GMAT advice

[Wall7486]

I am looking to attend graduate school in the near future. I am still a junior in college, but I'm wondering what I should do about the GMAT. I need at least a 550 to get into the basic programs in my school. Should I take a course with Kaplan or something, it's about $1399, or buy a few books and study on my own?

 

[gotsmack]

Register for a year out, they send you a cd with 2 practice tests, if you do poorly on the first one after going through 2 books then take a course.

 

[everman]

I recently took the GMAT, although my aim is going to law school next year. (Already took the LSAT this year, finished apps a while back) I wanted the option of doing a JD/MBA program mainly. I scored well and it looks like that JD/MBA should be an option for me.
What did I do? Well all of that LSAT practice helped me dominate the verbal section. Logical reasoning and reading comp was no match for me I have strong writing skills (don't use the forums as an example ) so sentence correction was also easy. I got a couple tricky questions as it tries to make things more difficult for test takers.

I wouldn't hesitate to actually pick up some LSAT practice stuff for reading comp and logical reasoning. Manhattan gmat prep books were ok, I got a few of those.
Good luck

 

[axelfox]

Based on my personal experience with Kaplan (not with GMAT), it was a waste of money. I followed their schedule, but did not improve.

 

[Britboy]

Just get a book for $30 or so, should be all you need. Worked for me