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Originally Posted by stars
breakdown? over GMAT? you got be kidding right... The math part should be the easiest part in GMAT, nothing challenging about it. Don't try to avoid GMAT, because you'll need a lot of math and statistics in MBA program anyway. Many people can pass the test within a couple of months easily, so can you!
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stars, there is no pass/fail on the GMAT exam. You are scored based on performance, and then ranked amongst all test takers. Therefore, the GMAT exam is something to stress over (but I agree that one shouldn't have a breakdown). GMAT scores range from 200 to 800, with the top schools requiring 650+.
To the OP,
I took the GMAT 3 years ago, and scored 700. I wouldn't consider myself as exceptionally strong in either math or english. But the key is practice.
Most of the questions are not too difficult, however you need to know tricks and shortcuts to solve them in under 2 minutes. The real challenge is keeping up with that pace for 4 hours. I was mentally drained after months of studying and finally taking the exam.
Don't stress too much about the Diagnostic Test, everyone would do poorly without practice. The best advice I can provide you with is that you must use a Study Guide (Manhattan, Kaplan, etc.) to teach you how to narrow down the answers, and solve the questions in the shortest time possible. Then practice using the Official GMATPrep Questions - these are actual GMAT questions that were used on previous exams that have been retired.
One more important thing, the GMAT exam is computer-adaptive...as you get more questions right, the questions get harder (and vice versa). That is their algorithm to rank test takers. But you won't know which ones are considered 'hard' versus 'easy'. When I took the exam, I felt I got many questions wrong because I was in a hurry, and I thought I did terrible. However, it is completely normal to get many questions wrong, as they are testing where you rank.
Let me know if you have any more questions.