Study Update : 26.02.11

Went thru "Comparisons" from Manhattan GMAT and solved problems from OG-10.

Scored 26 correct out of 39. So far my score used to be 50-50, but now this time its 66:33 which is progress however small it might be.

Now have to maintain and more importantly tilt the ratio in my favor even more!

Coming up next is "Idioms". 

Study Update : 22.02.11

I wrapped up Day-11 BTG Inequalities/Equations (Part 1).

To Do:

• In the Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition:
• Review the sections on Equations, Solving Linear Equations with One Unknown, Solving Two Linear Equations with Two Unknowns, Solving Equations by Factoring and Solving Quadratic Equations (p. 121-125)
• Review the section on Inequalities (p. 125-126)
• In the Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition, tackle the following questions:
• Problem Solving: 2, 38, 41, 44, 49, 58, 70, 71, 91, 97, 100, 112, 119, 130, 144, 168, 172, 173, 196, 215, 218, 222, 227
• Data Sufficiency: 8, 13, 15, 30, 35, 49, 51, 54, 60, 71, 72, 88, 97, 112, 131, 137, 154, 156, 162, 165

• Watch this video, Solving Linear Equations I

• Watch this video, Solving Linear Equations II
• Watch this video, Solving Linear Equations III
• Watch this video, Solving Equations with Fractions
• Watch the Knewton video, Solving Simultaneous Equations using Substitution
• Watch this video, Solving Simultaneous Equations by Elimination I
• Watch this video, Solving Simultaneous Equations by Elimination II
• Watch this video, Solving Quadratic Equations
• Watch this video, Equations Involving Absolute Value

• PS I scored much better than I had thought - 15 out of 23 correct! Whatever question I knew was correct was indeed correct. And few remaining 8 which I had guessed didn't work! 
• DS I scored 8 out of 20. I think I am not evaluating the questions properly. DS is not about getting the answer, but instead finding whether the answer is definite and can be calculated. This is where I am slipping every single time!

• In Verbal  - Sentence Correction, I finished Comparisons(Manhattan GMAT). 

Today, Would be solving the problems tackling Comparison, then the all important and time-consuming review along with reading on IDIOMS! Verbal reviews takes a lot of time compared to Quants! So keep in mind and its recommended to solve less questions with review(immediate) than a lot of questions with no review(later on)! 

For Quants would be getting off with Part 2 of Inequalities/Equations! 

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Great read if you are just starting out for your MBA journey!

Read it ! 

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Prep Update - 19.02.11

I have reached Day-10 of 60-Day BTG Study Guide! 


What I covered today - 

To Do:

• In the Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition:
• Review the section on Simplifying Algebraic Expressions (p. 120-121)
• Review the section on Functions (p. 126-127)
• In the Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition, tackle the following Algebra questions:
• Problem Solving: 68, 84, 117, 137, 148, 150, 208, 213, 230
• Data Sufficiency: 24, 26, 36, 83, 150, 170

Additional Reinforcement:

• Watch the video, Dividing Exponents
• Watch the video, FOIL Method
• Watch the video, Factoring Trinomials (Quadratics) I
• Watch the video, Factoring Trinomials (Quadratics) II
• Watch the video, Factoring Trinomials (Quadratics) III
• Watch the video, Simplifying Rational Expressions

PS I performed horribly...just got 3 out of 9 correct! Could have got 5 if not for careless mistake. But 4 I had no clue whatsoever. Worse part, even after the review I am still not sure whether I would be able to solve if I encounter it again! :(

DS my consistency of 50-50 was maintained. Got 3 out of 6 right!

From next week I want to finish multiple days together in order to really push through! 

Also time to get back doing Verbal!

Stay tuned!

Prep Update - 16.02.11

Today was a day of contentment! I finished everything on my To-do list! These are the small victories which motivates us for bigger victories!

What all I did today in context for my Gmat Prep -

• Day 9 of BTG Study Plan which included - 

1. Pg-114 and Pg-125 from OG-12.(Powers and roots of numbers, Exponents)
2. Solving problems of PS and DS.
3. Review of the solutions.

• Solve 5 problems each of Quants and Verbals from BTG daily emails and then review them.
• Updating this blog! 

Of the problems solved, I scored 10/17 in PS and 2/4 in DS. I am really thinking of focusing on building my skill areas instead of fidgeting over DS which doesn't seem to improve!

Now all the above doesn't amount to much, but coming from a break of 2 weeks, its a great way to get back in the groove! Tomorrow I hope to do much more more than what I did today!

Stay tuned!

Update : February 15, 2011

I am back from a holiday thanks to my cousin's wedding! Was totally detached from the online world and also the world of GMAT/MBA for about 15 days! The former is good way to detox, the latter not quite when I want to take the GMAT sometime in March end/April first week.

Anyhow, it was an unavoidable event and to be frank a break was much needed, I enjoyed to the max my mind, body and soul permitted me to!

Now its time to get back in the groove!

From tomorrow I shall resume my study plan!

Stay tuned!