Keep a GMAT Journal

To be mentally prepared for the GMAT test, you ought to keep a journal to take note of your progress. A sample below has been posted for your reference:

Wednesday:

I took a test to gauge my starting level. Surprisingly I scored a 710 (Q42 V42). I felt the math was at a level that I was comfortable with, although I was still rusty doing basic calculations without a calculator, causing me to run out of time with one question remaining.

Math will be my first area that I target. For the rest of the week I am going to read every Manhattan GMAT guide and complete every problem in the problem sets and the official guide.

Additionally, I am going to start targeting specific math skills such as dividing decimals and mental multiplication, increasing my math speed overall.

I have already been studying sentence correction problems for a week. This has helped me tremendously in increasing my hit rate.

I want to start solving these almost at an instinctual level. For this I am going to do 20 sentence correction problems a day and I am going to start studying my Idioms using flash cards.

I've realized I remember idioms much better when I see them used in a problem, so I am going to make flashcards of problems that contain idioms and study these as well. By the end of the week I am hoping this would have increased my hit rate to (~90%).

Unfortunately next week is going to be a killer work week, so I will have to wake up early everyday to put in some extra study time.

I am hoping this journal will help keep me on track.