The GMAT requires clear and systematic thinking. The test measures verbal, quantitative and analytical writing skills developed over a long period of time. Keep in mind that you will take the test on the computer so make sure you are comfortable in that setting. You will receive your unofficial score immediately.

You have several options for developing a study program for yourself.

• You can purchase a GMAT test preparation book at your local bookstore.
  
  
• For those who require a more disciplined environment, there are GMAT review courses given by Continuing Education at Indiana University South Bend (574) 520-4261.
  
  
• Perhaps the most powerful approach is to get on the web! There are a number of computerized options. The Graduate Management Admission Council now offers their Powerprep Software ä for free once you register for the GMAT (this is a $75 value). Powerprep Software ä contains test information, authentic GMAT questions and two computer-adaptive practice tests to help you prepare for the GMAT. It also contains a math review and testing tutorials including "How to Use a Mouse" and "How to Scroll." Once you register for the GMAT, the Powerprep Software ä will be mailed to you. If you live in the United States, you should allow up to two weeks for delivery, outside the United States, allow up to four weeks. You can also download (with a registration number) the Powerprep Software ä from www.mba.com . The Graduate Management Admission Council also offers The Official GMAT Practice Test. ä You can find these items at the GMAT web site.   Kaplan also offers GMAT Computerized Adaptive Test Training and you can find information about this product at their web site. The Princeton Review also offers extensive information on test strategies and mock exams. You may find that a web search for other study materials will produce more options for you to consider. You can often find a wide selection of 'previously owned' GMAT materials on eBay (www.ebay.com), Yahoo (auctions.yahoo.com) and other online auction houses using GMAT as your search word.
  

• Get a high school math book and review up to Quadratic Equations with emphasis on various operations with fractions, ratios and percentiles. Review multiplication and division of fractions. Review factoring. Do the first three review questions at the end of each chapter up to Quadratic Equations so that you can see how these operations are presented in problems. Been a while? Remember next to nothing? Try these books: Painless Algebra by Lynette Long (1998) and Painless Fractions by Alyece B. Cummings (1998) both available at Barrons or other retail book stores and sites.
  
  
• Get a high school geometry textbook and review the handling of angles in triangles, etc. Study all formulae such as the formula for obtaining the area of a circle, etc. do the first three review questions at the end of each chapter. Been a long while? Try Painless Geometry by Lynette Long (2001) available at Barrons or other retail book stores and sites.
  
  
• Locate a book on how to interpret complicated graphs. Concentrate on graphs with a third axis.
  
  
• Find a book that contains 300-400 most misunderstood words in the English language. Try to do the 20-question vocabulary test contained in Reader's Digest. Review antonym relationships. Need some help? Try Painless Grammar by Rebecca Elliott (1997) available at Barrons or other retail book stores and sites.
  
  
• Read columns 1, 4 and 6 on the front page of the Wall Street Journal every day. Read these at your best rate of speed and underline what you consider significant passages as quickly as you can. When you finish reading these three articles, put the Journal down and do not refer to it. Write ten significant questions for each column. Then return to each column and answer the questions. Do this every day until you can identify and answer 10 significant questions on each column.