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Hi Guys,

I am looking to go for executive MBA.I am a working professional with 6 years of experience and have not studied since the start of my working carreer.I want to prepare for the GMAT so that I can opt for the executive MBA.I am planning to go for preparation via online courses. I am thinking about Magoosh or looking for some institutes which are based locally and offer me online courses.

I want to go for self paced study so that I can prepare for the exam.Since I am working my maximum effort will be put in during two off working days of week.I want to concentrate on self study.For rest of the 5 days I will try to take out 6 to 7 hours for study.

I am based in India and looking for the basically institutes like IIMs,ISB,IITs offering executive MBA programs.

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Welcome my friend. We both are on the same boat.
I am using Magoosh and find it quite good for quant but not that good for verbal. For verbal you can check egmat verbal series which I have not tested myself but have seen lot of good reviews in GMAT club.

Apart from these MGMAT Strategy guides are also very good for self study and practice.

You will get many information from this site so keep browsing the Gmat club.

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Hi Varun,

Since it sounds like you're just beginning your studies, then it would be a good idea to take a FULL-LENGTH practice CAT Test; you can download 2 for free from www.mba.com (and they come with some additional practice materials). If you want to do a little studying first, so that you can familiarize yourself with the basic content and question types, then that's okay - but you shouldn't wait too long to take that initial CAT. That score will give us a good sense of your natural strengths and weaknesses and will help provide a basis for comparison as you continue to study. A FULL CAT takes about 4 hours to complete, so make sure that you've set aside enough time to take it in one sitting. Once you have those scores, you should report back here and we can come up with a study plan.

I'd like to know a bit more about your timeline and goals:
1) What is your goal score?
2) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?

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Hi Rich,


Regarding the test before going for preparation. How will it help?

To These questions I would like to answer

1) What is your goal score?

Not less than 700.

2) When are you planning to take the GMAT?

Curently I dont feel like I can decide about any time because of lack of confidence.If I must than I would say in June 2017.


3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?

Probably after June 2017.Based on the score I get.
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Welcome my friend. We both are on the same boat.
I am using Magoosh and find it quite good for quant but not that good for verbal. For verbal you can check egmat verbal series which I have not tested myself but have seen lot of good reviews in GMAT club.

Apart from these MGMAT Strategy guides are also very good for self study and practice.

You will get many information from this site so keep browsing the Gmat club.

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Hi Ashish,

Its nice to hear from you and being on the same bandwagon.

I have PMed you and awaiting your reponse.

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Hi Varun,

To score at a high level on the GMAT, you have to have a variety of skills (more than just content knowledge) and the only way to properly assess whether you have those skills or not is to take FULL-LENGTH CATs under realistic conditions AND at regular intervals. That initial Diagnostic CAT Test will help to define some the 'weak spots' that you might need to work on - including pacing, endurance, focus, note-taking, stress, ability to 'let go' of a question, etc. Right now, we have no measure of your skill level in those areas and it's better to know about them earlier on (so that you can spend more time 'fixing' them) then discovering them too late in the process.

Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores; it appears that you've given yourself plenty of time to study though - which is good. Now we just need to see that first CAT score and we can discuss how best to proceed from there.

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