If you are a GRE student who is struggling to find study time amid busy weekdays that seem to just fly by in fulfilling job-related obligations, then this article may help. This struggle that you are facing is also an opportunity for you to try a new work system that can help you skillfully manage…
Category: Starting Prep
Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs. Vaclav Havel, as quoted in Getting Things Done Some time back, I talked to a worried working professional who had been meaning to start GRE prep for three months but…
I advise you to make the official materials your ‘primary’ prep resources, meaning that these should be the resources to which you give the most time and importance. In this guide, I will walk you through all the available official prep resources for GRE quant and verbal, in the following order: An introduction to official…
This is the third and concluding part of an article series on the acceptance of GRE at business schools. Link to Part 1 Link to Part 2 During my research on the GRE vs GMAT question, I kept running into three common fallacies around using GRE scores in MBA applications: Low GRE percentage at a…
This article is Part 2 of a three-part report on GRE acceptance in business schools. In Part 1, I presented a data-based overview of the increasing acceptance of the GRE at most American business schools. I also talked about what an MBA-aspirant who is debating the GRE vs GMAT question could do to make a…
The year 2012 began well for me – with my application to the Indian School of Business progressing into an interview invite. I had a week to prepare. I spent some days in diligently compiling, from internet forums, the kind of questions that other applicants were being asked in ISB interviews, and in preparing my…
“I know of people who get V170 and Q170 just like that, with little or no prep, while for me, who has been slogging for the past so many months, even a 320 remains elusive. This struggle has made me doubt my capabilities.” Some version of this statement plays out many times in my conversations…
Do business schools favor GMAT applicants over those who submit GRE scores? Anu’s Story An MBA aspirant – let’s call her Anu – reached out to me on LinkedIn with this question some time back. She had switched to the GRE after scoring a 670 in the GMAT, because she felt more comfortable with the…