Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: GMAT Message-ID: <8707051648.aa25175@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 16:33:00 EDT Article-I.D.: SMOKE.8707051648.aa25175 Posted: Sun Jul 5 16:33:00 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jul-87 06:17:19 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 27 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!!!)