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Recently, I scored 740 on the GMAT test. I was frankly pleasantly surprised to score over 650 since I had only spent 3 weeks on preparations.

Several people asked me whether I did anything special to get such a good score. Rather than keep repeating the same story, I thought I'd create a permanent tutorial so everyone can benefit from it.

The GMAT is split into two sections: Math and Verbal. Since it's pretty difficult to improve your English in a few weeks, I spent 90% of my time working on the Math section. By spending 4-5 hours a day for 2 weeks on revising mathematics problems, anyone can improve their math skills dramatically.

Its conceivable that you'd want to boost your verbal score too, and you can through a similar amount of effort, but it's a lot tougher since it is basically a lot more boring. In leu of this, I suggest improving your spoken English(if it's not very good) by watching a lot of movies and reading a lot of English books. Evidently this is not anything you can do in 2 weeks so I propose you begin six months before you plan to take the test.

But if you're like 90% of the people I know, your math skills could absolutely need a bit of revision. The good news is that you certainly can work on this in 4 weeks.

I strongly advocate you beg, borrow or steal the Kaplan Premier book. It contains a CD that has actual computer based tests on it. These tests replicate a live test environmentenvironment and are timed. They also compute your score for you. The problems are significantly harder than the real GMAT so don't be disappointed if you don't score very well on these tests. I didn't score more than 615 in any of the tests(I gave about 6) and the average score was only 535 on these practice tests.

I also solved the Kaplan 800 book which has a list of the most difficult problems and I certainly recommend solving that after you're done with the first book.

However, if you're a math-challenged person and are finding the math tough, specially the probability and combination problems, I certainly recommend going through Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences. You should be able to get it at your bookstore or buy it on Amazon for $5. It's an easy to understand book that gets you thinking about using math in everyday situations.

The one thing I certainly recommend is doing all the practice lessons and tests on the Kaplan CD. It will assuredly help you devise a strategy for quickly solving the problems in time.

One of the things I concluded was that I was rushing through problems in order to finish the test on time. This was making me to make errors and lowering my score. In the actual exam, I took my time on the first 5-6 problems. In fact, for the first 2-3 questions,problems, I spent,took nearly 4 minutes on each one. The GMAT difficulty level changes with your level of math and becomes progressively more harder. If you get the first dozen questions,problems right, you have an excellent chance of getting, achieving a top score.

Half way through the math section, the questions were so tough, I immediately knew I couldn't solve them. I skipped 2 such questions and thus made up for lost time without significantly impacting my score.

If you're not planning on going to Stanford or Wharton, you might think you can get by with a sub-600 score. However, one thing you might not be aware of is that with a 700+ score, even if you go to a bottom-tier school, you stand an excellent chance of
1. getting your application fee waived
2. getting a full-ride (a full-ride isn't a free car, it's a scholarship that pays all your fees!).

So don't slack off on your preparation just coz you want to go to a 3rd tier college.

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The writer scored a 740 on the GMAT and maintains a blog dedicated to Investing & Passive Income.



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