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GMAT Study Plan for Working Professionals with 3-5 Years of Experience

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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, please refer the official website of the exam.

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Answered Questions

What GMAT score can be considered good for applying to ISB Hyderabad with an average academic profile?

Bhavya Singh

18 Mar 21

Several factors affect the chance of a candidate getting a seat in ISB Hyderabad. Not only the GMAT score, but also the application profile, essays, and performance in the interview combined together decides whether a candidate should get a seat or not in such an elite institute. The points listed below are some important aspects to consider for admission to such institutes.

There is no fixed cut-off for ISB Hyderabad, as declared by the institute. There are examples of people with a GMAT score of 720 not getting a seat from the interviews. On the other hand, there are candidates with a score of 700-710 but are successful in getting a seat in ISB Hyderabad.
GMAT score is not the only criteria for getting a seat, but the door to get an interview call. The quality of essays written by the candidate, his/her application/ profile, and the performance in the interviews are also considered.
For candidates with an average profile, a GMAT score of 720+, along with a complete application and a good essay can be considered to have high chances to receive an interview call. After having a call, the rest depends on how the candidate will perform in his/her interview.

This is the overall scenario for admission in ISB Hyderabad, for a student with an average profile.

Which Indian b-schools accept GMAT scores?

Mahak Nigam

30 Jun 22

More than 140 Business Schools in India accept GMAT scores. Here is a list of popular B-School that accept GMAT scores.

IIM Ahmedabad (PGPX)	IIM Bangalore (EPGP)	IIM Calcutta (PGPEx)
IIM Indore (EPGP)	IIM Kozhikode (EPGP)	IIM Lucknow (IPMAX)
XLRI Jamshedpur	MDI Gurgaon	IMT Ghaziabad
IIFT Delhi	FMS Deli	ISB Hyderabad/Mohali

Many other reputed B-School across the country also accept GMAT scores.

Which exam to opt for admission in ISB hyderabad, GMAT or GRE?

Arvind Verma

30 Jun 22

ISB Hyderabad accepts both examination scores. So, you can opt for either of GMAT or GRE. Your chances of selection or rejection will remain the same. Go through the examination pattern and syllabus and choose the one in which you feel that you will be able to score better. Ultimately having a good score is what matters during admission. As per the recent trends, ISB Hyderabad cutoff for GMAT is 600, while for GRE it is 311.

Which Indian Business schools accept Indian students on GMAT score?

Aditi Sen

12 May 21

There are many business schools in India that require GMAT scores at the time of admission.

Some of the top business schools with requiring GMAT scores in India are:

Institute Name	GMAT Score
ISB, Hyderabad & Mohali	730 or higher
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai	550
IIM Ahmedabad	711
School of Management, NMIMS Mumbai	600
IIM Bangalore	710
Great Lakes Institute of Management	600
IIM Calcutta	701
XLRI Jamshedpur	710
IIM Lucknow	680
IMT (All campuses)	720
IIM Indore	700
ICFAI Business School (Hyderabad & Mumbai)	700
IIM Kozhikode	700

A few other institutes include - MDI Gurgaon, FMS Delhi, Sunstone Business School Noida, ISB Indore, and more.