I recently wrapped up my Manhattan GMAT course this week and feel pretty glad about having paid for a class rather than doing it on my own. I don’t think I would’ve felt this prepared and confident without some type of outside assistance. But now that the course is over, I’m facing a great deal of separation anxiety. No longer do I have a set schedule of homework and readings to complete each week; now I need to create my own schedule.
Thankfully, I still have a great deal of content to work with and I think I have a good sense of what my weaknesses are. I’m already scoring well into the 90th percentile for Verbal, but my Math is still hovering around the 80th percentile. I’ll definitely focus a bit more on Math just to make sure I can break that 80 threshold that’s so greatly valued.
Below is an itemization of the self study material I will pursue during the period between the end of my GMAT course and the actual GMAT test itself. There’s definitely no shortage of work here, so now I just need to organize this into a weekly schedule and execute upon it. I have approximately a month and a half to get all of this done.
Official Guide Questions
- Remaining OG questions
- Review and redo incorrect and time intensive questions
CAT Exams
- Manhattan remaining 4 CAT exams
- GMAC 2 CAT exams
- Kaplan CAT exam
Supplemental Practice Questions
- Beat the GMAT Practice Questions
- MGMAT Online Question Banks
Content Learning / Review
- Essays – format, structure, and approach
- Data Sufficiency Strategies
- MGMAT Online Labs
- Harmonic Average Formula
- Office Hours Notes
- Class Notes
- Create “Approach Slides” for each type of questions
- Create “Review Deck” with key points I can review before each exam
Things to Memorize
- Timing Benchmarks
- Essay Outline
- FDP Conversions
- Exponents and Roots
- All Geometry formulas
- Idioms
Is there anything you would add to your final leg of studying?
Best of luck! My MGMAT course is ending in two weeks and I’m trying to decide whether to take my exam 2 weeks of 4 weeks after the end date.
Hi MissB,
Good luck to you too! I think it just depends how caught up on the homework you are. I’m got behind on a couple of assignments, so I’m spending my time right now doing those. I also have a number of practice CATs I need to do. Make sure you schedule your date soon though – spots are definitely filling up.
Hi,
I am planning to give my GMAT very soon. I need help from you regarding online labs from MGMAT. Do u have those questions , so that I can practice them.
Hi Amit,
Sorry, I no longer have access to the MGMAT online CATs or practice questions. I believe if you purchase one of MGMAT’s books, it will provide you with an online access code.
Best of luck on your test.