KewlMBA

My GMAT prep so far

It is almost a month since I started working towards my MBA. It is time to reflect on where I am with my GMAT prep. My plan is to take my GMAT by end of May. I would spend June and July on my essays. Then work on all the satellite issues regarding the application process.

I have finished all the verbal sessions listed in my Kaplan book. I had gotten this book secondhand from a student who attended the Kaplan course. It is informative and the questions are kicking my posterior. I got 72% right on the last section - advanced comprehension and sentence correction. I am still repeating some mistakes and I am unhappy about it. However, I always mark the questions I got wrong. This helps me revisit them to understand the flaw in my analysis. I am getting better at some types. So I do feel good and bad about my prep so far.

I have not yet taken a full fledged test. I have amassed only 7 computer tests so far. I would like to start taking them, only after I feel that I have done due diligence to the test material. At this point, I think end of February will be when I start on the full tests.

I have been spending 4 hrs in the weekends and 4 hrs in the week days. Life is tough with balancing a career, family and MBA prep.

I would like to start narrowing down my choices of MBA schools. It would be the focus of my next entry.

posted by Kewlguy @ 8:03 PM