Need a Six Week Game Plan for New GMAT test taker.

[raymondjeng]

Hello,
I have around six weeks to study for the GMAT. This is my first time taking the test.
The test is on AUG 26, 2009 at 330pm.

Please provide a gameplan for me, for some with limited time during the day and has six weeks.
1. List the game plan by weeks. (please be detailed)
2. Tell me your gmat score for verbal, quant, written.
3. What business school you went to.
4. Any other tips you can offer on the actual test day.
5. Whats the best place you studied?


Here is my current situation.
I work full time 40hours a week.
I have the compete MGMAT set of books and Verbal, Quant, and OFFICIAL 11th Books.
I am considered pretty novice at GMAT, I know how the test is formatted, the type of questions and how many? But I considered my self pretty weak in all the sections. Especially two essay part.
I plan on using the 2week boot-camp schedule by MGMAT as a guild. Tell if this is good idea?
I want a 660 score to get into the schools I want to go to. Georgia State and Indiana University.

[StaceyKoprince]

Hi, Raymond

I'm not sure what the blue text is that you have copied in. Can you clarify? It seems some of those questions are for an instructor, some for other students to answer, etc.

Are you going to take the August boot camp in New York, the one that ends on 22 August?

Have you taken the test yet, or a practice test? If so, what did you score (overall, quant, verbal, essays) and how long ago was it? If not (or if your last test score is from more than a month or two ago), then the first thing to do is schedule 4 hours (this week-end maybe?) to take a practice test. It's important to know your starting score and your strengths and weaknesses before you set up your game plan.

If you're doing the August boot camp course, you have a few weeks to prepare before it starts. Take a test this week-end, see what your strengths and weaknesses are, and then start doing some reading in the red strategy guides and doing some of hte problem sets - choose what to do based upon your weaknesses. If you are already enrolled for the boot camp, you'll also have access to additional resources on the web site.

If you're not doing the boot camp course itself, but just planning to use the schedule to set up your study, then no, I would say that's not a good idea. The boot camp course is best for someone who is doing nothing other than studying during those weeks - no work. Also, the boot camp schedule is for people who are in a bind somehow - they don't have time, for some reason, to spread their study out over additional time. For most people, cramming for this test doesn't work as well as studying over a several-month period.

This does depend, of course, on the difference between your current scoring level and your desired score. If you're already, say, scoring in the low 600s and you want a 660, then 6 weeks may be enough time for you. If you're scoring, say, in the low 500s and you want a 660, then 6 weeks is less likely to be enough time.

Let us know what your current scoring level is and we can help you determine a good plan!