How well in advance should one take the GMAT appointment?

I very often see individuals worried about getting an appointment. Trust me, it's something very trivial. We say in Army, take one thing at a time! Hence, first prepare for GMAT, small issues like these would take care of themselves and should not be given undue weightage.

There are two ways to take an appointment:

On the website : mba.com
Over phone, search on google, it's easily available.

There are two strategies that can be followed:

* Take an appointment well in advance. Say 45-90 days before your GMAT and use the deadline as a motivation to prepare for GMAT.

* Keep on preparing for GMAT and when you think that you have reached the peak, take an appointment of just 2-3 days later. Since one needs a gap of 7 days to re-schedule an appointment, many slots are cancelled just 7 days before. Hence, if you look for an appointment just 2-3 days ahead, you will almost always find one. If your luck is really against you, look for a less popular testing centre in your vicinity and you will definetly find a slot there. E.g. If you stay in north India and are not getting a slot in Delhi, look for Allahabad.

Do not study anything much during 2-3 days prior to your test.