I took the GMAT on 26th Dec, 2006.
With almost ten years of professional experience, I reached a plateau with an urge to ascend the rungs of corporate ladder. For this an MBA is an ideal vehicle. For an MBA the first step besides instrospection is taking the GMAT. So, after some mulling over the MBA or not question, I decided to take the GMAT and work on shortlisting institutes later.
I wanted to give the GMAT my best shot and didn’t want to take the test twice so I decided to prepare for almost 10 weeks. Beyond three months, I felt that its hard to stay focused and as a result the performance may suffer. I had taken a few competitive exams in the past, so I was comfortable with pacing myself. I played competitive sports as a teenager and understand importance of achieving peak performance on the exam day. I had a strong quant background and used Testmagic forum very often to sharpen my verbal skills. The forum has so much material, but I didn't have enough time read.
I purchased the following books: OG11, OG - verbal, Kaplan - Premier Edition, PR - Cracking GMAT, Kaplan - verbal, PR - verbal, Manhattan SC guide.
My strategy was to study the Official Guide (OG) material towards the end, and hence started with Princeton followed by Kaplan. Reading the OG in the last 3-4 weeks made sense to me, as the questions from OG are "real". There is a definite pattern and logic to the OG questions.
To be continued....
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