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01 Oct 2010, 09:55
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I have been reading and utilizing the informational resources on this site for a couple of days after having done abysmally poor on my GMAT (510). It was a tremendous disappointment that was best paralleled by the post that describes the 7 stages of a business school application.
Without a doubt, I wish to overcome this obstacle and I have three months to enact a plan of action — one already underway thanks to the guides and reviews on this site. However, I cannot help but feel overwhelmed at the prospect of intensive GMAT study and business school application preparation. Unfortunately, I did not come across a reference that denotes a recommend path to take in this process.
Succinctly, how (and in what proportion) do I balance my application needs versus the necessary 15/weekday and 10/weekend for the GMAT. What have you found to be more successful?
Tonight I shall be taking a Diagnostic Test from Kaplan. Depending on it's length (don't know what to expect) I may take a MGMAT as well to establish a clear baseline. I will be using Error Logs from the beginning so that I can annihilate my weaknesses and flaws (yes, such a strong word was necessary
).
Thank you in advance for your help and feedback!
Without a doubt, I wish to overcome this obstacle and I have three months to enact a plan of action — one already underway thanks to the guides and reviews on this site. However, I cannot help but feel overwhelmed at the prospect of intensive GMAT study and business school application preparation. Unfortunately, I did not come across a reference that denotes a recommend path to take in this process.
Succinctly, how (and in what proportion) do I balance my application needs versus the necessary 15/weekday and 10/weekend for the GMAT. What have you found to be more successful?
Tonight I shall be taking a Diagnostic Test from Kaplan. Depending on it's length (don't know what to expect) I may take a MGMAT as well to establish a clear baseline. I will be using Error Logs from the beginning so that I can annihilate my weaknesses and flaws (yes, such a strong word was necessary
).Thank you in advance for your help and feedback!
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01 Oct 2010, 10:21
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I would advise you to take a GMAT Prep instead of Kaplan since it's more indicative of your actual score. As for the preparatory materials I'd say MGMAT Math Guides (5), Powerscore CR and MGMAT SC. For RC, you can choose any one. Or you might want to get the set of Veritas Guides, though they have the disadvantage that they don't come with practice tests.
I would advice 2 hours per day during the weekdays and say 4-5 hours per weekend day. Balancing the application is an important part as well, but I'd probably suggest keeping a file or a notebook of some sort to jot down ideas during the week about stuff that you might want to put down in your application and working on it over the weekend for a while. That said, I would also suggest starting with your recommendations as soon as possible, if you haven't already done so.
Please take a look at the GMAT Forum and the GMAT threads stickied in the forum. I am sure they'll be of help to you. And don't hesitate should you have any further questions.
Hope this helps.
I would advice 2 hours per day during the weekdays and say 4-5 hours per weekend day. Balancing the application is an important part as well, but I'd probably suggest keeping a file or a notebook of some sort to jot down ideas during the week about stuff that you might want to put down in your application and working on it over the weekend for a while. That said, I would also suggest starting with your recommendations as soon as possible, if you haven't already done so.
Please take a look at the GMAT Forum and the GMAT threads stickied in the forum. I am sure they'll be of help to you. And don't hesitate should you have any further questions.
Hope this helps.
01 Oct 2010, 10:27
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Thank you for your quick response and advice on establishing a benchmark; I wonder how I ever will manage to schedule campus visitations amidst my 40 hour work schedule and limited vacation time.
