tactical strategy session nov 22

8/17/2019 Tactical Strategy Session Nov 22

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Tactical Strategy SesSTRATEGIES RESPONSIBLE FOR 70+ POIN

IMPROVEMENT IN YOUR GMAT SCORE


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Agenda

1. GMAT and Ability

Why ability is the most

important metric on the GMAT?

2. Timi

ng

Do you really have a Timing

Problem?

3. How to Prepare for Mocks

Do the Pre-Work to avoidsurprises in Mocks

4. In Mocks – Timin

g and Smart Ski

Strategies to ensure that you get the maxim

score for a given ability?

5. Crafting your 30 day Plan

Putting everything together to move from 65

720+ in 30 days?


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3 parts to this Webinar

The Company

The People

12 minutes 100 minutes

Tactical

Strategies


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Nov Batch Calendar

S.No Session Name Day Date S

1 Strategy Session Sunday Nov 8

2 SC1 – How to Approach SC Saturday Nov 14

3 SC2 – Solving SC Questions with Verb Errors Sunday Nov 154 SC3 – Parallelism Saturday Nov 21

5 SC4 – Modifiers Sunday Nov 22

6 CR1 - Inference Saturday Nov 28

7 CR2 – Pre-thinking and Argument Structure Sunday Nov 29

8 CR3 – Evaluate Saturday Dec 5

9 CR4 – Strengthen Sunday Dec 6

10 CR5 – Weaken Sunday Dec 6

11 CR6 – Bold Face Saturday Dec 12

12 RC1 - Efficient Reading and Comprehension Sunday Dec 13

13 RC2 Session Saturday Dec 19

14 Verbal Workshop Sunday Dec 20


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3 parts to this Webinar

The Company

The People

12 minutes 100 minutes

Tactical

Strategies


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Two Goals – Score Improvement and Maximum Perfo

Repeatable & Predictable

Score Improvement

Maximum Perfor

A d


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Agenda

1. GMAT and Ability



2. Timing


Problem?


Do the Pre-Work to avoidsurprises in Mocks

4. In Mocks – Timing and Smart Ski





720+ in 30 days?


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an adaptive teworks?

Ad ti t t l ith


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Adaptive test algorithm

1 2 3 4 5 6

Question #

Case 1

Average Difficulty Level

Case 2 Only 1 question above

average difficulty level

5 questions above

average difficulty level

60%

accuracy

60%

accuracy

Challenge 1

Challenge 2

higher

score

Your GMAT score is governed by your ABILITY to answer DIFFICULT QUESTIO

GMAT t t f ABILITY


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GMAT – a test of your ABILITY

1 thru 10 11 thru 20 21 thru 30 31 thru 41

1 11 21 31

2 12 22 32

3 13 23 33

4 14 24 34

5 15 25 35

6 16 26 36

7 17 27 37

8 18 28 38

9 19 29 39

10 20 30 40

41

1 thru 10 11 thru 20 2

1 11

2 12

3 13

4 14

5 15

6 16

7 17

8 18

9 19

10 20

Accuracy = 71% Accu

97 percentile 7500 rank 65 percentile

Your GMAT score is governed by your ABILITY to CORRECTLY answer DIFFICULT Q

1. Student got more # of difficult questions.

2. Student correctly answered more # of difficult questions.


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How does “Ability” fare in

Preparations?

Abilit and the Fabric of GMAT


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Ability and the Fabric of GMAT

Your (Comparative)Percentile Rank

Your GMAT Score

Verbal Quant

SC CR RC Algebra Arithmetic Geometry Advanced Problems

Out of 80

Out of 6

Out of 6

At it’s Core, GMAT tests (multiple) Ability

This is not something that we have cooked


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This is not something that we have cooked


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Verbal Performance


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How does “Ability” fare in

Preparations?


