Alright. The GMAT is, for better or worse, done. I am preparing my application and finishing my essays so I can submit to Wharton next week and then Harvard the following week. Chicago is still up in the air, but I may try to get that app done as well.

Here goes...

Once this is done, Hawaii for a week, then the CFA prep for December begins. I want to be in b-school!!!! NOW!!!

crap

oh crap.

now i'm in trouble. less than 2 weeks til GMAT part deux and I've scored the EXACT same on my GMAT prep as I did before. WTF. I know this stuff better?!?

My strengths have gotten stronger (Sentence Correction and Problem Solving). My weaknesses have gotten worse (notable in data sufficiency and critical reasoning).

What do I do?

scores

Well ups and downs.

Sunday I spent 4 hours taking a CAT exam through ManhattanGMAT (the provider I'm using). I had scored XXX on the real exam back in February with only independent studying to prep me. I was also double timing the CFA which was not a good idea AT ALL.

A few weeks ago I do my first practice CAT exam and got XXX +20. I was jazzed. Improvement. Sunday, I got XXX...again.

Talk about discouraging! And I figure I need a substantial jump in score to balance out a weak GPA. Anyone have thoughts about that?

in lighter news my classmates all reported difficulty with this test...one guy's score dropped by 60 points!!

Jealous and Testing

If ever there were a sense of urgency, it is now. I have met two former grade school and high school classmates who are going to Columbia and Berkeley respectively this fall and it's got me thinking...why can I be in their shoes?

I'm enrolled in my Manhattan GMAT prep course now, having already taken it once and received a reasonable score (but not what I wanted). I got a 39 on the verbal in a practice exam today which puts me in the 89th percentile in Verbal. Is that an accurate assessment? Anyone have any ideas?

Alright. We'll see if I can keep on top of this in addition to waiting to find out about the CFA results in three weeks, balancing work with a comedy class, giving tennis lessons, giving my sister the badminton coaching she needs, and the actual GMAT studying and applications!

It is now July. I'm going to do a GMAT review course through the summer, take the exam (for a second time) in September, and work on apps throughout the fall. Have you ever had that feeling that you KNEW something was the right fit for you? When I started studying for the CFA, I *knew* it was the right thing to do. The same applies for business school, only a thousand times more. When people mention they are in an MBA program or just graduated, my mind is temporarily flooded with all the good vibes that you normally get when thinking back on undergrad or an old flame. No, I am not a nerd. Nor am I a glutton for debt or punishment.

But I can't wait to get there. With any luck, round one for Wharton will lead me there. :-P ::fingers crossed::