Q) I have 5 years of experience in Sales & Marketing. GMAT has been my Achilles heel. Travel is mandatory for my job. The unscheduled travel has jeopardized my GMAT prep. What are my chances for Rotman, HHL, and Strathclyde MBA?
GMAT 530 is a poor score for the Canadian schools, Rotterdam and HHL. Strathclyde does not have a GMAT requirement. But if you look at it in another way – your chance of reaching a 650 or 680 is higher than someone in 650 aiming for a 700+ score.
Travel is not an excuse.
Set a fixed schedule (30 minutes during lunch break, 30 minutes in the morning before work) for GMAT Prep even if you are traveling. Carry the Office GMAT Guide with you.
1) Make a list of all the topics for GMAT Verbal and Quant
2) Start taking 2-3 full GMAT tests
3) Note down the topics that you are getting it wrong. Assign more days for your weak topics.
4) Practice only for your weak areas for one day. Let us say Number Properties (Solve 15 problems on number properties) while randomly working on your strong areas (two questions from two strong topics)
5) When you are getting the answers wrong, categorize them into:
a) Careless Mistake (Error in writing down the data or connecting data or error with Formula)
b) Conceptual Mistake (You have yet to master the fundamentals)
c) Timing Error (error from the pressure to meet the 2-minute window for each question)
Iterate on this process, until you see 20-30 points improvement, every week.
Take 1 Full GMAT test every week.
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