Final Words of Advice
- Abby Pelcyger
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I end each of my GM AT courses with these final words of advice:
5. Do N O T waste any of your brain power wondering how you are doing on
the test while you are in the midst of the GMAT—save it all for the problem in front
of you. Think about it: if you were hiding in a foxhole at war and you saw an enemy
soldier approaching you, you would have two options.
One option would be to think to yourself, “Hmmm. He looks like he’s wearing ratty
clothing. I wonder if this means that we’re doing well in this war and guys like this
are all they have left to send to attack us... O r... Wait! Oh no! Maybe it means that
they think we’re a joke and are only sending us their least trained soldiers because they
think that even those guys can take us!” What’s going to happen while you’re having
all of these thoughts? Yup, you guessed it: the enemy soldier is going to get you.
Your other option is to see the guy and immediately put all of your concentration into
focusing on him and shooting. You win a war by focusing on individual battles one
at a time, giving each one your all, and making strategic decisions as necessary. Like
wise, while taking the GMAT, the only thing that you can do at any point in time to
improve your score is to give your all to the problem in front of you. Sometimes, giving
your all will mean realizing that this is a problem that you cannot correctly answer in
the allotted time, and then you need to feel comfortable making a guess and moving
on. This is okay; sometimes you lose a battle to win the war. Just make sure that you
are in control and choosing an intentional strategy for each question.
4. We have primarily been focused up until this point on how to prepare you for the
GM AT intellectually. To do well on the GMAT, though, you must also be prepared
physically and emotionally.
I had a GM AT student who scored a 750 on a CAT the week before his official
GMAT. He did not listen to my advice about making sure to get on a regular sleep
schedule, though. So, the night before the GMAT he found himself unable to fall
asleep. What did he do? You guessed it: he drank a couple of night caps. These did not
help him fall asleep, quite the opposite. He wound up getting two-and-a-half hours of
sleep before his test. So what did he do? Yup, he drank a lot of coffee, something he did
not do as a normal part of his routine. He started crashing near the end of his Quant
section, but he was prepared. During the break before Verbal he ate a chocolate bar
that he had brought and put in his locker specifically to infuse himself with some ad
ditional caffeine. He wound up with a 680. While that’s a decent score, it is 70 points
lower than his practice test the week before.
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