For some reason I thought that all my stress and fears about the future would fleet away after I successfully finished taking the GMAT. While this may have been true for a week, it’s definitely not the case right now. I’m really starting to feel the pressure for getting my essays done. I would say … Read more
If you’re done with the GMAT, you can probably relate to the points below. If you’re still working on it, I can tell you that being on the other side is amazing. If you work hard, fight through the emotional ups and downs, and go into the testing center with confidence, soon you’ll be able to … Read more
I started out at 630 on my very first CAT exam. In my eyes, I had performed very poorly and I knew that I had a huge mountain to climb before I could reach my target score. Over the course of my study, I eventually broke my target score of 720 and landed well above … Read more
UPDATE: For a chance to win free access to the Beat the GMAT Practice Questions, click here. I started studying for the GMAT near the beginning of July and decided to take a Manhattan GMAT course. As the course was winding down, David Park from Beat the GMAT offered me access to a new product … Read more
… and I rocked it! First and foremost, I have to give thanks to a number of people: The Beat the GMAT Community – I first came across Beat the GMAT by following their Twitter account. As many of you may already know, they tweet forum posts of members who have recently taken the GMAT, … Read more
While I feel pretty confident that I’m at the 700 level already, I definitely don’t want to become nonchalant about my upcoming test. This is the final month of my three month plan. If you read the debriefs on the Beat the GMAT forums, this is usually when people ramp up their studying significantly. For … Read more
I recently wrapped up my Manhattan GMAT course this week and feel pretty glad about having paid for a class rather than doing it on my own. I don’t think I would’ve felt this prepared and confident without some type of outside assistance. But now that the course is over, I’m facing a great deal … Read more
Read the Question First – this is something I keep forgetting to do in practice because within the MGMAT course, you do the same type of problems in sets. Therefore, I usually already know what type of question is coming. Reading the question first can save you a ton of time, sometimes giving you the … Read more
I finished my Official Guide set of Critical Reasoning problems last night and went through my normal process of putting in all my answers and times into my OG Tracker. I usually wait until I finish all the problems in a section before inputting them. The tracker has all the answers loaded, so I immediately … Read more
I’ve almost always finished all of my homework for my Manhattan GMAT course by the end of the week, but for some reason, I stalled out this week. We’ve just passed week 7 of the course and it was definitely the heaviest homework schedule thus far, with this upcoming week being much lighter. I really … Read more