I am planning to move all my applications to Round2. Well, hmm.. I can still complete my applications by Nov1 deadline for Ross, Emory and Darden. But my apprehension is that i may not be able to put my best application forward. You attend bschool only once in your life and dont screw this. I want to give my best shot at it and no matter what the result is, i wanted to have a regret free life at the end of the application season. I must admit and digest the fact that i am a good planner but a very bad implementor. I did all the planning to apply for schools in R1 and did the sufficient research on the schools, on the recommenders, on the essays, on the GMAT, on the goals in no particular order. But things didn't work out as per the plan, one main reason could be that i slackened and an auxiliary reason could be a little bad luck.
Resons for moving to R2:
1. Primarly the low GMAT score. I have to improve it and that is the only solution that i can see now. May be i stand a meager chance with my current score but i don't want to take chances. It is because i still have time with me. Yeah..Only if i move my apps to Round2.If i am to apply with my present score, i would promptly drop Ross from the list. It has the mean gmat score in 700's and i am no where near it. I still think and believe that i have the necessary leadership qualities in the work place to convince the adcom that i will make a good mba student. Also, i
am sort of clear on my post-mba career goals. The worrying factor is the GMAT score and i want to see the darn improvement. This really bolster my chances. Atleast they won't reject my application based on the low score.
So, what went wrong the last time?
Verbal...A very poor score (in 20's) in this section toppled the total score.
Quant - I scored 50 in this section. Consciously, i was unable to solve one problem and may be that stopped me from scoring 51. But it doesn't matter. I am happy with 50 and i will take that score on any day. I have a highly imbalanced quant-verbal score and this is added to my worry list.
AWA - i scored 6 out of 6 in this. So just want an encore of this. Even a dip in half a point won't hurt.
Retrospection:
I devoted a good amount of time preparing for verbal. But looking back, i am able to identify why i scored badly in verbal. Its the RC and CR. I never never practiced RC in the right spirit. True. I always used to think that doing RC's is a waste of time and i can simply ace these without preparation. In my practice tests, Out of 13 questions, i used to get 6,7 or 8 questions correct and in most tests my concentration levels used to fade when i do RC. I just hate these. I was always keen on doing SC's. But RC's are quite boring for me and proved to be my nemesis. CR's take a middle stance. I am never too confident at the sametime i am never bugged by these. May be i made enough mistakes in CR's as well to plunge my score to abyss. All in all, the results speak volumes on how bad i am in verbal. It might be that i fared very well in RC's and CR's and totally screwed SC's. Who knows. But before the test atleast i knew that my preparation for RC's and CR's suck.
What am i doing these days to improve the score?
Actually nothing much..I started the prep few days back but again didnt touch the book in the last 5 days. This could be the heights of procastination. hey, its i and anything is possible. I can see that this is high time to get done with GMAT forever. I will be taking the test in Nov. Initially i planned to take it in Oct end, just before the deadlines. But it looks like a very risky proposition. If i do the prep in haste and endup with a low score again, the whole purpose behind i retaking the exam is gone. This time, i want to write the exam with full preparation. Even if i end up with the same score, atleast i knew that i was prepared well for the exam.
2. There is no reason two. GMAT is the only factor that is holding me back.
Why i planned to apply in R1.
Though i am not done with GMAT, i am doing reasonably good in other areas (atleast i think so). My schools for R1 are Ross, Emory and Darden. I filled the application forms (except for few fields which i am doubtful of). I started working on the essays. The initial drafts forall Emory essay's are ready. Except third essay, i drafted Ross essay's also. Though i didn't start Darden essay's, i am fairly confident that it won't consume much time after finishing Ross and Emory essays. Since the deadline is 20 days away, i can easily finish the essays. This led me to think that i am not out of the game and can still submit the application in Round1. I have one recommender who is very supportive and is ready to recommend me. But i am slightly skeptical of the other recommender (real busy guy) and this is a cause of little concern to me.
