Thanks a lot...uvs_mba, died4me,rhyme, mukeshnathani, matrix02, trivikram, ivymba, johnyx9 and Juaz....
Was walking 2 inches in the air above the ground till yesday...
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reached my ground level today....
I'm doing my Masters in Industrial Engg in US. So no plans of MBA right now...but gonna take 2 yrs work exp..n prepare myself in the next 2 yrs..to crack into the Ivy league.. If necessary, may have to take the GMAT again to get into the 750+ ..coz..my i clearly didnt do according to my potential...had some timing problems...and had to guess on quite a few...jus for time..
Eagerly waiting ...to post my experience...in fact, got a lot to say...but just no time. I requested my boss, to let me a bit loose bfore the exam..n promised him that I would twice as hard after the exam. Now gotto keep up the word.
Will just post my detail experience, as soon as I get some time..
k these were the posts, that I had written along the way of my preparation...
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Hmm..Took a GMATprep exam today. Very very dissapointed with the score..
Aiming for a 760..
Took a Kaplan test last weekend and scored a 600. With everyone speaking about the difficulty level, I estimated of scoring a 720+ in today's gmatprep. But alas..to my shock, scored just a 680. Was literally cursing myself on the drive from the library to home.(I go to the library to take my test, it's much quiet and the ambience is good.)
The day started with me waking up at 8:00 am, wantedly overslept..so that my mind wud have enuff rest. Then went over the routine of stretching, shower and breakfast. Been a week, since i've touched quant. So' I randomly selected few Qs frm the OG and just to set up my mind for tht test, solved them..
Drove over to the library..the weather was awesome, not too sunny, not too cloudy..just right. Saw tht the library hadnt opened yet..sat over on the bench overlooking the lawn. It was really scenic.
Just then I remembered that I had forgotten my earplugs. The place where I sit, is the Geneology section, where old ppl, who suddenly get interested in who their ancestors were, come over and take help from the staff and try to locate their family trees. the most crappy thing..for me.
started my exam, and then in the middle started the continuous conversation of an old woman, who came over to find who her great great grandfather was. Just wanted to get up and try to ask her as politely as possible, if she could lower her voice a bit. But, was apprehensive tht, if she by any means, takes it as an offence(me being some foreigner, asking her to shut up), I didnt have the patience to explain her and certainly didnt have the time. the time in my test wud b running, jus cupped my hands on my ears...and passed thru the test..
Saw the result, very very dissapointed.
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Hmmm…..Jus 30 days to go, and not scoring the way I want to..Just can’t leave it like that, gotto beat it any cost..cant jus settle with whatever is given to me..luckily, that’s not my attitude..
Jus try relentlessly, U r bound to hit it. I pride myself in preparing very good strategies for any project. Looks like only that can save me now. Jus reworked my strategy. The last month, jus did not develop an advance plan, just dealt with each day.
My SC and DS are far from desired..I have read some more motivational posts from GmatClub.
Now I redesigned my strategy..my weak areas: SC and DS..
So this is what I’m gonna do for the next 28 days…
October 1st to 7th : Each day gonna solve 70 SCs and 70 DSs.
October 7th : Take a Kaplan test
October 8th to 14th : Each day gonna solve 70 SCs and 70DSs
October 15th and 16th : Buffer
Oct 17th to 21st : Gonna solve all the PS, DS and SC from OG-11 (Most important, take time, to read every explanation..very very important)
Oct 22nd to Oct 28th : Gonna take a Gmatprep test each day…to orient myself with the exact level of the official gmat..
29th and 30th revise mistakes…
October 5th: It’s been 4 days of implementation: Can see a significant difference in DS. SC is still the same. The 3rd day I scored an extremely low of 50% correct in SC. Jus wanted to throw away my book for the day. Prepared to sleep without utilizing the last 2 hours of the day..but jus hung on…it was worthy.
Yesterday also, scored a poor correct % in SC. But after reading all the solutions, in GmatClub, I was confident of improving. Coz I had learnt new tips for every and each question. Now very confident that, my SC is bound to increase, If I continue my discipline.
An other important thing was that I am not able to make time, to review all my SCs at the end of the day. So jus weighing options, I have decided that, if necessary, I’m gonna decrease the number of SCs per day, but see that I am up to date in my reviews..of my mistakes..
As my DS correct % has just touched 90, I am planning to alter my plan a bit, by working on 35 PS and 35 DS a day. I guess the DS in 1000DS is too easy..
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ARISE AWAKE AND REST NOT UNTIL THE GOAL IS ACHIEVED
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Will post more....next week, I promise...
Raghu
Apr 28
31 Oct 2006, 13:20
WAY TO GO!!!!! You rock 
