A defence Officer's story

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Dear all,

At the outset, I must introduce myself to all. I am Rashee, working in the in the Indian Navy for the past 6 years. I am really interested in making a career switchover and hence want to pursue an MBA from one of the top b-schools in the US.

I took my first GMAT in Jul 2011 and got a score of 530(Q-45,V-18). I really got de-moralised after this score and got busy with my professional commitments. Now, again I have decided to pick up my books and crack it. I am a defence officer and I truly believe that there is nothing in this world which we can't do.

I have gone through various gmat success stories out here and also heard lot of praises for GMatLa and Santanu 76. I hope you guys can help me in my road to a successful GMAT score.

Thanks in advance.
Rashee

GMATLA · Answer

Welcome to the GMAT club! You've come to the right place to continue your GMAT journey. I'd recommend that you browse our forums and start by clicking on our self prep tab. That should be PLENTY of info to get you started. Good luck, and we look fforward to being your top GMAT resource.

rajeevrks27 · Answer

All the very best Rashee. Seeing ur score, you have a lot of scope for improvement in verbal, which i am sure you will improve.
Why don't you organise urself and home onto a study plan.
There are various on the forums such as
study-plan-for-verbal-gmat-98342.html by bb
740-study-strategy-127434.html
modify one for urself. whenever you face any problem, get back to fellows on this forum.
BTW What's ur target score ?
Regards
Rajeev

rashee65 · Answer

@GMATLa

Thanks so much for your help. I hope to get a good score(above 700) in next 3 months.

rashee65 · Answer

@ rajeevrks27 Thank you so much for the help. My target score is anything above 700. :-)

rajeevrks27 · Answer

You really have to plunge deep into verbal to raise ur score to the desired level.
First things first, hook onto a good study plan that suits ur study plan and that has more emphasis on verbal. You may like to check out the plan mentioned in my above post( the one by bb).
How much time you have for prep, If you have a lot of time( i mean 3- 4 months with 3-4 hrs each day), You may like to dig into gmat fiction,that's one another good way( though indirect) of improving verbal.
But befor everything, take a diagnostic right away in test conditions to know where you actually stand as of now and to know which all subjects are ur strengths / weaknesses in verbal.
All the best.

hellscream · Answer

From my point of view, you have decent level of quantitative. However, do not let your strength become your weakness; you should spend some time reviewing theory and doing some problems. May be 4 hours for quant per week is enough (in period of intensive verbal practice..)

For SC: MGMAT SC is the key to success. Read theory, do the problems at the end of each chapter and return to the theory if you get wrong. Practice makes perfect. SC is pattern; the more you do, the more you will be proficient so that you can spare time for CR and RC.
Other good material are SC Grail and our forum's resource : gmat-grammar-ultimate-by-gmat-club-102387.html

For CR: I choose CR bible. The structure of the book is clear and its explanation helps me a lot.
RC: Reading, reading, reading.... I prefer magazines to fiction because it's up to date and I think that their contexts are similar to those of GMAT. However, you may prefer fiction :D. Your choice. Try to get the main idea, the tone and the structure while reading.

Hope it helps....

aalba005 · Answer

Good luck with your GMAT journey

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