Hi everyone,
I am a doctor, planning to apply to ISB in R1 this year.

Hi.. Can someone provide an evaluation please?

10th: 95.3%- State First rank in English, School Second Rank, Centum in Mathematics, Overall State 8th Rank
12th: 93.7%
UG: MD (Medicine) from Philippines: 80.5% - Class Topper
Have a few certifications in Hospital management and clinical research
Have won many awards for academic performance in school and college.

Total Work ex: 2 yrs and 4 months now. (will be 3 yrs 4 months in April 2013 -if I join CO2013)

Practiced Medicine for a few months, and simultaneously worked in a law firm dealing with medico-legal cases giving an expert opinion for cases in Medical negligence.
Have been working in Accenture (Pharma services) for 10 months now as the Process Lead (Lead Physician) - Cardiovascular and Metabolics Group in Aggregate Reports (Pharmacovigilance)- We submit regulatory documents (based on Phase IV Clinical Trials) to the FDA and other Health Authorities.

I am planning to give the GMAT in June-July. I think I should be able to score a decent 700. Atleast a 680. Have been preparing for a few months now

ECs- Orator, Singer, Master of ceremonies, Keyboard player, Founding member of the Accenture Theatre Club/Band.
Communications and People Engagement Co-Lead for the Pharma Community of Practice (across all Accenture facilities worldwide). Will become the Lead in a month or 2- The transition is going on now.
Have conducted many vaccination and awareness camps in my clinic. Have taken part in many free medical and blood donation camps.


Thanks in advance.
Samina

Hi Puys....
I had posted my brief profile a month ago.
I have decide to give GMAT in mid august and will apply in R2.

Could u all please let me know about my profile (if its good or decent).

B.E passout.. 2009
Here is my brief profile:-
Academics:-
10th :93.2 (CBSE 2003)
12TH :- 85.2 (AMU Board,3rd University topper)
B.E.:- 85.7 (BIT Ranchi, 3rd Branch topper)

Work experience:- Will have 2 years of work experience in June 2011 in Oracle India,Server technologies.
I have a 2 month International exposure.

Awards and achievements:-

Sports:-
-awarded the Emerging player of the year in 2005 BIT Open Badminton tournament
-was the Captain of the Runners up team in the Inter Hostel Badminton
Tournament in 2006 at BIT Mesra.
-was appointed the Sports Captain of the School for excellent performance in Sports.
- won the second prize for two consecutive years at the District level Badminton Championship.
-was also a member of the Badminton and Basket Ball school team.

Academics:-
-was among the four students to be selected by TATA STEEL in the pre final year for the eight week summer internship
- won the first prize in the Silicon God,Circuit Analysis event at Dhristant,2008 BIT Mesra
-successfully completed the four week training programme in 2007 on "Embedded Systems" at STEP,IIT Roorkee.
- was given the Shyam Sunder Lal Sunder Smriti award for securing highest marks among all Boys across all boards in the city in the Class 10th Board exams.
- received the Medhaavi Chhatra award in 2001 and 2003 from Ahimsa Foundation for excellent academic performance.

Others-
A few Club associated activities and a participation in a little bit of social work.

I have written a few not so important things about my profile.But this is all I have as of now.

Please let me know if this profile is suitable for ISB(aiming for atleast 730 in GMAT).

thnx in advance..

Hi puys...

I have a few queries :-

Since we know ppl having high work ex get into ISB (or at least a 2 yr exp),is it easy to make a career shift at ISB...like from IT into finance powerhouse companies like Goldman and many more.....
Can someone throw light on this..?


Also,regarding profile ,does having a rank in UG( like I was 3rd in the engineering batch) helps a lot or it's just an avg parameter.

thnx in advance.....!!!.....

