<p>Hi, I'm a high school senior who may look into business studies in college. My SAT score was a 1570/2400, being that Writing is my strongest asset and I know how to apply the techniques for the Verbal and Math, but then I ended up with a mediocre score after taking it third time and bringing the score up. 1570 was my highest score the third time I took it. </p>
<p>I just need to know whether someone who played mediocre on the SAT can excel well on the GMAT. I'm looking into top busienss schools for graduate studies. I'm now just afraid that since people who did not attain high score on the SAT will not do high on the GMAT.</p>
<p>I want to do better on this exam, but can anyone provide me with some helpful tips and advices? Is GMAT not just about "keep practicing?" like the SAT?</p>
<p>Generally the two are highly correlated. Lots of studying will of course help you do better, but it sounds like you studied a lot for the SAT too.</p>
<p>Also, given that writing is largely irrelevant for that GMAT exam, and you scored around a 500 in the verbal/quant sat sections, getting up to a 700 GMAT will be extremely unlikely.</p>
<p>hmm well it can be done. I’ve heard many stories of people who bomb their SATs and then PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE for the GMAT and end up getting over 650 :)</p>
<p>Personally, I got a 2230 on SAT and got a 700 on the GMAT after self-studying during winter break for a month. For you, I’d suggest taking manhattan gmat courses and really spending about 3 or 4 months to get into the minds of the creator (yeah i know, cliched line >_<). The GMAT just tests the same concepts over and over again, so if you practice hard and work on what you don’t understand, I’m sure you can get there.</p>
<p>If you learn a lot in college you’ll do better on the GMAT. </p>
<p>Pay attention in your classes, finish your homework on time, study diligently, read books and stimulate your brain with a lot of intellectually demanding activities like chess, crossword puzzles and sudokus.</p>
<p>Sure one can jump in scores. If you prep for GMAT and know the test strategies but did not so for SAT.
It has been a long time but I had no prep whatsoever and took SAT once and received OK but not fantastic score. There were no prep companies back then. For GMAT, I did prep for 2 weeks and scored in 99% (higher than 700) and I got into every school I applied to. The best way to improve your math score is to be able to really memorize/know your multiplications, etc. Calculator is not allowed. It helps to know how to do these type of problem solving after B school. When you are a CEO/President in a major company, you just have to know all your numbers and be able to quickly get to answers in your meetings with stock analysts, managements, etc.</p>
<p>It is very unrealistic to go from a sub-average SAT score to a well-above GMAT score. GMAT is more difficult than SAT. Unless you were severely disadvantaged in high school or your SAT score was an anomaly, the likelihood of achieving 680-700 is pretty low.</p>
<p>liu, you ever heard of slackers that did absolutely nothing? Those SAT’s scores aren’t true indicators. Those are the people that have potential to make signficant gains on their score. You can also learn a lot during college too. Friend: HS Drop out, GED, Computer Engineering UG, 710 cold (no study). SAT = 1220.</p>
<p>I decided to study like a SOB. Buy and do EVERY Manhattan GMAT book, then do EVERY problem in the official guide a few times. After that, which should take months of work, you will be set for 650 on a bad day and more than likely a 700+.</p>
<p>GMAT is very much like the SAT imo. there’s no point in doing more than 5,6,7 practice exams. after that, there’s just diminishing returns. </p>
<p>take a practice test and see how well you do. take another one and see how much you improve. if you consistently improve, then keep studying. if you’re getting roughly the same score, then stop! SIMPLE!</p>