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26 Nov 2017, 08:05
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Hello All,
I am pretty new to this GMAT thing, truth be told I think it is a money grab but sometimes you have to play by other peoples rules to get to where you want to in life. A bit about myself, I am a 27 year old self-employed coin dealer with a Dual Masters degree in Advanced International Business Management from Newcastle Business School and the University of Groningen. My GPA is 3.67 and I have 4 stints Abroad on my cv (9 months in The Netherlands, 6 months in Sweden and 3 months in Germany). I also achieved a 4.0 for my master thesis which not only redefined the topic but also laid down new theories...which I want to take further.
My aim is to apply for the phd program at the University of Mannheim. I won't kid myself I absolutely suck at the GMAT, If I am honest I am so bad that the first time I did a practice test I realised why small children lay down in a dark corner and suck their thumb
. There is a saving grace, I am pretty decent at the verbal except the SC. I got a 13/17 on both RC and CR, it went downhill for everything else. All the other sections I got 5 or below. Whilst I am confident about my application as a whole, I know that the GMAT can break my application and I feel that a 600 will win me a place so naturally I will be aiming for a 650.
I feel that if I can improve on SC I should aim for a 40. I am really worried about the Math, I haven't done it for the best part of a decade. Thankfully for me I hate myself, so I have the motivation to bang my head against a brick wall enough until it makes sense. I hope to update this as I go along, to share the times when I feel like throwing the towel in and the times where I am in the mood to punch out my weight class
I look forward to reading other peoples stories
Shaun
I am pretty new to this GMAT thing, truth be told I think it is a money grab but sometimes you have to play by other peoples rules to get to where you want to in life. A bit about myself, I am a 27 year old self-employed coin dealer with a Dual Masters degree in Advanced International Business Management from Newcastle Business School and the University of Groningen. My GPA is 3.67 and I have 4 stints Abroad on my cv (9 months in The Netherlands, 6 months in Sweden and 3 months in Germany). I also achieved a 4.0 for my master thesis which not only redefined the topic but also laid down new theories...which I want to take further.
My aim is to apply for the phd program at the University of Mannheim. I won't kid myself I absolutely suck at the GMAT, If I am honest I am so bad that the first time I did a practice test I realised why small children lay down in a dark corner and suck their thumb
. There is a saving grace, I am pretty decent at the verbal except the SC. I got a 13/17 on both RC and CR, it went downhill for everything else. All the other sections I got 5 or below. Whilst I am confident about my application as a whole, I know that the GMAT can break my application and I feel that a 600 will win me a place so naturally I will be aiming for a 650. I feel that if I can improve on SC I should aim for a 40. I am really worried about the Math, I haven't done it for the best part of a decade. Thankfully for me I hate myself, so I have the motivation to bang my head against a brick wall enough until it makes sense. I hope to update this as I go along, to share the times when I feel like throwing the towel in and the times where I am in the mood to punch out my weight class
I look forward to reading other peoples stories
Shaun
26 Nov 2017, 12:33
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Hi Shaun,
Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) What studying have you done so far?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) You mentioned taking a practice CAT Test. How long ago was that? How did you score on that CAT (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
Goals:
4) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
5) When are you planning to apply to School?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) What studying have you done so far?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) You mentioned taking a practice CAT Test. How long ago was that? How did you score on that CAT (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
Goals:
4) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
5) When are you planning to apply to School?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
29 Nov 2017, 06:28
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Hello Richard,
My exam is on the 8th January, I had done very little revision before my first post.
As to answer your questions:
1) See above
2) Thus far, I have read the GMAT 2018 official books (didn't help much), I have spent the last 3 days (8 hours a day) watching various youtube videos on the English side of the GMAT. I am starting to make improvements on the SC. I have been watching the channels GMATprepnow, Veritas and also Jamboree (After getting used to the Indian Accent I think this channel is fantastic!)
3) The test I took was with London Business School. If I am honest, I don't remember the score as it was sub 400 without any revision I simply wanted to know where I stood, so its probably of little use even now.
4) See Above
5) I will be applying for the end of January. This is the only university I will apply for, if it doesn't work out I have already spoken to the university about doing the Phd as an independent student although I won't get funding for this.
I understand it may be a tall order to get the score I require in such a small amount of time. Thankfully, I am self employed so I have shut the business down until the 14th and I will also give myself a week before the exam to get to grips with the test. From the test I did do, I had over 30 mins left for both of the verbal and Qaunt. Whilst I appreciate I can take more time on the questions I am fairly confident that timing won't be an issue I face, as I have always finished my test before the allocated time even whilst at school.
I look forward to your response,
Shaun
My exam is on the 8th January, I had done very little revision before my first post.
As to answer your questions:
1) See above
2) Thus far, I have read the GMAT 2018 official books (didn't help much), I have spent the last 3 days (8 hours a day) watching various youtube videos on the English side of the GMAT. I am starting to make improvements on the SC. I have been watching the channels GMATprepnow, Veritas and also Jamboree (After getting used to the Indian Accent I think this channel is fantastic!)
3) The test I took was with London Business School. If I am honest, I don't remember the score as it was sub 400 without any revision I simply wanted to know where I stood, so its probably of little use even now.
4) See Above
5) I will be applying for the end of January. This is the only university I will apply for, if it doesn't work out I have already spoken to the university about doing the Phd as an independent student although I won't get funding for this.
I understand it may be a tall order to get the score I require in such a small amount of time. Thankfully, I am self employed so I have shut the business down until the 14th and I will also give myself a week before the exam to get to grips with the test. From the test I did do, I had over 30 mins left for both of the verbal and Qaunt. Whilst I appreciate I can take more time on the questions I am fairly confident that timing won't be an issue I face, as I have always finished my test before the allocated time even whilst at school.
I look forward to your response,
Shaun
