Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC ,
Thanks a lot for your quick reply. I am targeting Indian School Of Business round 2. I am an IT professional with 4 years of work experience. I have decent profile but not an extra ordinary one. I am planning to take a retest as I thought I messed up my verbal on the test day. I used to score 32-37 on my regular CATs. Here are the answers to your questions:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
I studied for approximately 3 months(1 hour daily and 2 hours on weekends).
2) What materials have you used?
I consumed
Official Guide 13,
MGMAT SC guide. For CR and RC I used my CAT questions and questions from GMATCLUB.
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
Here are my scores :
Kaplan Free Test:680(Q49,V34)
MGMAT(free) : 660(Q49,V31)
MGMAT1: 680(Q47,V35)
MGMAT2: 670(Q45,V36)
MGMAT3: 700(Q49,V36)
MGMAT4: 680(Q46,V37)
MGMAT5: 690(Q49,V35)
MGMAT6: 710(Q50,V36)(Some quant questions were repeated)
GMATPrep1: 720(Q50,V38)
GMATPrep2: 650(Q48,V31) This was 2 days before the main exam. May be this hampered my confidence.
4) Did you take the FULL CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
I had taken all the CATs with all sections included. However for one or two I was not very much compliant with the timing.
Goals:
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
I am planning for April 2017.
6) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
As of now I am targeting ISB(Indian School Of Business). I am open to other Business schools too. If you can suggest me schools of the same caliber as ISB is. I would be more than happy.
I will ask the admission experts as you mentioned. However if I give a retest, I am thinking of enrolling into a verbal online course which would keep me motivated and disciplined. Any suggestions from your side are welcome.