There are cases when you take advantage of a good thing too much. In GMAT preparation, the targeted method of studying is generally a great practice to start with. There are specific areas where you consider your knowledge as weak. Building the skills on these specific areas is great specifically on the early and mid phases of your study schedule. However, too much of a good thing isn’t entirely great.

Taking advantage of targeted method of studying will not prepare you for the true nature of GMAT. This is usually the mistake of many people who are too engrossed in honing the skills they never possessed before. While this may sound like a good thing, you forget that GMAT is the sum of all parts and it is not designed to test your weakness but also your strengths.

Many who take the examination were disappointed in the scores that they have received asking – where did we go wrong? Well, targeted method of studying is not really a bad practice but not a good practice either. In GMAT preparation, it only works on the initial and mid phase of studying while combining the weakness and strength at the end phase.

For example, in Knewton GMAT your weakness is math. You focus your studies on this subject matter from beginning to end. How do you expect to deal with the rest of the subject matters if you don’t even know the fundamentals of the test? You would fare well on Math but you won’t do well on other subject matters. As a result, you won’t be able to achieve the score that you wanted.

Knewton GMAT isn’t all about mathematics but a combination of different subject matters. If you see most of the questions are math then obviously you will be able to answer them all because you focused on this specific subject. This is a good practice for the most part but it is also unrealistic because GMAT will throw you all sorts of questions.

If you can’t deal with a math problem, do whatever you can to learn how but don’t disregard other subjects just because you find it as your weakness – this is how Knewton GMAT works.