General GMAT Questions and Strategies | Re: ideal time to take GMAT considering 1 round apply?

Hi,
You have 3.5 months to most R1 deadlines.

How many schools are you targeting in R1?
Are you preparing your essays side-by-side?
Some people take more than a month to streamline their application. How much do you think you need?
First application is always the hardest. I hope these questions will help you decide. There is no fixed advise here because preparing applications
is very relative. My advise would be to take GMAT right away and
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