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GMAT Focus Edition

A full GMAT Focus Edition plan: the current format, a baseline practice exam, a target score drawn from your schools, an error log, all three sections, timed mocks and score sending.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for GMAT Focus Edition, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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🎓 Finance & Business Certifications

GMAT Focus Edition

Preparing for the GMAT Focus Edition: Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights, an official practice exam baseline, an error log and a target score by school.

  1. Current GMAT Focus format and rules check
  2. Target score range from your schools' class profiles
  3. Official practice exam baseline
  4. Choosing a test date and delivery mode
  5. Exam account and ID name matched
  6. GMAT budget for fees, materials and a retake
  7. Choosing official materials and a prep provider
  8. Weekly study hours plan around work or classes
  9. Error log built by section and question type
  10. Weekly study block routine
  11. Daily mixed question set
  12. Weekly error log review
  13. Weekly timed section set
  14. Monthly score trend check against your target
  15. Mental maths drills without a calculator
  16. Dense reading habit for Verbal
  17. Redo list for missed questions after two weeks
  18. Study partner weekly check-in
  19. Number properties and arithmetic for Quant
  20. Algebra, equations and inequalities
  21. Word problems on rates, work, mixtures and percents
  22. Counting, probability and statistics essentials
  23. Critical reasoning argument structure
  24. Reading comprehension passage mapping
  25. Data sufficiency method and traps
  26. Table analysis and multi-source reasoning
  27. Graphics interpretation and two-part analysis
  28. Section order choice from practice data
  29. Section pacing plan with time checkpoints
  30. Strategic guessing and letting questions go
  31. Using the review and edit feature well
  32. Breaking a three-week score plateau
  33. Test anxiety and pressure routine
  34. Keep or reschedule the exam date decision
  35. Final official practice exam series
  36. Final three weeks before the GMAT
  37. Online exam room and system check
  38. Test centre trip and arrival plan
  39. Exam day routine and the night before
  40. Score report and Enhanced Score Report review
  41. Sending scores before application round deadlines
  42. GMAT prep around a full-time job
  43. Final-year student taking the GMAT early
  44. Maths refresher after years away from it
  45. Verbal plan for non-native English speakers
  46. Retake plan after a disappointing first score
  47. Keeping or replacing a classic GMAT score
  48. Testing accommodations request
  49. Hardest question practice for top-percentile scores
  50. Coaching a colleague or classmate through the GMAT

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Current GMAT Focus format and rules check

Forum advice and older prep books still describe the classic GMAT, with its essay, geometry and sentence correction, none of which belong to the Focus Edition. Spending an hour on the official GMAT website before buying anything means your plan rests on the current sections, timing, scoring scale, retake limits and delivery options as they stand today.

First tasks

  • Read the GMAT Focus Edition exam structure page on the official website
  • Copy the section timing, score scale and retake rules into a dated study note
  • Label every book and course you already own as classic or Focus Edition
  • Recheck the official exam page for rule or fee changes @recurring(monthly:3)

Target score range from your schools' class profiles

A target pulled from thin air either wastes months chasing points no school asks for or leaves you short at the one programme you care about. Taking the middle range of GMAT Focus scores from the class profiles of the schools already on your list gives a number with a reason behind it, and a floor below which you would retake.

First tasks

  • Open the latest class profile page for each school on your list
  • Record each school's reported GMAT Focus median or middle range in one table
  • Convert any classic GMAT figures with the official score concordance table
  • Write your target score and your retake floor at the top of the study note

Official practice exam baseline

Without a starting score, every study hour is a guess. Sitting one official practice exam cold, under real timing, shows the gap between you and your target, which section is weakest and how long the preparation needs to be. The official exams use the same scoring engine as the real test, which third-party tests cannot fully copy.

First tasks

  • Create or sign in to your account on the official GMAT website
  • Book a quiet three-hour slot with no interruptions for the practice exam
  • Sit the first official practice exam without notes or pausing
  • Write the total score, section scores and gap to target in your score log

Make it yours.

Install GMAT Focus Edition, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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