These blogs answered few of my questions and i found them helpful.http://metalrulz.blogspot.com
http://eklavya-mba.blogspot.com.These guyz have low gmat scores and struggled a bit in the application process.
The ball is always in my court because applying in R1 or R2 is my decision in the end. But i want to take a good decision on this. Either I can stretch and finish the whole prep (gmat) in the next two weeks or prepare for 2-3 hours daily for a month and work on the essays simultaneously. I will take the decision soon (next 2-3 days). Acutally i took the decision, but i just wanted to make sure that i am not doing something wrong.
Adios.
Showing posts with label GMAT. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Friday, August 31, 2007
Updates
I know..I know.. I know..Its been a long time since my last post. The running turtle got a little lazy when he is supposed to be busy with essays. Here are the updates on various aspects of my application.
GMAT
After a lot of thinking and rethinking, i still couldn't come to any plausible conclusion regarding my GMAT. Yeah!!! i already took once and scored in 600's (read: less than 650). I am in a dilemma whether to apply with the same score or take gmat again and improve my lacklustre score. I spent some time in the BW b-school forums reading all the low gmat success stories to find some motivation. Moreover, it becomes really difficult to zero in on the schools when you have a low score. When i look at some of my favourite schools average gmat scores (in the ranges of 680-710), i feel that it's a total waste to apply to those schools with my non-stellar, good for nothing score.
All in all, I came to the conclusion that its better to take gmat again. I still have time and energy to do it again and there is no point in believing that i can become yet another success story with low gmat score. It might happen, but it looks like i am at the heights of optimism. All these days, due to some unavoidable circumstances (read: work and personal problems) i couldn't take gmat again. But now i figured that i might get time in October to take gmat once again to kill that beast forever. So part of september will be dedicated to gmat prep apart from writing essays.
TOEFL
Initially, i decided to write TOEFL once i am done with GMAT. But i changed my plans and wrote gmat few weeks back. I even got my score which cleared the minimum requirement of 100+ for many schools. But i failed to score 25+ in one section (read: Speaking) which is a requirement for very few schools. I didnt know this before the test. Anyhow it's not that serious to worry about.
Essays
The only progress i did in this most important aspect of application process is to read sample essays. I didn't even write a single draft, but i am aiming to apply for 3-4 schools in R1. I am not even sure of which schools to apply for. Now after reading all this, I am sure many will think that i have gone insane. This guy don't even have a good gmat score, planning his next attempt in oct, don't even write a single essay (not even rough drafts) and moreover don't have a definite list of those 3-4 schools. But aspiring to send application to atleast three schools in first round. I think this evidence is enough to come to that conclusion. Ok.. jokes apart, i want to get serious about this whole process. No more slacking!!! I am planning to start my essays with Darden. Lets see how much progress i will make this weekend.
Run TURTLE Run...Gotta finish the race!!!
GMAT
After a lot of thinking and rethinking, i still couldn't come to any plausible conclusion regarding my GMAT. Yeah!!! i already took once and scored in 600's (read: less than 650). I am in a dilemma whether to apply with the same score or take gmat again and improve my lacklustre score. I spent some time in the BW b-school forums reading all the low gmat success stories to find some motivation. Moreover, it becomes really difficult to zero in on the schools when you have a low score. When i look at some of my favourite schools average gmat scores (in the ranges of 680-710), i feel that it's a total waste to apply to those schools with my non-stellar, good for nothing score.
All in all, I came to the conclusion that its better to take gmat again. I still have time and energy to do it again and there is no point in believing that i can become yet another success story with low gmat score. It might happen, but it looks like i am at the heights of optimism. All these days, due to some unavoidable circumstances (read: work and personal problems) i couldn't take gmat again. But now i figured that i might get time in October to take gmat once again to kill that beast forever. So part of september will be dedicated to gmat prep apart from writing essays.
TOEFL
Initially, i decided to write TOEFL once i am done with GMAT. But i changed my plans and wrote gmat few weeks back. I even got my score which cleared the minimum requirement of 100+ for many schools. But i failed to score 25+ in one section (read: Speaking) which is a requirement for very few schools. I didnt know this before the test. Anyhow it's not that serious to worry about.