Hi
Here is my profile
10th Standard - 88%
12th Standard - 87%
BCom ( Hons.) from St. Xavier's College ,Kolkata - 58 %
CFA from AIMR
CFP from FPSB India
Associate of ICWAI
And CPA ( US equivalent of CA )
Work Ex-

Associate Research Analyst - Banking ( India Infoline ) - 1 year
Lead Analyst - NBFC ( Edelweiss ) - 3 years

Extra Curricular
Quizzing
Was ESPN School Quiz National Semi Finalist and East Zone Champ
Won many other corporate and sports quizzes

I fucked up my grad but have other qualifications

GMAT -710

My chances ?????

Mariner ji, thanks for categorizing me and the likes of me :)

Ankit, yes I am an alum. I completely agree with Mariner's point. I have mentioned in my earlier posts elsewhere - R1/R2 does not matter much. If you have the right profile and ingredients, you will make it.

That said, if you are not expecting a heavenly change in your application between R1 and R2, always advisable to push for R1 - no point in delaying and adding to your own misrey/dilemmas.

Ok. Can you recommend someone who may be from the energy sector and applied to ISB and got through? It would be great as then i could probably find out what ISB expects out of the candidates from our sector. Or probably if u could shed some light on what do they expect
from the over populated group of engineers...

hi,

the person who gave you the feedback -

1, either got thru and so he wouldnt knw wht is bad,
2, or didnt get thru, so he wouldnt knw wht is good,
3, or just heard from somewhere and hence you shudnt be worrying much,

in brief - broadly speaking, if you did a survey and found out that there were many ppl with similar profiles and same stories to tell, maybe it would make a difference.

but most probably, even though there will be similar profiles, each one has his own story to tell, as long as you can make up a good application you shouldnt be bothered about when to apply, R1, R2, timing within the both - they wont make a diffrence

Thanks mariner. I shall try applying asap. Can you recommend someone who may be from the energy sector and applied to ISB and got through? It would be great as then i could probably find out what ISB expects out of the candidates from our sector.

Hi Puys,
Just noticed this thread.. Here goes my profile..

Acads

SSC - 83%
Intermediate - AP State board - 95%
Engg - Mechanical Engg - JNTU - 85%

Was the youngest and the topper of each of the class I attended.

Work Ex - 6 yrs at the time of admission in IT.. but my work is something different than the usual IT professionals out there. Am into incident management and I work mainly on improving service delivery to customer, process optimization in the project, onboarding new joinees.

Have 2 yrs of international exposure and over 3 years of team lead. Worked with teams from different parts of world, ( Was boss of some english sub-cons also for a short period though) Won several awards at work place.

EC and social activities..
I myself come from a lower middle class family and I used to give free tutions to kids around my place for about 6 years. (after SSC until graduation) Just started investing some money also in social activities apart from time..

I am blogging from almost 6 years, and photography.. (decent one)

Please can you evaluate my profile..

Plan B for me are Nanyang, NUS and HEC Paris. Thinking to give GMAT one more shot meantime.. but currently researching about schools and their requirements.. and also on CV and essays..!!

Thank you..


Cheers :-)
Sri

Mariner ji, thanks for categorizing me and the likes of me :)

Ankit, yes I am an alum. I completely agree with Mariner's point. I have mentioned in my earlier posts elsewhere - R1/R2 does not matter much. If you have the right profile and ingredients, you will make it.

That said, if you are not expecting a heavenly change in your application between R1 and R2, always advisable to push for R1 - no point in delaying and adding to your own misrey/dilemmas.

Hi mcb_isb_alum,

Have a question regarding social work looked by ISB in their applicants. I have been involved in providing financial support for orphanage and other institutes, but wont be able to provide any proof for it. do you think this will help my profile if mentioned?

shahnawaz369 Says

i have 11th edition of GMAT OG can any one tell me do i need to buy 12th edition as well... ???

