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Prepare ®
for the GMAT exam
Build your eight-week GMAT study timeline
Objectives Tasks Materials Tips
WEEK 1 ®
Become familiar with the Learn about the GMAT exam in GMAT Official Guide Don’t worry about your score on
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GMAT exam the GMAT Official Guide and on GMAT Official Starter Kit and the first practice exam! The goal is
mba.com Practice Exam 1 to become familiar with the exam
Go to mba.com and access your and set a baseline for measuring
free GMAT Official Starter Kit + your progress.
Practice Exams 1 & 2
Read tips to prepare and take one
of the two free practice exams to
set a baseline
WEEK 2 ®
Practice and refine your Answer the first 1/3 of practice GMAT Official Guide: Questions in each section of the
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study plan questions in each section of the Book + Online GMAT Official Guide are ordered
Official Guide access at based on level of difficulty, from
Identify strengths and efficientlearning.com/gmat easy to hard.
weaknesses and create a detailed
two-week study plan
Continually review answer
explanations and refine your
approach to questions
WEEK 3 Assess progress Create practice sets based on GMAT Official Starter Kit and When taking a practice exam, try
question type and difficulty using Practice Exam 2 to simulate a real test experience
your online access and minimize the number of
Take the second of the two free distractions that could disrupt
practice exams your concentration.
Review the test results in full and
adjust the two-week study plan
accordingly
WEEK 4 Focus on time management Use a timer and practice answering GMAT® Official Guide Time management is very important
questions under time pressure on the GMAT exam. Develop a
Create timed practice sets with sense of when to work through
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the online version of the GMAT educated guess and move on.
Official Guide
WEEK 5 Assess progress Continue using timed practice tests GMAT® Official Guide Use the code in the GMAT®
and focus on specific areas GMAT Official Practice Exam 3 Official Guide to access the online
Take the first of two practice version, which contains Integrated
exams from the GMAT Official Reasoning questions not available
Practice Exams 3 & 4 in the book.
Review the exam in full and
adjust the two-week study
plan accordingly
WEEK 6 Build confidence Review questions you got wrong on GMAT® Official Guide We suggest spending as much
practice tests GMAT Official Starter Kit time reviewing questions as
Use the 90 practice questions answering them.
in the Starter Kit and additional
official practice questions in the
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GMAT Official Guide for more
targeted practice
WEEK 7 Assess readiness Take the second of two practice GMAT Official Practice Exam 4 Note that because the GMAT
exams from the GMAT Official exam is a computer-adaptive
Practice Exams 3 & 4 test, the questions will get harder
Pay attention to pacing throughout as you answer them correctly, so
the practice exam it will feel more difficult as the
Review the exam in full to assess exam progresses.
progress and readiness for test day
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Review the GMAT Handbook on
mba.com for what to bring to the
test center and what to expect
WEEK 8 Prepare for test day Review challenging questions and GMAT® Official Guide Don’t try to cram too much in
go over answer explanations the last week; focus on building
Develop a time management confidence and keeping your
strategy based on your strengths mind fresh.
and weaknesses
Think through logistics for test
day and be sure to rest up!
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