GMAT study plan is very important for a successful GMAT result. When you are an experienced working professional, you have to make a study plan to crack GMAT and get the course done for a better placement. We suggest at least a 2 months study plan for GMAT for the working professionals for a good score in GMAT. Before moving on to the study plan, let’s face the commonest question:
How to Prepare for GMAT with a Full-time Job?
Well, making a study plan for GMAT is not a very easy task especially when it is for the working professionals. At the time of making the GMAT study plan, three main factors to keep in the mind:
- The professional workers will not be able to study much in the weekdays
- They will study after and before their working hours on the weekdays
- The study plan of weekdays has to be light and weekends need to be packed
Keeping these factors in mind, the primary step for the candidates is to take a mock test of GMAT. With the help of it, the candidates will be able to understand the sections they are weakest in. Based on this, the study plan will be made for the candidate.
GMAT 8 Weeks Study Plan
The study plan below is based on a candidate who is weak in GMAT quant:
| Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learn Arithmetic concepts | Learn Algebra concepts | Learn Geometry concepts | Data sufficiency concepts | Data sufficiency | Learn and apply the tricks of GMAT quant | Practice and take mock tests |
| 2 | Practice with the tricks and check the time | Practice the questions with more difficulty level | Check if the tricks are worth applying or not in all the questions | Gather more questions from different sources and practice | Practice and check the takt-time of each question type | Take a mock test of GMAT quant and find out progress based on the previous mock test | Improve the areas you stuck in the last mock test |
| 3 | Practice the questions from those areas by applying tricks | Solve more questions of quant | Target to reduce the takt-time of each type of question | Practice and keep checking the time of solving each type of GMAT quant question | Keep practicing until you complete each answer within 2 minutes | Again take a mock test and track your progress | Develop more insight from GMAT quant books and practice |
| 4 | Focus on GMAT vocabulary | Understand the basics of critical reasoning | Go through the reading comprehension tests | Clear up the grammatical concepts | Learn new words with meanings and applications | Take mock tests and understand which particular section is toughest for you | Practice quant |
| 5 | Find out tricks to ace that particular question type | Learn and practice sentence correction | The options of sentence correction questions are identical – have proper vocabulary | Read different materials and enhance vocabulary | Check synonym, antonym, and application in different sentences of every unknown word | Practice | Practice with the questions with more difficulty level |
| 6 | Take mock tests and track your progress | Keep practicing and learning new words | Revise the concepts of GMAT quant | Learn the concepts of GMAT integrated reasoning | Take mock tests and find out the lacks | ||
| 7 | Learn the tips and practice by applying it | More practice of GMAT IR with more difficult questions | Take mock tests of GMAT IR | Focus on the writing style of GMAT AWA and practice | |||
| 8 | Write GMAT AWA and get it checked by experts and work on the reviews | Practice GMAT AWA | Revise GMAT quant and take mock tests | Revise verbal and take mock tests | Revise IR and take mock tests | Take a full-length test | Take a full-length test |
The study plan aims to enhance the knowledge of the candidates in the areas they are weak and strengthen the areas in which they are already strong. In the study plan above, the target is to strengthen the quant section as the candidate score lowest in the quant section.
In case a candidate is weaker in the GMAT verbal section, he or she can change the study plan according to their needs. The above study plan is just for a reference. The basic thing is the candidates need to practice the weakest section more without ignoring the rest of the section.
The professionals with 3-5 years of experience will definitely not get enough time to prepare for GMAT. The above study plan is designed in such a way that on the weekdays the candidates need to manage the least time. To crack GMAT, they have to study on the weekend with full dedication and it will result in a higher GMAT score.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College.
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