Last visit was: 20 Nov 2025, 06:38 It is currently 20 Nov 2025, 06:38
Home
GMAT
Messages
Tests
Schools
Events
Rewards
Chat
My Profile
Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel
User avatar
rg1
User avatar
Joined: 25 May 2010
Last visit: 11 Jul 2016
Posts: 279
Own Kudos:
89
Given Kudos: 32
Location: United States
Concentration: Strategy, Finance
Schools: CBS '14 (A)
GMAT 1: 590 Q47 V25
GMAT 2: 560 Q47 V20
GMAT 3: 600 Q47 V25
GMAT 4: 680 Q49 V34
Products:
My Reviews
Schools: CBS '14 (A)
GMAT 4: 680 Q49 V34
Posts: 279
Kudos: 89
The One Thing You Wish You Knew About GMAT - Win $$ 07 Sep 2011, 10:25
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
I felt that I didn't apply any strategy/process consciously during the test and later got dismal 590. Now, I'm again prepping for GMAT and learning to apply the PROCESS no matter how much pressure I'm under during the test.
So I think mantra is definitely to 'learn the PROCESS' and apply it during the test.
User avatar
CharmWithSubstance
User avatar
Joined: 12 Dec 2009
Last visit: 26 Apr 2012
Posts: 112
Own Kudos:
827
Given Kudos: 6
Location: United States (AL)
Concentration: Finance
Schools: Harvard Business School (HBS) - Class of 2014
GMAT 1: 770 Q50 V46
GPA: 3.91
WE:Corporate Finance (Finance: Venture Capital)
Schools: Harvard Business School (HBS) - Class of 2014
GMAT 1: 770 Q50 V46
Posts: 112
Kudos: 827
The One Thing You Wish You Knew About GMAT - Win $$ 07 Sep 2011, 12:32
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
I wish I would have known how much difference preparation makes. A lot of people told me the GMAT measures your intellectual ability and there's only so much you can do to practice. It wasn't until the end of my quant preparation that I realized how many patterns you start seeing when you've done thousands of problems. Not many people feel that quant problems are predictive, but when you do enough they become predictable.
User avatar
bb
User avatar
Founder
Joined: 04 Dec 2002
Last visit: 19 Nov 2025
Posts: 42,395
Own Kudos:
82,126
Given Kudos: 24,110
Location: United States
GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V42
GPA: 3
Products:
GMAT Club Tests Forum Quiz
Expert
Expert reply
GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V42
Posts: 42,395
Kudos: 82,126
The One Thing You Wish You Knew About GMAT - Win $$ 07 Sep 2011, 12:38
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Any last minute posts are welcome - I will be determining the winner later on today.
I have to say it may be too hard to determine the "best" post since they are not particularly apples to apples and this may have to be a random drawing.

I have opened up the thread for everyone to see the replies.
User avatar
bb
User avatar
Founder
Joined: 04 Dec 2002
Last visit: 19 Nov 2025
Posts: 42,395
Own Kudos:
82,126
Given Kudos: 24,110
Location: United States
GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V42
GPA: 3
Products:
GMAT Club Tests Forum Quiz
Expert
Expert reply
GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V42
Posts: 42,395
Kudos: 82,126
The One Thing You Wish You Knew About GMAT - Win $$ 07 Sep 2011, 22:48
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Indeed, it has proved too hard to judge the submissions to determine the one absolute best one. There were several that were great in terms of value, others were very insightful, and yet another category of very short but powerful points.

The Winner was determined based on a random number generator
...
...
...
...
...

And the winner is: Moss




Congratulations! :king
User avatar
Moss
User avatar
Joined: 21 Dec 2008
Last visit: 23 Apr 2023
Posts: 370
Own Kudos:
143
Given Kudos: 64
Affiliations: CFA
Location: United States (NY)
Schools: Columbia - Class of 2013
GMAT 1: 710 Q45 V43
GMAT 2: 760 Q49 V45
Schools: Columbia - Class of 2013
GMAT 2: 760 Q49 V45
Posts: 370
Kudos: 143
The One Thing You Wish You Knew About GMAT - Win $$ 08 Sep 2011, 09:50
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Hooray! :)
avatar
amaterasu
avatar
Aringo Consultant
Joined: 22 May 2010
Last visit: 03 Apr 2024
Posts: 84
Own Kudos:
20
 [1]
Given Kudos: 21
Products:
My Reviews
Posts: 84
Kudos: 20
 [1]
The One Thing You Wish You Knew About GMAT - Win $$ 09 Sep 2011, 00:01
1
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Moss
Take practice tests earlier and throughout the GMAT study process. I was discouraged early on with my performance on practice tests and thought the best approach was to spend as much of my time studying and doing OG programs as possible. I waited until a week before test day to take my first real CAT. I was totally rushed, got flustered by the whole process, and did terribly. I took me awhile to adjust to the CAT setting (eg, if you start doing well, your problems become consistently difficult with no respite). I ended up being rushed in both quant and verbal during my first time taking the GMAT and performing below expectations.

My second time through taking the GMAT I made sure to frequently take CATs throughout my study process. It not only improved my timing and test form (ability to withstand difficult problem after difficult problem without fatigue), but the metrics many of the CATs product allowed me to identify weaknesses. It also helped me to realize when I simply had to move on from a problem I didn't know and go to the next -- it was very difficult for me at first to "admit defeat" on a problem, but there is simply not enough time to work through something you don't know. Ultimately, the best way to do practice problems is through a CAT -- its the most realistic and useful type of practice problem one can do. So my best GMAT advice would be to take CATs early and often!
Show more

MANN, I wish you said that earlier or more appropriately I wish GCLUB put this thread earlier and proclaimed the winner earlier
I just wrote the test this Monday, and scored 650 Q49/V28, although I finished all OG problems...
But I only did 1 practice test, on exam day I was torn apart by fatigue when I reached the verbal part
Congrats
User avatar
jeprince112
User avatar
Current Student
Joined: 29 Nov 2010
Last visit: 03 Apr 2014
Posts: 106
Own Kudos:
42
Given Kudos: 8
Status:MLT Fellowship - MBA Prep
Affiliations: Beta Gamma Sigma - Business Honors Society, FINRA Securities Licenses, CA Insurance Licenses
Location: United States (CA)
Concentration: Finance, Strategy
Schools: HBS '15 (D) Tuck '15 (A) Wharton '15 (M$) Johnson '15 (A$) Darden '15 (A$) Kellogg '15 (I) Booth '15 (I) Stanford '15 (D) CBS '15 (A$) Haas '15 (A)
GMAT 1: 700 Q48 V38
GMAT 2: 750 Q50 V42
GPA: 3.47
WE:Sales (Retail Banking)
Schools: HBS '15 (D) Tuck '15 (A) Wharton '15 (M$) Johnson '15 (A$) Darden '15 (A$) Kellogg '15 (I) Booth '15 (I) Stanford '15 (D) CBS '15 (A$) Haas '15 (A)
GMAT 2: 750 Q50 V42
Posts: 106
Kudos: 42
The One Thing You Wish You Knew About GMAT - Win $$ 09 Sep 2011, 20:30
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
I wish I had done more timed practice drills.
   1   2