{"id":32661,"date":"2016-04-05T13:48:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T20:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/kickstarting-your-gre-or-gmat-prep-pt-4\/"},"modified":"2016-04-05T13:48:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T20:48:47","slug":"kickstarting-your-gre-or-gmat-prep-pt-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/kickstarting-your-gre-or-gmat-prep-pt-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarting Your GRE or GMAT Prep, Pt. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Here\u2019s<\/a>Whether you\u2019re shooting for a fall 2016 matriculation to business school or are a junior or sophomore wanting to lock in a surefire test score for future enrollment, the <\/span><\/i>GRE<\/span><\/i><\/a> or <\/span><\/i>GMAT<\/span><\/i><\/a> could be your key to acceptance. With several months still to go, we continue to offer helpful planning tips in the fourth part of our \u201cKickstarting \u00a0Your GRE or GMAT Prep\u201d blog series.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Falling short of your goal score?<\/b><\/h4>\n

You\u2019ve tested yourself against a GRE or GMAT practice test (or have already gone through Test Day) and know that you\u2019ve got work to do in order to achieve your goal score. You may even have to set up a <\/span>daily practice regimen<\/span><\/a> that exposes you to regular GRE or GMAT problem solving behaviors.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, how do you go about growing towards your goal score before Test Day? Here\u2019s how to bring it up a few notches.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Test Day distractions<\/b><\/h4>\n

Both the GRE and the GMAT specialize in heaving at you all kinds of Test Day distractions: reasons not to focus on the most efficient, work-smarter\/not-harder behaviors that lead to a higher score. But distractions aren\u2019t limited to individual questions or to taking the test itself. In closely examining your practice test performance, you might also get distracted by dwelling on your test management weaknesses instead of focusing on ways to port your already-winning behaviors to other aspects of the test.<\/span><\/p>\n

All or nothing in your GRE\/GMAT prep?<\/b><\/h4>\n

At first glance, a big picture approach\u2014as in prepping in any and all areas in which you think your performance is lacking\u2014might seem most logical. Although you may feel like you\u2019re covering all your GRE or GMAT prep shortcomings, this approach amounts only to spreading yourself too thinly, and with little or no payoff.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, you might feel desperate and think you have an impossibly steep hill to climb in order to hit your goal score, but even the tallest height is surmounted only one step at a time<\/span>.<\/span><\/i> Work smarter\u2014not harder\u2014by pinpointing the path that\u2019s the shortest distance between you and your goal score:<\/span><\/p>\n