[aim-wsc]

I am leaving the forum soon
once i am over with the Pune Mega Pune meet i wont be coming here till i take the GMAT.

But we ll continue the tradition of Mumbai GMAT meets....
we met last time@ Pizza hut @Powai & i observed some things that made me write this (& the next one) post.

Among all i met in meet i learned the_manager is capable of leading this guild.
He's been here for quite a much time... he knows many GMAT strategies and he also possesses some knowledge of post GMAT stuff, well.

GUys i think its enough of me researching/ commenting on forums

farewell!

well not now :x
i ll be around till the Pune meet.
Next post is for starters I hope will put my best in a single post best of luck.

[AbhinandanShah]

Originally Posted by aim-wsc

farewell!

well not now :x
i ll be around till the Pune meet.
Next post is for starters I hope will put my best in a single post best of luck.

:( :robot: WHATS WRONG BUDDY?

Don't mind if you are taking your GMAT next week, but can't see you out of this forum.

Dude don't do this.

I am going to groan at you for this.:satisfie:

whats the matter fellows, aim is a very gentle person. do not let him do this. Unless ofcourse his date is sometime very soon.

Ok Ok come for the Pune meet.. we will Hijack you there

_Abhi

[nitinvig]

hi aim,
thanks mate, it was gud to know tat u wud be writing something for the newbies, i will wait for it.
I clicked the "groan" by mistake, so no issues.

Nitin Vig
"there are no mistakes in life--only learnings"

[AbhinandanShah]

@aim
Removed the groan... (can't groan at u buddy... Was senti )
Hope you change your mind.

@nitin
When are you taking the GMAT?

@all
can anyone here give me tips about increasing accuracy in RCs especially ones, where you have those long passages of minority communities, and some really tough to understand, when its difficult, I find myself spending a lot of time on it, and also, feel that it gets out of my hands when such questions come in the actual exam...

Cheers,
_Abhinandan

[aim-wsc]

sorry i had to edit this post because some links were not working...
the new post is on new page
thank you

[the_manager]

Originally Posted by aim-wsc

I am leaving the forum soon
once i am over with the Pune Mega Pune meet i wont be coming here till i take the GMAT.

But we ll continue the tradition of Mumbai GMAT meets....
we met last time@ Pizza hut @Powai & i observed some things that made me write this (& the next one) post.

Among all i met in meet i learned the_manager is capable of leading this guild.
He's been here for quite a much time... he knows many GMAT strategies and he also possesses some knowledge of post GMAT stuff, well.

GUys i think its enough of me researching/ commenting on forums

farewell!

well not now :x
i ll be around till the Pune meet.
Next post is for starters I hope will put my best in a single post best of luck.

this is not fair man !!!!!

[aim-wsc]

How to approach the GMAT

The first thing any MBA aspirant should do is: visit Official site for MBA/ GMAT
spend some 2-3 hours there. (or maybe 2-3 days!)
read as much as you can. The information published there is genuine, eye-opener & myth breaker.
So you should do that first.


Then you should download a sim C A T GMAT test available there: name is GMAT Prep; it’s of ~25MB
The site mba.com will help you understand: whats GMAT in general terms, its significance, its structure and the way company conducts the test worldwide.
(i wont go into GMAT structure deeper since i am going to present only resources in this post)

Then you'll need some books to prepare for GMAT.
GMAC, the company that set GMAT test, came up with three books recently, official guides.
They are:

1. Official guide for GMAT review, 11th edition,
2. The Official guide for verbal review
3. The official guide for quantitative review

they are nicknamed as orange, purple and green guides respectively

Official guide 11th edition is THE book you should start with and end your preparation.
You should trust these guides along with GMATPrep software (~25 MB)

Although these guides and a software are fantastic for the practice problems, they don't provide (/come up with) strategies.. :(


In short: when it comes to problems solving in practice sessions, nothing beats above mentioned materials. But for strategies (read shortcuts ) you need to look for some extra materials.

