GMAT vs SAT

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<p>so now that my SAT career has to be put on a hiatus until next year's transfer stage, I decided to start doing some GMAT prep</p>

<p>it's never too early to start right; i wish i had thought this way about the SATs--I only started reviewing in November of 2009(my senior year)</p>

<p>so i think i'm doing pretty good so far (all of 2 days).</p>

<p>in light of the debate in the other thread about whether or not the SAT is a knowledge test at heart, I would like to say that the GMAT is about as close to an IQ test as regularly administered standardized testing comes.</p>

<p>I havent struggled with any one type of particular question; however, I do find the data sufficiency questions in the quantitative reasoning section to sport rather long learning curves.</p>

<p>for example: </p>

<p>what is the value of x + y?</p>

<ol>
<li>x-y=4</li>
<li>3x+3y= 4</li>
</ol>

<p>for those of you who are unfamiliar with the GMAT, this type of question requires you respond</p>

<p>A: if you can get teh answer from 1 alone but not from 2 alone
B: if you can get teh answer from 2 alone but not from 1 alone
C: if you can get the answer from both 1 and 2 together but not from either by itself
D: if either 1 alone or 2 alone suffices
E: if you cant get the answer from 1 and 2 together, as in, you would need even more data than whats provided in 1 and 2</p>

<p>thats a really basic example; i chose choice B. I'm sure you guys can figure that one out</p>

<p>the point is, because the GMAT is, in my opinion and to the best of my approximations, about 90% intelligence (the other 10% being experience writing analytical essays):</p>

<ol>
<li>do you guys agree with my opinion </li>
</ol>

<p>and</p>

<ol>
<li>how would one prepare for it? (mostly for ppl who are in college and are preparing for the GMAT themselves, but then again, there might be a few other people who take similar initiatives)</li>
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<p>You can definitely prep for the GMAT in much the same way you did for the SAT. The problem solving questions can be done using many of the same methods you used for the SAT, same goes for the reading comprehension. For the data sufficiency, think of it this way, if the first fact is enough to solve the question by itself (if it is ‘sufficient’) the only answer choices that will work are A or D. If it does not, then the answer can only be B, C or E. This can be a quick way for you to eliminate answer choices. Yes, there’s probably a little more thinking here (it is a grad school exam), I would not put the percentages as you did. Hope that helps.</p>