Hey everybody!
As the title mentioned, I’m presenting my test in mid-January as I needed it for a master’s program application. After some research, I think I could survive with a minimum of 160Q156V (610-620 GMAT score) for the particular set of programs I’m applying to. Therefore, I started by taking a mock test with no preparation to see where I was, only to be horrified by a 147Q149V (not a complete surprise as I’m not a native English speaker and I did not do my bachelor’s in English either ). My initial approach was to buy Gregmat + and start the 2-months plan. Currently, as I work full-time, I’m falling behind day by day. I don’t know if I should transition to the one-month plan or see how far on the prep I can do with the 2-month one, as I see the benefits of all the foundation the first week brought to me. I plan to take another mock test end of November and the end of December to see how it goes.
On the other hand, I’m pretty afraid of the writing department. I saw that by the plan, Greg recommends starting preparing for it after talking about different parts of the verbal, but considering my current situation, I don’t know if that would be smart.
What do you think?
Any help on the topic is appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance!
AJ
If you’re working then it will be better if you can pre-planned your week or fix a slot for GRE studies. For eg, you can see videos in the morning (1 hour reserved for it!) and then practice the same at evening or whenever you can find the time (Maybe 1 and half hour for it! 1 hour practice and half an hour for review)and you can use small time slots (5-15mins) throughout the day for vocab ! Then, on weekend you can pump those number to 3-5 hrs.
For example, you can schedule your day like this:
| Time |
To DO |
| 7:00 : 8:00am |
watch GregMat video for eg: Math strategy for TC |
| 10-10 : 15 am |
see 10 words from Greg’s List group 1 during commute to work |
| 1:30 : 1:40 pm |
Revise 10 words from Greg’s List group 1 again during lunch |
| 5:45 : 6:00 pm |
see new 10 words from group 1 during going from work to home |
| 9:00 : 10:00 pm |
Practice question from the video that you saw earlier |
| 10:00 : 10:30 pm |
Update and review your error log after practice |
| 10:35 :10:45 pm |
Revise the new 10 words that you saw at 5:45pm |
If you think you will need extra effort in writing other what’s mentioned in the plan then you can watch GRE ESSAY FEEDBACK HOUR recordings https://www.gregmat.com/course/gre-essay-feedback-hour the prompt for each video is embedded below the video → write yourself an outline and not the full essay then compare your outline ideas with the ones in the videos!
if you’re wondering what I mean by organizing your essays then take a look at this thread:https://forums.gregmat.com/t/organize-essays-what-to-do/7168
Thanks a lot for the fast reply and recommendations ! Would you also say is better to transition to the one month plan ?
Thanks again AJ
Again, that’s a personal choice, do you think you’ll be able to absorb the material in that period of time ? Also, a pro-advice is to book the test date in advance so that you’re running on a ticking time-bomb. Thus,you’ll be able to make firm decision all the time as you’ll be on a deadline! 
Thanks a lot again for taking the time to help me out here! Just have one more question. As far as I am in the course is the first time I have heard about the error log. I write on the margins of the notebook when I incorrectly do the exercises, highlighting what I could have done better or why I failed. Do you also have resources to categorize this? In my case, many times, my errors are due to the following:
- Missing information in the questions. Therefore the process I took to solve the problem is the correct one, but as I did not take all the details into account, I ended up with the wrong answer. (the answer is an integer, one part of the variables has a limitation, etc)
- Feeling I’m taking too much time and rushing into the answer (I guess this is more practice as well).
