courses, etc, please call 800.576.GMAT or studentservices@manhattangmat.com (this goes for tech support questions too).

The forums here are a free service open to the public and moderated by teachers in our free time; it can take up to a week to get a response.

Okay, now to your situation. I don't think it's unreasonable at all to try to raise your score just 20 points - that isn't an enormous increase. If you put in the work, you should be able to do it.

The syllabus we use for our own courses is only given out to the people taking the courses, but I can help you with some resources and advice to set up your own study plan.

This article talks about how to set up your own study plan:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... tudy-plan/

This article talks about what to do when you've been studying for a while and find yourself struggling:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... -the-gmat/

If you would like advice from us (the teachers), take a full-length MGMAT CAT under official conditions (including the essays), and then use this article to analyze the results:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ice-tests/

Then come back here and share your analysis with us. (Note: not just the raw data - what you think the data means. The ability to self-assess is very important, so we're trying to help you develop that skill.) Also give us the quant and verbal subscores from your first real GMAT.

We'll help you figure out where to go from there. For example, based upon the test results, you may discover that you need a few more books, or some workshops, or... whatever, depending on the results.

Some other articles I strongly recommend reading:

Overall mindset: http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... to-win-it/

Time management (almost everybody has time management problems on this test - even people who think they don't!):
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... anagement/

The kinds of things to think about while analyzing a practice problem:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/a ... roblem.cfm

Save these two for your last 2 weeks of study:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... game-plan/
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... game-plan/

I don't think we make the labs available without the full course, but you should ask Student Services about that (the contact info I gave above). The teachers don't really know how things are sold or what the prices are or anything. :)

We do have a package that lets you watch tapes of the classes - the price is less than taking the actual class yourself.

Finally, you mentioned that you bought our strategy guide. If so, you already have access to the 6 CATs - it comes with the purchase of any book. (I'm assuming you didn't buy the book used and someone else already used the code in the book for the CATs.)