Hi Shahnawaz,

You can go through this link. it gives you a good comparison between OG11 and OG 12. Based on this you can take an informed decision :)

GMAT Official Guide 12th Edition

hi,

the person who gave you the feedback -

1, either got thru and so he wouldnt knw wht is bad,
2, or didnt get thru, so he wouldnt knw wht is good,
3, or just heard from somewhere and hence you shudnt be worrying much,

in brief - broadly speaking, if you did a survey and found out that there were many ppl with similar profiles and same stories to tell, maybe it would make a difference.

but most probably, even though there will be similar profiles, each one has his own story to tell, as long as you can make up a good application you shouldnt be bothered about when to apply, R1, R2, timing within the both - they wont make a diffrence

Mariner ji, thanks for categorizing me and the likes of me :)

Ankit, yes I am an alum. I completely agree with Mariner's point. I have mentioned in my earlier posts elsewhere - R1/R2 does not matter much. If you have the right profile and ingredients, you will make it.

That said, if you are not expecting a heavenly change in your application between R1 and R2, always advisable to push for R1 - no point in delaying and adding to your own misrey/dilemmas.

Hi

I am also planning to apply to ISB. The following is my profile:

Xth:72%
XIIth:75%
B.Tech: 62%
Gmat Score: 690(1st attempt, thinking of a 2nd attempt)
Work Experience: 24 months in the IT sector. Worked in Production assurance operations and tools management as an associate consultant.
Extra - Curricular: Played basketball , table tennis inter school & college, Organized events during college. Have done some volunteering for NGO as well.

Please tell me my chances and if my profile doesnt fit in please suggest me b-schools abroad which match my profile. Quiet confused! help me...

ankit.1123 Says

Hey thanks for the reply...appreciate it!! I shall take your advice and make the best of it! I believe you are an alum of ISB (assuming from your name on this forum) i wanted to know if there is any difference between applying in April and applying in June both months in Round1. I got a feedback that the earlier one applies the better it is.

hi,

the person who gave you the feedback -

1, either got thru and so he wouldnt knw wht is bad,
2, or didnt get thru, so he wouldnt knw wht is good,
3, or just heard from somewhere and hence you shudnt be worrying much,

in brief - broadly speaking, if you did a survey and found out that there were many ppl with similar profiles and same stories to tell, maybe it would make a difference.

but most probably, even though there will be similar profiles, each one has his own story to tell, as long as you can make up a good application you shouldnt be bothered about when to apply, R1, R2, timing within the both - they wont make a diffrence

shahnawaz369 Says

i have 11th edition of GMAT OG can any one tell me do i need to buy 12th edition as well... ???

I would suggest NO. The questions are more or less the same. If you still feel that you should have a look at it, download an Ebook and go through it. But don't buy it. I went through the 10th,11th and 12th, and trust me there is no difference except the colour of the cover

Ankit,

Going by the broad contours of the profile, you should have a fair shot at ISB. Energy sector is always interesting and SCM adds the zing to your profile. If you can create the right story on why MBA and how your work-ex feeds into your career aspirations, you could sail through.

Cheers!
MG

Hey thanks for the reply...appreciate it!! I shall take your advice and make the best of it! I believe you are an alum of ISB (assuming from your name on this forum) i wanted to know if there is any difference between applying in April and applying in June both months in Round1. I got a feedback that the earlier one applies the better it is.

i have 11th edition of GMAT OG can any one tell me do i need to buy 12th edition as well... ???

Hi

I am also planning to apply to ISB this year.The following is my profile:

10th:86%
12th:87%
B.Tech: 70%
Gmat Score: 730(single attempt, if that makes a difference)
Work Experience: 21 months in the energy sector (will be 3 yrs by the time i join). Worked in supply chain management for a year and have been coordinator for Channel sales for india since 4 months.
ECs: Good. Played basketball nationals and lead teams in organizing events during college. Have done some volunteering work as well.

Would be grateful if anybody can give some feedback.

Ankit,

Going by the broad contours of the profile, you should have a fair shot at ISB. Energy sector is always interesting and SCM adds the zing to your profile. If you can create the right story on why MBA and how your work-ex feeds into your career aspirations, you could sail through.

