suggestion regarding Preparation

Hi Ruturaj, it sounds to me like you are trying to juggle too many things at the same time. I think you are the best person to decided what you want to prioritize. For GMAT, you should have a target score in mind and then work towards that goal - if your target is 650. It looks to me like you can do it with some good analysis of your weak areas and consistent practice. But if your target is 700+, I think you may have to put in quite some effort and that requires time, which in turn requires you to choose max 2 items (you currently have 3) to juggle.

Hi there


Firstly we would say that stay positive and such anxieties are common during exam preparation time. Juggling between work and studies is tough so you need to define a significant time for your GMAT preparation. Sometimes taking few days off work for preparing for the GMAT can help a person tremendously. If you have time this may not be a bad idea. Take practise GMAT tests to see how you are doing. If you cannot do that don’t worry. What might work instead is to set aside 1-2 hours at night on weekdays and major part of your weekend to study and prepare for GMAT- in this case we will suggest a good 2-3 months preparation. However we recommend you to keep taking practise tests to gauge your performance. It will help you in identifying your weak areas and you can focus on them accordingly.

There are various ways you can use to practise for your GMAT. You might need to change your practise style and try this combination to provide you flexibility and different styles to practise so it doesn’t get monotonous.

It could be combination of-

1-Books- Books like- The Official Guide for GMAT Review, The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review, The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review etc could be used.

2-Online Study Guide: Websites like Knewton, Grockit etc provide you with practise questions online.

3-Smart phone applications- Kaplan, Veritas etc offer applications to prepare for GMAT on your smart phones.

Quitting your job does not look like much of a solution.

The problem i am facing is on weekdays I have to do both cognizants plus my own companys wrk...On weekends I cant e1 concentrate fully on Gmat tests as there are deadlines committed to the clients for which i have to wrk for almost full day for my own company...So i was thinkin of quiting cognizant and concentrate on my business because of which I will be able to concentrate on studies also..
Whats ur say on this....

The problem i am facing is on weekdays I have to do both cognizants plus my own companys wrk...On weekends I cant e1 concentrate fully on Gmat tests as there are deadlines committed to the clients for which i have to wrk for almost full day for my own company...So i was thinkin of quiting cognizant and concentrate on my business because of which I will be able to concentrate on studies also..
Whats ur say on this as there would be max 2 things between which the management of both would be perfect..
how u feel abt it....

Hi Ruturaj, I dont think anyone on this forum will be willing to suggest you to leave the company. it is really your personal decision. I think instead of leaving perhaps try to get 1 or 2 months off.

It depends on your target school and in my opinion most top tier school definitely wouldn't want to see anyone dropping out from work just so that they can focus on gmat. I suggest you take a long vacation from work and dedicating that vacation time to study time.