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To Improve from 650 to 730, I need to Improve

1. RC ability from 40% to 70%

2. CR ability from 55% to 85%

3. Geometry ability from 45% to 85%

Repeatable & Predictable

Score Improvement

How many of you think this wa


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Lets Examine Ability!!

What is Good Abilit ?


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SC

CR

RC

What is Good Ability?

How to Prepare Efficiently?


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How to Prepare Efficiently?

Prepare

for SC

Evaluate

Ability

Isolate

Weakness

Principle: Take a Section, master it (70% ability), and only then move to the next

First Time Test Takers

Evaluate

Ability

Isolate

Weakness

Focus on

Weakness

Retakers (V>30)

Challenges while Implementing the plan


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Challenges while Implementing the plan

1. How do you Evaluate yo

Ability?• Only 4 GMAT Prep E

• Not designed to predi

individual Sectional A

2. How do you isolate areas

weakness?

• Get a Private Tutor? least $100 per hour)


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E-GMAT Students = Scholaranium


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Ability at Core


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V33 to V41 by working on his “ability”


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V33 to V41 by working on his ability

http://gmatclub.com/forum/660-to-740-q49-v41-ir-8-and-awa-6-0-matter-over-mind-163451.ht

... 1. SC: e-gmat all the way... Before e-gmat, my SC accuracy was in the

Post e-GMAT's verbal-live workshop and process-practice, I consistently

timed conditions). Timing averaged 1:30. I believe their (referring to the

method is more thorough, and therefore not as quick as the conventiona

However, with practice you will see both accuracy and speed increase...clearly committed to making sure students kill it on verbal.

2. CR: …I do like e-gmat's focus on pre-thinking. Pre-thinking can truly

Ability. Understanding the logical-structure and prethinking answer-chincredibly useful tools to boost your CR hit-rate. …

Learn and master the process to increase your “ability”

Agenda

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Agenda

1. GMAT and Ability



2. Timing


Problem?


Do the Pre-Work to avoid

surprises in Mocks

4. In Mocks – Timing and Smart SkiStrategies to ensure that you get the maxim




720+ in 30 days?


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How many of you have a timing proble

Why do we take long to answer a question


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y g q

Ability to read and

comprehendUnderstanding of theconcepts

Attack Strategy(Process)

Familiarity with

question types Agility of the mind

CR Assumption Question

Understand the argument

Pre-think the answer

Evaluate the answer choices

30-45 S

15 S

15-30 S

60 to 90

seconds

Student 1

Following a structured process improves timing & reduces anxiety during exam.


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Timing is not a cause…. It’s a symptom.

problem is generally process

What is Takt time?


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Takt time, derived from the German

word Taktzeit, which translates

to cycle time, sets the pace for

industrial manufacturing lines

For GMAT, it sets the

of answering questions

Takt Time = Time required to CORRECTLY answer a

Time < Takt Time

Lower accuracy

Lower score

1:45 Mins 1:25 Mins

80%

50%

V38

V30

Given your “ability”, if you spend < than TAKT time, you jeopardize accuracy. If > TAKT ti

Accuracy (confined set) Vs. Takt Time


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A

c c u r a c y f o r Q u e s t

i o n o f

P

a r t i c u l a r d i f f i c u l t

y

Time

50%

15 – 25 S

Scholaranium Computes your Takt Time


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How to determine Takt Time?


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Create at least 2

mixed quizzes of

25 questions each.

Section Easy Medium Hard

SC 2 3 4

CR 2 2 4RC 2 2 4

For

calc

to a

CO

Take each quiz one by one

without timing yourself, but

record the time to answer each

question.

