Hi, guys.
I'm new here, obviously. I've been out of school for about 5 years and I'm now interested in going back for a graduate degree. I was an English major as an undergrad but I work in Marketing now and I'm looking to go back for either an MBA or an MS in Marketing/Management, so here I am staring down the barrel of the GMAT.
I literally have not taken a math course since 11th grade trigonometry. I have a couple test prep books and I've done several dozen practice questions for the quantitative section, but so far I am just bombing on almost every one. What seems to happen 75% of the time is I read through the question, think about it, blink a few times, and then say, "I have absolutely no idea how to even begin to figure this out".
In short, I am totally, totally lost and starting to get frustrated. I can't help but feel like I'm kinda screwed here. Even the explanations to the sample questions often don't make sense to me. I'm still left wondering, "How did they do that?"
I mean, I'm not stupid. I have a college degree. My understanding is that this stuff is really just basic algebra and geometry, which I learned in high school, so why am I so lost? Where do I begin to get ready for this test? Am I too far ahead of myself already by going straight to a test prep book? Do I need to go back and take an undergrad math class or something? Or am I just rusty and need to find a way to shake loose all that algebra from 12 or 13 years ago?
Any insight is much appreciated. Thanks!
I'm new here, obviously. I've been out of school for about 5 years and I'm now interested in going back for a graduate degree. I was an English major as an undergrad but I work in Marketing now and I'm looking to go back for either an MBA or an MS in Marketing/Management, so here I am staring down the barrel of the GMAT.
I literally have not taken a math course since 11th grade trigonometry. I have a couple test prep books and I've done several dozen practice questions for the quantitative section, but so far I am just bombing on almost every one. What seems to happen 75% of the time is I read through the question, think about it, blink a few times, and then say, "I have absolutely no idea how to even begin to figure this out".
In short, I am totally, totally lost and starting to get frustrated. I can't help but feel like I'm kinda screwed here. Even the explanations to the sample questions often don't make sense to me. I'm still left wondering, "How did they do that?"
I mean, I'm not stupid. I have a college degree. My understanding is that this stuff is really just basic algebra and geometry, which I learned in high school, so why am I so lost? Where do I begin to get ready for this test? Am I too far ahead of myself already by going straight to a test prep book? Do I need to go back and take an undergrad math class or something? Or am I just rusty and need to find a way to shake loose all that algebra from 12 or 13 years ago?
Any insight is much appreciated. Thanks!
