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So finally, one and a half years after my GMAT debrief, my B-School application journey has ended with an acceptance to the Class of 2017 of Columbia Business School - my top choice.

by Gshine

Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:01 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: A Story of Persistence - 740 (3 Years and 3 Attempts)
Replies: 15
Views: 13924

What a great brief! Your post is very helpful to me. I'm a full time employee with very tight schedules everyday. I just finished my first GMAT attempt but the score was pretty bad. I have reviewed my study plan and found that my issues are just as those that you summarised. Now I'm starting to pre...

by Gshine

Wed May 01, 2013 5:09 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: A Story of Persistence - 740 (3 Years and 3 Attempts)
Replies: 15
Views: 13924

Congrats! v38 to 48 is awesome. What material did you use for verbal? Any tips on that? I have already exhausted GMATpreps. Appreciate if you could also talk about tests etc. Appreciate detailed reply! :) For SC I used Aristotle's SC Grail 3rd Edition and MGMAT's SC Guide. The SC Grail is sufficien...

by Gshine

Wed May 01, 2013 4:54 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: A Story of Persistence - 740 (3 Years and 3 Attempts)
Replies: 15
Views: 13924

GMAT Prep 2.0 is the official software from GMAC that you can download on mba.com.

Best,
Gshine

by Gshine

Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:08 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: A Story of Persistence - 740 (3 Years and 3 Attempts)
Replies: 15
Views: 13924

Thanks a lot guys, I really appreciate it! I'm glad that my post proves helpful for you. With regard to the MGMAT Guides, I experienced the same problem: You go through one guide after another and by the end of the 6th guide you have forgotten many things from the 1st guide and once you're through t...

by Gshine

Mon Apr 29, 2013 12:40 pm
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: A Story of Persistence - 740 (3 Years and 3 Attempts)
Replies: 15
Views: 13924

A Story of Persistence - 740 (3 Years and 3 Attempts)

I’ve been a long-time lurker on this forum and always dreamed of writing my own debrief of a successful GMAT attempt to give something back to this community that was so helpful over the course of my studies. The time has finally come: here’s my story. I’m a European non-native English speaker...

by Gshine

Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:35 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: A Story of Persistence - 740 (3 Years and 3 Attempts)
Replies: 15
Views: 13924