GMAT Tips

In 2016, GMAC collaborated with six prominent global business schools to create the Executive Assessment, a tailored assessment specifically developed to suit the admissions objectives of executive MBA programs globally. From a tool for evaluating Executive MBA candidate, the assessment has now been started accepting as an alternative to GMAT test for full-time MBA candidates as well.

GMAT Reading Comprehension passages are complicated and boring texts that will test your concentration and stamina. Most GMAT test takers will start to zone out at this stage and will just stare at the screen, re-reading the same sentence again and again.

This is a sure shot step to crash your GMAT 700+ dream. Follow these four preparation and test day tricks and you will learn to keep your focus for a long duration of time

Ever heard of a Math problem that you actually don't have to solve. If you have just started your GMAT prep, then this can be confusing. Don't worry! With some practice, your mind will be trained to think like a DS Wizard. Follow these 10 tips and you will be on your way to mastering GMAT Data Sufficiency.

1. Familiarize with the Answer Choices

No excuses: On Data Sufficiency, they’re always the same! Know in the blink of an eye what choice C is. On test day, if you find that Statement 1 is insufficient, be able to cross out choices A and D without hesitation.

Successfully answering GMAT questions is a function of concentration. There are no magic pills to improve concentration, but most test takers have improved their performance by sitting through dense and boring passages, GMAT 800 problems, tricky GMAT Sentence correction questions, and confusing critical reasoning section.

1) Does external noise – both loud and routine, easily distract you?
2) Do random thoughts take your focus away from the text on the screen?
3) Does the timer in the GMAT test screen distract you?

Learn how to improve Performance by eliminating Distraction

Test takers might be familiar with the feeling of uneasiness when they make a careless mistake. Studies show that as test takers what influence their ability to make a comeback from careless mistakes & conceptual errors depends a lot on their test taking personality.

There are four broad categories: Aggressive, Panic Driven, Calm & Complacent, and Calm and Focused. Find out the impact of Loss Aversion on these personalities.

The Problem Solving (PS) section of the GMAT may not be as quirky as the Data Sufficiency section of the test – but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to study for it! PS questions require more “straight math” than Data Sufficiency questions. Find out the 10 Tips to Solve GMAT Problem Solving Questions

First, you will find that you are spending a lot of time looking between the screen in front of you and your dry erase board. USE YOUR PEN AND DRY ERASE BOARD but do not waste valuable time writing needless things down. CAT environment, especially GMAT CAT environment is different from your traditional paper based exams.

Remember the following tips before you write your GMAT.

The most important things you can do to prepare for the GMAT is to understand all the concepts tested and to be familiar with all the question types.There is no magic formula–the best strategy is to spend a lot of time beforehand practicing and familiarizing yourself with the various concepts and question formats. Find out the remaining 9 Time Saving Tips for the GMAT Exam.

The GMAT finds much of its competitive advantage in its ability to wear down its unsuspecting challengers, who perform unnecessary calculations on the quantitative side and reading and analyzing unnecessary verbiage on the verbal side, while all the while the GMAT packs its "knockout punch" in the form of a subtle uniqueness in the line of questioning that a tired examinee is unlikely to notice.


Learn how to survive the knockout punch

Your performance on the GMAT, like all peak performances tend to come in a familiar three-step pattern: ready, set, go; bump, set spike; game plan, warm up, perform. All signs point to I came, I saw, I conquered. Learn how to perform at your peak.

A common belief is that the first ten questions “count” the most in each section of the GMAT, and that in light of this “fact,” you should spend more time on these early questions than you do on the rest of the test. Unfortunately, this belief is false, and its implied course of action could actually be detrimental to your score.

Some people continue to believe this legend, despite all the evidence to the contrary.

If you still think that the first questions count more than later ones, or if you’re still not sure what you think, then read on.

A large majority of students aim for the September intakes, when the majority of B-school admissions occur. The spring admissions have been considered to be fewer in number and financial support harder to get during that period.

Some schools have one batch starting in September and another starting in Jan/March.

Here is when you should take the GMAT