Essays
The only progress i did in this most important aspect of application process is to read sample essays. I didn't even write a single draft, but i am aiming to apply for 3-4 schools in R1. I am not even sure of which schools to apply for. Now after reading all this, I am sure many will think that i have gone insane. This guy don't even have a good gmat score, planning his next attempt in oct, don't even write a single essay (not even rough drafts) and moreover don't have a definite list of those 3-4 schools. But aspiring to send application to atleast three schools in first round. I think this evidence is enough to come to that conclusion. Ok.. jokes apart, i want to get serious about this whole process. No more slacking!!! I am planning to start my essays with Darden. Lets see how much progress i will make this weekend.
Run TURTLE Run...Gotta finish the race!!!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
GMAT done..oh! not yet..
I messed up my date with gmat on the d/g-day. Scored in 600's. I failed to finish both quant and verbal in time. (can't get any worse!)
My experience in detail
I brushed up all my flashcards on the day before gmat and completed everything before noon. Watched a movie and in the evening i went for a swim just to cool my nerves. My appointment is in the afternoon. I went to the gmat center armed with chocolates, bananas and fruit juice. I reached there one hour before the scheduled time. The friendly receptionist there asked me for passport and took my finger print. I was given a locker to put my belongings including watch and wallet. There was a seperate room where i can put my eatables. Now she said that i can go ahead and take the exam. I didnt know that i can take the exam before the scheduled time. I even brought reader's digest with me to kill some time in the test center. They even provide a piece of paper to write down the five school names. I don't need this since i know the school names by heart.
Everything in the gmat is exactly similar to what we saw in gmatprep. The good old blue screen. It really relieved me of some tension. Before starting the exam we have to enter all five school names. Soon i started with AWA. I practiced to write only one arguement and issue before the exam. Even then it didnt troubled me. I thought for a while and started typing according to my own template. Finished in 28 minutes. It is the same with issue. Very easy topic. Finished this in 25 minutes. But i didn't click on next. Just waited for the clock to show 29 minutes. I used this time to adjust myself and prepare mentally for the quant.
I opted for 10 minutes break. But i returned after 5 minutes. Math section started with an easy question. I felt the level of difficult is quite equivalent to gmatprep questions. In total i had to guess three questions. i tried to solve them for 3-4 minutes, but couldn't arrive at the answer. I knew that if i spent more time on them i could solve. But i followed the sages advice. clicked some answer which i thought is an intelligent guess and moved on. Among these three questions. One is from probability. I encountered only one question from probability and nothing from permutations and combinations. And the rest two are from geometry. As i spent more time on these i was left with only 4 minutes for the last 4 questions. Fortunately i got all easy questions. May be it is because i committed some error in the previous question. I solved the last question but didn't click on next. I was doing a double-check on my answer in those last seconds. Suddenly time-expired message popped up. Even then, I thought, i did well.
Again opted for 10 minutes break. Had some juice and came back in 6 minutes. We have to give our finger prints while coming and leaving the exam hall. Started verbal with SC. Then CR, then SC and finally my 7th question is an RC. I got 4 RC's. 3 smaller ones and one big one (jumbo). two RC's are easy. The bigger one took lot of time. and the last one which is smaller looks easy when i read the passage but the questions are real tricky. I wanted to spend more time on the first 15 questions and speedup on the last ones. This created some problems to me as i didnt pace the test well. For the last 15 questions i was left with only 15 minutes. I got little panicked. Did some breathing exercise and resumed the final quater hour of the battle. Adding to my woes i got RC. For the last 4 questions i was left with 1 minute. i randomly clicked answers for three questions. So final question and the last 30 seconds. It was SC. Pretty easy one. I clicked on C. but still looking at other options. Out of no where a message popped up saying time-expired. This means i failed to finish Verbal in/on time.
