Hello Ron / MGMAT Staff,

I hope you are doing well! To begin with let me say THANK YOU for such educative posts.. all of your posts are saved in my bookmarks for ready access !!

As i have been going through your posts, i have a few questions and i hope you will help me out; so here we go:

1. you mention that maximum time one should devote to studying in a day should be around 5hrs with 1-2 hrs of complete non brain activity, now i am a working individual having a 13 hrs turnaround time (as in time of commuting + time spent in office + time to return back home) which leaves me with only 4-5 hours of time for personal use; would 2 to 3 hrs of preparation during WEEKDAYS suffice?

2. You further mention in one of the posts that completely analyzing (extracting the last possible bit of information) SC from OG 12 should easily take couple of months, keeping this in mind, what exactly should be the over all duration of preparation ?? i have my GMAT scheduled for April 2012.

I am eagerly looking forward to your reply! I sent you a PM as well but not sure if you recieved it!

Best Regards,
Ankit

Yes, 2-3 hours on a working day is fine. I'll add an additional restriction. Don't study for more than about 2 hours in one sitting. So do 2h sessions on weekdays, and (if you desire) you can do a couple of 2 hours sessions (with a substantial break in between) on days you're not working.

Re: overall length of study time, most people take around 3 to 4 months, but 5-6 months is also quite common. It depends upon the level of score improvement you want to achieve, as well as how much and how effectively you're studying, so there's no way to say "oh, you need X months." Set up a good plan for yourself, start studying, check your progress periodically, adjust your study accordingly, and so on. When your practice scores start getting close to the range you want on the real test, then you know you're getting close to being ready.

Note: the test is changing in June of 2012, so if you're planning to take in April, make sure you leave yourself plenty of time in case your study schedule gets delayed or you want to take the test a second time (in case you don't like your first score).

You may want to read these articles:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... tudy-plan/
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... our-study/

http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ice-tests/

http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/a ... roblem.cfm

http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... anagement/

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Stacey Koprince
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Director of Online Community
ManhattanGMAT

Thanks Stacey!

your reply is much appreciated; I am also planning to attend the free webinar that MGMAT is holding on 15th, guess it will be instrumental in planning a good study plan.

One question which i have been having in my mind for some time is that by any chance MGMAT has any private tutor / 9 session class service in India?

To be honest, the charge rates in USD, once converted to Indian currency (INR) are very high. So any chances that MGMAT might be starting services in India as well sometime soon?

Also, most of the courses offered are coming with 8 strategy guides + OG's, now if i have all that material, can the charge rates be reduced?

Thanks!
Ankit

We don't have any in-person classes or tutoring in India right now because we don' thave any instructors there. If you know anyone who's a great teacher and has a 99th percentile score, send him / her our way!

I'm pretty sure that you can get a discount if you don't need any of the books - you basically tell them when signing up which books you don't need, and then they don't charge you for the books. I don't know how much you can save - you'll have to call and find out. (Note: I don't think you'll save as much as you paid for the books in the first place. Our cost for the books is lower than the retail price that you pay, and I would think we'd only give you a discount based upon our actual cost.)

But call / email the office to find out!
skype: m.gmat
email: studentservices@manhattangmat.com

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Stacey Koprince
Instructor
Director of Online Community
ManhattanGMAT