The Quant Progression Timeline - From Beginner to 170

<p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>The Quant Progression Timeline</b></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <ol style="margin-bottom:11px"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Foundation</span></span></span></span></span></strong> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">If you&rsquo;re scoring 160 or below, you&rsquo;re at the smallest dumbbell almost guaranteed. </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Just start with the <a href="https://www.gregmat.com/study-plans/the-im-overwhelmed-study-plan" target="_blank">I&rsquo;m Overwhelmed Plan</a>. Don&rsquo;t overcomplicate it. Don&rsquo;t overthink it. </span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Keep in mind this plan is mostly for quant. For verbal, keep following the One-Month Plan.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">If you&rsquo;re above 160, your foundation might still need work. </span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">We have a series of quizzes to find out strengths and weaknesses:</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px">Arithmetic:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/1yNWtpatymwLQFDN7" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/1yNWtpatymwLQFDN7</a></li> <li>Algebra:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/Jbe9Y3MysMZSkmR89" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/Jbe9Y3MysMZSkmR89</a></li> <li>Coordinate Geometry:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/QX5NC8VzH41pema39" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/QX5NC8VzH41pema39</a></li> <li>Geometry:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/9U3bsaBzKVQmVBMAA" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/9U3bsaBzKVQmVBMAA</a></li> <li>Data Analysis Part 1:&nbsp;<a href="http://forms.gle/8MGpxzFJRvwaxKGg7" target="_blank">http://forms.gle/8MGpxzFJRvwaxKGg7</a></li> <li>Data Analysis Part 2:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/Fm2cdFF3YMShtfZV7" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/Fm2cdFF3YMShtfZV7</a></li> <li>Data Analysis Part 3:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/aMprYCJBH5TLGXmo9" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/aMprYCJBH5TLGXmo9</a></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">85% or higher indicates strength. </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">75% -- you can be somewhat targeted</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Anything else, just start from scratch, even if you&rsquo;re below 85%. </span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Strategy</span></span></span></span></span></strong> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Once you have confirmed your foundation is solid (not via feelings, not via practice, but via foundation quizzes), then move on to strategy.</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">​​​​​​​You can find more foundation quizzes here to confirm:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gregmat.com/quizzes/collection/quant-foundation-quizzes" target="_blank">https://www.gregmat.com/quizzes/collection/quant-foundation-quizzes</a></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Awareness (able to list all the strategies and define them)</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Think of it like memorizing vocabulary words</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Deliberate Practice in Isolation</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This is when you force yourself to ONLY use ONE strategy. </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Search classes on &ldquo;backsolving.&rdquo; Search classes on &ldquo;pattern recognition.&rdquo; </span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Toolkit</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">You have all strategies at your disposal. You decide which strategies can be used on each problem (maybe it&rsquo;s one, maybe it&rsquo;s two, maybe it&rsquo;s three).</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Maybe you decide which one is best</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">About flexibility </span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Untimed Practice</span></span></span></span></span></strong> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Easy -&gt; Medium -&gt; Hard</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">How do you know when to move on? If you&rsquo;re scoring perfect or near perfect on multiple attempts of the previous difficulty.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Easy&hellip;</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">GregMat &ndash; Easy sections on the site</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><a href="https://www.gregmat.com/quizzes/quiz-group/timed-quant-section-2-easy" target="_blank">15 Question Sections</a></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Big Book sections in the GRE Big Book</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Example: 29/30, 30/30, 28/30, 30/30</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Medium&hellip;</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">GregMat &ndash; Medium GregMat sections on the site</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><a href="https://www.gregmat.com/quizzes/quiz-group/timed-quant-section-1-medium-12-questions" target="_blank">12 Question Sections</a></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><a href="https://www.gregmat.com/quizzes/quiz-group/timed-quant-section-2-medium">15 Question Sections</a> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Take them untimed, even if they say &ldquo;timed.&rdquo; </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Don&rsquo;t put yourself in a high pressure environment</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Hard&hellip;</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">GregMat &ndash; Hard sections on the site</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><a href="https://www.gregmat.com/quizzes/quiz-group/timed-quant-section-2-hard" target="_blank">15 Question Sections</a></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Same advice as easy and medium</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Timed Practice</span></span></span></span></span></strong> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Literally the same thing, in repeat, but timed.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Start at like 1.5 time or 2x times and then move down</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Easy -&gt; Medium -&gt; Hard</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Mock Tests</span></span></span></span></span></strong> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">I don&rsquo;t want you taking too many. When people prioritize mock tests, they are skipping a lot of steps usually.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">GregMat mock test </span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">We don&rsquo;t care if we burn these. These are not very valuable.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">ETS Tests</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">These are the valuable ones. So don&rsquo;t take them willy nilly and make sure you&rsquo;re actually prepared via the progression timeline above.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Real Tests</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Be prepared to take it multiple times.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">You&rsquo;re crazy! How dare you suggest I take it multiple times. ETS is a scam. The test is $250. Etc. Etc.</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Maybe you&rsquo;re not wrong, but you&rsquo;re not being 100% rational. Don&rsquo;t get mad. I&rsquo;ll explain.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Compare the cost of multiple tests to the cost of your tuition. </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">There&rsquo;s more &ndash; a high GRE score opens up more doors.</span></span></span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Scholarships &ndash; you can actually MAKE money. </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Better, more elite universities</span></span></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">More likely can lead to more job opportunities. </span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol>