GMAT Strategy

Hi everyone

I've been struggling alot the past 5 months. I hadn't thought about business school as an option until dec 09 when a friend who's a student at NYU Stern talked to me alot about business school and encouraged me to go (I work full time as a social media consultant for a charity and used to work as a journalist)

I spoke to some others who also encouraged me to go for it, and was especially encouraged by a friend who heads up social media strategies for High profile companies. I thought my decision was made so I bought test prep books, booked a test date and even booked myself in for a Veritas course...

I started studying at my own pace which was going reasonably well...but then I started the Veritas course

In a nut shell - i studied for 4 months...as the course progressed I felt more and more frustrated with my inability to understand the material. I have a degree in English and the verbal was tough for me - and the Quant just became unbearable.
The whole process just made me feel awful about my abilities...and I felt confused about why i was considering business school at all

I stopped studying, stopped going to classes, became physically ill with stress. I started to ask my GMAT teacher about how much math is involved in business school...and that basically ended it for me. He told me I would struggle with material in school in business school if i was struggling with the GMAT - and I don't want to be someone who barely passes who barely gets accepted.

I knew I wouldn't enjoy a process that would regularly make me feel inadequate.

Also I completely didn't relate to anyone in the classes, felt confused why I was there (especially as I don't want to change careers)

So I've decided to stop where I am...not take the GMAT or apply for business school. Although I regret that I ever considered business school ( i also went to plenty of information sessions and did research) I do feel a bit relieved...but am finding it hard to completely relax. I decided I just need to change jobs and look for graduate programmes that I will genuinely enjoy and ones that I will do well in.

Does anyone else relate to my situation?

hassan

its very difficult to find someone who can relate with you in forum whose name itself is beat the gmat
and you are the guy who has been accepted to be beaten by gmat

Dude common every year 2 lakh people give gmat .and in that crowd everyone is not math genious .every b school profile if you see a major portion is formed by graduate who have nothing to do with maths in their undergrad
think and think you are just going to curse yourself by letting a very learnable eam as GMAT got victory over you
its wron and you should have joined this forum and people out here would have helped you
this forum is much better than any prep class
dude if i was in your position i would never have given hope and talk like a person who is giving away his dream just because of stupid quant and verbal.
i dont know what to say would just hope you will join a job and give yourself anoder 2 month and one more gmat attemp
we are there dude
dont let this happen to you