Tuesday | December 18, 2007

Analysis after 2 weeks of preparation

The first full-length test(Princeton review) i have taken i scored 470.Probably this is the reason why I was soo depressed to start my preperation.Some how I pused myself to book the date and started the preparation with sentance correction and critical reasoning.

Slightly confident i decided to take the test again and got a score of 520.What to do now is the question.No significant improvement of score.Depressed again. However i felt that verbal section was slightly under control.Some of the answers in SC I was damn sure they were right ,the second time i took the test.From what i observed,i lacked this confidence in answering atleast few questions ,the first time.

But one question nagging me at back of my mind mind.Is princeton review the right gauge of my score?Both the times I took the test i only got 3 questions wrong and none of them in first 10 in quant and my score in quant was 43 both the times and also the verbal questions are quite lengthy and answers options are ambiguous too(may be most of the questions are hard level questions).

So I decided to take GMAT800 test.And i got a score of 620.Now i felt really good as i am getting close to my target of 700.

When practicing OG-10 CR ,i am getting most of the questions right(50/60).However i never got soo many questions in exam (generally 4-6 right of 12-14).This may be because of the time pressure.Need to work a little bit on this.After taking two exams I decided to break verbal into 2 parts.0-33 questions  in first 60 mins and the rest in remaining 15 mins,as i read in some forum that there will always be a RC passage in last 7-8 questions.

 

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Thursday | December 06, 2007

The Convergence

What ever might me the reason,I decided to take GMAT exam.Even here soo many questions circle around like when should i book the date and when should i start my preperation.Finally taking suggestion of experianced,with GMAT,that preperation wouldnt start with out booking the date ,I booked GMAT date.

There are a million resources online both on "How to start prep" and "What to study".However picking up one and start prepring is soo tought that i didnt realize till i tried.I decided to collect all possible material online and i did.Now what?
Where to start with is a question again.Soo many suggestions to start of with ,a sample test or OG.

I finally decided to take a sample test and horribly failed with only 3 mistakes in quant and got only 13 right in verbal with 80% questions wrong in SC.A total disaster it was and i was totally depressed.What to do next?It took me almost a month to comprahend the fact and started solid preparation couple of days before and here i am today.

Manhatten SC,one i picked up from esnips
(Manhattan SC 2003ed-10ed OG Problem matrix ),
came as light for my verbal preparation.After A couple of days of manhattan SC study ,i was able to get most of questions right in OG.The best part is prblem matrix and the way each question in OG is correlated.

Now looking for right guide to shed light on RC and CR.
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Prelude

Every one say that before doing MBA you should know exactly why you are doing.Everytime i think about this question a thousand questions popup in my head.Everytime I tried answering this question I am lost in dark space,I know I am going no where ,yet I try.

Am I born interested in doing MBA?
Is it the Money that drives me to pursue MBA or is it life after MBA where one would most probably be the center of attraction?Howmany wouldnt like to go to parties , or howmany would like to live a objective life like what Ayn Rand describes as heros?Is this feeling is what brings me closer to MBA?
Is it because of family pressure?
Is it my hatred for current job profile?
Is it my technical weekness that left me unsuccessful is what's pushing me for change in job profile?
Is it my true destiny?


I am sure everyone has these questions,the first time they think "why MBA?".

Probably I dont even know what a MBA means till undergraduation.I thought MBA is just a source of big bucks and who can deny the fact .How could i deny the fact that I started preparation for MBA entrance becasue of family pressure?



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