Many people around the institute are interested in studying for the GMAT exam. Business is one of the most common areas of study for international students. Students from all over the world are interested in attending American business schools. In order to do so, they have to take the GMAT exam. This also applies for Chinese students wishing to study in the USA.
A frequently asked question is how to study for the GMAT. Well, the most common way is to take a full length course from a major test prep company. A typical syllabus for one of these is seven 3-hour classes, for a total of 21 hours of instruction. The advantage of this is that you have to show up and concentrate for the whole class. Since you’re paying a decent amount of money, you should be motivated to pay attention. The test prep companies hire skilled instructors. Usually the teacher has taken the exam and scored in the ninetieth percentile or higher. Some companies have even higher requirements for their teachers.
Another option is to purchase a GMAT self-study course. Looking around online, one of the options for this is the GMAT Pill. It’s basically a full-length online video course for the GMAT. According to a GMAT Pill review on the web, the length of the whole videos series is 30 hours. To make the most of a program like this, you’d have to really sit down and concentrate. It would be important to block out distractions.
There are other options as well. You could also simply buy a few GMAT prep books. There’s many available. At the minimum, you would want to purchase the Official Guide to the GMAT, as well as the separate Official Guides for the Quant and Verbal sections. These books have hundreds of retired questions. This makes them the best source for learning the question types on the exam.
If you are wondering about the score distribution on the GMAT, the median score is currently 540. In order to get a score in the ninetieth percentile, you would have to score a 700 on the exam.
