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Hi Guys,
This is my GMAT Debrief.
Brief about myself -
I am a 26 year old Indian Male working with an IT Multi-national company. This profile is most common in the pool of applicants to b-schools. I have a 700 GMAT, and that was in a single shot at GMAT. I did think about taking the GMAT again, but I knew that with this profile a 30-40 point jump might help, but there’s no guarantee that it certainly would. I applied to ISB (Just like all other Indian aspirants), Cornell, UNC, Carlson, SMU and Simon. I got an interview call from ISB, UNC, Carlson and Simon. I got admit from Carlson and Simon with scholarship but only after being on the waitlist for more than a month. I am going to Carlson this fall for my much anticipated-MBA.
GMAT Tutor -
I would take this opportunity to help GMAT aspirants understand the experience of taking GMAT. To give you a little debrief about myself, I was a 3-year experienced IT professional working with a tier-one organization when I thought about taking GMAT. It all started with a seminar I attended after two consecutive failed attempts at CAT. The seminar was organized by this guy Sandeep Gupta from top-one-percent. I walked in with a presumption of just another money seeking trick in the name of GMAT and came out with a little hope about achieving my goals by preparing for GMAT with this guy. If it wasn’t my fiancée who talked me into taking the GMAT prep course with Sandeep, I would have been still working with the same firm in the same place with no hopes for my MBA aspirations. Please note that I am not marketing any GMAT tutor here, these are my personal feelings and I can bet my life that Sandeep Gupta is the best GMAT tutor in this country, and for me - in this world.
Back to my GMAT experience, I enrolled with Sandeep Gupta for a weekend batch, i.e. Saturdays and Sundays. The teaching method is similar to what we would find in the B-schools abroad, we are given an assignment, a set of problems, which we have to work on prior to our class and during the class we would be shown efficient methods for solving those problems. You get another assignment at the end of the class to work on for the whole week till you come back in the next weekend. These “efficient methods” that I am taking about are a few methods and rules which make tutoring with Sandeep, a different ball-game. One can think that this method is less work from the tutor and more from oneself, but isn’t that the whole point? It is we who have to appear for GMAT and not the tutor. I had my own doubts during the initial days of class but I gradually pick pace and things started to fall in place. It was a different experience altogether.
Materials Used & Test scores -
The material I referred to were the official guide for GMAT and the rule book given by my tutor. I was also active on websites like gmatclub. These websites are excellent sources of information for all your GMAT related queries. I gave 5 mock tests, 3 on GMAT prep software and 1 free test on Manhattan prep and Veritas prep each. The score of my mock tests in the order they were taken-
GMAT prep 1 - 540
Manhattan - 690
Veritas - 640
GMAT prep 2 - 740
GMAT prep 3 – 710
Length of study and General Strategy -
The GMAT class took me one and a half month. And I gave myself another 2 months of preparation time, during which I took an unpaid leave at work for a month. During this time I made sure that I spent at least 5-6 hours for rigorous study and most of it for solving problems from the official guide.
I made sure that I won’t book my GMAT slot till I get more than 710 in mock tests. This was the only strategy in mind before taking GMAT.
Words of Advice -
Things I wish I knew -
I have low grades in IR and AWA. I wish I had invested some time in these sections too. Though it hardly matters to the colleges, but getting a 700 in GMAT and low grades in these sections will definitely put a question mark on the face of adcom.
The admission cycle starts from September every year, almost a year before the actual admissions. I didn’t think about these dates earlier and delayed by GMAT. I hardly had time to work on my applications which were equally important.
Things I have learned -
I am a very impatient MBA aspirant and I would want to make it a strong point of advice to all those like me that the GMAT journey is just the starting point of your future aspirations. A better start that you can give to your journey the better it gets in the future. It needs immense patience, hard work and most importantly a positive frame of mind. Getting low scores in the mock tests will definitely pull your moral down but the please note that mock tests are to correct your mistakes and doesn’t reflect your actual GMAT score. Write any number of mock tests but make sure you check all your mistakes thoroughly.Correcting your mistakes will fetch you better score. The number of mock tests is not directly proportional to your GMAT score.
Test Experience -
I booked my GMAT for 4th September 2014, and I took an afternoon slot. I made sure that I would not revise any material from 24 hours to the test. This may vary from person to person, there are people who like revising stuff till the last minute and then are the rest like me who can give away studies way before the actual test. Suit yourself and don’t go by any ones advice on this one. I got up at my usual time 8.30am, had a light breakfast and avoided oily and sweet stuff. My appointment time was 2.00pm, so I made sure I was at the test center by 1.00pm. It is always good to reach early and acclimatize at the test center. I personally think that the GMAT score is highly affected by your comfort level at the test center. This may sound funny but considering that you are going to spend 4 hours at this place with nerve wrecking moments, it is good to be comfortable at least. It is advisable to reach early since you would need time to find the test center, complete the initial formalities of registration, take possession of the locker and place all your belongings there, and take a loo break, in case you freak out too much.
