Why College Is a Great Time to Prep for the GMAT
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If you’re in college, business school might sound like a faraway, almost ominous concept. Do you have a dream business school that you want to attend one day? Do you know what it takes to get into a top b-school? Have you heard about the GMAT, or Graduate Management Admissions Test?
It can definitely be an overwhelming experience, but it doesn’t have to be. If you give yourself enough time to prep the right way, the test starts feeling less scary and easier to understand. You’ll stop breaking into a sweat at the sight of an exponent or a sentence with five commas, and you’ll feel your confidence building.
Start prepping now.
How do you get to that point, though? If you’re a college student, the answer is easy: start prepping now. Why? Because the best time to study is while you’re still an undergraduate; in the future, you have less and less time to prep.
1. You’ll never have more free time.
We’re sure you’re busy enough now as it is—classes, clubs and organizations, work, and friends take up a lot of time. But despite how busy you might feel, you’ll likely never have more free time in your life. College gives you the opportunity to explore, figure out who you want to be, and plan for your future; if you get test prep out of the way now, you won’t have to worry about it when your responsibilities and expenses increase after graduation (which they will; we don’t like it any more than you do).
2. Your brain is “in shape” for studying.
As you get older, your “study skills” usually go down since you haven’t had to use them in a while. While you’re in school, your brain is in academic mode. You’re studying, focusing, and taking tests all the time, so tackling the GMAT will be second nature to you. After graduation, you’ll probably be working a full-time job, you’ll have new concerns, and you may have less free time overall. It’s hard to prioritize test prep when you feel like you’ve lost all your free time/motivation.
3. Eliminate stress from your b-school application process.
Taking the GMAT during college can also give you peace of mind when you decide to apply to b-school. The application is going to be time-consuming and stressful, so you can avoid some of that stress by already having your GMAT score! Your score is an important part of the application, and since this score lasts 5 years, getting it over with earlier means you’ll have more time to focus on your application when you’re ready to apply. Balancing your studies for the GMAT, getting everything you need for your application (essays, recommendations), your full-time job, and family/friends is a really daunting process. Applying will seem less impossible if you’ve already gotten the GMAT out of the way.
4. Boost your resume.
Taking the test now allows you to add a great score to your resume before the postgrad job hunting starts. To employers, that score will portray a serious interest in your education and future, a desire to invest in yourself, and an impressive intellectual aptitude.
5. Study now, save big.
We offer undergraduates our biggest discounts to take our classes. While you’re in school, take up to $400 off our public in-person, online classes, or self-study programs. You can find more information here.
We also offer exclusive, on-campus prep courses at a number of universities across the country, where you can conveniently go from class to prep to bed all without leaving the comfort of the campus wifi network. If that’s not enough of an incentive, our on-campus college classes are up to $600 off, the biggest discount we offer. Use that money for something else.
Want to find out whether there’s a class going on at your campus? Want to bring a class to your campus? Email gmat@manhattanprep.com for more information.
Whether you want to apply to b-school straight after graduation or sometime in the near future, prepping for the GMAT in college will save you a ton of stress, time, and money. We’ll see you in class! ?
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