Could someone give me some tips on preparing for GMAT effectively? I tried going through the book and most of the things such as maths seem basic but the questions are freaking twisted. How did you tackle it when you took it?

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Quagmire,

Where would you want to go for your MBA if you have a chance? I bet you would want to go to the top school too. Correct me if I am wrong.

The business venture will start one day, my friend. That venture is my career goal.

Btw, good luck to you on your test. I hope you do amazingly good and get into a top school. Then you can help me out!

Sand_deep,

I fked up big time while in college man, especially in the later years. Of course I'd love to go to a top college too but dreams don't necessarily get fulfilled, do they? I'm planning on moving to California early 2010 ( wish to get GMAT and admissions process sorted out before that ). I still don't know what college to go apply to, if I were to be totally honest. Further, most of the requirements range from 2.75/ 3.3 and my GPA in the latter half ( last 60 credits ) slumped to around 2.3. (overall GPA of 2.6). Hence, albeit I require great GMAT scores, I am not highly motivated. To be quite honest, I don't really know what I'm gonna do if I didn't get accepted.

girlfren_wife, thanks for your suggestion. I shall look into it.

Any suggestions/recommendations for Quantitative section fellows?

Yeah pretty much concentrate on the data sufficiency questions esp the Yes/No as those are really confusing. All i can say is practice makes a man perfect..in GMAT terms almost perfect. quantitative section is relatively easier as per my experience. I'm taking GMAT in Jan as well. goodluck preping Quagmire

TIP: I have heard from different parties who took the test that you should really work on your timing.

The other thing is once you are done with solving problems in the book start working on finding question banks that you

find  on the internet, someone told me that you cannot simulate the real GMAT test environment unless you take

the test on the computer. I am doing just that nowadays. 

Thanks for the tips M'ushroom.

Any suggestions on the test preparation material for Quantitative section? I'd suggest you to buy Manhattan's Sentence Correction.

Quagmire, don't think that you are not gonna get accepted. You are what they refer to as an "underdog". Just prove them wrong; do extremely very well in GMAT and write a kick ass essay.

Best of Luck! I wish you good fortune in your GMAT.