tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980039865070276242011-07-07T20:34:31.973-07:00Dipesh Mehtahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14000396414713137630noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898003986507027624.post-17066034016601431502010-03-20T01:52:00.000-07:002010-03-20T02:21:40.767-07:00Ok, a lot of my friends have requested for my personal debrief on how I scored 720 on the GMAT. So Mohit, Jiten and the others....this one is for you:<br /><br />- Remove fear of failure, this is just another exam nothing more nothing less.<br /> <br />- Use the correct kind of materials and in the order specified: Princeton Review, Kaplan Review, Official Guide (10th), Manhattan Sentence Correction, Official Guide (11th and 12th), Kaplan 800.<br /><br />- Join www.pagalguy.com and indulge yourself in daily discussions on the GMAT forum i.e. don't just read but also contribute.<br /> <br />- Get your hands on LSAT notes and practise from there.<br /><br />- Give lots of practise tests. Keep tracking your performance and learning from mistakes.<br /><br />- Track your mistakes, maintain ready reference notes on all mistakes, study in a systematic manner, concentrate on concepts, develop accuracy first and then focus on speed.<br /><br />- Don't go to the exam with a specific target score, go to the exam ready to tackle anything that is thrown at you.<br /><br />DO NOT:<br /><br />- Waste your time and money by joining expensive coaching classes. Use that money to invest in all the books and materials you want.<br /><br />- Rush through things just because you want to get over with it. Work at your pace, learn to walk before you can run. <br /><br />- Sign up for the test at the last moment, sign up for it well in avance.<br /><br />- Let the party animal inside you take over. Abstinence from....will do you more good than harm :)<br /><br />Phew..enough gyaan or you want more. Let's just sit and chalk out the other details, shall we?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/898003986507027624-1706603401660143150?l=thealternativethinker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dipesh Mehtahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14000396414713137630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898003986507027624.post-62411076307167351772010-03-20T01:36:00.000-07:002010-03-20T01:42:11.557-07:00Alright!! Not like the Rang De Basanti, 'A generation awakens' kind of awakening. I just awoke to the need to try my hand at blogging and pen down all the utter nonsense which goes through my mind. I would like to start by informing what my blog will be all about this year:<br /><br />1. A lot of B-school bull shit!! Yeah, this is my year to go back to college, I have tried my hand at the real thing (read: working as an executive in an MNC bank for 5 years). I somehow still savour my days in college as the best days of my life. So despite all the criticism and the resentment from close ones, I will go ahead with my plans. Because, I believe a good two years at a decent B-school can do no harm.<br /><br />2. A lot of discussion on sports. Well, this year promises to be full of big events. IPL, followed by ICC 20-20 world cup, followed by the soccer world cup, followed by the Ashes, followed by the Aussie tour to India, followed by Cricket World cup 2011. Phew!!! And not to forget the F1 racing, the champions league games, the EPL, the Spanish Primera Liga. What else a sports fan could ask for?<br /><br />3. Random rubbish!! A very very personal and indivudal opinion on anything which matters to me.<br /><br />A little about the Blogger 'to be':<br />Indian male, banker, 29 years old, very lazy, absolutely good for nothing (ok the last two details were from my dear mom).<br /><br />Abruptly ending ....time to move on to some other stuff. Will be back shortly with more....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/898003986507027624-6241107630716735177?l=thealternativethinker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dipesh Mehtahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14000396414713137630noreply@blogger.com0