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01 Dec 2014, 12:10
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Hi,
So I had posted my GMAT/grad school experience last summer where I crashed and burned.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-need-of-so ... l#p1384158
I made another attempt at redemption to return to my alma mater for the upcoming Spring semester. I tried to keep at it and approach the studying in a smarter way: hitting specific quant and verbal topics on specific days during the week. I diversified my CATs so that I wasn't always taking Kaplan CATs. I retook the Kaplan Online Anywhere course and supplemented it with the GMAT OG Ed.13 and the CR Bible as I was struggling with CR. From August until early November, I spent my time studying and trying to solidify my grasp of the material. My last two CATs were 40Q and 27V (Kaplan) and then finally 42Q 28V (Veritas). I went into the exam on November 8th and again my testing ghosts haunted me, scoring extremely low on the quant and 27 in verbal for a score of 440. I left that test center in disbelief and almost in resignation that UIC's MBA admissions would reject me. Surpringly, I was selected for the interview process. The admissions committee member saw me as a qualified candidate: despite the GMAT I had a solid gpa of 3.14, great work experience at a reputable finance firm for 2 years, great letters of recommendation, well-written essays. The interview I thought went great as well but he told me that ultimately the decision would fall on the laps of the rest of the admissions committee directors. Today, I received my declination. I'm waiting on feedback.
It's been such a nightmare to get back to school. I am totally demoralized and its this damn GMAT that continues to haunt and wreck my chances. I want to go back to school so badly, but I keep getting blocked off. All the time and money I've spent on this to end up empty handed has me so down. I feel stupid and incapable. Four attempts at taking the GMAT and two rejections has left me thinking that I will never return. I turned 25 last month. I feel like the years will pass me by before I can ever get back to school full-time and shift gears on my career endeavors. I fear getting older and never having achieved what I had dreamed about.
Where to now? What's next?
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So I had posted my GMAT/grad school experience last summer where I crashed and burned.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-need-of-so ... l#p1384158
I made another attempt at redemption to return to my alma mater for the upcoming Spring semester. I tried to keep at it and approach the studying in a smarter way: hitting specific quant and verbal topics on specific days during the week. I diversified my CATs so that I wasn't always taking Kaplan CATs. I retook the Kaplan Online Anywhere course and supplemented it with the GMAT OG Ed.13 and the CR Bible as I was struggling with CR. From August until early November, I spent my time studying and trying to solidify my grasp of the material. My last two CATs were 40Q and 27V (Kaplan) and then finally 42Q 28V (Veritas). I went into the exam on November 8th and again my testing ghosts haunted me, scoring extremely low on the quant and 27 in verbal for a score of 440. I left that test center in disbelief and almost in resignation that UIC's MBA admissions would reject me. Surpringly, I was selected for the interview process. The admissions committee member saw me as a qualified candidate: despite the GMAT I had a solid gpa of 3.14, great work experience at a reputable finance firm for 2 years, great letters of recommendation, well-written essays. The interview I thought went great as well but he told me that ultimately the decision would fall on the laps of the rest of the admissions committee directors. Today, I received my declination. I'm waiting on feedback.
It's been such a nightmare to get back to school. I am totally demoralized and its this damn GMAT that continues to haunt and wreck my chances. I want to go back to school so badly, but I keep getting blocked off. All the time and money I've spent on this to end up empty handed has me so down. I feel stupid and incapable. Four attempts at taking the GMAT and two rejections has left me thinking that I will never return. I turned 25 last month. I feel like the years will pass me by before I can ever get back to school full-time and shift gears on my career endeavors. I fear getting older and never having achieved what I had dreamed about.
Where to now? What's next?
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m3equals333
02 Dec 2014, 12:38
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At 25 you're still young for this process and ahead of the curve.
Have you downloaded the GMAT Prep software and taken the free CATs? I haven't yet seen it, but I hear the new GMAT Prep software now includes score analytics, providing a bit more insight into your performance (by category, etc). Beyond the free CATs, there is a question pack, and there is an exam pack that you can purchase....really no substitute for authentic questions IMO. Try taking the CATs at a workstation in a library etc....mimic the actual exam conditions as best you can.
Never give up.
Have you downloaded the GMAT Prep software and taken the free CATs? I haven't yet seen it, but I hear the new GMAT Prep software now includes score analytics, providing a bit more insight into your performance (by category, etc). Beyond the free CATs, there is a question pack, and there is an exam pack that you can purchase....really no substitute for authentic questions IMO. Try taking the CATs at a workstation in a library etc....mimic the actual exam conditions as best you can.
Never give up.
02 Dec 2014, 19:23
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m3equals333
I appreciate the response and the encouragement. I have been going at this since March and it has simply felt impossible. My Kaplan CAT scores never reflect my true GMAT scores and it seems like I've been running in circles. I have my doubts that investment firms/trading firms would want me in my late 20's. I come from an Econ background, so I don't have the fundamentals of Finance down, hence why I've opted for the BS route.
I haven't tried the GMAT Prep software. At this point, I will probably opt for it and self-study. I've ordered the Manhattan GMAT Quant Series and will give the Powerscore CR Bible another swing. I will most likely buy some Manhattan CAT's and GMAT Prep CATs as well. I don't want to give up. I genuinely miss school. I miss the classroom environment and I miss feeling like I'm learning something. I am just sad/angry with this journey as it does make me feel dumb and incapable.
Any affordable suggestions for SC and CATs?
