"There is nothing like a right time to start a good deed." I don't remember who quoted that but I could't agree more. It was December 2012 and I was pissed off with some of the happenings in my life. Those incidents didn't happen in December, but its just that I had time to think about them only then. Its kind of a slow reaction may be. The more frustrated I was with my life, the more I realized that I am not doing something right. I need to do something. Shaking off my dusted mind, I thought I would start preparing for GMAT.
Yes, ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to do MBA. This may sound like cinematic, but its the truth. Even when my classmates said that they wanted to become a doctor, or an engineer or a lawyer, my answer was always the same and different to that of other kids. I always said that I wanted to be a business man. Though it might sound odd at first, it makes complete sense when you know the background that I come from. My dad is a businessman and I worked part time to help my dad. Our business was not a big one. Its just one of the many businesses in the city. The thought of doing MBA sprouted from the idea of expanding our business. Although the idea expanded and took many different forms in the later years, the thought of doing MBA didn't change. So I finally decided its time that I begin my mission.
I am an employee at a software company like the million other youngsters. Neither did I have time to attend the coaching classes, nor was I interested. I always believed that preparation cannot be taught and so I have to prepare for my GMAT myself. If I can't even prepare for GMAT myself, how will I be able to manage a company in the future. So, for all the obvious reasons , I decided to prepare for GMAT myself. No matter how much you want to accomplish something, the only thing that distinguishes aim from a dream is a deadline. I am a daydreamer myself and so I couldn't take the chance of my ambition of life reducing into another daydream. It happened in the past. I started preparing for GMAT couple of times in the past and then got lost in the worldly affairs. So this time, I had a fixed time frame in my mind. 3 months for the preparation, January to March, and in the April I take the exam.
The first material that I had my hands on was the official GMAT book . After finishing that very quickly, I took a practice test and I sucked. I got something around 620 where as my target was 700. Coming to a conclusion that this material was not enough, I browsed online for the best books for GMAT preparation. Manhatten series books topped the ranks and so did its prices. I was not ready to spend half of my monthly salary on the books. Why? Because I didn't believe they are worth it. So I took the next best deal, Kaplan book. It served the purpose. It consisted of all the basics and a few practice problems. The most important thing was it had 7 practice tests which was all I really wanted. I took practice tests on weekends. When I noticed that I was sucking at sentence correction section, I decided to do something about it. I bought Manhatten sentence correction book, which indeed helped me improve my performance in that section. Also with that book came 6 more practice tests. I couldn't wish for more.
Those 3 months were no easy walk. Preparation consumed all my time.I was preparing in the evenings and taking practice tests on weekends. I didn't have any social life. However I was extremely happy with myself for not getting deviated from my study plan. After all the preparation that I felt was adequate, I took my exam on April 16,2013.
Yes, ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to do MBA. This may sound like cinematic, but its the truth. Even when my classmates said that they wanted to become a doctor, or an engineer or a lawyer, my answer was always the same and different to that of other kids. I always said that I wanted to be a business man. Though it might sound odd at first, it makes complete sense when you know the background that I come from. My dad is a businessman and I worked part time to help my dad. Our business was not a big one. Its just one of the many businesses in the city. The thought of doing MBA sprouted from the idea of expanding our business. Although the idea expanded and took many different forms in the later years, the thought of doing MBA didn't change. So I finally decided its time that I begin my mission.
I am an employee at a software company like the million other youngsters. Neither did I have time to attend the coaching classes, nor was I interested. I always believed that preparation cannot be taught and so I have to prepare for my GMAT myself. If I can't even prepare for GMAT myself, how will I be able to manage a company in the future. So, for all the obvious reasons , I decided to prepare for GMAT myself. No matter how much you want to accomplish something, the only thing that distinguishes aim from a dream is a deadline. I am a daydreamer myself and so I couldn't take the chance of my ambition of life reducing into another daydream. It happened in the past. I started preparing for GMAT couple of times in the past and then got lost in the worldly affairs. So this time, I had a fixed time frame in my mind. 3 months for the preparation, January to March, and in the April I take the exam.
The first material that I had my hands on was the official GMAT book . After finishing that very quickly, I took a practice test and I sucked. I got something around 620 where as my target was 700. Coming to a conclusion that this material was not enough, I browsed online for the best books for GMAT preparation. Manhatten series books topped the ranks and so did its prices. I was not ready to spend half of my monthly salary on the books. Why? Because I didn't believe they are worth it. So I took the next best deal, Kaplan book. It served the purpose. It consisted of all the basics and a few practice problems. The most important thing was it had 7 practice tests which was all I really wanted. I took practice tests on weekends. When I noticed that I was sucking at sentence correction section, I decided to do something about it. I bought Manhatten sentence correction book, which indeed helped me improve my performance in that section. Also with that book came 6 more practice tests. I couldn't wish for more.
Those 3 months were no easy walk. Preparation consumed all my time.I was preparing in the evenings and taking practice tests on weekends. I didn't have any social life. However I was extremely happy with myself for not getting deviated from my study plan. After all the preparation that I felt was adequate, I took my exam on April 16,2013.
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