Cheers!
MG

Hi All
i am in mid way of my preparations for gmat and i am worried about SC. My accuracy is only 50%. i have covered Manahattan SC and OG 12. about to complete OG 10 also. the thing that is making me tense is that i am about to complete the authentic material(og and manhattan SC) and still my accuracy is not improving.
I will practice from other sources but is my approach rt? is this ok to have low accuracy(50%) after covering OG 10 and manhatan sc.
no problem in rc
Pls suggest me some good quant material and CR material for practice which is representative of difficulty level of gmat. OG math is too easy.
thanks

Puneet,

Only way out is practice... go on internet solve as many problems as you can... take a break between two problems to understand the concept behind the answers... there are many places where they have offered many questions to every topic... once you get bored of solving problems.. take test and resolve OGs ... and one more thing which i feel my weekness is, dont get panicked while solving...

go in depth and you will learn many concepts those will help in next question...

ATB

-sandy

Hi All,
I would really appreciate a general opinion from well informed payas about my profile.
Class X CBSE - 90%
Class XII CBSE - 80
B.Tech Computer Science - IIT - Though First Class( but CGPA is 7.0/10)
During first 2 years of college -- Did some work in a N.G.O.
12 months -- Tried my own start up with an I.I.T Professor
20 months -- Currently working in a nice Start Up in Business Developement Team.

GMAT score is on lower side -- 650 . AWA is 4

And --

:cheerio:Really praying for India to win the Cup -- if this counts.

Thanks.

Hi,

Could anyone tell me the link to get manhattan Sentence Correction, latest edition?

search in Flipkart.com

Hi

I am also planning to apply to ISB this year.The following is my profile:

10th:86%
12th:87%
B.Tech: 70%
Gmat Score: 730(single attempt, if that makes a difference)
Work Experience: 21 months in the energy sector (will be 3 yrs by the time i join). Worked in supply chain management for a year and have been coordinator for Channel sales for india since 4 months.
ECs: Good. Played basketball nationals and lead teams in organizing events during college. Have done some volunteering work as well.

Would be grateful if anybody can give some feedback.

Hi,

Could anyone tell me the link to get manhattan Sentence Correction, latest edition?

hi all im also from IT pool..planning to give GMAT...since you guys are there in the field..is it possible for me to give a try??? please do help me out

Hi All
i am in mid way of my preparations for gmat and i am worried about SC. My accuracy is only 50%. i have covered Manahattan SC and OG 12. about to complete OG 10 also. the thing that is making me tense is that i am about to complete the authentic material(og and manhattan SC) and still my accuracy is not improving.
I will practice from other sources but is my approach rt? is this ok to have low accuracy(50%) after covering OG 10 and manhatan sc.
no problem in rc
Pls suggest me some good quant material and CR material for practice which is representative of difficulty level of gmat. OG math is too easy.
thanks

Hello there!!

I have an exp. of 5 yrs with 2 MNCs in Automation n Control Industry. First employer MNC was a campus recruitment.
I have decent Acads with 84 % in SSC, HSC and 75 % in BE.

How does my profile look as to chances in ISB? I guess a different industry may add value as compared to a beaten to death IT exp.
Also, Should I apply in R1 or an R2 application be treated equally? Asking cos R1 seems to be a little tight on time owing to my loaded work schedule.

Thanks!!!

If U feel more comfortable and confident when U apply in R2,then go-ahead...And,If there is no much difference in your profile in R2 than R1,then it is advisable to apply in R1...:D

Hello there!!

I have an exp. of 5 yrs with 2 MNCs in Automation n Control Industry. First employer MNC was a campus recruitment.
I have decent Acads with 84 % in SSC, HSC and 75 % in BE.

How does my profile look as to chances in ISB? I guess a different industry may add value as compared to a beaten to death IT exp.
Also, Should I apply in R1 or an R2 application be treated equally? Asking cos R1 seems to be a little tight on time owing to my loaded work schedule.

Thanks!!!

Hi All ,

Here is another Mortal targeting ISB next year. Planning to give GMAT in July-August. If I get a good score , would apply for first round.

