Hi guys,
This is my first post on the forum although I've been around for a couple of years mainly following the latest news on B-Schools.
Short Profile:
Nationality: British
Age: 24
Graduated in 2012 with BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering from low-mid tier University in UK. First-class with honours (top of class in final year)
Current: MSc Engineering Management in joint degree programme at two top universities in mainland Europe.
I did a year internship (or placement) and worked for another year as an Account Manager before starting the two-year Masters.
I toyed with the idea of taking the GMAT in 2012 but had to shelve the plans. Anyway, earlier this month, I finally decided to take on the GMAT while I'm a student with perhaps more leisure time.
My primary reason for taking the GMAT is not for B-schools, but it is part of my plans in the next three years. I gathered from checking out applications to top-tier consultancy companies they often ask for GMAT scores and my aim is to apply to a couple of these companies later on this year before my graduation next year.
I already had the books purchased and started on 16th May. I drew up a 3-month study plan using the templates on the forum, started reading a fiction book and did a mock GMAT to get an idea of my starting point (Q35, V27) and subsequently started with the Quant part (using Kaplan Math Workbook,
OG Quant and OG13). My aim is to score an overall of 710+ so I have a lot of work to do. I found the Problem Solving fairly straightforward, going from 65% to scoring 91%+ after 10 days of recap on Maths basics I probably haven't used in 6 years.
For the Data Sufficiency, I know its only been a couple of weeks work but I've had no luck with this section, scoring 12/25 & 10/25 in the questions at the end of Kaplan Workbook (by the way, really useful book). I get a feeling I'm doing something fundamentally wrong or my approach is not right (or I'm just plain stupid
).
I'm about to start on the
OG Quant 2nd Ed book but would really appreciate some advice on what I can do better or perhaps a change in approach.