SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (07/05/87)
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!!!)