Best Use of OG Questions

[bjorn_commers]

Hey,

I started studying for the GMAT about a month ago- planning to take the test in July (I decided I didn't have enough time to take it before it changes). I'm going through the MGMAT books and I'm wondering how to best utilize the OG questions listed in the back of each book (I also bought the OGs)

Is it best to take one section and go through all those questions at once? So for instance, is it best to do all of the OG Algebraic Translation questions at once? Or should my sets be a mix of several types (so maybe mix in a few Statistics, Rates & Work, etc. problems)?

Second question- how long are the sets that most people do? 10 questions? 20 questions?

Thanks for any help!

[StaceyKoprince]

Do some OG questions chapter by chapter, just to make sure that you really are learning the material and can apply it to OG questions. BUT save a lot for later.

You may do some mixed sets across multiple chapters - maybe you study 3 chapters and then do a mix of some OG Qs from all three at once.

Later, though, you're going to start doing completely random mixes of OG Qs. That's incredibly important because the real test will NEVER group the questions or tell you what you're about to get. You have to be able to jump around and you have to be able to figure out what the heck this question is (in front of you right now) anyway. :)

So use some and save some. Earlier in your study, you'll do shorter question sets (5 to 10). Later you'll do longer sets, maybe 15 or so. When you want to do even longer sets, for quant, you can also use GMAT Focus (www.gmatfocus.com), which has 24 questions in each set. (And, when the set is that long, it's a lot easier to have a computer program put it together than to put it together yourself from OG!)