How To Do Just About Everything
By eHow Education Editor
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Like most tests of this type, the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) purports to measure ability rather than knowledge of any specific content. With that in mind, here are some tips on getting ready for it.
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Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Do not expect to be able to skip problems and come back to them later. It's a computerized test now, which means that you have to answer each question to move on, and it selects the difficulty of the next question based on how you do on the last. Practice the different sorts of questions so that you won't have to completely skip a question and possibly wreck your score. Be especially prepared for the data sufficiency questions, which aren't the sort you usually find in school.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 A big mistake most people make is believing that because they did well in algebra and geometry in junior high school, they will do OK on the math section of the GMAT. Wrong! I can tell you from experience; when you throw in a time constraint, it's a level of pressure that requires you to be well trained. 37 math questions in 75 minutes means you have to have every single question answered in no more than 2 minutes. With only 2 minutes each, you will not have time to do most of the calculations needed without using a calculator.
My advice is to go through a GMAT guide, learn all of the tricks to quickly answering math questions. You'll learn things, like - plugging in each of the answers to an equation to find which one is correct vs. solving the problem.
How quickly do you think you could answer this true or false statement? "The square root of 7/8 divided by the square root of 7/8 is greater than 1?" A GMAT Prep guide math section taught me how to answer these type of problems in less than a few seconds. If you plan to do well on the math section, you need to learn GMAT math answering tricks and tips.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Do visit the site www.testtutor.com/gmat. It has well-written tutorials and practice exercises for all three sections. It's not the most exhaustive resource, but, hey, it's free. A little more practice won't hurt.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 All correct answers count equally. Skip questions that are going to be time consuming. Use a method of marking questions in the test booklet so you can come back to them. Use a "?" if you haven't a clue or a "T" if you think you can deduce the answer.