Being an optimist, i patiently gone through all the eight screens answering some of the questions. The moment has arrived for which i am waiting for the last couple of months. When the score came, It was in 600's. Not at all what i expected. I was utterly disappointed at that very moment, nevertheless managed to put a smiling face to the receptionist who gave a printed copy of my scoresheet. I looked at it for few minutes waiting for 6 to become 7. Apparently it didnt happen. I came back to my place and spent some excruciating hopeless moments. I even thought that i should put my mba plans on the back burner and continue with my present job. Such is the pain when we get a score that we didnt desire for. I prepared decently for the exam. Got scores of 700+ in practice tests. But in the final exam i faltered.
Evidently, I can't live with my present score and i need to retake. But for now i will take a break for couple of weeks from gmat preparation.I want to congratulate all those who scored 700+ in their first take for their competence and genius. But i want to salute those who took gmat for the second time and achieved their desired score. It needs guts to accept the reality and move on. It really needs lots of energy and enthusiasm to go through the whole process again.
More thoughts in my next post.
All the best for Preet and Curlybee.
My experience in detail
I brushed up all my flashcards on the day before gmat and completed everything before noon. Watched a movie and in the evening i went for a swim just to cool my nerves. My appointment is in the afternoon. I went to the gmat center armed with chocolates, bananas and fruit juice. I reached there one hour before the scheduled time. The friendly receptionist there asked me for passport and took my finger print. I was given a locker to put my belongings including watch and wallet. There was a seperate room where i can put my eatables. Now she said that i can go ahead and take the exam. I didnt know that i can take the exam before the scheduled time. I even brought reader's digest with me to kill some time in the test center. They even provide a piece of paper to write down the five school names. I don't need this since i know the school names by heart.
Everything in the gmat is exactly similar to what we saw in gmatprep. The good old blue screen. It really relieved me of some tension. Before starting the exam we have to enter all five school names. Soon i started with AWA. I practiced to write only one arguement and issue before the exam. Even then it didnt troubled me. I thought for a while and started typing according to my own template. Finished in 28 minutes. It is the same with issue. Very easy topic. Finished this in 25 minutes. But i didn't click on next. Just waited for the clock to show 29 minutes. I used this time to adjust myself and prepare mentally for the quant.
I opted for 10 minutes break. But i returned after 5 minutes. Math section started with an easy question. I felt the level of difficult is quite equivalent to gmatprep questions. In total i had to guess three questions. i tried to solve them for 3-4 minutes, but couldn't arrive at the answer. I knew that if i spent more time on them i could solve. But i followed the sages advice. clicked some answer which i thought is an intelligent guess and moved on. Among these three questions. One is from probability. I encountered only one question from probability and nothing from permutations and combinations. And the rest two are from geometry. As i spent more time on these i was left with only 4 minutes for the last 4 questions. Fortunately i got all easy questions. May be it is because i committed some error in the previous question. I solved the last question but didn't click on next. I was doing a double-check on my answer in those last seconds. Suddenly time-expired message popped up. Even then, I thought, i did well.
Again opted for 10 minutes break. Had some juice and came back in 6 minutes. We have to give our finger prints while coming and leaving the exam hall. Started verbal with SC. Then CR, then SC and finally my 7th question is an RC. I got 4 RC's. 3 smaller ones and one big one (jumbo). two RC's are easy. The bigger one took lot of time. and the last one which is smaller looks easy when i read the passage but the questions are real tricky. I wanted to spend more time on the first 15 questions and speedup on the last ones. This created some problems to me as i didnt pace the test well. For the last 15 questions i was left with only 15 minutes. I got little panicked. Did some breathing exercise and resumed the final quater hour of the battle. Adding to my woes i got RC. For the last 4 questions i was left with 1 minute. i randomly clicked answers for three questions. So final question and the last 30 seconds. It was SC. Pretty easy one. I clicked on C. but still looking at other options. Out of no where a message popped up saying time-expired. This means i failed to finish Verbal in/on time.
