Defeat The Gmat

Recently, I scored 740 on the GMAT test. I was truly amazed to score over 650 since I had only spent 20 days on my prep.

Numerous people asked me whether I did anything special to get such a good score. Rather than keep repeating the same thing over and over, I thought I'd create a permanent guide so others can benefit from it.

The GMAT is split into two sections: Math and Verbal. Since it's significantly difficult to improve your English in a few weeks, I spent most of my time working on the Math section. By spending several hours a day for 4 weeks on revising mathematics problems, anyone can improve their math skills notably.

Its likely that you'd want to boost your verbal score too, and you can through a similar amount of effort, but it's a lot formidable since it is basically a lot more boring. In leu of this, I suggest improving your spoken English(if it's not very good) by enjoying a lot of films and reading a lot of English books. Evidently this is not anything you can do in 4 weeks so I suggest you start out several months ahead of when you plan to take the test.

But if you're like a majority of the students, your math skills could certainly need a bit of brushing up. Luckily, you certainly can work on this in just a few weeks.

I strongly advise you beg, borrow or steal the Kaplan Premier book. It contains a CD that has actual computer based tests on it. These tests simulate a live testenvironment and are timed. They also compute your score for you. The questions are a lot harder than the real GMAT so don't be dissaponinted if you don't score very well on these tests. I didn't score more than 615 in any of the tests(I gave about 6) but the average score was only 560 on these practice tests.

I also solved the Kaplan 800 book which has a list of the most difficult questions and I vociferously suggest solving it after you're done with the first book.

However, if you're a non-math person and are finding the math onerous, notably the probability and combination problems, I vociferously suggest procuring Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences. You should be able to get it at your bookstore or buy it on Amazon for $5. It's an easy to follow book that gets you thinking about using numbers in everyday situations.

The one thing I vociferously suggest is doing all the practice lessons and tests on the Kaplan CD. It will absolutely help you devise a strategy for quickly solving the questions in time.

One of the things I found out was that I was hurrying through questions in order to finish the test within time. This was causing me to make errors and dropping my score. In the exam, I took my time on the first several questions. In fact, for the first 2-3 questions,problems, I spent,took nearly 3-4 minutes on each one. The GMAT difficulty level adapts to your level of math and becomes progressively more harder. If you get the first several questions,problems right, you have a great chance of getting, achieving a top score.

Half way through the math section, the questions were so tough, I immediately knew I couldn't solve them. I skipped 2 such questions and thus made up for lost time without significantly impacting my score.

Here is a complete list of the best GMAT prep books I used. I strongly recommend you use these books.

If you're not planning on going to Harvard or UCLA, you might think you can get by with a 550 score. However, one thing you might not be aware of is that with a 700+ score, even if you go to a bottom-tier school, you stand an excellent chance of
1. getting your application fee waived
2. getting a full-ride (a full-ride isn't a free car, it's a scholarship that pays all your fees!).

So don't slack off on your prep just because you want to go to a 3rd tier college.

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The author scored a 740 on the GMAT and maintains a blog dedicated to Investing & Passive Income.

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