How to Prepare for the GMAT Phoenix AZ

The Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) is a vital piece of the application process to most accredited graduate business schools. The test, which has scores ranging from 400 to 800, has three main components: a quantitative multiple choice section, a verbal multiple choice section, and two thirty minute essays.

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Steps

  1. Determine the average score of admitted applicants to the schools you wish to apply for.
    • Most schools in the United States will frequently ask for higher than a 600 on the GMAT. Some of the most prestigious schools require a score of 700 or higher.
  2. Set a time every day to prepare for GMAT.
  3. Try to teach other GMAT students so that any flaw in your learning will come up to the fore position.
  4. One can start with the Official Guide (OG) provided by MBA.com. Latest one is OG 11.
  5. Take more time to master the basics.
  6. First finish the easiest lessons so that you will become confident.
  7. Pay more attention to your weak spot.
  8. Every now and then take a mock test so that your rate of growth will be assessed.
  9. Do not register for GMAT in haste. Only after you are self-assured that you have progressed well, register.
  10. However do analyze the last date of applying for the targeted B Schools.

Tips

  • If you can afford it, use a certified tutor to help you prepare. Or, also contingent upon cost, enroll in a GMAT preparation course.
  • Teach others.
  • Take notes for all the points for the future reference.
  • Read a lot and extensively so that your speed of reading will help you in the GMAT reading comprehension section.
  • Try to score the highest marks in Quantitative section.
  • Start your preparation well in advance.
  • When dealing with Algebra questions where the answer is a formula, pick numbers and plug them into the answers to find the correct answer faster than working through the algebra.
  • Memorize some of the commonly-used geometry. In a 30, 60, 90 triangle, the short side is <math>x</math>, the hypotenuse (long side) is <math>2x</math>, and the medium side is <math>x 3</math>. In an isosceles triangle, two sides are <math>x</math> and one is <math>x 2</math>.

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