Other books i would recommend:

• Kaplan GMAT, 2007 Edition: Premier Program (latest edition with CD : best buy /2006 edition will also do ( both are same) : comprehensive book, covers everything)
• Cracking the GMAT with DVD, 2007 Edition by Princeton review (Caution: it doesn’t have C A T in its DVD; good strategies & comprehensive, covers everything though )
• Kaplan GRE & GMAT Math Workbook ( very elementary good for starters & weak at math : not recommended )
• Kaplan 800 (for advanced students who want to score higher; caution: AWA essay section not included )
• Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide (Manhattan Gmat Prep) (PURE GOLD I CANT WRITE MORE :A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ‘weak in SC’ )

(Read the review on amazon.com before purchasing them. )

These books offer good strategies to attack GMAT, they’ll show you how to approach each section and each problem individually.
but then for taking the test in one go you need to have a patience, faith and stamina. & for that you need to take as many GMAT sim C A Ts as possible.
[Note: dont rush and sign up for just any sim C A Ts available in would wide web.]



Following are the GMAT prep companies you should trust:

Reason : they have done enough research to come near to the real GMAT test... (still they are not as near as GMAT Prep or POWER Prep)
[Note that I am not talking about GMAT coaching institutes but the online resources for practice tests ]

• mba.com (nearest possible)
• manhattangmat.com (?yet to be tested)
• 800score.com (easier)
• kaptest.com (tough)
• pricetonreview.com (neutral)

They offer good Sim GMAT tests.
note that i have not mentioned about other books or other sites for practice tests that means they are NOT worth your time & money.

Now lets have some non-brand materials,
Materials those are freely available on cyberspace and have no copyright issues.
BeattheGMAT’s flashcard (best flashcards you could get )
Grammar Notes:
Sahil’s Sentence Correction Notes
Spidey's Sentence Correction Notes
Rajat-nda’s Grammar Notes

Sorry I have not provided the hyperlinks for these since I am sure they must be here on pagalguy.com itself…
(if anybody know where they are at PG post a links for the same , thank you.)


The reason why I am so selective in mentioning about the resources is, people just take any damn test or soft copies of books available on internet just to end up in pracitcing non-GMAT questions.
Therefore I am with trusted and reputable sources.
DONT WASTE YOUR TIME IN STUDYING AND PRACTISING WRONG SETS OF PROBLEMS.


still if you want more practice problems then i would advise you to download

• 1000 SC
• 1000 CR
• 3000 RC

These documents are available freely available everywhere on internet. Note that documents do not have explanations to the problems. You will have to join some GMAT realated forums to discuss those problems.



[OK! after some time, you should start realising the easy methods to solve the problems, you should discover some shortcuts; You should collect the strategies that are discussed in prep books and use them according to your needs.] (that is the sign of good approach )


While prepping for GMAT you should also be aware of the b-schools you want to apply. You must have a long term plan & You should do some research on the b-schools that suits your long term target.


For such informations you have schools' own web-sites along with plenty of other good sites:

Dave's MBA Journey
Hjort’s b-school corner:


Then, you should also aware of admission process:
Accepted.com
ClearAdmit
Stacy Blackman Co. blog

Keep tab on all these site.
Hope that helps everyone who's new to GMAT prep world


PS: As i promised i posted this article here but right place of this belongs here: http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/667433-post526.html
Apologies for redundancy

[Anurag83]

Grt post yaar.........
U hav given a lot of insight through ths......Will for sure tak a print out of ths post for further reference.........
Keep the gud work up.......N plan 1 more GMAT Mumbai meet....After ur through wit the Pune meet on 4 th.........(I'll be thr even if the venue is not Powai......... )

Originally Posted by aim-wsc

How to approach the GMAT

The first thing any MBA aspirant should do is: visit Official site for MBA/ GMAT
spend some 2-3 hours there. (or maybe 2-3 days!)
read as much as you can. The information published there is genuine, eye-opener & myth breaker.
So you should do that first.


Then you should download a sim C A T GMAT test available there: name is GMAT Prep; it’s of ~25MB
The site mba.com will help you understand: whats GMAT in general terms, its significance, its structure and the way company conducts the test worldwide.
(i wont go into GMAT structure deeper since i am going to present only resources in this post)

Then you'll need some books to prepare for GMAT.
GMAC, the company that set GMAT test, came up with three books recently, official guides.
They are:

1. Official guide for GMAT review, 11th edition,
2. The Official guide for verbal review
3. The official guide for quantitative review

they are nicknamed as orange, purple and green guides respectively

Official guide 11th edition is THE book you should start with and end your preparation.
You should trust these guides along with GMATPrep software (~25 MB)

Although these guides and a software are fantastic for the practice problems, they don't provide (/come up with) strategies.. :(


In short: when it comes to problems solving in practice sessions, nothing beats above mentioned materials. But for strategies (read shortcuts ) you need to look for some extra materials.

