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Re: Need advise - what do I do now? [#permalink]
Ad-Coms aren't as harsh on Indians Females as they are on Indian Males.
Please focus on crafting essays that catch the attention of Ad-Coms.
ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE positioning.

I recently started working full-time so I don't think I would be able to give suggestions to someone who's much senior to be regarding time management between work, apps and GMAT.

All I can say is: You will do it!
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I hope you're right about the ad coms!
Thanks for the response and the encouragement :)

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sridevivraghavan wrote:
MBA schools focus more on Quant.

Hi Sridevi, I believe most schools are more interested in overall scores and don't fuss too much about sectional scores (except for some Finance centric courses that do emphasize more on your Quant score).

So, the 700 that you already have on GMAT, is a good-to-go score for your applications.

Good luck!
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Hi Education Aisle,

I wanted to crack the top schools, maybe not H/S/W, but the ones after that. I'm not sure if this is enough to crack the top 10 though.

As an Indian woman in the IT field, I'm not sure how I can position myself well enough to stand out. That's my main reason for feeling defeated with this score.

Best,
Sridevi

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Hi sridevivraghavan.

Nice job increasing your verbal score. Now, to hit your score goal, you just need to score a bit higher in quant, as we all know you can.

I'm not sure why your quant scores have been decreasing, but nerves certainly played a role this time, and you still scored Q46. So, your quant skills are clearly pretty strong.

So, what could you do going forward?

For one thing, even with all your prep, it's likely that you still have a few weaker areas of quant, and by strengthening your skills in those areas you'll make yourself more confident.

Another thing you can do is take more practice tests. The more practice tests you take, the more accustomed to the test experience you'll be, and you can use your practice test results as indicators of what to work on. You can play the GMAT like a game.

We're not talking about a long timeline here. Within a few weeks, you can work on some weaker areas, take a bunch of practice tests, become more confident, take the GMAT again, and hit your score goal.
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Re: Need advise - what do I do now? [#permalink]
Hi Marty,
Thank you for the encouragement.

I think my weak areas are -
1. Probability
2. Combinatorics
3. Number properties - I'm unable to efficiently use different cases to prove that the statement is sufficient. Stuck on picking numbers here. More than 3 minutes for this type, if I'm unable to set it up properly.
4. Word problems - find them intimidating at times and it takes time for me to set up the problem. I take more than 3 minutes for this type.
5. Coordinate geometry - I know the concept, but I think I havent done enough problems to recognize traps. I take more than 3 min for this type.

Most of all, a wretched amount of careless mistakes. Sometimes I've mistaken 'x-1' for 'x+1'. These mistakes are particularly higher in the actual exam, because I realize the mistake the second I hit the ' Confirm' button.

I wondering if maybe an hour to 2 hours a day (for 3 weeks) is enough to address all the above issues and time management, along with practice tests.

Any advice on the weak areas mentioned above?

Thanks,
Sridevi

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