{"id":25757,"date":"2014-09-29T15:53:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T22:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/top-5-secrets-of-earning-a-high-gmat-score\/"},"modified":"2014-09-29T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T22:53:14","slug":"top-5-secrets-of-earning-a-high-gmat-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/top-5-secrets-of-earning-a-high-gmat-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Secrets of Earning a High GMAT Score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/link-mistakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3867 alignright\" alt=\"high GMAT score\" src=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/link-mistakes.jpg\" width=\"265\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a>Hoping to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/social.kaptest.com\/competition\/775\/bts-quiz-version-2?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social-media&amp;utm_term=leads-students-alumn&amp;utm_content=unlock-the-good-life&amp;utm_campaign=grad-gmat-ugl\/\">unlock the good life<\/a>\u00a0by going to business school? It starts with a high GMAT score.\u00a0It takes serious drive and dedication to become a skilled test taker. These five tips will help you on the path to success.<\/p>\n<h4>Top 5 Secrets of Earning a High GMAT Score\u2026<\/h4>\n<h4>#5<\/h4>\n<p>Average test-takers see the GMAT as a fearsome roadblock, or a nuisance. 700+ test-takers see the test as an evenly matched competitor, and not something superior, and thus <a href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/2014\/09\/10\/studying-for-the-gmat-while-staying-focused-and-healthy\/\" target=\"_blank\">look at it as an exciting challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>#4<\/h4>\n<p>They balance strengths &amp; weaknesses; quantitative and verbal.<\/p>\n<h4>#3<\/h4>\n<p>They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KaplanGMAT\/photos\/a.10150195101308842.314522.44431458841\/10152501088308842\/?type=1\" target=\"_blank\">welcome mistakes, because mistakes are where new points will come from<\/a>. They look for patterns of holes or flaws in their game on every question, and find a resolution that\u2019s achievable under test conditions.<\/p>\n<h4>#2<\/h4>\n<p>They\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/2014\/09\/03\/4-ways-to-build-your-gmat-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\">train\u00a0rigorously<\/a> (instead of studying). They have <a href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/2013\/12\/13\/gmat-study-plan-details\/\" target=\"_blank\">a set training schedule<\/a> in a conducive environment, and even if they\u2019re insanely busy (FT job, kids etc.), they find time. They know what topics need to be trained each day. They also have many little goals instead of just one really big goal.<\/p>\n<h4>#1<\/h4>\n<p>Average test takers \u201chope\u201d they\u2019ll do well. 700+ test-takers do what they need to and know they\u2019ll do well. Unshakable willpower is 24K gold on the GMAT!<\/p>\n<p><em>720 is the average GMAT score for top 10 business schools. See how you&#8217;re scoring with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/pages\/practice?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=social-media&amp;utm_term=leads-students-alumn&amp;utm_content=unlock-the-good-life&amp;utm_campaign=grad-gmat-ugl\" target=\"_blank\">free GMAT practice test<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/2014\/09\/29\/top-5-secrets-high-gmat-score\/\">Top 5 Secrets of Earning a High GMAT Score<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\">Kaplan GMAT Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoping to\u00a0unlock the good life\u00a0by going to business school? It starts with a high GMAT score.\u00a0It takes serious drive and dedication to become a skilled test taker. These five tips&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,558,243,940],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat","category-kaplan-blog","category-blog","category-gmat-prep-gmat","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}