Weighing GMAT

Where to place GMAT in the admission process scale of ten? Hmm... let us first redefine the scale. It is a scale of ten ones rather than a scale from one to ten. Each applicant is evaluated as an individual gauging across various skill sets from aptitude to work-ex to extra-curricular activities to....and the list goes on... essays and recommendations speak of the other faculties...


Now, GMAT is an indicator of your aptitude. It would help in guessing how one would perform in class. It is better to get GMAT out of your way and get onto the other things which would be more demanding in terms of efforts and time. Certainly, GMAT seems as a monster on your journey to secure an MBA. But, trust me, once you get off this hurdle soon will you realise that you are just through the tip of an iceberg...an immensely huge ice berg! Simply blow the GMAT out of your way and swiftly fly past it. Giving one's best to every inch of the admission process is important. No piece weighs more than any other.

"The Best" strategy

Ahem....there is NO 'one size, fits all' strategy! "THE BEST" strategy is merely a myth. No test taking strategy can be typical. Strategy is something that's highly dependent on a particular individual. Go ahead and tailor a strategy by your own self for your own self. I wasted some of my time trying to fit into the so called typical strategies. Skimming - employed by many to crack Reading Comprehension in the GMAT. However, this suits me the least and I always ended in soup. Luckily for me, I realised my problem sooner than later. Neither skimming nor skipping are my cup of tea :) Reading through each and every word is MY way. But let me add something here... Do devote some time to read how people devised their strategies and what they did. You could possibly get hold of some cues that may help you and then DO-IT-YOURSELF.

The four letter word…

GMAT.. What is this test all about? Just English and Math. Well, but the bigger picture has much more to say. As Princeton review rightly points out, to crack this test, you must develop the art of looking at questions through the eye of the test maker rather than that of the test taker. Of course, you are required to be good at your basics in Math and English grammar. BUT that's definitely not all. Understand what the test intends to test you in. Practice from genuine study material. It's pretty easy to fall a prey to the endless resources available on the Internet. But understand practice must help you to wade easily through the answer choices to the right answer. That comes to you only when you know how to eliminate incorrect choices at a glance and solve smartly! I would say it is always better to stick to resources that give not only the solutions but their detailed working. GMAT Official Guide and GMATPrep software make the BIBLE for GMAT. Go ahead and solve from the supplement materials for Quant and Verbal from Official Guide(OG) for more questions. These study materials contain real GMAT questions that are retired from the database. Get tuned to solving problems in 'GMAT Official Guide's' way. Once you fall into that groove, you can be sure that you are gearing up. Ensure you brush your basics and learn everything about the test…timing…no of questions…scheduling the test.. well before solving OG and I would recommend The Princeton Review: Cracking the GMAT for the same.