Section #

T

C

SC 18

CR 16

RC 16

Takt time is specific to each question type

Case 1: V37 to V40 by leveraging Takt Tim


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http://gmatclub.com/forum/750-q50-v41-how-i-bettered-my-mock-test-scores-158043.html

...There was a video from eGMAT that introduced me to the idea of Takt tim

optimum time an individual needs to mark a question of a certain type …

There is a school of thought that suggests that you must answer SC questi

my case, the strategy did not work. After I got introduced to the concept of

that 1:30 minutes is the average time I needed to mark an SC question cor

only marginally on that timing later on through practice. In my actual test th

took to answer SC questions should have been somewhere close to 1:20 m

minute. However, CR was my strength and I observed that on an average

minutes there. I read almost all RC passages big or small between 2 to 3 m

minute to answer the questions that followed.

Typically, in the test, you will receive an average of 4 RC passages with a t

14 CR questions and 14 SC questions. If you do the math, my timing strate

the total 75 minute span for Verbal. The bottom line is that there is no one s

when it comes to timing strategy. There is no point compromising on accura

where you tend to be naturally slow. Improve timing where it can be improv

extent that is possible without giving up accuracy.

Understand your limitations and strengths through Takt time and use this information ju

What is a “good” Takt time?


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Section Takt Time

SC 1' - 1' 30"

CR 1'45" - 2' 30"

RC 1'45" - 2' 30"

Myth

To get 700+ score, one needs to solve

SC question is less than a minute.

RealityIf you have the “ability”, even

time is 10”-15” more tha

recommended limits above, y

If your Takt time > limits then work to reduce

How can I improve Takt Time?


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I have “tImIng Issue”. I take mo

2’ to solve sC questIon.

You don’t have timing issue, you have gaps in “approach”

MeaningSentenceStructure

Gramma

UnderstandConclusion

Prethinking Answer

Read andComprehend

Prethinking Answer

Review detailed solutions

of each question and

figure out in which step of

the structured process

you went wrong.

Review each question in detail to diagnose the longer time to solv


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Come to any SM session and we wi

demonstrate how to reduce Takt Tim

Case 2: Bringing it all together – Another data


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GMAT Prep 3 – V34 GMAT Prep 4 – V38

Take Away: Takt Time Allows you to focus on St

Bringing it all together – Another data poi


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What made t

1. Focused on

2. Improve Im

Maintain

Take AWAY


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Recipe forsuccess inGMAT

Your Ability

Takt

Time

750


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prepare for Moc

Agenda


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1. GMAT and Ability



2. Timing


Problem?



surprises in Mocks






720+ in 30 days?

Why do you take a mock Test?


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Why do you take a mock Test?

What preparation do you do before taking a


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What preparation do you do before taking a

What do you do after taking the mock te


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What do you do after taking the mock te(Possible Scenarios)

The outcome of Mock test depends


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SC

CRRC

Arith.

Algebra

Geometry

Word Prob.

ABILITY

Stamina Timing

SC

CR

Lack of Preparation Bad Mock Scores + Wasted E


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Designed to estimate

your Exam

Performance

Results are impacted

by timing

Most mock

not design

provide abil

Not a reliabl

your prepara

have preparethree sectio

DS in Quan

Accuracy - A Flawed Measure


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30 Questions Correct

V42

V38

V32

V22

On GMAT Prep (11 incorrect)

96 percentile

85 percentile

66 percentile

30 percentile

66 pe

desp

Accu

• Different section – bringing the score down

• Not just an isolated case – many users experience the same

Source: http://gmatclub com/forum/gmat-prep-software-analysis-and-what-if-scenarios-14


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660650

670660

30 days

Why does this happen?


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y pp

1. Imprecise Tar

2. Change in Dir

3. Lack of Self B

What should you be able to do….


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Precision Targeting

Help students isolate

weakness

Ability Calculatio

Accurate estimatio

of Ability in a

Pristine environme

Mock Preparation

Students should beconfident of their mock

strategy

Periodic Assessm

Students should beable to assess their

preparation at any

time.


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How to Evaluate Your Preparation?


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Sectional Abilities

Overall Verbal Ability

Drill Do

SCRC


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How do I get this ?


