Bravo my friend!! An exalting performance! You keep us motivated!! Thanks a ton!

Very well written piece of advice - no wonder, you got 6.0 in AWA Well I almost agree with you everything you have written, I feel that reading a lot of material might confuse us more. Like you said, reading the correct material is very important. What say?

Thanks for the post and all the best.

Congratulations on a brilliant score. I really admire you for writing the GMAT 3 times at the age of 44. Not many would do it.

I also want to say, as a fellow Indian, I'm thrilled that you were part of the Indian Army. Thank you for doing that for us, we are eternally grateful.

Also, lovely debrief, lots of great tips. I'm at the beginning of my prep at the moment, I don't think I have it in me to take the test so many times, so I really hope I ace it the first time!

Best of luck for your applications.

Thanks for your kind words Mridula. It's a pleasure being a soldier & that too with one of the finest armies of the world. I greatly admire your respect for a soldier. Do remember me for any advice. I wish you all the best for your GMAT journey and pray that you succeed the first time....the greatest thing for success with GMAT is self belief...am sure you have it in tons! God bless you!

Dear All,
Somebody PM'd me for a technique to improve accuracy in RC. My thoughts on the subject:-

It's a tough call! Improvement in RC is the hardest thing to do for most of us.....but the good news is it's doable. I strongly recommend the Powerscore RC Bible for strategy....it can be ordered on www.flipcart.com from where it will be delivered for free at your home add. Thereafter, do RC 99 & RC 1000, not to forget the RC in OGs & OG Verbal Supplements. After a while, you will start seeing a pattern in the answers....may not be as easy as I'm saying...but by practicing on these books you will gain immense experience and confidence. It may sound little odd, but you should practice again on RC 1000, time permitting, to cement your intuition on the official answers.

Moreover, get into the habit of taking notes, if you are not already doing so. That would force you to digest the material you are reading. It may be time consuming initially, but you'll get used to taking only short & crisp notes, which will improve your accuracy in the long run....never mind if you take long initially. You may not even need to take notes once you have mastered the technique. This is the best/the most proven technique recommended by the experts in the field. Don't let frustration rule your mind though, as you may not show improvement initially....you definitely will,in the long term....persistence pays. All the best for your preps!

Some more good news...just got an invite for an interview to ISB Hyderabad! More may follow as the apps deadlines are not yet over for the others.

Wish you all the best. Let us know how it goes... I am sure you going to rock

The interview went off beautifully as I was fully prepared for any question! The adcoms were extremely pleased(apparently!). I'm quite positive & upbeat about the outcome. The result will be out in Nov.

Colonel ... Congratulations
Wish you the best for Apps.
I can certainly draw inspiration from your experience. I am 33 ... lol ... so not too old
Colonel given the tight schedule of Army what was your hourly average per day of studying.
Did you maintained the same rhythm over the weekend as well.

Thanks,
Deependra

Hi

Do you still have that library with you......hard work...excellent motivation..

Great debrief

congo

chaw

I am so elated to hear from the Colonel.

Being from a services family myself, i can tell you this that our man would have had anything but time on his side.

But the Hepter pilot knows his north & watches his six !


Kudos to you Col.Parmar.

You can take the man out of the Army, But you cannot take the Army out of the man

Bravo !

I salute you sir,
(May be I am little late to respond)
This is inspiring & I've added this to my favorites.
You said "Getting started" which applies to me (you are already.. ), I started couple of weeks before,
As me too a working professional, I know how difficult it is to handle both that to without losing patience.
Fortunately I am working in Pune, Do you have any of this material with you,sir?
Once again congrats,
& thank you for such an inspirational post,
Jai Hind.

Dear Sir,

Thank you so very much for this inspiring post. This post could not have come at a beter time this as I too the GMAT (rather fool hardily with not prep at all) and got a score of 450. I took the test because I had a deadline to fill for IIMA. So knowing fully that I was not prepared went ahead and took it. And now was contemplating that what next. But your story has powered me all back again and now I am going to set up my regimen back on track as suggested by you.

Thank you once again for the inspiring and more importantly a realist's post. Capt Ajay

Thank you all of you!

Hi everybody! I'm happy to announce that I have been shortlisted for an interview at IIM Ahmedabad for their much coveted and highly competitive PGPX Course at their pristine & Louis Kahn designed campus on 22 Sep 11.