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I got a lot of help from this site and want to share some experience with you. Wish you good luck.
Since I had to meet an application deadline, I had only three weeks of after-work time to prepare GMAT. (I got a PhD degree in engineering form US and have worked for a company for 2 years. Overall my English is not bad.) The following is how I did it.
Get to know yourself. I took two computer-adaptive tests just to find out my weakness. To me, it was the Grammar;
Because of the limit of time, I decided not to spend time on Math and Reading Comprehension. I can not guarantee a full score on Math, but I know I do not have much room to improve either. For RC, there is no way I can improve much in such a short period of time.
Focus on your weakness. I went through the Sentence Correction book from the New Oriental School for at least three times. I made marks on the questions I did wrong each time and re-do these questions after sometime, say, about a week. I printed a lot of the grammar summaries from this site, which are very helpful.
Working on the Sentence correction improves not only your grammar knowledge but also your reading comprehension ability.
DO use the templates from this site for your essay writing. I suck at typing and therefore prepared a relatively lengthy template. I type the template in the Notepad once every day and time myself to less than 15 minutes. Then I copy what I typed into a word file and find out all the typing mistakes. You will be amazed how repeatedly you type the same words wrong. Keep these words in mind and nail them
Only use the Kaplan tests as a reference. I got very depressed when I took the Kaplan tests because I got quite low scores. However, later I found that these questions are much more difficult than the real GMAT questions. Princeton questions tend to be just right or slightly easier.
Get a good start during your test. Although I memorized my essay templates well before the test, I still stumbled and forgot some sentences. But do not panic and reassure yourself that you will be fine. I think my lengthy temples came to help because I know I will have at least 400 words even if I drop some sentences. A good start will keep you stay in the exam.
I learned one thing from someone on this site: EXAMS ARE FUN. Even if we fail one exam, it is not the end of the world.Good luck to everyone. | 
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发表于 2005-3-4 04:54:00
