What work well?

1. GMAT is all about confidence. Be confident that you can do well.

2. Focus on your weakness and trust your strengths. You need balanced scores to improve your
overall score.

3. OG 12, 11 and 2nd edition along with Manhattan guides are must.

4. Maintain error logs and be sure to analyze your practice scores on where you are making
mistakes.

5. Take GMAT Prep’s more than once, these are excellent practice. Even though retakes boost
your score, it helps to build confidence.

6. Take practice tests every weekend to pace you and build stamina. It all boils down to how you
manage time in Quant and verbal.

7. Last but not the least, the encouragement, motivation, and advice I got from fellow GMAT
club members is priceless. I would not have come this far, if it is not for the encouragement
given by some of the senior members in the forum.

8. "Don't waste your time trying to get too many resources and over complicating things. Spend your
time on the materials guaranteed to help you on the GMAT."

Some great GMAT quotes:

1. "I think no question is worth 2 or 2:30 minutes. If you are spending, more than 2 minutes on a

question, you are digging your own graveyard."

2. "Study OG diligently as if it is the Bible."

3. "Play the GMAT like you would play chess - sacrifice a few pieces to win"

4. "studying for a big test like the gmat, i found, is similar to lifting weights. When lifting if you do the

same exercises every time you lift, your muscles will adapt and you will eventually plateau."
5. “Preparing for a 7XX GMAT is a bit like training to go into space; one must strive for optimum mental

and physical condition levels to best complete the mission. A key component to getting that extra 5-

10% on T-day is to minimize stress by staying healthy and alert.”

6. “Succeeding GMAT quant is not about knowing enough math techniques for solving problems, but

rather - using as few math skills as possible to solve them.”

7. “Most common silly mistake is to spend too much time unnecessarily on some question and then

making most of the other question wrong in the end. Fix some maximum limit for each question.”

8. “The #1 rule of approaching GMAT questions is QUALITY, not QUANTITY”

9. “Here are some common strategic errors you can make: I got that question right. I don’t care if I

guessed. I don’t need to review the explanation or take a second look at it.”

10. “Frustrating will not do a thing for you. If you really want to tame this beast, then sit down and study

it until it is not mysteriously frustrating any more. “

11. “If you see a problem that looks really hard and you know it is going to take a ton of time to work

through it and even then you might not get it right, just skip it.”

12. “Your training involves two goals: 1) learning WHAT to study, and 2) studying THAT.”

13. “A key to getting a high score is probably working quickly and efficiently through very difficult

questions”

14. Reading a question, understanding it's content and intent, identifying the trap, and approaching the

correct solution in a timely manner is an art. If you have mastered it, you are in the groove, and the

sad part, nobody can teach it to you. You have to figure it out all by yourselves. It's like a soul-

search.