gmat tips

September 14, 2010 2:16 PM

I'm taking the GMAT in less than two weeks. Does anyone have any last minute tips that I could use in that time frame, particularly about that quant section?
posted by AceRock to Education (2 answers total)

Work on the problems that stump you. Work them over and over, find variations online, look at the Barrons, Kaplan, Princeton and other books - from years past, as far back as you can.

And, get lots of rest, starting the week before the test. Sleep well, and deeply. Avoid coffee and alcohol. Keep your mind clear, and get some exercise every day.

It's a test that takes 4 hours, and it will exercise both halves of your brain - and how. And at the end, you will be done! I was completely spent after my GMAT, I remember that afternoon well.

Good luck on the exam, the actual degree is much easier than the gmat exam. If the exam questions are ridiculously difficult from the get go, this means you are doing very well (I wrote my exam in 2002, ignore this if the format of the exam has changed). The math questions were ridiculous, yet I did well and got into the program I wanted.

Finally, the GMAT is just a step into the process - consider the exam as a necessary speed bump on the way to achieving your objective. Relax, be focused on the day of the exam, and you will do well.
posted by seawallrunner at 4:20 PM on September 14, 2010 [1 favorite]

Work on practice tests on a computer. Make sure there are no surprises in the test format, especially if you haven't done a lot of computer tests so far while preparing.

I did well on my GMAT (dropped out of the MBA, sure, but my GMAT score was great!). However, my first computer practice test was a couple weeks before the big day and I did poorly on it. I kept working on computer tests to get used to the format and over the course of a week my score came back up to where my paper score was.
posted by mendel at 7:43 PM on September 14, 2010