20 Days to go!

I've taken 4 GmatClub math challenges. Those things are gooood. I still suck but am slowly getting better. Am reviewing Manhattan Gmat SC Bible. Did considerably better on OG SC problems after reviewing MGSC. I'm still having a hard time finding time to study. There's so many better things to do. The weather's been good here in LA. I really want to cherish this summer b/c it could be my last. Tear. I need to get going on RVLDP application. One of my recommenders has already sent in his letter of rec. I need to get on the other to help me out. Also, China trip in May with Mosaic Church is coming up. Should I teach Yelo or should it do an arts camp? Don't know. Maybe I can communicate with some others who have been on those trips. I'm kindof starting to go into panic mode w/ regards to GMAT. I usually sleep 7-8 hours a night. Work has kept me busy, too, so I haven't been able to study while working. I've decided to stay up later at night to do one set of GMAT club math challenges. I'm not sure this will really happen b/c my plan w/ MGSC sort of worked but not according to schedule.

30 days until GMAT

I haven't really studied this week. That's it. I'm clearing my calendar until February 14.

Received SC Bible and took GMATPrep1

I took GMATPrep 1 today. Happy with my score of 710, Q45 V41. I was scared that I would score somewhere in the 500s. I think I need to study some basic algebra and memorize things such as factorials. I also received Manhattan GMAT's SC guide. I have 38 days until GMAT day. I would like to complete one chapter of SC a day and there's 11 chapters. Today, I completed chapter 1. Tomorrow, I study math from Charle's book and do chapter 2.

God grant me the humility to learn from my mistakes

The PS sections are becoming increasingly more difficult. When I see that I'm not improving or gettin worse, I become disheartened. My goal is to remain optimistic. Today was a bad day for studying. I got 4/16 CR wrong and 3/20 PS wrong. Yesterday I had 3/20 CR wrong.
Here's things that I've learnt -

* If question suggests estimation, I should estimate the numbers that I use to arrive at estimation. For example 49% = 50%. The GMAT wants us to be able to do arithmetic, but there's a limit to the arithmetic's craziness.

On another note, the math sections that I've been taking for the past 2 days are WAY harder than before. I have decided to dish out the money and sign up for GMATclub gmat tests ($79) because I want ultra hard. I previously completed 11th edition OG and I the quant on those are not comparable to what I've seen the past 2 days.

Finally, I think I'm gettng burnt out. I think I'm going to take it easy on studying.

Lesson of the Day - 45 days until GMAT.

I'm just reviewing all the verbal sections that I've done so far. For CR, it seems like in more than one question, there is a good answer and then there is a better answer. I have a tendency to find an answer, think it's good and move on without reading all the answer choices. A good practice would be to thoroughly read all the answer choices with a comprehension of what they each say and then narrow the answer choice down.
With regards to SC, I noticed that when I'm unsure, I ought to trust my instincts. I had a hunch that a certain answer was correct but wasn't 100% sure. So I chose A because it also seemed correct.

Also, during my GMAT class, the instructor suggested that the class look at old SAT or LSAT questions for extra reading comprehension or critical reasoning help. He also suggested to not use sample problems from either the Princeton Review or Kaplan books because he could always tell when a question was not a real GMAT question. I've been following his suggestions about not using problems from PR or Kaplan and I'm thinking about taking him up on his LSAT suggestion. I'm pretty sure that I have it in me to ace the math section of the GMAT. I did perfect yesterday on a data sufficiency and the most I've missed on a problem solving section is one. I have in my hands a few LSATs. I haven't started the OG, yet, but I'm exhausting my resources as far as verbal is concerned. I've been focusing my studies on sentence correction since that seems to be the area I need the most help on. I've done a few critical reasoning sets and no reading comprehension sets.

Kellogg and Wharton coffee chats

Within the past week, I've participated in a Kellogg coffee chat and a Wharton coffee chat. I was the only guest at the Northwestern coffee chat and I was 1 out of 4 guests at the Wharton coffee chat. It seemed to me that most of the guests at the Wharton coffee chat were concerned about admissions. At this time, I'm mostly concerned with fit (whether or not I'd like the people and culture of the school). I know a few people from both programs. Based on these people and the coffee chats, it seems like Kellogg is the more relaxed, fun, social and partying crowd whereas Wharton is the more serious, mature and sophisticated crowd. Within the past week, I've also become interested in the Lauder program. It seems like most Lauder graduates have lived or desire to live out of the US. At this point in time, I would like to live in and spend a significant amount of time in the states. Is the Lauder program right for me?

Day 8 - Another ace

I did problem solving section C today and performed the section flawlessly. I did notice that I was getting bored and annoyed towards the end of the section, though. I think I need to build up my stamina. It's been 3 days since I last studied. I reviewed some math and some sentence correction. SC gives me anxiety. At the end of the day, all parts of the GMAT are about analysis. If I think that my analysis skills rock, I ought to be able to rock the GMAT. I've noticed that Charles mentions that by looking at the answer choices in SC, one could usually figure out the concepts being tested. By knowing the concept being tested, one can figure out the right answer based on the concept.