Hi alobar00,
My personal advice would be to 'assess' your plan before adopting it.
I would take a full length practice GMAT asap so you see where you are scoring. If you are in the range where you feel like with just two months of practice you can push your score to where it needs to be, then your GMAT plan may be feasible. Whatever you do, do NOT underestimate that test.
With the apps, 12 is a lot, but if you feel that all 12 schools match your career goals and you fit in all of them and would go to anyone of them, and each and every single school is the right school for you, applying to that many is a decision you will make for yourself.
For the caliber of schools you are targeting, you want to put in the BEST applications possible... meaning you are not submitting 12 of the same applications, you are spending substantial time on each one and giving each school the respect it deserves. Visiting is not mandatory, but boy does it help.
Do you really believe you can write quality essays while studying for the GMAT in two months? You are applying alongside folks who have spent months and months (even years) researching programs, visiting schools, articulating their reasons for the degree, speaking to students and alumni and writing essays. Can you put in the BEST application you are capable of in that amount of time?
Again, questions you will have to answer for yourself.
alobar00 wrote:
Hi Guys,
I will also be applying for Class of 2013.
My aim is to apply 6 schools at R1, and another 6 at R2 depending on the outcome of R1.
As I spend most of my time for CFA study until Jun, I wont be able to do anything for the applications until then.
I plan to start studying for GMAT in Jun, and take it end of August.
Plan is writing the essays in Jun-Jul-Aug, visiting a couple schools in Jun.
What do you think?
Is it manageable?