I posted this in my blog, but thought I'd share it here in case it could help anyone else.
After I graduate November, I want to attend graduate school starting in January. . I signed up to take the GMAT and didn't study. Why? I've always been the type of person who really never had to study for anything. I coasted through high school and most of college and without having a hard core study session. I even scored a 26 on the ACT and a 1500 on the SAT. I'm not saying that I'm super smart, I just do enough to get by. I often settled for an average score at best.
About a week before the GMAT, I decided that I needed to look at the Offical Study Guide I bought in order to get a feel for the test. I looked at the book and took the practice test that I downloaded when I paid for the test.I scored a 480. OK I thought, I only need a 560 to get into my school of choice so if I brush up on my basic reading and math skills I should be OK. I took the test going in with full confidence that I would just "coast by" and failed miserably. How could this happen? I told my dad and my husband about it and they both asked the same question, "How long did you study"? I told them my answer and even though they sympathized with me , they both scolded me for my lack of study skills.
Yesterday, after much thought I figure I'm going to give this a real effort. I am going to study. I even have a study schedule in place:
Review - 1 week
Quantitative (math) - 3 weeks
Sentence Correction - 2 weeks
Critical Reasoning - 1 week
Reading Comprehension - 1 week
Review - 1 week
That gives me 9 full weeks to study
My goal is to score as close to a 700 as possible. (Which may not happen, but a goal is set)
This very humbling experience has taught me two lessons:
1-I cannot just get by anymore, if I really wanted somehthing, I have to do something about it.
2-Why am I settling for average when I'm so much more.
After I graduate November, I want to attend graduate school starting in January. . I signed up to take the GMAT and didn't study. Why? I've always been the type of person who really never had to study for anything. I coasted through high school and most of college and without having a hard core study session. I even scored a 26 on the ACT and a 1500 on the SAT. I'm not saying that I'm super smart, I just do enough to get by. I often settled for an average score at best.
About a week before the GMAT, I decided that I needed to look at the Offical Study Guide I bought in order to get a feel for the test. I looked at the book and took the practice test that I downloaded when I paid for the test.I scored a 480. OK I thought, I only need a 560 to get into my school of choice so if I brush up on my basic reading and math skills I should be OK. I took the test going in with full confidence that I would just "coast by" and failed miserably. How could this happen? I told my dad and my husband about it and they both asked the same question, "How long did you study"? I told them my answer and even though they sympathized with me , they both scolded me for my lack of study skills.
Yesterday, after much thought I figure I'm going to give this a real effort. I am going to study. I even have a study schedule in place:
Review - 1 week
Quantitative (math) - 3 weeks
Sentence Correction - 2 weeks
Critical Reasoning - 1 week
Reading Comprehension - 1 week
Review - 1 week
That gives me 9 full weeks to study
My goal is to score as close to a 700 as possible. (Which may not happen, but a goal is set)
This very humbling experience has taught me two lessons:
1-I cannot just get by anymore, if I really wanted somehthing, I have to do something about it.
2-Why am I settling for average when I'm so much more.
