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Monday, 26 March 2007 05:31
Writing the GMAT is a pressure-filled process. This pressure is possibly enough to weed out those who aren"t serious about the heading down the road of hard work - which can only be a good thing. However, as I mentioned in my previous post - it"s not the best leveller. Here is what you have to know:

Math - all those algebraic equations that you forgot from high school, all those number properties in equation and word problem format

Reading Comprehension - reading and answering questions on a short 500 word essay

Sentence Correction - selecting options for the correct grammar for a sentence

Data Sufficiency - given two options, do either, neither or both options give you enough data to answer a problem

Critical Reasoning - given a short paragraph of an argument, determine what would strengthen or weaken the argument

The Math and Data Sufficiency part makes up the Quantitative part of the score and the others make up the Verbal part of the score. These two are scaled and make up the final GMAT score.

I"ve struggled with the Math, but seem to get most of them correct and only struggle on the more difficult ones. The Data Sufficiency problems are, by far, the most difficult for me. The option in that type of question could give you an answer of "no" which also is a correct choice.

The Verbal part of the exam is much easier for me. The main helper there is that English is my first language. I pity the person who has to do the exam when English is not their first language. I would certainly hate to do it in another language.

Exam is on Thursday March 29th. 3 days to go!
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