Profile:

10th: 89%
12th:83%
B.Tech: 7.8/10 CGPA

Work Ex: 38 Months in IT industry ( would be 50 months If I join ISB next year )

Can any one suggest what kind of GMAT score I should target for ?

Hi puys,

Please find below the e book version of Arun Sharma, hope it helps:

How To Prepare For Qt Apt For Cat 2E - Google Books

kushthevocal

Thanks for the link its a great help i appriciate it...

-sandy

Hi,
I have some of the pdf books with me. I will share them soon. Meanwhile can I get Kaplan Study Guide for Verbal.


Anybody in Bangalore can join me for group study BTW.

Hey Reviliant,

Varun here from Bangalore.

Have you joined any coaching center? And what books are you referring?

hi puys..

i am planning to give my gmat by june this yr and apply in the first round (if i get a decent score)..
I'm a mech engineer with a 2 yrs work ex on the shop floor of an automobile mfg company.
i have arun sharma n kaplan..n a couple of CDs with some tests loaded in them (plz pardon my computer-related terminology...most mechies are pretty bad in this).. wt else can i refer to?

n wt exactly is meant by a 'good profile'??

Hi puys,

Please find below the e book version of Arun Sharma, hope it helps:

How To Prepare For Qt Apt For Cat 2E - Google Books

Amit, OG = The Official Guides for GMAT

About your experience.. I think minimum prefered exp is 2 years for ISB, but I guess by the time you will apply you will complete 2 yers exp... in that case you will need GMAT score above 720 ...

hope this helps..

Thanks,
- Sandy

Hi All,

This is Siddharth here I'm planning to appear in the month of May end of June 1st week(hoping to score around 740) and targeting mid term of 2012.

About me!!
Work Exp : 3 years.
Industry : IT.
Domain : Finance.
Education : B.E.

Thanks
Sid

Sandy,

I do not think Arun Sharma's quant book has got an e copy published.Anyways the book is not as costly as the OG and manhattan books.should cost you arnd 400 bucks.


Thanks
Sandy

cool I will buy it... thanks for the info sandy...

Hey

Can anyone send me SC grail and RC99. Thanks in advance.

sandy_itshot Says

Any one have arun sharma's soft copy... ??? please share...!!

Sandy,

I do not think Arun Sharma's quant book has got an e copy published.Anyways the book is not as costly as the OG and manhattan books.should cost you arnd 400 bucks.


Thanks
Sandy

I read somewhere that RC plays a crucial part in better score in verbal and is often ignored. In GMAT, a string of errors lead to less score. So if RC passage is not understood, that means we miss 4 to 5 question one shot.

Any one have arun sharma's soft copy... ??? please share...!!

Hi All,

Good to see a forum like this to share the info.. My GMAT score was 650. Planning to give back and improve my score. Kindly suggest some good material on Sentence Correction.

what about the RC part??. og 12 was easy. accuracy was gud. then i started rc 99. few starting passages -ok. but now as i am progressing the accuracy has come to half compared to og. any body having the similar experiences or i am reading rc in sleep

yes agreed, but I have exhausted all BASIC material which people r still discussing out here- including 6 manhattan cat's in attempt 1.
BAsic material includes :
1>5 manhattan math guides
2>kaplan 800
3>og 12/green supplement (done twice)
4>123 tough problems which I posted here few pages back
5>some topics from kc sinha(p&c; and progressions)
6>many questions on BTG forums.
rushed through all these in less than 40 days therefor could manage only a 47:(. However I was not shocked. As my practice scores were similar. So i Need more practice.

And I have a stellar memory, so I cant redo the questions I already did, no use.

So I am in desperate need of heavy quant material.

I have saved GMAT club tests for the fag end once i reach the 49-50 level.
I will also buy gmat hacks extreme challenge in June(25$ for some 100 solid questions).


So I am ordering Arun Sharma for April quant schedule today ? I hope u people agree ?

that explains!! a stellar memory- can cost you sometimes if you had a memory like mine, everything would be new to you if left untouched for a month....he he he and sometimes a week. I start on a clean slate..everytime ha ha ha ha



Sandy

Hey ab1uno,

If you look at the admission statistics for last year 56 % of the students scored between 700 and 740 in GMAT. Considering that your profile is already a differentiator for you, in my opinion you should be OK if you hit this range.

