Background: Finance major from a major public university ... l am/was Terrible at math ... taking GMAT 4 years out of school
I am going to cut straight to my advice from my LONG LONG journey:
:arrow: Fix your eyes on your goal. Do you want to be stuck EXACTLY where you are in 20-30 years?
:arrow: Study for the GMAT in an intense, short amount of time (3-4 months) - I drug my studies out for WAY too long
:arrow: Find the support of someone who loves you - your girlfriend, mom, sister, friend, whoever
:arrow: Find a balance - dont sacrifice EVERYTHING for a 780 GMAT when a 690 will do the job
:arrow: YOU DONT HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING. After studying for months, there were still some topics I didnt FULLY understand. Sure I tried my best to understand everything but some subjects just baffled me (example: advanced sequences). At the end of the day I kind of said 'screw it' ... but that was after HOURS and HOURS of trying to grasp it...
:arrow: once again - YOU DONT HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING TO GET A 700+ I PROMISE!!!
:arrow: Dont spend too much time memorizing lists of prime numbers and all kinds of 'time saving' devices ... I tried to memorize some of those and I dont think it impacted my score.
:arrow: DONT BOTHER WITH ONLINE GUIDES. Just get MGMAT and GO!! Forget 'joe blows' SC NOTES that everyone is RAVING about
:arrow: MASTER THE MATERIAL AND THE TEST!! Dont JUST master the material ... master TIMING and GUESSING and SKIPPING QUESIONS
:arrow: Make notecards tailored to you and that cover EVERYTHING in the MGMAT Guides ... Dont bother with someone else's prep material - its a waste of time. HIGHLIGHT your MGMAT guides ... make them colorful and easy to flip through and look back on!!
:arrow: BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE ... if beating the GMAT is your biggest worry then you have it pretty good. youre not worrying about clean drinking water or a roof over your head. Be THANKFUL!!
I am going to cut straight to my advice from my LONG LONG journey:
:arrow: Fix your eyes on your goal. Do you want to be stuck EXACTLY where you are in 20-30 years?
:arrow: Study for the GMAT in an intense, short amount of time (3-4 months) - I drug my studies out for WAY too long
:arrow: Find the support of someone who loves you - your girlfriend, mom, sister, friend, whoever
:arrow: Find a balance - dont sacrifice EVERYTHING for a 780 GMAT when a 690 will do the job
:arrow: YOU DONT HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING. After studying for months, there were still some topics I didnt FULLY understand. Sure I tried my best to understand everything but some subjects just baffled me (example: advanced sequences). At the end of the day I kind of said 'screw it' ... but that was after HOURS and HOURS of trying to grasp it...
:arrow: once again - YOU DONT HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING TO GET A 700+ I PROMISE!!!
:arrow: Dont spend too much time memorizing lists of prime numbers and all kinds of 'time saving' devices ... I tried to memorize some of those and I dont think it impacted my score.
:arrow: DONT BOTHER WITH ONLINE GUIDES. Just get MGMAT and GO!! Forget 'joe blows' SC NOTES that everyone is RAVING about
:arrow: MASTER THE MATERIAL AND THE TEST!! Dont JUST master the material ... master TIMING and GUESSING and SKIPPING QUESIONS
:arrow: Make notecards tailored to you and that cover EVERYTHING in the MGMAT Guides ... Dont bother with someone else's prep material - its a waste of time. HIGHLIGHT your MGMAT guides ... make them colorful and easy to flip through and look back on!!
:arrow: BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE ... if beating the GMAT is your biggest worry then you have it pretty good. youre not worrying about clean drinking water or a roof over your head. Be THANKFUL!!