Since there were only 2 more students with me, it took no time to complete my registration at the counter and to procure a locker. I practiced a breathing exercise to relax myself before taking my seat. The invigilator entered the credentials and handed me the desktop. I entered the required details and started the first section of AWA, it went on as expected and I completed it on time. I was attending the IR section and the timer went off way sooner than I realized. And here I was all freaked out. I took a minute to settle during the break and continued. Quant section started immediately and I had to stop worrying about IR and get back on track. The Quant section started with a few easy questions and I gathered some courage and felt good answering them correctly. Completed the section on time and was more confident now. I took the much needed 8 minute break. This break is to gather all your thoughts about the next section but I took all the time to relax and shade away all my worry. Please make sure you get back to your seat on time because the timer won’t wait for you and also you have to give your fingerprints again while coming back from a break, which could take a while. I got to my seat with a few seconds to spare. Thank god!! I bet everyone gets hungry by this time of the test, cause I was already starving. Somehow I put my concentration back on the test and started the verbal section. I am more comfortable with verbal but here I felt like I was messing it up. A time came when I thought I have lost the battle and was somehow managing to answer. Completed the last question and was asked if I want to send my scores to the colleges. I was doubtful but ticked yes and continued to see my score. I was happy and shocked to see a 700 GMAT score. For the doubts I had in the middle of verbal section? I think a 700 score was pretty decent, or maybe I underestimated myself. Thank god that I survived the 4 hour long ordeal. Got up from my place went right to the counter completed some more formalities and gathered my stuff to leave.
I hope to hear great stories from many of you too. All the very best for GMAT!! I know you would do good. Cheers
This is my GMAT Debrief.
Brief about myself -
I am a 26 year old Indian Male working with an IT Multi-national company. This profile is most common in the pool of applicants to b-schools. I have a 700 GMAT, and that was in a single shot at GMAT. I did think about taking the GMAT again, but I knew that with this profile a 30-40 point jump might help, but there’s no guarantee that it certainly would. I applied to ISB (Just like all other Indian aspirants), Cornell, UNC, Carlson, SMU and Simon. I got an interview call from ISB, UNC, Carlson and Simon. I got admit from Carlson and Simon with scholarship but only after being on the waitlist for more than a month. I am going to Carlson this fall for my much anticipated-MBA.
GMAT Tutor -
I would take this opportunity to help GMAT aspirants understand the experience of taking GMAT. To give you a little debrief about myself, I was a 3-year experienced IT professional working with a tier-one organization when I thought about taking GMAT. It all started with a seminar I attended after two consecutive failed attempts at CAT. The seminar was organized by this guy Sandeep Gupta from top-one-percent. I walked in with a presumption of just another money seeking trick in the name of GMAT and came out with a little hope about achieving my goals by preparing for GMAT with this guy. If it wasn’t my fiancée who talked me into taking the GMAT prep course with Sandeep, I would have been still working with the same firm in the same place with no hopes for my MBA aspirations. Please note that I am not marketing any GMAT tutor here, these are my personal feelings and I can bet my life that Sandeep Gupta is the best GMAT tutor in this country, and for me - in this world.
Back to my GMAT experience, I enrolled with Sandeep Gupta for a weekend batch, i.e. Saturdays and Sundays. The teaching method is similar to what we would find in the B-schools abroad, we are given an assignment, a set of problems, which we have to work on prior to our class and during the class we would be shown efficient methods for solving those problems. You get another assignment at the end of the class to work on for the whole week till you come back in the next weekend. These “efficient methods” that I am taking about are a few methods and rules which make tutoring with Sandeep, a different ball-game. One can think that this method is less work from the tutor and more from oneself, but isn’t that the whole point? It is we who have to appear for GMAT and not the tutor. I had my own doubts during the initial days of class but I gradually pick pace and things started to fall in place. It was a different experience altogether.
