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Hello,

I would like to know what is the best program (schedule, which books) in order to be ready for the GMAT test in 1 month.

Here are the details of the admission in the business school of Maastricht (Netherlands) :

The minimum required scores for assessment of your file are:

GMAT score: 500
AWA score: 4.0
Any score below these scores will result in rejection of your application.

I know it is not that high for a GMAT score as I have seen in others topics but as it is the first time I've heard about this test I would like some advice to avoid any suprises.

So, which books do you advice me ? I was thinking about those GMAT Review 2016 + the orange book (review) + the green one ( quantitative review)

Is it enough to aim > 500 ? ( I have not started yet)


Thank you in advance.
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Hi mumuk,

There are a number of unclear points in your post:

1) The minimum score requirements (500/AWA 4.0) do not say anything about guaranteeing admission into the Program - it just states that anything BELOW those scores would be a guaranteed rejection. If you scored 500/4.0, are you certain that you would be granted admission?

2) What is the application deadline for this School? Is there a reason why you have just 1 month to prepare?

3) Have you done ANY GMAT study at all so far?

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Hello EMPOWERgmatRichC,


Quote:

There are a number of unclear points in your post:

1) The minimum score requirements (500/AWA 4.0) do not say anything about guaranteeing admission into the Program - it just states that anything BELOW those scores would be a guaranteed rejection. If you scored 500/4.0, are you certain that you would be granted admission?

Thank you to point this out, however I do not know if I will have for sure an admission with 500/4.0 only those explanations are available on their website (see attachment)

2) What is the application deadline for this School? Is there a reason why you have just 1 month to prepare?

I have to pass the test before de 1st December. 1st December is the deadline. I have less than 2 months for sure.

3) Have you done ANY GMAT study at all so far?

I never tried a GMAT test and never studied GMAT books, I have just known that "GMAT test" exists 5 days ago.

So far in my economic bachelor I have basis in :

- Newton Binomial
- Elementary functions (polynomials, functions, powers, exponential, logarithms).
- Analysis in a variable (limit, continuity, diverted)
- Analysis in several variables ( essentially 2 variables)
- Mathematical financial: simple interests and compounds, annuities, loans.
- Basis in Matrix calculation

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Thank you for your help
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Hi mumuk,

The 'admissions requirements' are written in a way that you might want to contact the School directly and ask for clarification. My interpretation is that the School doesn't want to spend any time reviewing an application from someone who scored below 500. By extension, I don't think that scoring a 500 would guarantee you anything (except that the School Admissions Committee would review your application). As such, I suspect that your goal should be to score HIGHER than a 500 (the higher the better).

Thankfully, this is a reasonable goal in the timeframe that you have. Since the deadline is December 1st, I would suggest that you take the GMAT in early November (so that you can take it again, if necessary at the end of November).

Since you're just starting out, it would be a good idea to take a FULL-LENGTH practice CAT Test; you can download 2 for free from www.mba.com (and they come with some additional practice materials). If you want to spend a little time familiarizing yourself with the basic content and question types before you take that CAT, then that's fine, but you shouldn't wait too long do take that initial Test. A FULL CAT takes about 4 hours to complete, so make sure that you've set aside enough time to take it in one sitting. Once you have those scores, you should report back here and we can come up with a study plan.

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Ok thank you for having analyzed my situation.

I am going to download Free GMATPrep Software and I will do a first test in order to evaluate my knowledge.

I will post the results as soon as I have done the test.
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