Suprise surprise : Nominated for Clear Admit Best of Blogging Awards 2010-2011

Wow, this was totally unexpected!

My blog has been nominated for the Clear Admit Best of Blogging Awards 2010-2011 !

A blog which is just 6 months old - and I know that I could do a lot better in terms of blog content - getting nominated makes me so humbled! One very powerful reason for me to start this blog was to try to help other applicants like me navigate the big complex maze of  the process of GMAT and getting into a good B-School.

When I started my journey, I had no clue at all as to whats the process, how to start, where to start, etc. Then after a few Google searches, one road led to another and I came across this sea of information thanks to many BLOGS of real applicants chronically their own endeavors! Immediately I felt a huge relief that I am not alone! And this exactly was my main motivation - to never let another applicant feel alone in their endeavors.

Though clearly there are MUCH better nominations and some one else totally deserves over me, I thank Clear Admit for considering me! This makes me all the more motivated to continue blogging to the best of my ability!

Let me a bask a bit more by showing my Nominee Badge -

:-) 

Study Update - 19.04.11

Been facing a strong force in terms of inertia. Took a break of 2 days and then it was so difficult to get back. Some one said it right that its better to study regularly than study all night and day for sometime and then leave it all together. GMAT Prep is like a marathon, not a sprint!

One reason I was avoiding was Math. My most dreaded topic - Probability/Co-ordinate Geometry was the only thing left to do and I simply desist both the topics.

But today after a LOT of effort, got done with Probability.

In P.S. - scored 2 out of 6 Correct I could have actually scored 4 out of 6 if not for a very stupid careless mistake.

In D.S. - scored 1 out of 2 Correct.

Probability is without no doubt my weakest link in MATH, but surprisingly I was not as clueless as I thought I would be. May be with more practice I should be able to understand this better.

Tomorrow I am going to wrap the remaining Math! 

Study Update : 13 April 2011

I have wrapped up RC from OG-12 by completing the remaining 59 questions out of which I got 39 Correct.

I did in two sets -
First set of 21 questions, I got 19 Correct!
Second set out of 38, I got 20 Correct!

Overall in RC, out of 139 questions, I have managed to get 89 Correct which is  64%.

Observations on RC -

• Focus and concentration is the key.
• Read every statement, every word of the Passage as thoroughly as possibly as a lot of questions will really test as to how closely you have read the passage and the answers can be in any sentence of the passage.
• Some questions the answers are right there in the passage and some will ask you to infer what the passage implies but is not mentioned explicitly. These can be tricky questions. 
• Do a lot of RC questions if you can. But make sure you don't force yourself to do it. Whenever I forced myself my score went down. Now I understand during GMAT, under pressure, under time-constraint you may have to force yourself, but if you practice before, chances are you will be in a better position to tackle. 
• Read a lot of books, magazines, blogs for longer durations at a stretch. This will build your focus, concentration and stamina.

Study update : 9th April 2011

Been a bit distracted and lazy with a good push of procrastination included.

What I did -

• 5 Passages of RC from OG-12. Total 32 questions, managed just 15 Correct. Bad...very bad! 
• BTG Practice questions, got 5 out of 10 Correct. Again bad! 
• 10 GMAT Hack questions, 4 Correct out of 10! Disaster. 

The reason(not an excuse) for the poor performance is plain distraction. I was not concentrating, not focusing and simply rushing through.

May be I need to do less, but do it well.

Will see how it goes from here on!

Stay tuned! 

Study update : 8th April 2011

Yesterday my study schedule went a bit off.

Managed to complete just 5 Passages of RC from OG-12.

Out of 24 questions, got 18 Correct!


P.S. - I need to post on this blog at the end of each day. This "yesterday" post seems a bit weird.