Just wondering - I may have a job lined up that will require a great deal of North American travel... 5-6 days per week. But at the same time I don't want my GMAT studies to take a hit either - and given how Saturdays will pretty much be the only full free day I get to study, how do you guys in the management consulting field who are currently studying for the GMAT find time to do so? Especially after putting in 12-14 hour days where you basically have no other time during the week other than to sleep + work.
I'm in Management Consulting and prepped for my GMAT from Feb to June. I was lucky that in all of that time I didn't do much travel, just had the typical 10-12 hour day.
I guess it depends on how much you want it really. I scored 540 on my GMAT first time round and knew that if I didn't do it this year then I might as well forget about it. So I put everything in to it and forgot about everything else, it became my sole obsession. It helps that I have an understanding wife!
The only way you will get a decent score is if you do 2 hours at least each night on the weekday and a few more hours on the weekend with a practice test if possible. I used to do 2 hours a night Mon-Thur, up to 5 hours on a Saturday and a practice test on the Sunday. You have to be disciplined and innovative. Come what may you need to set aside 2 hours every week night else, unless you're a genius, it's unlikely you will hit 700.
You probably think that's not much help but my main message is if you want it badly enough you have to make the time!