Other books i would recommend:

• Kaplan GMAT, 2007 Edition: Premier Program (latest edition with CD : best buy /2006 edition will also do ( both are same) : comprehensive book, covers everything)
• Cracking the GMAT with DVD, 2007 Edition by Princeton review (Caution: it doesn’t have C A T in its DVD; good strategies & comprehensive, covers everything though )
• Kaplan GRE & GMAT Math Workbook ( very elementary good for starters & weak at math : not recommended )
• Kaplan 800 (for advanced students who want to score higher; caution: AWA essay section not included )
• Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide (Manhattan Gmat Prep) (PURE GOLD I CANT WRITE MORE :A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ‘weak in SC’ )

(Read the review on amazon.com before purchasing them. )

These books offer good strategies to attack GMAT, they’ll show you how to approach each section and each problem individually.
but then for taking the test in one go you need to have a patience, faith and stamina. & for that you need to take as many GMAT sim C A Ts as possible.
[Note: dont rush and sign up for just any sim C A Ts available in would wide web.]



Following are the GMAT prep companies you should trust:

Reason : they have done enough research to come near to the real GMAT test... (still they are not as near as GMAT Prep or POWER Prep)
[Note that I am not talking about GMAT coaching institutes but the online resources for practice tests ]

• mba.com (nearest possible)
• manhattangmat.com (?yet to be tested)
• 800score.com (easier)
• kaptest.com (tough)
• pricetonreview.com (neutral)

They offer good Sim GMAT tests.
note that i have not mentioned about other books or other sites for practice tests that means they are NOT worth your time & money.

Now lets have some non-brand materials,
Materials those are freely available on cyberspace and have no copyright issues.
BeattheGMAT’s flashcard (best flashcards you could get )
Grammar Notes:
Sahil’s Sentence Correction Notes
Spidey's Sentence Correction Notes
Rajat-nda’s Grammar Notes

Sorry I have not provided the hyperlinks for these since I am sure they must be here on pagalguy.com itself…
(if anybody know where they are at PG post a links for the same , thank you.)


The reason why I am so selective in mentioning about the resources is, people just take any damn test or soft copies of books available on internet just to end up in pracitcing non-GMAT questions.
Therefore I am with trusted and reputable sources.
DONT WASTE YOUR TIME IN STUDYING AND PRACTISING WRONG SETS OF PROBLEMS.


still if you want more practice problems then i would advise you to download

• 1000 SC
• 1000 CR
• 3000 RC

These documents are available freely available everywhere on internet. Note that documents do not have explanations to the problems. You will have to join some GMAT realated forums to discuss those problems.



[OK! after some time, you should start realising the easy methods to solve the problems, you should discover some shortcuts; You should collect the strategies that are discussed in prep books and use them according to your needs.] (that is the sign of good approach )


While prepping for GMAT you should also be aware of the b-schools you want to apply. You must have a long term plan & You should do some research on the b-schools that suits your long term target.


For such informations you have schools' own web-sites along with plenty of other good sites:

Dave's MBA Journey
Hjort’s b-school corner:


Then, you should also aware of admission process:
Accepted.com
ClearAdmit
Stacy Blackman Co. blog

Keep tab on all these site.
Hope that helps everyone who's new to GMAT prep world


PS: As i promised i posted this article here but right place of this belongs here: http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/667433-post526.html
Apologies for redundancy

[viral310]

hwy people i m new 2 this forum
does nyone have princeton cds or og 11
n wen r u ll plannin 2 meet next
i mgoin 2 appear for gmat on 20 february

[ajaypatil_am]

Hi Aim,
Thanks a lot for ur post.I have link of the rajat_nda's material.It's as follows:

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/gmat-a...p-a-740-a.html (Racked up a 740)

Thanks,
Ajay