700 (first attempt 650)

[abhishek_mumbai]

Originally Posted by gotit

Congratulations, Abhi!! 700 is a great score. If LBS is your dream, then go for it. Make your essays and references stand out. As long as you can get an interview, you will have further chances to show them who you are. I would, at the same time, apply for other schools to make sure I would get accepted in one of them.

Do let us know how you progress in your application and get in touch.... maybe we'll meet one day on campus hehehe

My fingers are crossed! I am going to apply few other schools.. I haven't done much research yet but these schools are on my radar. Most of these schools have an average GMAT near to my score..
LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL
Columbia, USA
INSEAD, FRANCE
IE Busiiness School Spain
MIT, USA
Stern school - New york
IESE, SPAIN
IMD, SWITZERLAND
JUDGE INSTITUTE, UNIV. OF CAMBRDIGE
ESade, Spain
SAID, UNI. OF OXFORD
Nayang Business School, Singapore
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands
Lancaster University Management School, UK
HEC Paris, France
Manchester Business School, UK
Warwick Business school, UK
Georgetown University: McDonough
University of Toronto: Rotman, Canada

meet on campus? I am not sure.. I think that would be too much to ask right now? I have not been so much lucky till now..

[12rk34]

That's excellent performance. Quantitative score is amazing. You deserved that. All the best for future.

[780king]

Originally Posted by abhishek_mumbai

I actually didn't do much for quant.. I prepared for CAT (Indian MBA entrance exam) and it had very tough quant.. I also prepared for IIT and I am engineer.. so I have been learning maths since my childhood.. that's why q51 doesn't surprise me but V32 does upsets me..

Abhishek,

I understand your concern...verbal pulled your score down.

I read my question again and realized that it dint come out well...
What I intended to ask was... What were the kind of questions that you got? Inequalities, Abs value, Number theory etc... How was DS?
Also how was quant difficulty compared to GMATprep?

Naveen.

[gotit]

Originally Posted by abhishek_mumbai

My fingers are crossed! I am going to apply few other schools.. I haven't done much research yet but these schools are on my radar. Most of these schools have an average GMAT near to my score..
LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL
Columbia, USA
INSEAD, FRANCE
IE Busiiness School Spain
MIT, USA
Stern school - New york
IESE, SPAIN
IMD, SWITZERLAND
JUDGE INSTITUTE, UNIV. OF CAMBRDIGE
ESade, Spain
SAID, UNI. OF OXFORD
Nayang Business School, Singapore
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands
Lancaster University Management School, UK
HEC Paris, France
Manchester Business School, UK
Warwick Business school, UK
Georgetown University: McDonough
University of Toronto: Rotman, Canada

meet on campus? I am not sure.. I think that would be too much to ask right now? I have not been so much lucky till now..

Luck is with you now, my friend! I've been looking at the similar schools. I'm thinking I will apply for a couple of top 20 schools, and a few 20-50 schools, then a couple of schools that I stand great chances. One of the disadvantages for us is that we've missed Round 1, so we can only apply for Round 2 for most of the schools since Round 3 is only for domestic students in many cases. That means we will have to send out all the applications at once. But I want to make sure that at least I will enroll somewhere next year!

Many of the top schools have higher GMAT average now than previous years. For example, Stern's average is now 714 compared to 700 before; Columbia's average is now 717 compared to 700 before. I think Columbia even posted their sectional averages - Q47 and V41. I know it's discouraging to see the V average, but that's the bloody reality. Besides the GMAT, IT background is not welcomed. From what I have seen so far, < 5% of the students enrolled in the top programs have IT/Science background. But don't let the stats discourage you. Go for your dreams cuz that's what I will do too! Like the GMAC guy Dave Wilson said, "Be realistic but bold!" (read this article on ft.com: FT.com / Business education - Ask the Experts)

[mr.sanjogm]

Hi Abhishek,

Congrats . Your hardwork finally paid back. Dont be dejected by the verbal score ......GMAT Verbal has become very unpredictable. Start your application process ....thanks for all your help ......Best of luck

[abhishek_mumbai]

Originally Posted by 780king

Abhishek,

I understand your concern...verbal pulled your score down.

I read my question again and realized that it dint come out well...
What I intended to ask was... What were the kind of questions that you got? Inequalities, Abs value, Number theory etc... How was DS?
Also how was quant difficulty compared to GMATprep?

Naveen.

there was no questions on abs. but there were many from inequalities DS and number theory.. I also got 2-3 questions on Probability and P&C.. most of questions were DS but there were PS too..

[abhishek_mumbai]

Originally Posted by gotit

Luck is with you now, my friend! I've been looking at the similar schools. I'm thinking I will apply for a couple of top 20 schools, and a few 20-50 schools, then a couple of schools that I stand great chances. One of the disadvantages for us is that we've missed Round 1, so we can only apply for Round 2 for most of the schools since Round 3 is only for domestic students in many cases. That means we will have to send out all the applications at once. But I want to make sure that at least I will enroll somewhere next year!

Many of the top schools have higher GMAT average now than previous years. For example, Stern's average is now 714 compared to 700 before; Columbia's average is now 717 compared to 700 before. I think Columbia even posted their sectional averages - Q47 and V41. I know it's discouraging to see the V average, but that's the bloody reality. Besides the GMAT, IT background is not welcomed. From what I have seen so far, < 5% of the students enrolled in the top programs have IT/Science background. But don't let the stats discourage you. Go for your dreams cuz that's what I will do too! Like the GMAC guy Dave Wilson said, "Be realistic but bold!" (read this article on ft.com: FT.com / Business education - Ask the Experts)

I agree that we don't have much time and I also want to get in at least some colleges. It is disappointing to see that average has been increased.. I was expecting it to go down GMAT being more harder but there could be many Earthlings who gave exams in last five years and applying now because of recession.. I would have done the same.. thanks for the article.. It was helpful.. Stay in touch.. we can help each other a lot in apps.. bye n take care..

Where did you get more recent gmat average? I looked around and all could find is class profile of last year..

[touche]

Well done buddy!! Best of luck for the admissions!!

[CyberSpy]

Congrats Abhishek, I guess I saw your name in Pagalguy ISB applicant's list..

All the best for your ISB app too

[bfizz]

Congrats man. Thanks for the debrief, your quant score is really phenomenal. What would you say is the best material you have come across to for one not as mathematically advanced as you to work toward that point?