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Part 2: 4 day GMAT plan You’re taking the GMAT on a Monday or Tuesday or after a few days off. This gives you the weekend to finalize prep and decompress from work. It also however gives you the chance to over-study. The last thing you want to do is cram all weekend. Case in … Read more
You’ve prepped and now it’s test week. This post is divided into three parts: what everyone needs to know, what to do when taking after a weekend or days off, and what to do when taking without having time off right before. I’ve seen thousands of candidates take the GMAT – there are definitely best … Read more
The 22-Hour Student For students with a significant gap between current GMAT score and target score, 200+ points, it is imperative to bring a consistent attack to foundational materials. Expect to spend 22-25 hours a week on foundational, building block and GMAT materials over a period of 12-15 weeks. What does a 22-hour study week … Read more
Composition of a 700 – updated June 2017 GMAT scoring is not obvious at first glance and many instructors and consultants focus on percentiles rather than the scaled scores, fueling more confusion. If you have read that business schools “need to see 80th percentile” in both quant and verbal and that you need at least … Read more
How much time should you expect to spend on GMAT prep? If you are over 550 and are within 100 points of your target score, you can effectively prep for the GMAT over 12 weeks, averaging 10-12 hours a week if taking a long course (9 weeks or more), 8 weeks, averaging 12-15 hours a … Read more
The GMAT is crafty in the way it tests you on vocabulary. One of the benefits of the GMAT versus GRE is that the GMAT does not require you to memorize a list of 600 words. The GRE essentially does. But that doesn’t mean that the GMAT is not testing you on vocabulary . … Read more
Winning with Nuclear Fusion Thursday evening I ended up in a conversation about nuclear fusion, not a subject I know much about, but I have a vague understanding . . . that got me thinking about what it takes to study for the GMAT, SAT or GRE. It requires an extraordinary amount of energy upfront. … Read more