Ack!

Just found this on a website:
MGMAT CR and MGMAT SC come without any practice questions. Instead they refer to questions in the Official Guide 12, so you must buy that book to practice and preferably should not have covered it in the past. On the positive note - all Manhattan books come with access to 6 online CAT tests, so you should buy at least one Manhattan GMAT book (any one of them).

Must change my study plan a bit!

A little behind / Study Schedule - the big picture

Sigh...

So yes, I have been horrible. I didn't study yesterday (friend's birthday), and today being a holiday, I've been out all morning, and been glued to the television since. And I'm going to leave soon to meet my niece and nephew! They're too cute! :-)

Of course, I'll still study a certain amount today. Which is why I'm writing to update you on how my GMAT prep is coming along.

Firstly, I read about a GMAT experience which made me think my original plan was pretty good. So, this is the revised study plan:

1. Learn the concepts well from PR (done), OG11, MGMAT notes, Platinum GMAT website (links in previous post). After every topic, practice a couple of questions (untimed) for each. Initially I didn't know where to find these practice questions from. Then I realized that the MGMAT flashcards are perfect for this! You'll have to see them to understand why. I'll also do PR Bin questions & 1/4th of OG11.

2. Give diagnostic test from OG. This will help me find my weaknesses to work specifically on them.

3. Review or add more concepts to #1, and then do another 1/2 of OG11, effectively finishing 3/4th of it.

4. Give a practice test (either GMAT Prep or MGMAT?) Analyse the test.

5. Do TIMED questions now, in maybe the following order:

- 1/4 of OG 11 left.

- Kaplan Premier.

- OG12.

- Kaplan Advanced.

- Questions from other resources.

- OG 12 again.

Note: Intersperse MGMAT, Kaplan, GMAT Club diagnostic, GMATPrep other free tests whenever you feel you have learnt enough new things or learned from ur mistakes. Pick up MGMAT SC, or other concept building books as & when you feel the need to.

What I'm done with: So, I've started reading OG11 for more concept building (done with PR sometime in mid-September). Only the Word Problems section remains. But, I still need to make flashcards from my OG11 reading. And also practice from MGMAT flashcards. Will try catching up by tomorrow!

Happy studying till then!

PS. I've updated the links in the previous post, and may continue doing so over the course of my preparation. I had, however, considered myself to be ultimately cool for being the first person to ever do this. But, BeatTheGMAT beat me to it. Their list is more extensive, but does not include ALL the links I've mentioned here (like how to do practice problems, analyzing your test and mental math practice). Mine is a more personalized list of what I like and find relevant :-)

Edit: For those of you who want to look at other study plans, GMAT Club has their own here.

Important links

Ok, so I'm having loads of trouble copy pasting previous posts, and now even the links from the MS Word document I saved! :-(

Anyway, here are the most important links I've found for the GMAT over a 1.5 month period:-

PREPARATION (Theory)

1. All free GMAT resources on Manhattan GMAT including Math theory notes and FLASHCARDS (Print AND online version!)
2. Mental Math practice: GMAT Hacks (I think this is too basic for any Indian, esp one who's already studied for CAT before) and Gmatix (WOW! Killer site for improving calculation speed. A math calculation gym, literally!!!)
   
3. Platinum GMAT's Math theory notes (pretty good website for basic understanding of math concepts, and their questions are pretty find for a basic level; not good enough review for geometry though)
   
4. More Math concept building sites: Purple Math , Paul's Online Math Notes and Novapress GMAT Math 
5. Test Prep Preview - gives you questions on topic to help asses your weakness, and then directs you to resources to help build on that topic 
6. LearnHub's lessons on GMAT theory (their math lesson on geometry sucks, there's nothing there...good site for other stuff though)
7. GMAT Grammar theory
8. Worksheet for math formulas
9. Very Basic Math Review (with very basic diagnostic, and basic concepts and problems)
10. RicksMath's Geometry Review
    

 PREPARATION (Practice Questions)

1. How to do practice problems: GMAT Hacks & MGMAT way
2. GMAT Timer (I love this thing!)
3. Weekly GMAT Question: MGMAT (these are good questions, claimed to be 700+ level; a tip: save questions you found challenging with the answers, because they won't be available once the week has gone by!) & ScoreChase
   
4. GMAT Quant question of the day: GMAT Quant blog , TakeGMAT , GMATHacks (good questions)
   
5. Question Challenges from Kaplan
6. GMAT Club's Math & Verbal tests (need to register to access them)
7. WinningPrep's Free GMAT Verbal & Math test
   

MISC

1. 790 on GMAT post!
   
2. 770 GMAT blogger 
3. GMAT Wings' 12 week study plan
   

FREE TESTS

1. MGMAT free test
2. Veritas Prep free test
3. GMATClub's diagnostic test (go here to find GMATClub's list of all GMAT tests, including paid ones)
4. Platinum GMAT's free prac test
   

I'll keep adding more as and when I find them. I haven't gone through ALL of the above links in detail so I'll update this list with my comments as I go through it. Your own experiences/ratings/opinions are also welcome! :-)

Till then...

Continue believing!

Note: I will make the new additions to the list bold so that you can keep a check on the latest updates. New comments on tested links will be made italic.