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HEC HAT study plan

HEC HAT · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Verbal Reasoning (English language comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and sentence logic) & Quantitative Reasoning (arithmetic, algebra, geometry, data interpretation and basic statistics)

  • Diagnose baseline weaknesses by sitting one full-length timed HAT mock and tabulating every error by section, question type and cause.

  • Build a 200-word high-frequency vocabulary list drawn from synonym, antonym and analogy items, and review it on five separate days.

  • Drill percentage, ratio, proportion and average problems until you reach 90% accuracy on 30 items in 35 minutes.

  • Memorise the contrast, cause-effect, addition and concession signposts that drive sentence-completion logic, then apply them to 20 items.

Your checkpoint

A written error log covering at least 60 missed items tagged by cause, plus a timed 40-item verbal and 30-item quantitative set scored at 70% or better.

Week 2

Verbal Reasoning (English language comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and sentence logic) & Quantitative Reasoning (arithmetic, algebra, geometry, data interpretation and basic statistics)

  • Classify the eight standard analogy relationship types and solve 40 analogy items with an explained relationship for each.

  • Memorise 25 high-yield grammar and usage rules (subject-verb agreement, modifier placement, pronoun reference, parallelism) and apply them to 30 error-identification questions.

  • Solve 40 linear equation and simultaneous equation problems, including two-variable word problems, without a calculator.

  • Drill work-rate, speed-distance-time and mixture problems until you finish 30 items in 30 minutes at 85% accuracy.

  • Read four 400-word passages and answer main-idea, detail and inference questions in under eight minutes per passage.

Your checkpoint

A timed 60-question mixed verbal and quantitative set scored at 72% or better, with the analogy and grammar rule sheets committed to a one-page reference card.

Week 3

Quantitative Reasoning (arithmetic, algebra, geometry, data interpretation and basic statistics) & Analytical Reasoning (logical deduction, sequencing, assumptions, inferences and critical thinking)

  • Memorise and apply the geometry formulas for angles, triangles, circles, rectangles and trapezoids across 40 computation items.

  • Interpret tables, bar charts, line graphs and pie charts, extracting ratios and percentage change across five multi-question data sets.

  • Compute mean, median, mode, range and standard deviation for eight small data sets and explain how outliers shift each measure.

  • Solve 15 linear sequencing and ordering puzzles, drawing a numbered position diagram for each.

  • Review the week 1 error log and re-solve the 20 items that were missed twice.

Your checkpoint

Five complete data-interpretation sets plus 40 geometry and statistics items scored at 75%, and 15 sequencing puzzles solved at 80% accuracy with diagrams shown.

Week 4

Analytical Reasoning (logical deduction, sequencing, assumptions, inferences and critical thinking) & Verbal Reasoning (English language comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and sentence logic)

  • Solve 20 grouping and assignment puzzles by building a grid of entities against slots before answering.

  • Apply conditional reasoning rules, including contrapositive and 'if and only if', to 25 logic items and write the contrapositive for each conditional statement.

  • Distinguish assumptions from inferences by labelling 30 statements as premise, assumption, inference or conclusion.

  • Answer inference and tone questions on four advanced reading passages, justifying each choice with a line reference.

Your checkpoint

A second full-length timed mock scored at 65% or better overall, with verbal and quantitative each at 65% or better and all analytical errors re-worked in writing.

Week 5

Analytical Reasoning (logical deduction, sequencing, assumptions, inferences and critical thinking) & Quantitative Reasoning (arithmetic, algebra, geometry, data interpretation and basic statistics)

  • Practise strengthen, weaken, paradox and flaw questions across 30 items, writing the logical gap in one sentence before choosing.

  • Solve 25 categorical syllogism items using Venn diagrams rather than intuition.

  • Run three 20-minute quantitative sprints mixing arithmetic, algebra and data interpretation to build pacing under fatigue.

  • Re-solve every analytical question still flagged in the error log and confirm the rule that was violated.

Your checkpoint

A 50-question analytical reasoning set completed in 50 minutes at 75% or better, supported by a list of the recurring trap types you fell for.

Week 6

Discipline-Specific Subject Knowledge (chosen field of study for the applied programme) & Verbal Reasoning (English language comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and sentence logic)

  • Map the official syllabus of your chosen discipline into a checklist of examinable topics and mark each as strong, shaky or unread.

  • Condense the core textbook chapters into a two-page formula-and-definition sheet for your subject.

  • Work through 100 discipline-specific multiple-choice questions, annotating the source line for every correction.

  • Maintain vocabulary review with 100 new words and a recall test at the end of the week.

Your checkpoint

A completed subject checklist plus a two-page summary sheet, and 100 discipline-specific questions scored at 70% or better.

Week 7

Discipline-Specific Subject Knowledge (chosen field of study for the applied programme) & Analytical Reasoning (logical deduction, sequencing, assumptions, inferences and critical thinking)

  • Complete 200 discipline-specific questions across the weakest three topics on your checklist.

  • Sit one timed analytical-only block of 60 questions and keep every question under 75 seconds.

  • Rehearse the verbal section under exam conditions twice, targeting 90 seconds per question.

  • Recite your discipline summary sheet from memory and correct the gaps found.

Your checkpoint

A discipline-specific mock of 100 questions scored at 75% or better, plus a revised summary sheet with all gaps closed.

Week 8

Verbal Reasoning (English language comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and sentence logic) & Quantitative Reasoning (arithmetic, algebra, geometry, data interpretation and basic statistics) & Analytical Reasoning (logical deduction, sequencing, assumptions, inferences and critical thinking) & Discipline-Specific Subject Knowledge (chosen field of study for the applied programme)

  • Sit two full-length timed mocks on separate days under real exam conditions, including breaks and no phone.

  • Review the complete error log and re-solve every item missed across all four domains.

  • Finalise the exam-day timing plan with per-section minute budgets and a defined skip-and-return rule.

  • Recite the vocabulary list and both summary sheets once more, then stop new material two days before the test.

Your checkpoint

Two full mocks scored at 75% or better overall with no section below 70%, and a one-page timing and revision sheet.

Milestones

Week 2: Diagnostic and error log are complete, vocabulary reaches 400 words, and a timed mixed verbal-quantitative set is scored at 72% or better.

Week 4: Second full mock at 65% overall with verbal and quantitative both at 65%, and all analytical errors documented.

Week 6: Discipline syllabus checklist finished, summary sheet written, and 100 subject questions answered at 70% or better.

Week 8: Two final mocks at 75% overall with no section below 70%, error log fully cleared, and timing sheet memorised.