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speedyb09
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I know this is called Beat the GMAT and not Beat the GRE, so I apologize if I am stepping a bit out of bounds on this one... but I am sure people have thought of this before.
I have less than a month before my GMAT, and I have made negative progress -- yes, I have been studying, and things seem to stick, until I take the practice tests. Then suddenly all of the [math] questions look like gibberish and I sit there staring at the first question saying, "I don't even know what you are asking."
Seriously, this is breaking my heart. I wanted to accomplish the incredibly feat of going from a 570 to a 680, but instead... I am just stuck, and it is depressing.
I realized today that all of my schools accept the GRE in the application. I plan on taking a diagnostic GRE tomorrow to see if it is worth the switch. It might not be, but I thought it would be worth the effort of seeing.
If the switch does seem worth the effort, I have a few questions that someone might have some answers to:
1. How do you switch gears from studying for the GMAT to the GRE? What information should I continue to use/study in my brain?
2. On that note, I have been using the Knewton software to study for the GMAT, and I have access to the MGMAT set of books [thanks, b-school neighbor!]. Should I continue at least the math sections [without Data Sufficiency] in these materials? What of this can I continue to use? What other things should I add to my collection?
3. I have read so many negative articles about why you should take the GMAT and not the GRE. But would it be better for me to score well [hopefully] on the GRE instead of poorly on the GMAT? And on that note, I feel like I need a more valid excuse as to why I took the GRE instead of the GMAT if someone asks... anyone got a good-sounding reason?
4. Has anyone done this before? Lessons learned? Advice on how to do this in three weeks?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you!
I have less than a month before my GMAT, and I have made negative progress -- yes, I have been studying, and things seem to stick, until I take the practice tests. Then suddenly all of the [math] questions look like gibberish and I sit there staring at the first question saying, "I don't even know what you are asking."
Seriously, this is breaking my heart. I wanted to accomplish the incredibly feat of going from a 570 to a 680, but instead... I am just stuck, and it is depressing.
I realized today that all of my schools accept the GRE in the application. I plan on taking a diagnostic GRE tomorrow to see if it is worth the switch. It might not be, but I thought it would be worth the effort of seeing.
If the switch does seem worth the effort, I have a few questions that someone might have some answers to:
1. How do you switch gears from studying for the GMAT to the GRE? What information should I continue to use/study in my brain?
2. On that note, I have been using the Knewton software to study for the GMAT, and I have access to the MGMAT set of books [thanks, b-school neighbor!]. Should I continue at least the math sections [without Data Sufficiency] in these materials? What of this can I continue to use? What other things should I add to my collection?
3. I have read so many negative articles about why you should take the GMAT and not the GRE. But would it be better for me to score well [hopefully] on the GRE instead of poorly on the GMAT? And on that note, I feel like I need a more valid excuse as to why I took the GRE instead of the GMAT if someone asks... anyone got a good-sounding reason?
4. Has anyone done this before? Lessons learned? Advice on how to do this in three weeks?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you!