Keep in mind that GMAT is only one of several selection criteria. Mostly it is used to filter applicants out. So be sure to be on the right side of the GMAT curve with a good score and the rest will depend on the quality of the remaining parts of your application.

Best of Luck !!!
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pyarapopat

Hey Gullubadshah,

Thanks 4 d reply!! Wat I specifically wanted 2 kno is Hw bright are my chances 4 an ISB convert?:lookround:

Hey ab1uno,

If you look at the admission statistics for last year 56 % of the students scored between 700 and 740 in GMAT. Considering that your profile is already a differentiator for you, in my opinion you should be OK if you hit this range.

Keep in mind that GMAT is only one of several selection criteria. Mostly it is used to filter applicants out. So be sure to be on the right side of the GMAT curve with a good score and the rest will depend on the quality of the remaining parts of your application.

Best of Luck !!!
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http://pyarapopat.wordpress.com

Hey Kinjal...

Have sent u a PM with my email id...Pls do send me the material (SC Grail and RC 99) also....

Thx a ton...
Cheers.
Vivek

Hi Fellow Future ISBians,

I have been going through the contents of this thread for past 1-2 days (as a part of my research strategy for GMAT , requirements gathering in IT terms )

I am planning to appear for GMAT in aug or sep 2011 and would apply for R2 admissions in ISB. Must say i have got the exhaustive list of prep material from the posts , the only thing left now is to chalk out a plan and start studying :cheerio:

My Profile goes something like this -:
2008 Passout ( B.tech ECE)
Working in a topmost Indian IT MNC for past 33 months
Not so good EC
Average SW activities
Targetting 730-750 in GMAT considering i am one of those s/w engineers hoarding to get into ISB.

Subscribing to this Thread for more updates.
Looking forward to benefit from your ssuggestions and pitch in with some of mine too :lookround:

Thanks

Hi,

I am Rashid Khan from Bangalore and have just started with the GMAT preps.Please help me with the application date for ISB.

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/international-indian-mba-schools-accepting/54512-abroad-b-school-deadlines-2011-a.html

Here you can find lot of deadlines for different B-schools....

Hi Ayan hre, Planning to take my GMAT during May-June 2011 for ISB R1/ R2 admissions. This will be my 1st attempt at GMAT. I've started with OG 12th Edition and solved on an average 40+ ques. from all the sections. I've also taken a 800Score Math Ability test where I score 29.

My current Profile:

A Quality Engineer in BHEL with 3years of Exp. Previously worked with WIPRO Technologies for 2 months. Total 38 Months of Exp. till date. Till August 2012 my Exp will be 56 months.

Guys, please help me out with the preparation strategies. Thanks in advance!!:thumbsup:

Hi Puys,
My profile is of a Quality Engineer and Business Excellence Executive at BHEL, a premier Navratna PSU. I am also a CII certified Business Excellence Assessor based on EFQM Excellence Model. My Experience till date is of 38 Months. I also have 2 months of experience as a project engineer in WIPRO Technologies. I secured and retained top rank in 6 out of 8 semesters at my Engineering College.

My secondary and higher secondary acads are not outstanding. I didnt have a strong extra-curricular profile during schooling. Though during my Engineering days, I took many initiatives such as co-founding the official science club of our college, actively participating in National Service Scheme N.S.S and presenting various papers at National level software exhibition held at our college.

At my workplace, Ive represented my company at 35th AIMA-BOSCH National Competition for Young Managers (NCYM) at Southern regional at Chennai and presented a paper on management challenges faced by India Inc. Ive participated and have won several prizes in debate, Essay Writing, poetry and recitation for 3 consecutive years during Hindi Divas celebrations at BHEL.



