I first took the GMAT a year ago and scored a 570. My plans are to pursue a Phd in Finance. I have considerable work experience that will be very beneficial, but I knew I wanted a GMAT around 700 to make me competitive at the best schools. I just got back from the test center and I scored a 690. I know many people consider a 700+ beating the GMAT, but in my mind I just did. I am actually working full-time right now as well as working on an MBA as well as being married and having a 1 year old, so studying for the GMAT seemed like an impossible task for me. However, for anyone else who feels intimidated, I can now say "It can be done". I did a combination of things over the past 3 months that helped improve my score.
-I worked at least a few problems from OG11 every day in the evenings.
-I worked on problems on Beat the GMAT everyday on my lunch break.
-I purchased 6 practice tests from MGMAT and worked those as well as the 2 free practice tests from the GMAT administrator. That was a combined 8 tests, I took one each Saturday morning for the 8 weeks before my test.
-I worked through the last 60 problems of the OG11 Quant section about 4 times. I found this was the most helpful for me. I liked MGMAT because it helped simulate the testing format, but the questions with MGMAT are much longer and different from the real thing. So, I found it best to study the real thing as much as possible. (I still really recommend MGMAT and their practice tests to anyone preparing for the GMAT)
I must say, Beat the GMAT has been absolutely helpful in my preparing for this test. I really thank all of the instructors/moderators that are on here answering questions for people like me. I honestly don't think I would have improved as much as I did had I not used this.
-I worked at least a few problems from OG11 every day in the evenings.
-I worked on problems on Beat the GMAT everyday on my lunch break.
-I purchased 6 practice tests from MGMAT and worked those as well as the 2 free practice tests from the GMAT administrator. That was a combined 8 tests, I took one each Saturday morning for the 8 weeks before my test.
-I worked through the last 60 problems of the OG11 Quant section about 4 times. I found this was the most helpful for me. I liked MGMAT because it helped simulate the testing format, but the questions with MGMAT are much longer and different from the real thing. So, I found it best to study the real thing as much as possible. (I still really recommend MGMAT and their practice tests to anyone preparing for the GMAT)
I must say, Beat the GMAT has been absolutely helpful in my preparing for this test. I really thank all of the instructors/moderators that are on here answering questions for people like me. I honestly don't think I would have improved as much as I did had I not used this.
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and Yes, "It can be Done"! Thanx for the post.
