Naveen,  an ‘06 MBA grad from the UCLA Anderson School of Business has a great post about the GMAT experience.  She scored a 760, studying with the Princeton Review guide.

Here are her top tips for conquering the GMAT:

1. Relax. Prepare yourself before the exam and take it easy the day before. If you keep pushing yourself to study up to the last minute, you’re going to go into it a nervous wreck.

2. Practice the format under real conditions. Run through two timed practice tests and don’t skip the essays! I know they’re stupid, but you have to do them first when you do the real thing. Get used to it.

3. Don’t sweat the score on the practice tests. Maybe I got lucky on a guess or two… but I got 50-90 points higher on the real thing.

4. Having a high GMAT is a good thing. Having a high GMAT and a high GPA is better. I’m one of the lucky goof-offs who had to use his optional essays to explain so-so grades (2.8 in Com Sci) in college.