I am planning to take my GMAT during Jun-July 2011. Im planning to apply to ISB during R1. Ive started my preparations 15 days ago with OG. What is the score that I should target so as to get through ISB? Frankly, what are my chances this year to get into ISB? Please suggest/ advice any improvements needed in my profile and also what should be my strategy for a 700+ in GMAT?


Thanks in advance.

Totally agree with Kushthevocal.ARun sharma is a reallly fantastic book.

hey bblast dont get into the rut of referring too many materials(an unsolicited suggestion though).I think having a good command over a limited resource is better than spanning your attention over a plethora of resources

what do you think?


Sandy

yes agreed, but I have exhausted all BASIC material which people r still discussing out here- including 6 manhattan cat's in attempt 1.
BAsic material includes :
1>5 manhattan math guides
2>kaplan 800
3>og 12/green supplement (done twice)
4>123 tough problems which I posted here few pages back
5>some topics from kc sinha(p&c; and progressions)
6>many questions on BTG forums.
rushed through all these in less than 40 days therefor could manage only a 47:(. However I was not shocked. As my practice scores were similar. So i Need more practice.

And I have a stellar memory, so I cant redo the questions I already did, no use.

So I am in desperate need of heavy quant material.

I have saved GMAT club tests for the fag end once i reach the 49-50 level.
I will also buy gmat hacks extreme challenge in June(25$ for some 100 solid questions).


So I am ordering Arun Sharma for April quant schedule today ? I hope u people agree ?

Hey Ayan,

Great to see that your preparations are already underway, and best of luck for the test. Are you planning on starting with Mock GMATs for practice anytime soon ?

I would be giving GMAT in June, and would really like to know how various mock GMATs stack up as far as performance prediction goes.

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pyarapopat

Hey, I have not taken any mock GMAT as of now... I am just concentrating on finishing my OG first.

Hi,

I am Rashid Khan from Bangalore and have just started with the GMAT preps.Please help me with the application date for ISB.

Dude,

Google out ISB hyderabad and then go through the ISB website.you will find the details you need.

Sandy

all 99 percentilers in CAT quant suggest Arun Sharma... point is if you solve LOD 2 questions... you are only slightly going above the GMAT level.. which is perfect because then your problem solving ability reaches a level where in you can do a average in CAT i.e. a 95 percentile but very good in GMAT i.e a 50,51 And you don't need to solve the entire book... choose relevant topics corresponding to Kaplan premier, like progressions is not at all an imp topic in GMAT so you skip that

The biggest advantage with arun sharma is the theory and certain shortcuts and concepts in solved examples prove very beneficial....my quant sucked but with arun sharma i performed decent well in CAT when i only studied 2 chapters, one of which was numbers where I felt extremely confident after I had solved that chapter from Arun Sharma

Totally agree with Kushthevocal.ARun sharma is a reallly fantastic book.

hey bblast dont get into the rut of referring too many materials(an unsolicited suggestion though).I think having a good command over a limited resource is better than spanning your attention over a plethora of resources

what do you think?


Sandy

Hi,

I am Rashid Khan from Bangalore and have just started with the GMAT preps.Please help me with the application date for ISB.

Hi Puys

My profile below, looking at the gentry on the forum now... I think i will have a very hard time, will need a very high GMAT for Adcom to consider... but will appreciate feedback on the below:


Work Exp - 1.5+ yrs, consumer products (Nickelodeon and MTV) at Viacom 18 . While applying, would complete around 2.25 yrs and will have 3 yrs of work ex when the course begins
GMAT - 24th May
Acads - Average nd less (10th- 88.4, 12th- 72.8, Grad- 7.0 CGPA, Bachelor of Fashion Technology)
ECs - Good. Have been national level orator in school, college; part of sponsorship committee in college etc
Recommendations: Planning to take it from my SVP, have worked with him closely

ank u've confused me now.

which is better for a little higher level on the gmat side?????i am already at quant level 47(cat's nd actual gmat-1)
as or arihant ?


issue is that i've heard arun sharma's name in context for gmat prep,,,LOD 1,2 blah blah,


solving other cat books might get people into unnecessary concepts not tested on the gmat

need to get upto 50.

