How To Score A 700 On The Gmat For B-school

I recently scored 740 on the GMAT test. I was quite pleasantly surprised to score over 720 since I had only spent less than 4 weeks on preparations.

A lot of 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 an online reference so others can read it.

The GMAT is split into two sections: Math and Verbal. Since it's pretty difficult to improve your English in a few weeks, I spent majority of my time working on the Math section. By spending several hours a day for 3 weeks on solving mathematics problems, anyone can improve their math skills to a great extent.

Its possible to boost your verbal score too, and you can through a similar amount of effort, but it's a lot more difficult since it is essentially a lot more boring. In leu of this, I suggest improving your spoken English(if it's not very good) by watching a lot of tv shows and reading a lot of English literature. Certainly this is not anything you can achieve in 3 weeks so I advise you begin six months ahead of when you plan to take the GMAT test.

But if you're like most of the population, your math skills could definitely need a certain amount of improvement. The good news is that you really can work on this in 3-4 weeks.

I strongly advocate you procure the Kaplan Premier book. It contains a CD that has actual computer based tests on it. These tests replicate a live testenvironment and are timed. They also calculate your score for you. The questions are much tougher than the real GMAT problems so don't be dissaponinted if you don't score well on these tests. I didn't score more than 590 in any of the tests(I gave about 6) and the average score was only 545 on these prep tests.

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

However, if you're a math-challenged person and are finding the math difficult, specifically the probability and combination problems, I vociferously advocate procuring Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences. You should be able to get it at your library or buy it online for $5. It's an easy to read book that gets you thinking about using math in everyday life.

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

One of the things I realized was that I was rushing through questions in order to finish the test within time. This was making me to make mistakes and dropping my score. In the actual exam, I took my time on the first several questions. In fact, for the first couple of questions,problems, I spent,took nearly 4-5 minutes on each one. The GMAT difficulty level adapts to your level of math and gets progressively more difficult. If you get the first few 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.

If you're not planning on going to Harvard or UCLA, you might think you can get by with a 575 score. However, one thing you might not be aware of is that with a 700+ score, even if you go to a non-ivy-league college, 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 coz you want to go to a 3rd rate 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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