Materials Used & Test scores -
The material I referred to were the official guide for GMAT and the rule book given by my tutor. I was also active on websites like gmatclub. These websites are excellent sources of information for all your GMAT related queries. I gave 5 mock tests, 3 on GMAT prep software and 1 free test on Manhattan prep and Veritas prep each. The score of my mock tests in the order they were taken-
GMAT prep 1 - 540
Manhattan - 690
Veritas - 640
GMAT prep 2 - 740
GMAT prep 3 – 710
Length of study and General Strategy -
The GMAT class took me one and a half month. And I gave myself another 2 months of preparation time, during which I took an unpaid leave at work for a month. During this time I made sure that I spent at least 5-6 hours for rigorous study and most of it for solving problems from the official guide.
I made sure that I won’t book my GMAT slot till I get more than 710 in mock tests. This was the only strategy in mind before taking GMAT.
Words of Advice -
Things I wish I knew -
I have low grades in IR and AWA. I wish I had invested some time in these sections too. Though it hardly matters to the colleges, but getting a 700 in GMAT and low grades in these sections will definitely put a question mark on the face of adcom.
The admission cycle starts from September every year, almost a year before the actual admissions. I didn’t think about these dates earlier and delayed by GMAT. I hardly had time to work on my applications which were equally important.
Things I have learned -
I am a very impatient MBA aspirant and I would want to make it a strong point of advice to all those like me that the GMAT journey is just the starting point of your future aspirations. A better start that you can give to your journey the better it gets in the future. It needs immense patience, hard work and most importantly a positive frame of mind. Getting low scores in the mock tests will definitely pull your moral down but the please note that mock tests are to correct your mistakes and doesn’t reflect your actual GMAT score. Write any number of mock tests but make sure you check all your mistakes thoroughly.Correcting your mistakes will fetch you better score. The number of mock tests is not directly proportional to your GMAT score.
Test Experience -
I booked my GMAT for 4th September 2014, and I took an afternoon slot. I made sure that I would not revise any material from 24 hours to the test. This may vary from person to person, there are people who like revising stuff till the last minute and then are the rest like me who can give away studies way before the actual test. Suit yourself and don’t go by any ones advice on this one. I got up at my usual time 8.30am, had a light breakfast and avoided oily and sweet stuff. My appointment time was 2.00pm, so I made sure I was at the test center by 1.00pm. It is always good to reach early and acclimatize at the test center. I personally think that the GMAT score is highly affected by your comfort level at the test center. This may sound funny but considering that you are going to spend 4 hours at this place with nerve wrecking moments, it is good to be comfortable at least. It is advisable to reach early since you would need time to find the test center, complete the initial formalities of registration, take possession of the locker and place all your belongings there, and take a loo break, in case you freak out too much.
Since there were only 2 more students with me, it took no time to complete my registration at the counter and to procure a locker. I practiced a breathing exercise to relax myself before taking my seat. The invigilator entered the credentials and handed me the desktop. I entered the required details and started the first section of AWA, it went on as expected and I completed it on time. I was attending the IR section and the timer went off way sooner than I realized. And here I was all freaked out. I took a minute to settle during the break and continued. Quant section started immediately and I had to stop worrying about IR and get back on track. The Quant section started with a few easy questions and I gathered some courage and felt good answering them correctly. Completed the section on time and was more confident now. I took the much needed 8 minute break. This break is to gather all your thoughts about the next section but I took all the time to relax and shade away all my worry. Please make sure you get back to your seat on time because the timer won’t wait for you and also you have to give your fingerprints again while coming back from a break, which could take a while. I got to my seat with a few seconds to spare. Thank god!! I bet everyone gets hungry by this time of the test, cause I was already starving. Somehow I put my concentration back on the test and started the verbal section. I am more comfortable with verbal but here I felt like I was messing it up. A time came when I thought I have lost the battle and was somehow managing to answer. Completed the last question and was asked if I want to send my scores to the colleges. I was doubtful but ticked yes and continued to see my score. I was happy and shocked to see a 700 GMAT score. For the doubts I had in the middle of verbal section? I think a 700 score was pretty decent, or maybe I underestimated myself. Thank god that I survived the 4 hour long ordeal. Got up from my place went right to the counter completed some more formalities and gathered my stuff to leave.
I hope to hear great stories from many of you too. All the very best for GMAT!! I know you would do good. Cheers
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01 Jul 2015, 07:40
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Congrats on the great score! Thanks for sharing! I wouldn't worry too much about the low AWA or IR scores. I would rather be in your situation than be in mine. (8 on IR, 650 GMAT)
01 Jul 2015, 08:12
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Congratulations !!!
You did not use any other material except the one provided by your tutor?
Again,710 is a great score.
What is the Verbal and Quant. split?
You did not use any other material except the one provided by your tutor?
Again,710 is a great score.
What is the Verbal and Quant. split?
