Essay progress

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I guess this sums it all – No progress till date

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Hectic

After a really gr8 seven days, am back to normal! Depressed, that is.
Back to the real world - 10 days back (check this out), I was rolling off my project, then the partner held me back, and now I really know why! I’m working on this nice n “profitable” 10 day project, where I get to use all my [...]

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The sign of Four

Talked to the last of my recommenders today. He was very excited to hear I’m trying for my MBA, and wished me all the best. So now, along with the 3 lined up before, I’m hitting a count of FOUR – one recent manager from my current job, two managers from my previous job (which I [...]

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7 Laws of Highly Effective School Selection

Some parameters I am considering on school selection:
(and trying to get my thoughts more organized)
1. Post-MBA interest (eg.Consulting/Finance/Entrepreneurship): Are you completely sure what you want to do post-MBA? Then, it may be good to apply only to schools which are known for that specialization.
2. Family contraints: If your partner has a location constraint, that’s very important.  [...]

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More on the GMAT

Some finer points for the actual test:
1. It seemed a bit tougher than the two GMATPrep tests I had done – but that was possibly due to the fact I was tense.

The question types were very similar to OG, none of the vague Kaplan Qs.
The level of difficulty (in both sections) kept increasing till about the 30th/33rd, [...]

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Please do not try this at home

“Do not follow what I did, if you want a good GMAT score!”
Now that I’ve got a headline-grabber, let me assure you: I’m serious - despite getting a good GMAT score myself, I’ve thought about what I did for my preparation, and whether I would do things the same way again – the answer is a strict [...]

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Its finally over… Whew

Yes! I’m finally thru with the GMAT – it went really well, though I think I screwed up my AWA a bit
Got the exact score that I’d targeted, which was a good 30 points more than what I was expecting – so yesterday was party-time, and today’s hangover-time :-)
Now that one hurdle is out of the way, what do I expect to change in my life? Here are [...]

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Murphy’s Law

“If something can go wrong, it will”
Thus said Murphy (God bless his soul) – without possibly having me n my GMAT in mind.  So after various ups and downs last week, all conspiring against my last lap of GMAT prep, I’ve been done in yet again. Down with a cold, with a leaky nose & watery eyes for [...]

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What a waste

And to think I wasted this whole week consolidating my last 5-6 month’s work on the project! So it seems I’ll need to continue on this project after all, just when I had another one almost lined up.
Word of mouth: Apparently the partner got to know that I was being rolled off, and he yelled [...]

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S.T.U.C.K.

Just when I’d started thinking things were under control, the worst has happened… am so stuck with work that no GMAT prep (or rather revision) has happened this week. And now that 3 days have passed by, there’s still no hope in sight.
This is going to be one tight and eventful week. I was guessing [...]

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