Business schools appreciate balanced GMAT scores. GMAT preparation develops skills which are vital for your successful studies. GMAT skills are transferable beyond b-school. Take the opportunity and improve GMAT performance. Read GMAT Tutor’s advice below to learn how to overcome your weak areas on the GMAT.
You might have already identified what areas of the GMAT are not your strongest and have taken measures to bone up on those areas. However, you’re not alone if you still haven’t seen drastic improvements in your score, even though you have a good understanding of where you need to focus most of your study plan.
We understand how frustrating this can be, but consider this: you might know what sections on which you’ve historically scored the lowest, but you might not have as good of an understanding of how you best learn those concepts.
That’s the best news: everyone learns concepts at a different pace, so try not to compare how you learn to how your colleagues might learn.
Many test takers assume that by simply reviewing the concepts they’ve found the most difficult until they’re blue in the face, their score will see a drastic jump. However, the GMAT is not simply a test of what you know, but it’s also testing you to see how you think. Rather than taking practice test after practice test, keep a log of the types of problems that have given you the most trouble. Once you’ve identified the types of problems you’ve historically found the most challenging, create a manageable problem set of only those types of problems and analyze them.
You might find that you understand the concepts, but your timing has affected your performance on that particular type of question. Or you might find that you simply did not have as strong of a grasp on the concepts as you originally thought you had. In any case, after you’ve taken the time to analyze the types of questions you’ve had the most difficulty with, you should start to notice a common thread that will ultimately help you study more effectively.
Read the original article on the blog of The Economist’s GMAT Tutor
