How did you get yourself to become motivated enough to study for the GMAT? I’m really struggling to get myself to do so... especially with this COVID situation - you’d think it’d make me more motivated but it’s actually doing the opposite...

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3 things worked for me:
1) Spending a boat load of money on prep materials
2) Scheduling the test
3) Telling people when my test was

All three created different kinds of pressure to kick my ass in gear.

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This. Telling people when my test was was big for me. Knew they’d immediately ask my score so then I was really motivated to have it be a good one

Schedule the test - having some pressure from a looming date helped push me .. also, reading people’s success stories on places like GMATclub helped get things moving for me too

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Just ask yourself if you are a quitter. If the answer is no then study. If it's yes then chillax.

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i was motivated for about a week, then fell off badly. Any advice i’d really appreciate as well

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