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Subject: GMAT
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Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 16:33:00 EDT
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Yale senior speaks in code.

For those of you who don't know, the GMAT is the Graduate
Management Apptitude Test.  Actually, it doesn't have a whole
lot to do with apptitude for management, but it isn't a bad
predictor of grades in graduate school.

Near as I could tell when I took it, it is nearly the same as
the SAT (both come from Educational Testing Service).  The main
difference is the population against which scores are compared.
If you've got a good SAT practice program around it will probably
do.  If like most Yalies, your SAT score was above 1200 you probably
won't gain much from spending $70.

Back in the olden days (before micro computers), I spent a few
bucks on a paper practice book (lots cheaper, and maybe just as
good).  I learned that the questions using graphs and charts in the
math section slowed me down for some reason.  So, I skipped over
them when I took the exam and made sure that I got all the word
problems done, then I went back and struggled with the graphs until
time ran out.  I got more right answers that way than I would have
otherwise, and achieved a quite good score (however, I failed to
anticipate how well I would do and neglected to apply to Harvard!).

                    Murph Sewall
                    Prof. of Marketing Univ of Ct
                    Princeton '64 (beat Yale!!!)