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19 Sep 2007, 10:16
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Just got back from the GMAT exam. Looks like I'm shut out from the big consulting firms, but what the heck. So here is some feedback I thought might be helpful.
The first time I took the GMAT 3 yrs ago, got a 660(Q41,V38). Was completely thrown off by the quant last time. As an engineer, I was overconfident and just spent a lot of time on the questions. Also the GMAT prep materials are not a good representative of the quant sutff. Had focussed only on verbal and had prepared for at least 3 weeks.
This time around Q was a lot easier. The MGMAT quant and challenges really helped. I was breezing in the quant section. There were a couple of tricky ones. I just took some intelligent guess and moved on. Surprisingly very few or no probability questions. My strategy was focus on as many questions I "could" solve till the last 2 min and then guess. I had finished question 35 when the last 2 min started. I just blindly guessed Q36 (I knew it would take a long time to solve). Q37 I did some calcs and took a better guess. Final quant - 49.
Verbal is what go me below the 700 mark. I would say verbal was very tricky. It just seemed like the answer(s) I wanted to see were there. A good sign I believe that GMAT is trying to trick you. I was able to easily narrow down to couple of contenders, but I have this nasty habit of always picking the wrong one.
I think MGMAT,Challenges and OG were the most helpful materials. MGMAT sentence correction is very helpful. There is also a LSAT pdf on CR floating in these forums somewhere. I thought that was helpful for CR. In the end verbal is a lot of practice. OG is more helpful because they have explanations. There is no point in practicing without trying to see where you went wrong without logging it. I spent 3 days on studying verbal. I think I needed more. But I'm done with GMAT. Think I will focus on performing in mid-tier consulting firms.
The first time I took the GMAT 3 yrs ago, got a 660(Q41,V38). Was completely thrown off by the quant last time. As an engineer, I was overconfident and just spent a lot of time on the questions. Also the GMAT prep materials are not a good representative of the quant sutff. Had focussed only on verbal and had prepared for at least 3 weeks.
This time around Q was a lot easier. The MGMAT quant and challenges really helped. I was breezing in the quant section. There were a couple of tricky ones. I just took some intelligent guess and moved on. Surprisingly very few or no probability questions. My strategy was focus on as many questions I "could" solve till the last 2 min and then guess. I had finished question 35 when the last 2 min started. I just blindly guessed Q36 (I knew it would take a long time to solve). Q37 I did some calcs and took a better guess. Final quant - 49.
Verbal is what go me below the 700 mark. I would say verbal was very tricky. It just seemed like the answer(s) I wanted to see were there. A good sign I believe that GMAT is trying to trick you. I was able to easily narrow down to couple of contenders, but I have this nasty habit of always picking the wrong one.
I think MGMAT,Challenges and OG were the most helpful materials. MGMAT sentence correction is very helpful. There is also a LSAT pdf on CR floating in these forums somewhere. I thought that was helpful for CR. In the end verbal is a lot of practice. OG is more helpful because they have explanations. There is no point in practicing without trying to see where you went wrong without logging it. I spent 3 days on studying verbal. I think I needed more. But I'm done with GMAT. Think I will focus on performing in mid-tier consulting firms.
19 Sep 2007, 13:54
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First of all, congrats on your 690! That is definitely a respectable score!
Second, please excuse me if this sounds like a stupid question, but did you take the GMAT with the intention of applying to an MBA program or do certain consulting firms require it as part of the hiring process?
Sorry, but I don't have all that much knowledge about the consulting field and you're the first person I've run across here that isn't talking about what schools to apply to with your GMAT score.
Second, please excuse me if this sounds like a stupid question, but did you take the GMAT with the intention of applying to an MBA program or do certain consulting firms require it as part of the hiring process?
Sorry, but I don't have all that much knowledge about the consulting field and you're the first person I've run across here that isn't talking about what schools to apply to with your GMAT score.
19 Sep 2007, 15:13
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Thank you ishcabibble and your question is not stupid at all. I didn't know either that the top tier consulting firms filter you out based on your gmat and MBA grades. Never thought that was important either. Had I known I would have worked on the GMAT even more. I've almost finished my MBA (evening part time). Just 6 more credits to go. Woohoo!!!
I took the GMAT solely to get close listed by the top tier consulting firms. Unfortunately some of them do require a high GMAT score and I don't blame them either. They need to differentiate you from others and GMAT is a nice objective way to do it. Having said that, you can still get into a top tier firm, but you need to network, know people and have a lot of good luck. Without a good GMAT and grades your chances get dimmer and dimmer. And you do want to get into a top tier firm, because I've seen a sea of difference between top tier and middle tier firms when it comes to culture, brand and networks.
I took the GMAT solely to get close listed by the top tier consulting firms. Unfortunately some of them do require a high GMAT score and I don't blame them either. They need to differentiate you from others and GMAT is a nice objective way to do it. Having said that, you can still get into a top tier firm, but you need to network, know people and have a lot of good luck. Without a good GMAT and grades your chances get dimmer and dimmer. And you do want to get into a top tier firm, because I've seen a sea of difference between top tier and middle tier firms when it comes to culture, brand and networks.
