GMAT Prep

by **GMATFreak** Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:18 pm

I would like to ask you four questions pertaining to the GMAT:

1. I am preparing myself to take the GMAT but the problem I am having is not enough time to study since I have two babies. They leave me with little or no time to study for this test. What should I do about this situation?

2. Since I am very skilled at math I want to know if I should worry about the quantitative section of the GMAT? Will I do well on this section despite my weak area in math?

3. Since my first language is not English how will the my GMAT score be determined?

4. Does the amount of study time depends on the score that one wants to get on the GMAT test?

Thank You

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by **StaceyKoprince** Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:06 pm

As a general rule, yes, time spent studying is correlated to score improvement. Obviously, there's a limit to that - the law of diminishing returns. But you are going to have to find a way to study an adequate amount, depending upon the score improvement you hope to achieve.

The first thing to do is take a practice test to see how far you are from your goal score. (If you aren't sure what your goal score is, research the average incoming scores at the schools to which you want to apply.)

I'm confused about your second question - you say you are "very skilled" at math in the first sentence and then say math is your "weak area" in the second sentence. Can you clarify?

The GMAT is scored the same way for everyone, regardless of what your native language is.