I just Beat The GMAT!

Congrats archie on such a great score. Can you please share your experience regarding the SC and CR questions you saw on the GMAT ? How close were they as compared to the questions in the OGs ?

megadeth wrote:Congrats archie on such a great score. Can you please share your experience regarding the SC and CR questions you saw on the GMAT ? How close were they as compared to the questions in the OGs ?

I guess everybody's busy these days holidaying. I have not taken the GMAT .am just a fellow test taker but from what I have read on the forums here the questions in the OG are mostly in the 500-700 category on the GMAT in SC and CR. The difficult questions are towards the end of the SC and CR sections in the OG. So I think that the questions are not very representative, but there's a great amount of learning which can be done from those questions.

megadeth wrote:Congrats archie on such a great score. Can you please share your experience regarding the SC and CR questions you saw on the GMAT ? How close were they as compared to the questions in the OGs ?

I guess empirestateofmind has pretty much echoed what I had to say on this .

archimittal wrote:

megadeth wrote:Congrats archie on such a great score. Can you please share your experience regarding the SC and CR questions you saw on the GMAT ? How close were they as compared to the questions in the OGs ?

I guess empirestateofmind has pretty much echoed what I had to say on this .

any successful apps ?

I have an admit from Rotman and UIUC(with a good scholarship). What is interesting is that I have performed well on the CAT and have got interview calls from a couple of Indian business schools as well. I was not even thinking that I would do well given the fact that the last two years I didn't do very well. II will be considering these options first but then there are grueling interviews to take care of! If I don't make through any Indian schools so will be going to UIUC

archimittal wrote:I have an admit from Rotman and UIUC(with a good scholarship). What is interesting is that I have performed well on the CAT and have got interview calls from a couple of Indian business schools as well. I was not even thinking that I would do well given the fact that the last two years I didn't do very well. II will be considering these options first but then there are grueling interviews to take care of! If I don't make through any Indian schools so will be going to UIUC

Whoa !Congratulations archie. From which colleges through CAT did you get interview calls from ?

It seems like some people get everything and some others struggle for even one thing. Archie is a case in point for the first part and probably I for the second part! Congrats Archie!

Empirestateofmind wrote:It seems like some people get everything and some others struggle for even one thing. Archie is a case in point for the first part and probably I for the second part! Congrats Archie!

Hehe. Just must up some courage and be determined and you would also come in the first category.

archimittal wrote:I have an admit from Rotman and UIUC(with a good scholarship). What is interesting is that I have performed well on the CAT and have got interview calls from a couple of Indian business schools as well. I was not even thinking that I would do well given the fact that the last two years I didn't do very well. II will be considering these options first but then there are grueling interviews to take care of! If I don't make through any Indian schools so will be going to UIUC

That's great news. There would be really few people who would be so fortunate to get admits from phoren business schools as well as the desi ones. But I am assuming that UIUC and Rotman would have kept a deadline for the submission of the initial deposit, right ?And usually indian business schools dont release their results till April, so what will you do ?

punewarrior wrote: That's great news. There would be really few people who would be so fortunate to get admits from phoren business schools as well as the desi ones. But I am assuming that UIUC and Rotman would have kept a deadline for the submission of the initial deposit, right ?And usually indian business schools dont release their results till April, so what will you do ?

Rightly said. I just wonder when I'd be able to move beyond the first hurdle-the GMAT. Seems like it's time to stop being a lazy bum and get my act together.

punewarrior wrote: That's great news. There would be really few people who would be so fortunate to get admits from phoren business schools as well as the desi ones. But I am assuming that UIUC and Rotman would have kept a deadline for the submission of the initial deposit, right ?And usually indian business schools dont release their results till April, so what will you do ?

I'm going to pay the initial deposit either to UIUC/Rotman by the end of this week. It's around $1000 which is not a big amount. At least that will secure my admission and i can be sure that I'm going for an MBA somewhere or the other. After that once the indian business schools release their results, I can decide finally where I want to go.

I have my GMAT coming in two days and following your advice to relax completely. Hopefully I should land up with your score!

gmatsamurai07 wrote:I have my GMAT coming in two days and following your advice to relax completely. Hopefully I should land up with your score!

How did the GMAT go ?

punewarrior wrote:

gmatsamurai07 wrote:I have my GMAT coming in two days and following your advice to relax completely. Hopefully I should land up with your score!

How did the GMAT go ?

I did not perform well on my first attempt and that's why I did not put a debrief here. I became quite anxious during the test. I have booked my slot for 11th May now and hopefully I should do better this time . Fingers crossed!

Hi ! Congrats for a spectacular score . What after that ? Where have you got admission ? I am B.Sc. ( Botany , Zoology , Chemistry ) & M.A ( History ). Have not done Math post matric . English is good but I do not know the level required for GMAT's English . Please guide me how should I begin & what should be my strategy for both the sections .

Warm regards !