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GMAT tips?

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  1. Xmas32 Xmas32 is online now

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    Aug 17th, 2011 (8/17/2011 10:04pm)

    I'm taking the GMAT on Tuesday and wondering if any OT'ers have any useful tips/recent experiences taking the exam?
  2. jonnyg123 jonnyg123 is offline

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    Aug 17th, 2011 (8/17/2011 10:12pm) in reply to Xmas32

    like with the LSAT and all these exams, the key is to be calm. don't start second guessing yourself after a question- once it's done, it's done. don't let a previous error snowball into a few more careless ones.
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    Aug 18th, 2011 (8/18/2011 12:45am) in reply to jonnyg123

    I'm writing it soon too, going into study mode when the books arrive. shooting for a 7XX
  4. Niceguy Niceguy is offline I will find you.

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    Aug 18th, 2011 (8/18/2011 12:46am) in reply to Unforseen

    Slip the proctor a 20.
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    Aug 18th, 2011 (8/18/2011 4:08am) in reply to Xmas32

     
    Originally Posted by Xmas32 View Post

    I'm taking the GMAT on Tuesday and wondering if any OT'ers have any useful tips/recent experiences taking the exam?

    urm, study hard, and get a good night's sleep?
  6. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Aug 18th, 2011 (8/18/2011 4:20am) in reply to Xmas32

    try and get a low rate and don't let them talk you into a longer term

    edit: nvm, thought this said GMAC
    Edited By: norcaljeff Aug 18th, 2011 at 04:21 AM
  7. BigGunX BigGunX is offline Mr OT Party

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    Aug 18th, 2011 (8/18/2011 4:24am) in reply to norcaljeff

    Got your PM. Will respond in a bit. Can't respond from my phone.

    Unforeskin, I got a 7xx. : )
     
  8. vcehorosho vcehorosho is offline

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    Aug 18th, 2011 (8/18/2011 4:41am) in reply to BigGunX

    I'm taking it real soon too, been studying a bit. going for a 7xx as well
     
  9. marc1313 marc1313 is online now

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    Aug 18th, 2011 (8/18/2011 6:06am) in reply to vcehorosho

    took it a few years ago, so i hope the format is the same

    - for the essay portion, make a quick outline, make sure you MAKE AN ARGUMENT and support it. don't worry about which side of the argument you take, they really just want to see your support for said argument as well as sentence structure/good grammar, so try and save time for proof-reading. i wasted SOOOO much time worrying about what my argument was, and had to crank out the essays in under 10 mins. luckily im a sicko and still got a 5.5 (obv. brag)

    - spend the majority of your time practicing and re-practicing the data sufficiency questions as they are very tricky and unlike anything you've ever seen before. the rest of the math/verbal you've seen before in other standardized tests, and a lot of it is either you know it or you don't. if you can master the data sufficiency section, you really have a leg up on the competition as I and everyone else in my program struggled with it.
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