The Graduate Management Admission Test is a computer adaptive test (CAT) intended to assess certain analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills.

Preparation tips for GMAT Exam

1) Go to the source.

The Official Guides from the GMAC, in their orange, purple and green splendor, are the books of the GMAT.

Only the Official Guides contain problems retired from the real GMAT.

Thus, your efforts must be centered on the Official Guides.

2) Build up, not down.

You should spend more time truly mastering the easier problems.

Once you have built this knowledge and skill, then progress upwards.

3) Turn enemies into friends.

4) Mix it up.

You know you should do a lot of topic-based work - especially in your weak areas.

And you know you'll have to take practice tests to prepare for the GMAT's adaptive format, which is both less familiar and more stressful than a paper-based format.

5) Know what you know.

Master a few representative problems from each topic tested on the GMAT.

Know everything about these problems.

For each one, have a crystal-clear approach plan - and also a Plan B, C, and even D - that you can execute correctly, quickly, easily and confidently while taking enemy fire.