I went to bed at 6 pm last night, the first night I didn’t have an essay or GMAT test looming over my head in 6 months. I woke up around 6:30 am. I don’t think I’ve ever slept that long before. Since I usually don’t get up that early, I decided to go work … Read more
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said that and as you can probably tell, essay writing is draining the life out of me. There’s an obvious negative correlation between the amount of admissions work I’m doing and the number of blog posts I write. I wonder if this will be the last post … Read more
“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” -Muhammad Ali Right now I’m struggling to get through the essay writing for my applications. My deadlines are more than a couple of weeks away, which makes it more difficult for me. I do feel I do my best work under pressure, so I’ve created artificial deadlines … Read more
UPDATE: For a chance to win free access to the Beat the GMAT Practice Questions, click here. Well I never thought I’d be doing GMAT problems again, but I just couldn’t turn down Beat the GMAT. Today, Beat the GMAT is releasing an upgraded version of their practice question set. The question count has increased … Read more
I started out at 630 on my very first CAT exam. In my eyes, I had performed very poorly and I knew that I had a huge mountain to climb before I could reach my target score. Over the course of my study, I eventually broke my target score of 720 and landed well above … Read more
Variables In the Answer Choices, or VIC Questions, have always been a huge stumbling block for me.  There have been countless times, particularly during the latter part of a CAT exam, that I’ve run into a VIC problem and perform terribly. The process usually goes like this: I see a tough VIC problem and I … Read more
I’ve almost always finished all of my homework for my Manhattan GMAT course by the end of the week, but for some reason, I stalled out this week. We’ve just passed week 7 of the course and it was definitely the heaviest homework schedule thus far, with this upcoming week being much lighter. I really … Read more
Even though I’m already in my third week of study for my Manhattan GMAT online course, I still haven’t explored all the resources available to me on the Manhattan website. Last night I signed up for office hours with one of the Manhattan GMAT instructors and she informed about Manhattan’s Official Guide Tracker. I downloaded the file … Read more
If you read any of the blogs about people taking the GMAT, and the debriefs they give after they’ve completed the exam, you get a sense of the amount of studying required to do well on the test. It varies to a large degree, but on average, it seems people spend about 3 months doing intensive … Read more
Here’s a quick Excel 2007 tip I found just by accidentally playing with my mouse. It’s a little clunky at first if you’ve never used it before. But over time, this will make you faster at navigating the Ribbon. Simply place your cursor over the Ribbon and scroll up and down with your middle mouse … Read more