I've been off and on with my preparation for GMAT. Let me rewind and go back a few years. In 2006 I decided that I needed an MBA, I was aiming for ISB at that time. Had no money in pocket and no support from home which made ISB a good choice considering it wasn't as expensive at that time and seemed to have good return on investment at least the tangible money factor looked good. I took my GMAT in Dec first week, on my bday. Wasn't too well and should've canceled but I let it go and ended with a meager 600. I was late for ISB application and with 600 I did not have a chance anyway.
I met one of my mentors around that time who encouraged me to try for AIM. I applied and got through but could not join. Family wasn't comfortable, did not hear great things about finding jobs post, AIM rankings were dipping and I was very low risk at the time. I defered and then finally did not go. Tried ISB next year, as expected did not get through.
Since then I've been thinking of applying but I kept getting good projects at work which made me delay MBA by few months everytime.
And now I'm back to my management dreams with a lot more clarity, savings, risk taking ability (translates to lesser liabilities at home) and a sort of roadmap of what and how I want things.
The first step is to retake GMAT, I know I can do better than 600. When I took my first GMAT prep test from one of the toughest ones I had score of 590. I was told that add 100 to that and that's your real score. If that was the beginning I can do way better. My aim is not too high, I'll practice for 720 and will be happy with a 670-680. With my 3 Xes - experience, extra curriculars and exposure, I should have a good chance with that score.
Plan Date - 22nd May
Preparation material - OG 12, OG Verbal, 2 GMAT Prep Tests and 8 Manhattan tests plus random prep material available as free download on SC and others.
Weak areas - Verbal Verbal and Verbal
Problem - Inconsistency
Solution - Justify the answers whether right or wrong
Strength - Problem Solving, spending least time on this
Time to Prepare - 7 weeks
Plan
i) solve questions and spend same duration of time analyzing them. Lack of analysis was my biggest drawback in preparing for any exam . Never too late to change.
ii) book date only June mid
iii) keep researching on colleges while at work
iv) blog so that I'm on track and get used to writing
v) take at least 2 tests in a week starting second week of july
vi) Change the course if this does not work
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