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Create Custom Quiz


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Create Custom Quiz


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Ability Quiz

1 2 3

1 2 3


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3 Days

+

Target

Achieved

Ability

Student Feedback


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“An Absolutely Brilliant and Innovative tool from e-GMAT that is a must have foserious GMAT aspirant… I am thoroughly enjoying this tool. Also the interface provireally easy way to take notes of concepts tested in a question and also an easy way t

bookmark questions that we would like to revisit…

I am really impressed with the feature of Scholaranium to show the weak area in It is helping me to identify which files I should go back to improve my basic constrengthen that area.

The platform provided an accurate account of the ability in particular section CR etc. It would be great if Takt time & total productive time can also be evalusystem.

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Take AWAYBefore Exam


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Maximizeyour scoringin Mocks

750• Understand your strength

Weaknesses.

• Know your Takt Time

Agenda


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1. GMAT and Ability



2. Timing


Problem?



surprises in Mocks






720+ in 30 days?


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Timing StrategiesFOR YOUR MOCKS

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GMAT – a test of your ABILITY (recap)97 percentile 7500 rank 65 percentile


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1 thru 10 11 thru 20 21 thru 30 31 thru 41

1 11 21 31

2 12 22 32

3 13 23 33

4 14 24 34

5 15 25 35

6 16 26 36

7 17 27 37

8 18 28 38

9 19 29 39

10 20 30 40

41

1 thru 10 11 thru 20 2

1 11

2 123 13

4 14

5 15

6 16

7 17

8 18

9 19

10 20

Accuracy = 71% Accu

p

Your GMAT score is governed by your ABILITY to CORRECTLY answer DIFFICULT Q

1. Student got more # of difficult questions.

2. Student correctly answered more # of difficult questions.

so…Should I not spend more time in


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Should I not spend more time in

first 10 Questions?

No, not more than nece

You cannot solve question correctly by spending more time on it. You can do it only by i

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Q 1- 7 – set A

Q8 - 15 – set B

70%

40%

43%

66%

Q 1- 7 – set B

Q8 - 15 – set A

Despite spending

more time for Q1 to 7,

student

set B qu

Is set B more difficult or did fatigue/rush set in?

your TAK

How should I pace myself?

0


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Q u e s t i o n N u m b e r

Q

1 0

Q 2 0

Q 3 0

Q 4 0

Time left

55 mins 35 mins 17 mins 1 mins

Improve

Improve

Maintain

Maintain

Get to yourtarget

Percentile

Maintain

YourPercentile 1 thru 10

11 thru 20

21 thru 30

31 thru 41

Spend no more than 20 minutes for first 10 questions

Recap – “Application of this Strategy”


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What made t1. Focused on

2. Improve Im

Maintain

But…I Can’t solve questIons In less t


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75’ 41 questions 1’ 50”75’ (skip 5 questions) 36 questions 2’ 08”

I Can t solve questIons In less t

You don’t need to! Yes, the following are true

• You can’t spend less than your

Takt time• Your Takt time may be > 2’ for some questions

Hence comes the concept of “SKIPPING”

Skip questions that are from your weak areas!

Smart “skipping” is the key!


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Section # of questions Upper Limit of Takt Time

SC 15 90

CR 14 150

RC 12 150

Total Time (sec) 5250

Total Time (min) 87.5

Time - 75' 12.5

# of ques to be skipped 5

Skipping strategy works hand in hand with the concept of “Takt Time” to capitali

750

Take AWAY

U d t d t th

Before Exam


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Maximizeyour scoringin Mocks

• Understand your strength

Weaknesses.

• Know your Takt Time

• Skip Questions if you are

running out of time.

• Spend approx. your Takt Ton your weakness.

In Exam


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Total “ProductiveTime

FOR YOUR MOCKS

What is Total Productive Time (TPT)?TPT = Total time spent on correct questions in a mock.


