By Randy Zwitch - July 8th, 2009
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Fuqua Application An interesting “feature” of the GMAT exam is that before the test, you are asked which schools you intend to apply to, so that you can electronically submit your test results. After taking the exam, you are given three choices:
- Submit the results to your school(s) of choice immediately after the test session, but before you know the results (free)
- Don’t specify where you will be applying up front, find out your test results, then submit to the school(s) of choice (additional $ per school submission)
- Cancel the test (no one finds out the results, results purged from record, waste $250 and 4 hours of your time)
I’ve never been one to second-guess myself, so for both sittings I chose the free option and submitted my test results.
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By Randy Zwitch - July 6th, 2009
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Fuqua Application With my GMAT score in place, and four business schools remaining on my short list, it was time to do some research to determine which school(s) to apply to, and in which order. As I learned from my test taking fiasco, without proper preparation and research you can spend a lot of time, effort and money and get very little to show for it.
Rather than rely solely on school rankings such as those published by BusinessWeek or U.S. News & World Report, I decided to thoroughly research each program, starting with the school website. Here’s what I learned:
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By Randy Zwitch - June 29th, 2009
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Fuqua Application As I wrote in part 1, there were two pieces of information that I learned from my first pass through the GMAT. First, I needed to spend another $250 to re-take the exam (I didn’t need that new iPod anyway). Second, and more importantly, I need to actually study for the exam! Lucky for me, there is a mandatory “cooling-off” period of one month between test attempts. /sarcasm off
I scheduled my re-take for 35 days after my first sitting, to give myself motivation to study for exam. And study I did. Not only did I do every problem in the GMAT study guide, but I also took both Computer Adaptive Tests provided by MBA.com. If you’ve never taken an adaptive test before, they are extremely difficult to gauge while you are taking them. You must answer each question sequentially, and the test “adapts” to your level of brainpower. So unless you are doing extremely poorly, the test will seem difficult while at the same time making you feel like you are doing well.
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