Being an optimist, i patiently gone through all the eight screens answering some of the questions. The moment has arrived for which i am waiting for the last couple of months. When the score came, It was in 600's. Not at all what i expected. I was utterly disappointed at that very moment, nevertheless managed to put a smiling face to the receptionist who gave a printed copy of my scoresheet. I looked at it for few minutes waiting for 6 to become 7. Apparently it didnt happen. I came back to my place and spent some excruciating hopeless moments. I even thought that i should put my mba plans on the back burner and continue with my present job. Such is the pain when we get a score that we didnt desire for. I prepared decently for the exam. Got scores of 700+ in practice tests. But in the final exam i faltered.
Evidently, I can't live with my present score and i need to retake. But for now i will take a break for couple of weeks from gmat preparation.I want to congratulate all those who scored 700+ in their first take for their competence and genius. But i want to salute those who took gmat for the second time and achieved their desired score. It needs guts to accept the reality and move on. It really needs lots of energy and enthusiasm to go through the whole process again.
More thoughts in my next post.
All the best for Preet and Curlybee.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Into the last week
Finally, i am into the last week of my preparation. The d-day is six days away. A little apprehensive, a little excited and a little anxious. Too many questions sprinkled with occasional if's and but's are popping up every now and then. Nevertheless, i am reasonably confident of doing well. I learnt one thing for sure in this whole process. The fear of failure is the hardest thing to overcome with.
I visited my test center yesterday. Its a fourty minute drive from my place. The only problem is the parking. The place is little congested, its better to go early and find some place to park. I asked the receptionist about the id requirements that i need to carry, just to ensure in case..Its just the passport and the printed copy of the letter/receipt. I still have to get that printed. I already decided on the five schools. The only thing pending is to make a note of school name, code and the program.
I still didn't pratice AWA. Not even once. But the good thing is that i am ready with the template for issue and arguement. I want to practice two or three essays before the exam.
I didn't practice any RC's except for the one's i encountered in mock tests. So i want to do atleast four RC's per day for the coming five days, just to make myself comfortable with them. I love to start my verbal with SC. What if my verbal starts with RC? OMG..this really is not a confidence booster, but i have to prepare for the worst.
I am planning to take one full length test on saturday simulating the test environment. I think i am prepared okay for the exam. Lets see how it goes..
I visited my test center yesterday. Its a fourty minute drive from my place. The only problem is the parking. The place is little congested, its better to go early and find some place to park. I asked the receptionist about the id requirements that i need to carry, just to ensure in case..Its just the passport and the printed copy of the letter/receipt. I still have to get that printed. I already decided on the five schools. The only thing pending is to make a note of school name, code and the program.
I still didn't pratice AWA. Not even once. But the good thing is that i am ready with the template for issue and arguement. I want to practice two or three essays before the exam.
I didn't practice any RC's except for the one's i encountered in mock tests. So i want to do atleast four RC's per day for the coming five days, just to make myself comfortable with them. I love to start my verbal with SC. What if my verbal starts with RC? OMG..this really is not a confidence booster, but i have to prepare for the worst.
I am planning to take one full length test on saturday simulating the test environment. I think i am prepared okay for the exam. Lets see how it goes..
Friday, May 25, 2007
How many mistakes can i afford to make - need help
The scoring pattern in GMAT is slightly confusing me. I am trying various ways to find this out, but couldn't reach any plausible explanation. Ok. My questions are...
1. If i want to score 49-50 in quant, how many mistakes can i afford to make?
2. If i want a score of above 40 (or even above 38) how many mistakes (in terms of number of questions) can i afford to make?
I know that the score depends on the level of difficulty of the question and it is hard to tell the weightage. I heard that in verbal, SC carries more weightage than other questions. Is it true?
Quant:
In my practice tests i am making 8 mistakes consistently. Most of them are from DS. But again this is not because i don't the concepts. It is because of my sheer negligence and carelessness. With more practice i believe i can reduce this number to 3. I want to know how much i can score in quant with 3 mistakes. If anyone has a pattern or a mechanism to explain this, please go ahead and help me. I am targeting a score of 50 in quant. (49 in the worst case scenario).
