Background: Hi I am a Muslim female (family originally from Iran) I was born and brought up in India. Both my parents are uneducated and cannot read or understand English thus there was no real support structure at home when it came to education.. I have studied in India and have always been a average student. I completed my undergraduate in India and then came to Toronto to study further on scholorship. I completed a bachelors and a masters degree from here and have done fairly well (3.6 GPA). My major has been visual arts. However, I have always been working in a business environment and what to pursue a career in it and want to do a MBA.
Problem: I have never been that great at math and reading as there was never any adult to guide or help in this area. Thus I feel I do not have the kind of foundation required to do well of a test like GMAT. If I am given a paper based test I do much better but with the CAT its all the more challenging. I devoted some months to try and brush up my math skills and took the GMAT once and did very poorly. This was in may. After the test I took a break, and now I am planning to give this another shot. I knw I want to do well. I do not have unrealistic expectations. I will be happy with a 600. I have enrolled in the VERITAS class that starts early July and will diligently do all the work required in the class. I also have the OG10 and 11 and will do those too.
Help: Can anyone suggest what is the best way to improve your math and english skills. Do you think what I am planning to do makes sense (class) is there anything else I should be doing. Is there any suggestion to tackle exam anxiety. Please please comment. I am very hardworking and determined, but feel a little lost. Thank you.
Problem: I have never been that great at math and reading as there was never any adult to guide or help in this area. Thus I feel I do not have the kind of foundation required to do well of a test like GMAT. If I am given a paper based test I do much better but with the CAT its all the more challenging. I devoted some months to try and brush up my math skills and took the GMAT once and did very poorly. This was in may. After the test I took a break, and now I am planning to give this another shot. I knw I want to do well. I do not have unrealistic expectations. I will be happy with a 600. I have enrolled in the VERITAS class that starts early July and will diligently do all the work required in the class. I also have the OG10 and 11 and will do those too.
Help: Can anyone suggest what is the best way to improve your math and english skills. Do you think what I am planning to do makes sense (class) is there anything else I should be doing. Is there any suggestion to tackle exam anxiety. Please please comment. I am very hardworking and determined, but feel a little lost. Thank you.
