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Yes I am a first year student at UCLA

Dinged at W. Going to UCLA

News from my end : Dinged at Stanford after waitlist, Dinged at HBS without interview, In at Berkeley and UCLA. Waitlisted at Wharton. If I dont get into Wharton, I will take up UCLA. Thats it for my MBA journey. Though disappointed with the results, I feel this is way too much for me, a guy who had no pedigree to start with

Actually I was pretty busy with my applications. This b-school app process in itself a thorough learning. For now, I havent received any admit yet. I have been waitlisted at Stanford in R1 without interview. I guess I have to give it up as I havent received any word yet. This was truly an enjoyale ride.

I dont understand as to why you need to give up now. You have a great job. Let me explain this. You have no idea as to how much an IB applicant is valued. Being part of the IT industry, I am feeling the pain. I have to go the extra mile(s) to explain myself in my essays. In your case, you are unnnecessarily worrying abt this GMAT. GMAT is the easiest part of the application, atleast for you. Once you hit 650+, you will soon realize that you have the best chance in getting into a BSchool than most of us. Anyway all the best

Believe it or not, I did not buy any books. I downloaded OG 10, SC/CR 1000 from esnips.com. I religiously understood 800Bob's explanation for all the verbal questions. of course participate in TM and GMATclub

Sweet

Good job hasnat. 670 is sufficient for many universities

I dont think so. I need something relevant and sensible to post :-)

I am unable to upload a notes document that I used during my preparation. I guess its because I am low volume poster. To be honest, I believe that you shud prepare your own notes in your own words. Only then you will reap the benefits of 800Bob's posts. If you still want my notes, please tell me a way to upload the doc.

Ahaa the nuisance part of GMAT for many :-) There is one thread in the Math forum (not sure if it is gmatclub or TM) that talks abt a lot of formulae. Its a good start. The trick is to get very comfortable with the formulae and concepts. I call a problem that tests 2 or more concepts/formulae as a multidimensional problem. OG11 has more of 1 dimensional problems. Probably if you see the last 30-50 questions in OG they are atleast 1 dminsenional probelms with some intelligent calculations. Some of them are 2 dimensional. GMATPrep is harder because, you are hit with more 2 dimensional problems. In the actual GMAT test, you will get some 3 dimensional problems if you hover around 700+ range. So knowing the formulae and concepts thoroughly helps you mix and match them while solving multidimensional problems. Remember GMAT math is more abt mixing and matching formulae. It has nothing to do with you being a math genious.

Yes I did use a template. But more than that it is the idea in the templates that matter. Now lets take Analysis of an Argument. 99% of the time, if not 100%, I preferred to disagree with the argument. The reason for that is that the argument will use one scenario and jump to conclusion(s) based on the scenario. Now if you are good in CR, then you know that several external factors can strengthen or weaken a conclusion. Use the same concept here. Bring in points that would weaken the conclusion. Pick out the inherent assumptions in the argument and clearly explain that those assumptions are generic and sweeping. The idea of Analysis of argument, in my opinion, is to gauge how you are able to pick an argument apart and logically prove that the conclusion will not hold if the external factors are considered. Now lets move on Analysis of a Issue. Here you have the flexibility to agree or disagree with the author. Whether you agree or disagree state the reasons for the same. Explain every reason with a good example. Then acknowledge what the critics may say too. After all the critics of your idea also have some valid points to present. Finally conclude saying that even though the critics have some valid points, the benefits arising out of my points far outweigh the benefits arising out of the critics' points. Hope this helps

Precisely !!! The police squad strategy involves a lot of time spent in planning the operation. The operation in itself might be for just a few hours but we would spend more than atleast a month planning the action to ensure that there aren't any collateral damages. This is the kind of planning I used for GMAT. Understand each and every possible idea and then attack the tests. Let me tell you that I am ex-police constable. Currently I am in IT. Pity the world of IT that has to pick up ppl like me to staff its needs :-)

Harvard is too big an ask for a guy like me. I also hear that harvard is not for ppl with 10 yrs of work experience. So its ruled out. All my colleagues are rooting for me to atleast apply to Stanford. They dont want me to waste this score. But again the various forums provide a deluge of information and confuse me. So for now I am just going to take my chances and see what happens

Got a 6 in AWA Yahooooooooooooo !!!!!