[parul agrwawal]

hey,

Can you share how many hours did you devote daily for preparation inspite of being working...

I am also working & want to write gmat in december so i have only 2.5 months in hand & am joining princeton weekend coaching so please advice what should be one's schedule for study.....................

Originally Posted by sgmat

Guys I am here again with my exp with GMAT.You can also check my new thread which is Call Centre work exp. and I would appreciate all your inputs..

My profile

B.tech 68%
xth 75%
xiith 75%
gmat 720
exp. 2 years with AMERICAN EXPRESS
Good extra curri



Well guys before I get into my long story about the gmat prep little bit about me...

I m a B.TECH in ELECTRICAL. I tell you one thing without any hesitation that software is not my cup of tea where you need to keep yourself update with the latest in the market and solving all those programming stuff...I hope people can understand that...Well interacting with people is sth which I love to do and whats better than joining a BPO.....

Well now I am in a confusion as to my work exp would be given that much importance during the evaluation process or not...I have finally started working on my apps and gonna apply this year.....

Here goes my GMAT prep:
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I hope this meagre attempt of mine may help you achieving your goals..

TIME DEVOTED:

Well I devoted 3 months seriously despite the hectic work schedule..I tell
------------------I tell you guys that this GMAT really SUCKS!!!! so dont do anything without giving any prior thought I mean a well prepared guy can take you heights so better be prepare otherwise this G gonna make you go crazy...


BOOKS USED:
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1.OG
2.Princeton review
3.kaplan
4.Kaplan 800
5.Of course, Power prep


BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BOOKS:
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1.OG: All you guyz out there take my word for that, that use this book like a "GRANTH"..I mean it especially for verbal as it very close to the REAL GMAT..Do all the questions for verbal as it is the mirror image of the questions that you get in the REAL G....


2.Princeton review: Well the fundas given in this book are really grt so learn all the fundas but beware of the fact that this book is only for people who are looking to get score in the bracket of 630 to 670...So all you guyz aiming for 700+ score keep on reading..

3.Kaplan: Yes guyz believe me this is really good especially the hard questions...Remember the more comfortable you are with hard questions the more your score in REAL G.... Especially for QUANT.

4.kaplan 800: you are gonna get some real SUCKING questions in this book but I would recommend you guys to atleast go through it once..

MOTIVATION MANTRA AND METHODS:
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GMAT is the most boring exam I mean doing those F*** questions again and again well you need sth that can be a motivation and keeps you going on so that you finally F*** this grt evil on this earth....

Well I followed this technique to get this MOTIVATION, in fact till my GMAT deadine I was on a honey moon with this motivation.

I made number of charts and on that I wrote down all the goods points and maxim that could really help you in cracking the exam...I used to read them daily and then get back to work. this really helped me a lot.....


Practice Tests:
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PowerPrep tests: 700, 720
Kaplan Tests: 540, 620, 600, 650

Guys so be focussed and crack it...

Well I have decided to get down for CAT this year.However I m very focussed toward US BSCHOOLS....

Guys I would appreciate if you could let me know as which is the best material for CAT as I came to know that quant in CAT SUCKS!!!!!!

Guys catch you later with more gyan reg. GMAT....

Till then Take care and all your valuable inputs would be welcome..

Best of luck Guys

[bugsy007in]

hey does european universities hold the GMAT score??/
i am looking for some good european universities.....
plz guys let me know..and is there anything prequisite that these universities want
like sum1 told me LSE univ want u to b have the NGO exp...????

[Vrinda81]

ManavD,

I would not get too discouraged over the Kaplan results. I took Kaplan test and got 150 points lower than I did on the real thing. Have you taken the official practice test?

[shashankaggarwa]

Originally Posted by parul agrwawal

hey,

Can you share how many hours did you devote daily for preparation inspite of being working...

I am also working & want to write gmat in december so i have only 2.5 months in hand & am joining princeton weekend coaching so please advice what should be one's schedule for study.....................

Hello Parul

I know i m posting after a significant delay.

Could u plz share with us ur experience of giving GMAT.

Also, if you have some useful material given by Princeton.

I have joined the closest rival of Princeton. lol