I think I think I'm decided!

Over the last week, I've done some serious thinking about the questions I posted in the last blog and it seems that popular belief that one should book a GMAT date when one is sure of achieving the target score has prevailed.

I must admit that besides only basing this decision on my own judgement, I finally signed up and posted this question on GMAT Club and posted questions on the Business Week forum. The impression I get from everywhere is that if I am not yet consistently hitting the score that I aspire for, booking the GMAT date might actually prove detrimental, since I'm going to end up focusing on the real issue lesser and lesser, which is to pull up the weak areas.

Booking the date is going to make me think about the GMAT date more than the prep. And this is strictly out of the question because I believe I can hit the score of over 700.

Therefore, for the interim, I find myself on my way to a math prof's place to get some invaluable tips on GMAT math (right now my biggest gripe! Or at least some of it).

Until the next post, godspeed!!

Day 1 of the MBA Logs! And help!

I started my quest for the right bschool and prepping for the GMAT more than a year ago. But after many false start, the GMAT is finally coming into some shape (I think!). When I first started out, I must admit ignorance got the better of me (which led me to arrogance..) into thinking this was not going to be as hard as people made it out to be.

I would soon find out that if anything the struggles are underrated. Yes, it's harder than I thought! Especially when you are about to dive into anything remotely academic in nature nearly 4 years after undergrad. The closest thing I had ever come to academics during the first four years of working life were pdfs and other references to expand my design knowledge and awareness (Btw, did I mention that I did mechanical design and then a bit in aerospace structural design).

Now, as I contemplate the best date to book my slot for the GMAT, two things hang over my head like a Sword of Damocles:
1. Am I really prepared for the GMAT yet or not?
2. Do I choose between prepping the weak areas or do I just practice and practice some more and the creases will just iron themselves out?

Any comments from any of you out there who have been in the same quandary as I'm in right now would greatly help!!!

Thanks.