all 99 percentilers in CAT quant suggest Arun Sharma... point is if you solve LOD 2 questions... you are only slightly going above the GMAT level.. which is perfect because then your problem solving ability reaches a level where in you can do a average in CAT i.e. a 95 percentile but very good in GMAT i.e a 50,51 And you don't need to solve the entire book... choose relevant topics corresponding to Kaplan premier, like progressions is not at all an imp topic in GMAT so you skip that

The biggest advantage with arun sharma is the theory and certain shortcuts and concepts in solved examples prove very beneficial....my quant sucked but with arun sharma i performed decent well in CAT when i only studied 2 chapters, one of which was numbers where I felt extremely confident after I had solved that chapter from Arun Sharma

he he, no probs mate,


Anybody else wana give inputs on AS versus arihant for higher level quant prep ?

ank u've confused me now.

which is better for a little higher level on the gmat side?????i am already at quant level 47(cat's nd actual gmat-1)
as or arihant ?


issue is that i've heard arun sharma's name in context for gmat prep,,,LOD 1,2 blah blah,


solving other cat books might get people into unnecessary concepts not tested on the gmat

need to get upto 50.

sorry my intention was not to confuse u dude

prob with as is as i earlier said that it does not have all ques solved

as u r on 47 if u take up a lod3 prob n got stuck then there will be no help from the author:oops:

though i had used both during my cat prep i found quantum better than as:cheerio:

it was just a suggestion if u find as better than sarvesh go for as only as u have to write gmat not me

gud luck dude.:thumbsup:

u can also try quantum cat by sarvesh kumar verma (arihant prakashan):thumbsup:

prob with as is that some ans r wrong n all ques dont have exp.

ank u've confused me now.

which is better for a little higher level on the gmat side?????i am already at quant level 47(cat's nd actual gmat-1)
as or arihant ?


issue is that i've heard arun sharma's name in context for gmat prep,,,LOD 1,2 blah blah,


solving other cat books might get people into unnecessary concepts not tested on the gmat

need to get upto 50.

Gotcha, 2nd one is old edition (second)


1st one is 3rd edition,,will order it right now, (saw thew picture closely and figured the edition numbers)


Need some desi Indian maths book to strengthen quant to 50-51. Enough mgmat guides and other stuff,

u can also try quantum cat by sarvesh kumar verma (arihant prakashan):thumbsup:

prob with as is that some ans r wrong n all ques dont have exp.

Gotcha, 2nd one is old edition (second)


1st one is 3rd edition,,will order it right now, (saw thew picture closely and figured the edition numbers)


Need some desi Indian maths book to strengthen quant to 50-51. Enough mgmat guides and other stuff,

which is the arun sharma maths book which people usually refer ?


is this the book?


Flipkart.com: How To Prepare For Quantitative Aptitude For The CAT: Arun Sharma (9780070703421)

or this ?

Flipkart.com: How To Prepare For Quantitative Aptitude For CAT: Sharma (9780070619937)


which of these is the newer edition ?

I have the 2nd one and I bought it in 2008

Hi Sandy,

thanks. I had registered for MGMAT site using the book code (if you have bought any of their book). Iam not sure if the excel is part of free registration. You can try it. GMAT Course, GMAT Prep - Manhattan GMAT

If you are not able to get it, PM your email ID. i will forward it to u.

Sam,

I have bought a book but havent registered yet.let me register and find out.if i am still not able to locate it, i shall PM you.


Thanks for the help
Sandy

Hi Sam,

you experience will definitely be your plus point while you apply.Thanks for the suggestions.
can you please post the exact URL of the error log excel,coz i searched it for long and couldnt find it.

Thanks
Sandy

Hi Sandy,

thanks. I had registered for MGMAT site using the book code (if you have bought any of their book). Iam not sure if the excel is part of free registration. You can try it. GMAT Course, GMAT Prep - Manhattan GMAT

If you are not able to get it, PM your email ID. i will forward it to u.