Verbal:
Can you believe that i made 15 mistakes in my last practice test. Sounds demotivating, but that is reality for me. 7 mistakes in SC, 4 in RC and 3 in CR. As i am targeting a score of 40+ in verbal, i need to improve. Gotta practice...
Lets see if i can reduce the number of mistakes in my next practice test. Aloha!!!
1. If i want to score 49-50 in quant, how many mistakes can i afford to make?
2. If i want a score of above 40 (or even above 38) how many mistakes (in terms of number of questions) can i afford to make?
I know that the score depends on the level of difficulty of the question and it is hard to tell the weightage. I heard that in verbal, SC carries more weightage than other questions. Is it true?
Quant:
In my practice tests i am making 8 mistakes consistently. Most of them are from DS. But again this is not because i don't the concepts. It is because of my sheer negligence and carelessness. With more practice i believe i can reduce this number to 3. I want to know how much i can score in quant with 3 mistakes. If anyone has a pattern or a mechanism to explain this, please go ahead and help me. I am targeting a score of 50 in quant. (49 in the worst case scenario).
Verbal:
Can you believe that i made 15 mistakes in my last practice test. Sounds demotivating, but that is reality for me. 7 mistakes in SC, 4 in RC and 3 in CR. As i am targeting a score of 40+ in verbal, i need to improve. Gotta practice...
Lets see if i can reduce the number of mistakes in my next practice test. Aloha!!!
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
The art of juggling
I am off to blogging for sometime. So here are the updates. I am slightly busy with gmat preparation. I am out-of-town for few days and was forced away from my prep. Now i am back, refreshed. There are only three things going on in my life right now. GMAT, Work and body toning. Since gmat is only five weeks away i need to step up my prep. Updates on where i stand on various sections..
SC - Almost done with this.
CR - Need more practice.
RC - Not able to concentrate and in the middle of RC (though it is 300-400 words) my mind starts wandering at some unknown places. I need to make better progress in this section.
Quant - Doing reasonably well in this. Solving some of the tough quant questions. I cannot afford to score less in this.
Work on the other hand is going fine. I am just managing to complete my task and not able to spending too much time on it. Also i am sweating for atleast one and half hour in gym daily. Most of my days are filled with these activities. It is becoming very tedious to concentrate on all the things and do every activity with enthusiasm. Definately juggling is a hard task and its a pain in the wrong place. But it has to be mastered.
At times i feel ultra-motivated and at times i feel utterly bored and hopeless.
At times i feel happy and at times i feel sad.
I call these the effects of gmat. This is just the starting step in the process and there is a lot ahead. Also i want to finish off the one i am currently reading and also start new novels, but there is no time. I have to wait till i finish my gmat to entertain all these whims.
I have a theme song for these pre-gmat days by nine inch nails...Every day is exactly the same...
I believe I can see the future
Because I repeat the same routine
I think I used to have a purpose
Then again, that might have been a dream
I think I used to have a voice
Now I never make a sound
I just do what I have been told
I really don't want them to come around
Oh, no.
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
I can feel their eyes are watching
In case I lose myself again
Sometimes I think I'm happy here
Sometimes, yeah, I still pretend
I can't remember how this got started
But I can tell you exactly how it will end.
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
I'm writing on a little piece of paper
I'm hoping someday you might find
Well, I'll hide it behind something
They won't look behind
I am still inside here
A little bit comes bleeding through
I wish this could have been any other way
But I just don't know, I don't know,
What else I can do
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
SC - Almost done with this.
CR - Need more practice.
RC - Not able to concentrate and in the middle of RC (though it is 300-400 words) my mind starts wandering at some unknown places. I need to make better progress in this section.
Quant - Doing reasonably well in this. Solving some of the tough quant questions. I cannot afford to score less in this.