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Use Case: Applicant 1 with Mock score 35 Right

# of questions 23

Time spent 41:20

Avg. Time/question 1:47

• Clearly, this applicant tried to answer all questions correctly and did not try to improv

productive time

• As you will see in the spreadsheet; he was 8 minutes behind by the time he reached q• He had a 21 percentile drop from 98 (#21) to 78 (#41)

“Skipping” according to ones “Takt time” is vital

TPT (contd.)


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First 20 Questions

1. Overall Accuracy: 70% (14)

2. Total Time Spent: 42.14 minutes

3. Total Productive Time: 29.274. Avg. Time Spent/Question: 126 seconds

Next 21 Questions

1. Overall Accuracy: 43% (9)

2. Total Time Spent: 32.86 minutes

3. Total Productive Time: 11.43

4. Avg. Time Spent/Question: 94 seconds

▬ Average Time Correct: 126 Seconds

▬ Average Time Incorrect: 127 Seconds

▬ Average Time Correct: 78 Seconds

▬ Average Time Incorrect: 104 Seconds

Capitalize on your strengths!

Recap - Getting Ready for Mocks

G i R d


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Getting Ready

1. Leverage Scholaranium…

2. Measure your Takt Time and accuracy during the quizzes.

3. Try to replicate the same in the mock

While taking mocks

1. Measure ability in various sections/question types.

• Consistent with your ability quizzes

2. Use “Improve Improve Maintain Maintain” strategy

3. Total productive Time (+3 minutes for next mock)

4. Use your knowledge of section Takt Time while skipping a question.

Agenda

1 GMAT d Abilit


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1. GMAT and Ability



2. Timing


Problem?



surprises in Mocks


Strategies to ensure that you get the maximscore for a given ability?



720+ in 30 days?


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define 30-day p

High Level PlanTotal score

Math

score V score

Math

correct

Verbl

correct Overall Score SC - Corr

CR-

Corr

RC 7/13 CR


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630 47 30 30 23RC 7/13 CR

8/12 SC 8/16 50 67

TodayTackle

quant

Tackle

SC

Tackle

RC

Tackle

CR

Goals

Q49/50

V 29-31

Q49/50

V 32-34

SC = 70%

Q49/50

V 33-35

RC = 70%

SC = 70%+

Q50/51

V 35-37

CR= 75%+

RC =70%+

SC =70%+

Mock

Test

Time to

MOck

4 days/10

hrs

8 days/30

hrs

8 days/30

hrs

5 days/15

hrs

How much time will it take me?


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Lose Weight

Build Muscle

Sample Plan

1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Thursday Friday

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

(630, Q4

(RC 7/13


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9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31 Notes:

T

Tackle SC

Prep

moc

prev

and

Mock test

Prep

moc

prev

and

Prepare for next

mock. Revise all

previous mocks

and all sections Mock test

CR CR CR CR

Prepare for next

mock. Revise all

previous mocks

and all sections

Break

RC (holiday) RC RC RC

Work on your Q

Weakness -

revise theory

Work on your Q

Weakness -

Work on your Q

Weakness -

Prepare for next

mock. Revise all

previous mocks

and all sections

Mock test

Revise mock,

notice the area

for improvement

SC SC SC SC

Mock test


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Putting it all togethe

Best Practices1. Ability first, timing next.


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2. If your ability is less than 70% in any section, then wofundamentals. Try out the corresponding e-GMAT cou

3. Have a 2/3 Question goal for improvement for each mo

4. Make sure that you tackle your weakest areas

5. Knowing your Takt Time can help you make judicious the mock.

6. Aim to improve your Total Productive Time with every

Two Goals – Score Improvement and Maximum Perfo


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1. Acing the GMAT is not Rocket Science.You can achieve Repeatable, Predictable

Score Improvement

2. Follow these strategieyour mocks and you act

to Achieve Maximum

Performance

Take e-GMAT Diagnostic


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1. Take e-GMAT diagnostic

2. Determine your ability

3. Review detailed Solutions

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