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Sorry I haven’t posted in the past week… I am taking the GMAT tomorrow and have been studying non-stop. I reached the 50 hour study mark just since Sunday. I’m going to be completely honest; I hate the GMAT. My head is spinning with visions of inscribed angles, variables, ratios, and word problems. I’ve also found that my grasp of the English language (sentence correction) is not as strong as I previously believed.

So everyone wish me luck on the test, and look forward to some quality posts in coming week.

As I’ve started to study the GMAT, I’ve really started to feel that it is nothing but a glorified version of the ACT. While I find it irritating to take basically another placement test covering things I haven’t studied since 9th grade (geometry), it is necessary to go to a great grad school.

There are lots of websites that already cover these strategies much more thoroughly that I could, so I won’t go into depth with my own personal strategy. I really just wanted to give a plug to the guys over at beatthegmat and gmattutor. They have done a great job of putting a lot of solid material out there free of charge. If you are contemplating taking the GMAT, then check out the site before you start.

There was a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about the expected pay from law school. Basically the article deals with the fact that there is a huge glut in lawyers. I believe this is largely due to bad advertising by law schools, promising unrealistic 6 figure salaries, and the fact that people choose law school because they don’t know what else to do.