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Jyothi, What was your answer to

1.Why MBA?
2.What are your Career Goals?
3.How will an ISB degree help you achieve them?
4.What are your short and long term career goals?
5.What was your GMAT score?
6.Will you sit for placements?

by skprocks

Sun Dec 12, 2010 3:27 pm
Forum: MBA Student Life
Topic: Ask Jyothi how she got into ISB
Replies: 32
Views: 20194

Hi Skprocks, Can you shed more light on your discussions with Payal and Brent regarding your preparation strategy. My exam is in a few weeks and my current score is hovering in the 680-710 region (Q: 48-50; V: 35-38). I would like to cross the magical 700 barrier like you and understand what I can ...

by skprocks

Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:20 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 710 (QA:48,VA 38)
Replies: 10
Views: 3615

Profile Evaluation

GMAT : 710 (48 QA;38 VA);AWA:5.5
Work Ex:28Months by March 2011
Industry: Software Development/Change Management for Wells Fargo Bank
Target Schools:

ISB
NUS
University Of Virginia
HBS
Nanyang
University Of Maryland
McCombs

Please respond soon.

by skprocks

Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:19 pm
Forum: Ask an MBA Admissions Consultant
Topic: Profile Evaluation
Replies: 1
Views: 1140

Got my AWA two days back,Its 5.5 and mentioned as 77% ile :(

by skprocks

Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:02 pm
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 710 (QA:48,VA 38)
Replies: 10
Views: 3615

thanks for the prompt reply, so all your tests are gmat prep tests, you did not take test from any other prep company?
Sorry I missed that One,all the tests are MGMAT ones,except those that have been marked as GMATPrep I/II.

by skprocks

Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:47 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 710 (QA:48,VA 38)
Replies: 10
Views: 3615

gb wrote:Congrats!!!

You have a decent score, so no point in retaking the test. Just focus on your SOP now.

All the best.

Cheers,
gb
Thanks mate.Could you help me with targeting reasonable colleges?

Regards,
skprocks

by skprocks

Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:57 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 710 (QA:48,VA 38)
Replies: 10
Views: 3615

Congrats mats, glad you broke the 700 barrier. It would be great if you could elaborate on your quant prep, and also what mock tests did you take? took them with awa? Thanks buddy :) I took each test with the awa,except the second attempt at GMAT Prep II.Quant prep,was mostly about OG,and the Offic...

by skprocks

Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:56 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 710 (QA:48,VA 38)
Replies: 10
Views: 3615

710 (QA:48,VA 38)

Hi Guys!!! Thanks to you all.I took my GMAT today morning and scored 92 percentile overall.QA : 83Percentile and VA : 82Percentile. I was really stumped by the kind of questions in the Verbal Section.Dude it was not easy.Quant seemed to be OK. But as many have reported,it seemed to me as if a slew o...

by skprocks

Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:25 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 710 (QA:48,VA 38)
Replies: 10
Views: 3615

I am posting my analysis,do give your feedback :) Surveys are a vital tool used to gauge market sentiment.Like other industries Construction industry also relies on surveys to forecast their annual and quarterly growth.But Construction industry is cyclical in nature and small events could lead to m...

by skprocks

Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:50 pm
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: GMAT next Sat, please review my essay
Replies: 2
Views: 1717

This analysis of an argument is truly well written.In terms of the Introduction and the second paragraph everything is OK. However,there is scope for improvement in the remaining analysis.The assumptions need more elaboration.Probably you were tired by the time you reached the penultimate paragraph,...

by skprocks

Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:17 pm
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: GMAT next Sat, please review my essay
Replies: 2
Views: 1717

Please help with this CAT Problem

Set S contains seven distinct integers. The median of set S is the integer m, and all values in set S are equal to or less than 2m. What is the highest possible average (arithmetic mean) of all values in set S ? m 10m/7 10m/7 – 9/7 5m/7 + 3/7 5m OA: C Please explain.I got it later,Distinct is the ...

by skprocks

Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:44 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Please help with this CAT Problem
Replies: 4
Views: 1954

GMAT Prep 2 SC

There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing. (A) There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance...

by skprocks

Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:16 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: GMAT Prep 2 SC
Replies: 3
Views: 1306

There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing. (A) There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstanc...

by skprocks

Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:15 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Monkfish
Replies: 27
Views: 16247

Why is E incorrect?Is it because of THEY? And is it wrong to use had they way it has been used in E? I feel like use of HAD is correct as it refers to an event in past that occured before the exports of 1980 The United States is a singular,so all pronouns referring to it shall be singular.Use of th...

by skprocks

Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:13 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Confused over HAD
Replies: 3
Views: 3131

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists for their discovery that plastic can be made electrically conductive—an advance that has led to improvements in film, television screens, and windows. (A) that plastic can be made electrically conductive—an advance that has led (B) th...

by skprocks

Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:02 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The Nobel Prize in chemistry
Replies: 10
Views: 3684