I am in the process of framing a very long term plan to tackle GMAT.
I will be taking GMAT only in 2013/14 time period.
The reason for that being
1. Due to work-life schedule cant spent more than an hour ,5 days a week
2. I am just an average guy in terms of skills so, I need to significantly improve upon myself to reach the ambitious but no-compromise target which I have set (750+)
3. Want to do it in one go, no more 2nd attempt
To give a short background of myself.
I have been working for the past 8 years as software engineer doing all sorts of roles from developer, tester, researcher, project lead and manager. The way my career is evolving I feel my capabilities grossly underutilized. I believe that a 2nd PG degree in form MBA will open up a host new options for me to explore and test the limits.
Started off with GMAT verbal review OG. For CR, RC strike rate is around 70% now. SC i started with PowerScore SC bible building the fundamentals. Quant's i don't like much, but probably I can manage because of my engineering background.
By the end of 2012 i plan to enrol myself for some good online course like veritas prep or so just before the final lap.
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Hi nskandan,
Great to hear that you are planning for a big fight. Since you are aiming for top schools then a score above 700 is desirable. However GMAT alone won't determine your chances of admission; beyond the academics will also help you in determining your candidature and your work experience plays a vital role as well. In general most of the Indian applicants are from engineering background with a good 4-5 years of work experience.
Apart from this we know that you are working guy and juggling between work and studies is tough so you need to define a significant time for your GMAT preparation. Sometimes taking few days off work for preparing for the GMAT can help a person tremendously. As you have time so this may not be a bad idea. Take practice GMAT tests to see how you are doing. What might work instead is to set aside 1-2 hours at night on weekdays and major part of your weekend to study and prepare for GMAT- in this case we will suggest a good 2-3 months preparation.
Great to hear that you are planning for a big fight. Since you are aiming for top schools then a score above 700 is desirable. However GMAT alone won't determine your chances of admission; beyond the academics will also help you in determining your candidature and your work experience plays a vital role as well. In general most of the Indian applicants are from engineering background with a good 4-5 years of work experience.
Apart from this we know that you are working guy and juggling between work and studies is tough so you need to define a significant time for your GMAT preparation. Sometimes taking few days off work for preparing for the GMAT can help a person tremendously. As you have time so this may not be a bad idea. Take practice GMAT tests to see how you are doing. What might work instead is to set aside 1-2 hours at night on weekdays and major part of your weekend to study and prepare for GMAT- in this case we will suggest a good 2-3 months preparation.
