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MBA scholarships are tough to come by at the good business schools. Convert $20,000 into Indian Rupees (what would you do with the extra 10 lakhs that you save?) and the MBA success story sounds so much better. For Ankit Chopra, all this came after he had put in more than the usual share of … Read more
While preparing for the GMAT, most of the candidates start planning in advance for a high GMAT score in the Quantitative and Verbal sections. The score out of 800 for these two sections seems to be the only aspect that matters. The AWA section which has a score on the scale of 0-6 is totally … Read more
Two questions that we get often get from aspiring MBA applicants regarding taking a career-break for completing their MBA application. As opposed to forced career breaks (lay-offs, redundancies, down-sizing), here candidates are talking about a voluntary break from their hectic jobs. 1) “I want to produce a high quality application as I am targeting some … Read more
Got a low GMAT score and wondering what to do about it? This post is for you. If you aren’t aware of statistics yet, this article lists the average GMAT scores for the world’s best MBA programs. And to make matters worse, you’ll find many Indian applicants (specially engineers) who crack the test as if … Read more
Another one of those GMAT FAQ regulars. Each year we get profiles where we see great work experience with not so good GMAT scores. For many guys who’ve completed their graduation several years back, the concept of preparing for a test can be a tough challenge. They’ve spent 3-5 years doing well in their chosen … Read more
‘I’ve got 50 MB of the best GMAT test preparation material with me, good GMAT verbal and quant questions, full-length exam software…downloaded for free from the internet. Plus my friends gave me another 25 MB of practice questions. I think that is more than enough for anyone to crack the GMAT, hai na sir?’ The … Read more
Before Oxford MBA at the Said Business School made its mark came Oxford University, a name that’s been around in the academic world for 8 centuries. If you have no clue how far back in time this was, it was after dinosaurs had disappeared from the face of earth and before internet sensation Govind Tiwari … Read more
In your GMAT test preparation plan, the GMAT quantitative section would comprise of problem solving and data sufficiency questions. The data sufficiency questions tend to differ from the problem solving ones as you are not required to calculate the answer. There’s more to it than just your quantitative expertise.
Unlike other sections in GMAT verbal, critical reasoning tends to differ as it tests the candidate’s ability to analyse the given data, rightly interpret it so as to be able to arrive at the answer. This would be a test of the candidate’s ability to think in a logical coherent manner. There would be around … Read more
GMAT verbal section has been a challenge for many Indian MBA applicants. Consider the GMAT reading comprehension section for instance. If you’ve grown up reading Tinkle, Chandamama or Economic Times, chances are you’ll still struggle with the RC passages. You might have wondered why they seem so different from your day-to-day reading and more importantly … Read more
The average GMAT at XLRI Jamshedpur’s GMP general management program got a boost when Narendran Santhanam got his application to their 1 year MBA program accepted. He sent in this blog post at 3:51 AM, so you can imagine the kind of workload he’s dealing with as he nears the end of an eventful year. … Read more
As the urban legend goes, when CollegeKumar was born, he didn’t cry. Everyone in the delivery room did. And he’s never shed a tear so far, until now. After reading our recent blog post about worthless GMAT preparation tips, he felt a strange moist feeling in an unusual part of his anatomy – his eyes. … Read more