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Schedule: 20 Weeks to GMAT

A proper plan and commitment can lead you to a very good score. This schedule is just a sample. You can tailor it as per your convenience and competency level.
Some Tips:

  1. Practice the material in the form of Timed Practice tests. Track the day, test, answers, accuracy, average time taken for each question in an excel sheet. Create a sheet for every test you take.

  2. Analysis is the most important part. Spend as much time as possible in understanding each and every option. Its more important to know why an option is wrong than why an option is right. GMAT OG explains why the other options are wrong. The very same concepts are tested. When you analyze make sure to:
    a. Find why you went wrong. Check if you know tested concept? Check the material on the tested concept.
    b. Check if your reasoning for every option matches with the given reasoning.

  3. 1000 series doesn’t have any explanation. You will have to resort to online Forums. Try to find why each option is not correct

  4. Check your performance time to time. Accuracy doesn’t increase over night. It happens with time and practice. Be patient. It happens not by solving more questions but only when you learn from your mistakes.

  5. In the following schedule the number of questions will be increased every week while the time is not increased proportionately. This is an approach to increase speed.


Week Activity Progress*/
Time (Hours)
1 Familiarize yourself with the pattern, Quant/ Verbal
guides by Princeton or Manhattan or any other guide.
Just to get hang.
2 Start with 5 SC/CR/RC. Take each section as timed test
with short 5 min break.		 OG-35/35/7
Test – 1 Hr
Analsys-1 Hr
3 Take the timed sections with no breaks. OG-70/70/14
Test – 1 Hr
Analsys-1 Hr
4 Time to accelerate. Increase the number of questions in
each section to 10. 		OG-140/140/21
Test – 1 Hr
Analsys-1.5 Hr
5 Time to take up Math Include Math from OG. Solve 50
Math in 1 hour. Take a 10 min break before starting
Verbal. To make it more like a real test, Take Math, Break
, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC.		 OG-210/205/35
OG-M-300
Test – 2 Hr
Analsys-2 Hr
6 Change the Gears. Increase the number of questions in
each section to 15. You would have done with OG-CR
Math, Break , 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR
OG 10 – COMPLETE.		 OG-270/205/43
OG-M-600
Test – 2 Hr
Analsys-2 Hr
  Check Point: Check if there has been an improvement
on accuracy towards the end. If so time to take up 1000
SC/CR/RC. Else Re-Do OG 10.
7 - 8 Time for 1000 SC/ CR/ RC. 15 SC, 15 CR, 3 RC. Increase
the no of RC’s to 3. Pattern: Maths, Break, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1
RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC 		1K-200/200/40
M-600
Test – 2.5 Hr
Analsys-2.5 Hr
9 - 10 Change the gears. Increase the SC/ CR questions to 20
Math, Break, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5
CR, and 1 RC.		 1K-480/480/80
M-1200
Test – 2.5 Hr
Analsys-2.5 Hr
11-12 Continue. Continue the same schedule.
Re-Start the Math		 1K-750/750/120
M-600
Test – 2.5 Hr
Analsys-2.5 Hr
13-14 Re-visit OG. Refresh your basics. 25 SC/ 25 CR/ 4 RC.
Pattern: 50 Maths, Break, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1
RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC.		 Complete OG
Test – 2.5 Hr
Analsys-2.5 Hr
15-16 Continue with 1000 SC. Increase the no of questions to
25. 25 SC/ 25 CR/ 4 RC.
60 Math, break, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC,
5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR, 1 RC, 5 SC, 5 CR.
1000 Series - COMPLETE.		 1K-COMPLETE
OG-M-150
Test – 2.5 Hr
Analsys-2.5 Hr
Check Point: Check for improvement on accuracy
towards the end. If yes, Time to Move on to SETS else redo
OG
17-18 Start GMAT PREP. Start with Tests. Take one GMAT PREP Test GMAT PREP-1
Test-2.5
Analysys-1.5
19

Take second GMAT PREP Test

GMAT PREP-2
Test-2.5
Analysys-1.5
20 Analysethe weak areas and give a retake of the GMAT Prep.

Revision - 2

GMAT PREP-2
Test-2.5
Analysys-1.5

FINAL Revisit the basics and the question pattern in OG / 1000 ques. sets

*Progress indicates completion by end of the week. .OG-140/140/21. indicates Guide/SC/CR/RC. No of questions/ passages completed by end of the week.


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