People who took GMAT classes- tips on the best way to optimize the experience?

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There aren’t that many special tips and tricks they can teach you so don’t expect great things from them. I’d say practicing is the only way to increase your score. If you put in the hours, things will just click. I mainly used Manhattan and official guide books. Good luck

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It depends. I did it later, because I couldn’t get over the 700 hump (was practice testing around 750 but not clearing 690 day of) and honestly needed a concentrated period of prep. I personally liked that because it meant that I could fix things I wasn’t doing right vs trying to learn everything from scratch (the class is pedagogically strong so you could do either and be fine). I def wouldn’t overinvest in prep before doing the course but would know the basics of math review, verbal, test format, etc.

I’ve just started prepping and I’m really struggling with concepts and timing. I’d like to be at a mostly good place and have in class prep focus on specific areas I can’t seem to hack.

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