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12 Sep 2011, 00:25
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Thought I'd share a bit about my experience as a form of community service:
I took the GMAT 6 years ago.
Didn't prepare because work was hell at the time and I was under a lot of stress.
Managed to get a 710 on my first and only try, which was below my SATs but decent enough I assumed.
I then made a very bad, very STUPID mistake.
I took a MBA at a UK school. The program was ranked quite highly at the time, but the school's ranking was awful.
Didn't realize the severity of my decision.
Since then, the MBA has done astounding damage to my career.
Did my bachelor's at a "big" name school, but with a relatively crappy and unknown MBA, the first and only question I've been getting at the few interviews I got were: "What school is this?" "Is it accredited?" "Why did you go there?"
I've made FAR less money after my mba (graduated into the crisis) and the only interviews I've gotten were through my contacts. **** MBA + resume gap + lack of meaningful experience = death
Instead of better jobs, it's been like a pair of soiled underwear, to the extent that i've decided it would probably be better to drop it altogether. That's my good deed for the year, a sincere word of advice that things can go south very quickly if you're not very careful about where you do your MBA and you graduate into rough times. I'm now working for free to stop my resume gap and about to redo my MBA at a good school this time.
1. What is the consensus on the best way to prepare for the GMAT? Buy the books?
Sign up for one of those online help programs?
2. How much prep time is standard?
I'd like to improve by 70-90 points over what I could get without preparation.
Thanks
I took the GMAT 6 years ago.
Didn't prepare because work was hell at the time and I was under a lot of stress.
Managed to get a 710 on my first and only try, which was below my SATs but decent enough I assumed.
I then made a very bad, very STUPID mistake.
I took a MBA at a UK school. The program was ranked quite highly at the time, but the school's ranking was awful.
Didn't realize the severity of my decision.
Since then, the MBA has done astounding damage to my career.
Did my bachelor's at a "big" name school, but with a relatively crappy and unknown MBA, the first and only question I've been getting at the few interviews I got were: "What school is this?" "Is it accredited?" "Why did you go there?"
I've made FAR less money after my mba (graduated into the crisis) and the only interviews I've gotten were through my contacts. **** MBA + resume gap + lack of meaningful experience = death
Instead of better jobs, it's been like a pair of soiled underwear, to the extent that i've decided it would probably be better to drop it altogether. That's my good deed for the year, a sincere word of advice that things can go south very quickly if you're not very careful about where you do your MBA and you graduate into rough times. I'm now working for free to stop my resume gap and about to redo my MBA at a good school this time.
1. What is the consensus on the best way to prepare for the GMAT? Buy the books?
Sign up for one of those online help programs?
2. How much prep time is standard?
I'd like to improve by 70-90 points over what I could get without preparation.
Thanks
12 Sep 2011, 01:27
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momothebored
first thanks for sharing your story
for the books have a look on this thread best-gmat-books-118706.html
i think 3 months for your situation is enough and maybe 4 will be great
but achieving 800 on gmat will not guarantee you the acceptance , i was reading that one of best reputable universities didn't accept some students who achieved perfect score
i think the important thing is what will you add to the class not your perfect scores
though GMAT score is importat
don't hesitate to ask things here and have a look at the forum and read some articles about gmat
good luck
