Some info on preparing for the GMAT
Here is what I think of GMAT, or so I have learned....I may stand corrected.
1) A good GMAT score helps, but does not ensure that you get into a good B school. I know folks with GMATs ranging from 760-800 who have been rejected from B schools. B schools are looking for the overall package and the GMAT is only one element of that package.
2) A bad GMAT score may hurt, again they are looking for ur ability to handle the course load of B schools. A good GMAT score coupled with good grades indicates your ability to handle this workload. However a "bad" (define bad, for Indians a 710 might even be a "bad" GMAT score) score might be overcome by providing other evidence of analytical and quantitative ability.
I spent something like 2 months preparing for my GMAT (typicall 1 hr/day, and did a few practice tests). Initially, my scores were not improving and the verbal section was not going so well. Also the quantitative section was not great because of stupid mistakes. Here are the tips which helped me get a 720 on my GMAT.
1) I read this blog on Dave's site. This is where I discovered the world of online blogs and this helped me a lot in my admissions process (far from complete). Scroll to below on Dave's site and read about the article. Also on the side bar, refer to the GMAT stories, including this dowload. 700+stories
2) I used the GMAT CLUB
3) The Testmagic Forum had good articles and discussions.
4) Finally I have posted documents that I used a lot on my Yahoo briefcase site. Since I cannot publically share that information, please send me an email at [ashblog -AT-gmail.com] and I will send you the documents. Also suggestions on how to share documents on the web are welcome.
EDIT - Okies so I have put all my stuff on this esnips site!
The bottom line is, GMAT was all about nerves. In my preparation, it was important for me to understand where I was making mistakes and work on it. For sentence correction, I had to understand the different question types and that helped a lot. Finally, do not loose your cool. At the end of my GMAT test, I almost felt like cancelling my score. I am glad that I did not as I got a 720. So the bottom line is, READ BLOGS, WORK ON A STRATEGY, DONT LOOSE YOU COOL and you will do great.
cheers
ash
1) A good GMAT score helps, but does not ensure that you get into a good B school. I know folks with GMATs ranging from 760-800 who have been rejected from B schools. B schools are looking for the overall package and the GMAT is only one element of that package.
2) A bad GMAT score may hurt, again they are looking for ur ability to handle the course load of B schools. A good GMAT score coupled with good grades indicates your ability to handle this workload. However a "bad" (define bad, for Indians a 710 might even be a "bad" GMAT score) score might be overcome by providing other evidence of analytical and quantitative ability.
I spent something like 2 months preparing for my GMAT (typicall 1 hr/day, and did a few practice tests). Initially, my scores were not improving and the verbal section was not going so well. Also the quantitative section was not great because of stupid mistakes. Here are the tips which helped me get a 720 on my GMAT.
1) I read this blog on Dave's site. This is where I discovered the world of online blogs and this helped me a lot in my admissions process (far from complete). Scroll to below on Dave's site and read about the article. Also on the side bar, refer to the GMAT stories, including this dowload. 700+stories
2) I used the GMAT CLUB
3) The Testmagic Forum had good articles and discussions.
4) Finally I have posted documents that I used a lot on my Yahoo briefcase site. Since I cannot publically share that information, please send me an email at [ashblog -AT-gmail.com] and I will send you the documents. Also suggestions on how to share documents on the web are welcome.
EDIT - Okies so I have put all my stuff on this esnips site!
The bottom line is, GMAT was all about nerves. In my preparation, it was important for me to understand where I was making mistakes and work on it. For sentence correction, I had to understand the different question types and that helped a lot. Finally, do not loose your cool. At the end of my GMAT test, I almost felt like cancelling my score. I am glad that I did not as I got a 720. So the bottom line is, READ BLOGS, WORK ON A STRATEGY, DONT LOOSE YOU COOL and you will do great.
cheers
ash
posted by Ash at 1:38 PM
8 Comments:
Nice post..wuld dropyou a mail to get the stuff too :)
Read quiet a few of ur posts and ur story looks really interesting :)
Hey Ash,
Would you like to share the stuff you've found I was not able to download/look through any of the stuff as all the links have been disabled.
Thanks & your help would be very much appreciated,
rammech2002@yahoo.co.in
Hey dude..
Could you pls mail the set of dics pls.. Am unable to access the esnips site from the place I am in..
Thanks a ton - sjaianand@gmail.com
- Jai
HI,
Thanks for the nice post... please email me the GMAT related docs at this id:
preetimishra1984@gmail.com.
I'm not able to dwnload from esnips site...
Thanks,
Preeti.
Thanks, I'm planning to take the GMATs late fall and any advice on test preperation would be greatly appreciated. Could you email me the docs as well?
rasaghaffari@hotmail.com
one of my best friends is going to take the GMAT and he was looking for some extra information on preparing on the GMAT and this will be very helpful for him, thanks!
Passing GMAT exam is not enough to take admission in a top B-School. Students should score good to get admit in a Top B-School. Because most of top B-Schools only consider those students who have score good in the exam.
Best Regards
GMAT Sentence Correction
Practice questions can help familiarize with the GMAT, but in the end, we need to be physically and mentally ready in order to answer the questions without any doubt.
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