Prepare your little CEO
April 23rd 2011 15:21
Are you raising the next CEO? What are you doing to prepare them? Veritas Prep is an option.
While most high school junior and seniors prepare to take the SAT, (and teachers and parents have done the same) the GMAT is for those students planning on heading off to business school....and need specific preparation. Since the test is taken generally by people in an older age range, 21-45, the truth is, they will often not have someone pushing them to study up, like for the SAT.
You can give your future business leader a heads up. Check out some of the rules behind the GMAT, and offer scenarios, maybe from your work place, that will make them think through situations. If you've taken the test, or maybe attended something like like the New York GMAT classes, then you can relate what you've gleaned from the experience.
My son, a sometimes struggling student, gobbled up his Economics course in ninth grade. He aced every test, made shockingly accurate connections and really, just surprised everyone around him.
One part of the GMAT though that I discovered he will be at a disadvantage is that calculators are not allowed. Over all his years of school, literally from second grade, his teachers encouraged using calculators in class. It was required. He will need to brush up on that portion for sure.
Comprehension is a large part of the test, "recognizing what to do-almost instantaneously-" is something to work on in order to save time and helps accuracy. If you know what your child wants to do in the future, take steps now to help them prepare....whether they are in second grade or a senior.
While most high school junior and seniors prepare to take the SAT, (and teachers and parents have done the same) the GMAT is for those students planning on heading off to business school....and need specific preparation. Since the test is taken generally by people in an older age range, 21-45, the truth is, they will often not have someone pushing them to study up, like for the SAT.
You can give your future business leader a heads up. Check out some of the rules behind the GMAT, and offer scenarios, maybe from your work place, that will make them think through situations. If you've taken the test, or maybe attended something like like the New York GMAT classes, then you can relate what you've gleaned from the experience.
My son, a sometimes struggling student, gobbled up his Economics course in ninth grade. He aced every test, made shockingly accurate connections and really, just surprised everyone around him.
One part of the GMAT though that I discovered he will be at a disadvantage is that calculators are not allowed. Over all his years of school, literally from second grade, his teachers encouraged using calculators in class. It was required. He will need to brush up on that portion for sure.
Comprehension is a large part of the test, "recognizing what to do-almost instantaneously-" is something to work on in order to save time and helps accuracy. If you know what your child wants to do in the future, take steps now to help them prepare....whether they are in second grade or a senior.
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