Work on the other hand is going fine. I am just managing to complete my task and not able to spending too much time on it. Also i am sweating for atleast one and half hour in gym daily. Most of my days are filled with these activities. It is becoming very tedious to concentrate on all the things and do every activity with enthusiasm. Definately juggling is a hard task and its a pain in the wrong place. But it has to be mastered.
At times i feel ultra-motivated and at times i feel utterly bored and hopeless.
At times i feel happy and at times i feel sad.
I call these the effects of gmat. This is just the starting step in the process and there is a lot ahead. Also i want to finish off the one i am currently reading and also start new novels, but there is no time. I have to wait till i finish my gmat to entertain all these whims.
I have a theme song for these pre-gmat days by nine inch nails...Every day is exactly the same...
I believe I can see the future
Because I repeat the same routine
I think I used to have a purpose
Then again, that might have been a dream
I think I used to have a voice
Now I never make a sound
I just do what I have been told
I really don't want them to come around
Oh, no.
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
I can feel their eyes are watching
In case I lose myself again
Sometimes I think I'm happy here
Sometimes, yeah, I still pretend
I can't remember how this got started
But I can tell you exactly how it will end.
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
I'm writing on a little piece of paper
I'm hoping someday you might find
Well, I'll hide it behind something
They won't look behind
I am still inside here
A little bit comes bleeding through
I wish this could have been any other way
But I just don't know, I don't know,
What else I can do
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Splitups
The goal is to conquer the gmat and a good plan is required to do it. A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. I am scouting through various blogs and scoretop to get a collection of gmat scores. Here goes the list.
Score (Quant, Verbal)
780 (50, 47)
780 (51, 47)
770 (51, 42)
770[99%] (50, 45)
770 (51, 42)
770 (50, 44)
770 (51, 44)
760 (47, 47)
760 (48, 48)
760[99%] (49[90%], 45[98%])
750 (47[82%],46[99%])
750 (49, 42)
750 (50, 41)
750 (50, 42)
750 (50[96%],41[93%])
740 (50,40)
740 (48, 42)
740 (51, 38)
730[97%] (50[95%],38[86%])
730 (49[90%], 41[94%])
720[97%] (50, 38)
720 (51, 35)
720 (48, 40)
720 (45, 44)
710 (47, 40)
710 (50, 35)
700 (47, 39)
700 (45, 41)
700 (44, 41)
700 (51, 33)
670 (42, 40)
So the target is to get 50 in quant and try my best to get atleast 40 in Verbal. If i scored less in quant there is no one to blame except me. I can get 50 in quant, but sometimes i make obvious mistakes which is worrying me. But 40 in verbal is gonna be a daunting task for me and without sincere efforts this will remain as my pipe dream.
Score (Quant, Verbal)
780 (50, 47)
780 (51, 47)
770 (51, 42)
770[99%] (50, 45)
770 (51, 42)
770 (50, 44)
770 (51, 44)
760 (47, 47)
760 (48, 48)
760[99%] (49[90%], 45[98%])
750 (47[82%],46[99%])
750 (49, 42)
750 (50, 41)
750 (50, 42)
750 (50[96%],41[93%])
740 (50,40)
740 (48, 42)
740 (51, 38)
730[97%] (50[95%],38[86%])
730 (49[90%], 41[94%])
720[97%] (50, 38)
720 (51, 35)
720 (48, 40)
720 (45, 44)
710 (47, 40)
710 (50, 35)
700 (47, 39)
700 (45, 41)
700 (44, 41)
700 (51, 33)
670 (42, 40)
So the target is to get 50 in quant and try my best to get atleast 40 in Verbal. If i scored less in quant there is no one to blame except me. I can get 50 in quant, but sometimes i make obvious mistakes which is worrying me. But 40 in verbal is gonna be a daunting task for me and without sincere efforts this will remain as my pipe dream.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
The whole world conspires
paulo coelho in his magnumopus Alchemist quoted.."When you know what you want the whole world conspires you to achieve it".
This is the day three of my preparation. On the first day i got myself familiar with the exam pattern and after going through various sections in OG i decided to start the Operation B7B (breaking 700 barrier) with the most dreadful SC. I managed to complete 38 questions of SC and got really fagged out. Surprisingly i found SC interesting and most of all i liked it. There are 138 questions of SC in OG. I completed 32 questions on the second day. I agree, i am going at a snails pace. Lemme start slowly. I dont know the reason why, but Its getting real difficult to sit in one place and concentrate for 3 hours. I am left with only 43 days and the moment i realize that, i feel butterflies in my stomach. I have to gradually increase the intensity of my preparation.
There are a lots of things going on these days. Work is in full swing. From morning till 6 pm its going to be work, mails, blogs and browsing. After that i go to gym for one and half hours. Then attend some meetings for another hour. By the time i start my preparation its going to be 9:30 to 10.. And i am almost sagged and my grey cells refuse to resond. What happened to my time management skills? (if there are any). The only answer is "prioritize". Expend your energies on vital things and leave the rest. Also i have to start looking into various forms like gmatclub, testmagic, pagalguy et al.. Do i need to take membership in Scoretop? Is it worth to spend $35 on that? I have to figure it out soon. Help me out guyz??
Enough for the day. Lemme go back to work!!!
This is the day three of my preparation. On the first day i got myself familiar with the exam pattern and after going through various sections in OG i decided to start the Operation B7B (breaking 700 barrier) with the most dreadful SC. I managed to complete 38 questions of SC and got really fagged out. Surprisingly i found SC interesting and most of all i liked it. There are 138 questions of SC in OG. I completed 32 questions on the second day. I agree, i am going at a snails pace. Lemme start slowly. I dont know the reason why, but Its getting real difficult to sit in one place and concentrate for 3 hours. I am left with only 43 days and the moment i realize that, i feel butterflies in my stomach. I have to gradually increase the intensity of my preparation.
There are a lots of things going on these days. Work is in full swing. From morning till 6 pm its going to be work, mails, blogs and browsing. After that i go to gym for one and half hours. Then attend some meetings for another hour. By the time i start my preparation its going to be 9:30 to 10.. And i am almost sagged and my grey cells refuse to resond. What happened to my time management skills? (if there are any). The only answer is "prioritize". Expend your energies on vital things and leave the rest. Also i have to start looking into various forms like gmatclub, testmagic, pagalguy et al.. Do i need to take membership in Scoretop? Is it worth to spend $35 on that? I have to figure it out soon. Help me out guyz??
Enough for the day. Lemme go back to work!!!
In great haste
I am yet another mba hopeful, aspiring to make it big someday. Let me give reasons for a rathter clumsy title for my first post. I am really in haste. After dilly-dallying for few months and talking with friends i decided to give my GMAT. Everyone told me that i should first book the date, so that i will be serious in my preparation. After evaluating the pros and cons i finally booked my GMAT date on march 30th. I am hardly left with 46 days and still i haven't started my prepartion. I think i am in haste, hence the title. Today i bought OG 11th edition and went through the first two sections.
What is the GMAT?
How to prepare?
Just now i figured that i have to do lotsa studying for a good score and there is no substitute for hardwork. I think preparation on a serious note for a span of 46 days is enough to tame the beast. Its not important how much time i am spend on studying but rather how effectively i study.
Somewhere deep inside i feel that i did a terrible mistake my booking the date so close. But what can i do now. I really have to stop worrying about it and concentrate on my preparation. I promise to post my experiences with gmat. Hope things fall in place.
Ciao...
What is the GMAT?
How to prepare?
Just now i figured that i have to do lotsa studying for a good score and there is no substitute for hardwork. I think preparation on a serious note for a span of 46 days is enough to tame the beast. Its not important how much time i am spend on studying but rather how effectively i study.
Somewhere deep inside i feel that i did a terrible mistake my booking the date so close. But what can i do now. I really have to stop worrying about it and concentrate on my preparation. I promise to post my experiences with gmat. Hope things fall in place.
Ciao...
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