Hi All.... so I can't sleep right now. The reason is because after the World Cup match today, I fell asleep for 4 hours! So here it is 3:18am and I have to be at work at 9 and I'm wide awake.
So as the Title Goes... I found an article that I posted on my LinkedIn profile that sums up the exact reason I want to get an MBA - http://bit.ly/UnileverDigital - think about it... if budgets are doubling at companies like this... who is going to manage those budgets and expectations? Need someone right, that's where I come in --- Hopefully!
So what does one do when they have free time on their hands like this? STUDY AND RESEARCH B-SCHOOL stuff... I actually haven't begun studying yet, but I will after I write this post. I did follow up on some emails though...
1. I responded to my Veritas B-school consultant. I had some questions about my potential recommenders... the good thing about my consultant is that she doesn't let me get ahead of myself and lose sight of the fact that I need to score well on the GMAT!
2. I have been texting all weekend with Brandon aka. Osirus (from Beat The GMAT). He was at the MLT event in I think Minneapolis. He got some great feedback regarding his candidacy. He's so lucky that he got a 730 this time around. He's keeping me going with words of encouragement. I don't know if he's still thinking about Michigan Ross, because he was right before he went to the event, but now he realizes that he can get into higher ranked schools! I was looking forward to finally meeting him (because we would visit Ross together).
3. I responded to a "friend" whom I met during my Tuck visit. Remember the girl who lives in Canada? Yeah she's still waiting to hear back from Tuck re: the waitlist. I can't imagine it being July and having not heard back from a school yet. Like how do you wrap everything up in your life in a month or two. I would like to at least KNOW if I'll be going to business school. Hopefully she hears soon though... I mean the applications for this upcoming season will hopefully come out this week.
4. I responded back to someone who emailed me regarding my blog. I enjoy reading emails/comments from people and I ALWAYS respond...
5. I emailed one of my friends (Yes one who I met @ Yale) who is going to Ross. I'm actually supposed to have dinner with him on Tuesday. He said he may have the Veritas prep pdf about Michigan Ross. I think that would be good for me to read through before the event on the 19th.
6. I emailed the other prospective I met at Yale. I think he's traveling right now before he goes off to school. It's nice that he's traveling now because the first event that Ross has for students is a trip abroad. I forget which trip he said he was going on, but when I find out I'll let you know. Thailand maybe? I could be making that up too! Hahaha...
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
GMAT Detox
Well hello again everyone! Nice to see you all still alive... so for the past week I have been detoxing my brain. After nearly 4 months of inundating my brain with GMAT material it was phenomenal to take a week off.
It got to the point where my GMAT books where on the floor in my room and I would step on them while going in and out of my room. My friend Brandon kept asking me when I would resume studying and my response would be "When I don't think that I should be studying in my free time!" So what does that mean? Well I don't know if anyone else experienced this but before my exam, if I had free time, I would feel guilty if I was not studying. Well right after my exam there were days when I of course I free time and I would say to myself "you should be studying" when in reality I didn't have to any more.
It's been tough to get out of that mindset. Everyone keeps asking me "so when are you going to take it again?" The answer is... I'm NOT! I'm so over the exam and I've spent so much money preparing for it that I'm done! hahahah just kidding, there's no way I could give up now BECAUSE I've spent so much money preparing for it lmao. I will retake the exam when my last three CAT exams are in the 700 range. As I said before, that's when you are truly ready to tackle the beast.
I wonder how that girl did who thought she could bring in the calculator... hhmm anyway I digress.
So last Friday I met up with Charles aka the GMATNinja for some drinks. I don't know it's always fun for me to discuss GMAT/MBA topics. I can talk about this stuff for hours...and that's exactly what we did. I think we spoke for about 3 hours... we even made fun of Businessweek for ranking Stanford 6th behind Michigan Ross. Don't get me wrong Michigan is a great great school, but does not deserve to be above Stanford in any other regard than being written in a list alpabetically!
Charles had some great advice for me and I took one of his suggestions to heart. Those of you who have been following my blog know that I enrolled in a Financial Accounting course and Statistics course at NYU SCPS (School of Continuing Professional Studies or something of that nature). Charles reminded me that I probably won't be able to study and do well in those two 12 week classes AND prepare properly for the GMAT. I forgot to tell him that I'll also be taking some marketing classes dispersed in there. Each one of those classes would just be over a weekend though, so it's not a big deal. I need to finish my Certificate in Digital Media Marketing!
In any event, I came to the conclusion that taking the classes is great and helpful, but if I don't score well on the GMAT the classes won't matter. Therefore, I need to devote more time to studying for the GMAT. As a result of that conclusion, I dropped my Financial Account course and will probably take it in the Fall instead. In my application I'll just write that I'm taking that class currently.
I'm not going to give a concrete GMAT date, but I'll just say that it'll be in the summer. Things may have gotten a little out of control the last time. I was more wrapped up in the process of studying rather than trying to retain the material.
Ok so enough about that...
Do you guys remember when I visited Dartmouth and I met the other prospective student from Washington, who was out visiting a myriad of schools? Well I still keep in touch with her, and she just took the GMAT on Saturday. She said she had been scoring in the 680 range. Well... when she took her exam she got a 730! How exciting?!?! So happy for her, maybe we'll be at the same school next year!
Another funny thing happened today... So I have a friend who went to MIT undergrad... She lives in the City now with her husband and I haven't heard from either of them in over a year. Not even on Facebook! So after brunch today with friends we walked over to the Dream hotel to go to the rooftop bar. I got stuck in the elevator so my friends were waiting at the top for me. When I got out of the elevator they're staying by the door and I say "why aren't you going up?" They said "you'll see..." So I go up the one flight of stairs and I see that everyone is in khakis and ties and it looks like a private event. So I walk back downstairs and I see a woman walk out of the elevator. She looks very familiar to me to I say Mrs. ______ she turns around and looks at me like "who are you?" I said "it's richard..." and she said "Richard... Battle-Baxter?" and I said yes.. she said "omg how are you? etc etc?" She tells me that my friend Christy was having a graduation party upstairs because she just graduated from Columbia Business School! Then I realize "oh that's why I haven't heard from her". So I go upstairs for a couple minutes and talk to her and her husband... I love the city... it can be very random at times.
In any event, I'm done writing now... and I have to get up at 8 for work. Until next time! Peace out folks
It got to the point where my GMAT books where on the floor in my room and I would step on them while going in and out of my room. My friend Brandon kept asking me when I would resume studying and my response would be "When I don't think that I should be studying in my free time!" So what does that mean? Well I don't know if anyone else experienced this but before my exam, if I had free time, I would feel guilty if I was not studying. Well right after my exam there were days when I of course I free time and I would say to myself "you should be studying" when in reality I didn't have to any more.
It's been tough to get out of that mindset. Everyone keeps asking me "so when are you going to take it again?" The answer is... I'm NOT! I'm so over the exam and I've spent so much money preparing for it that I'm done! hahahah just kidding, there's no way I could give up now BECAUSE I've spent so much money preparing for it lmao. I will retake the exam when my last three CAT exams are in the 700 range. As I said before, that's when you are truly ready to tackle the beast.
I wonder how that girl did who thought she could bring in the calculator... hhmm anyway I digress.
So last Friday I met up with Charles aka the GMATNinja for some drinks. I don't know it's always fun for me to discuss GMAT/MBA topics. I can talk about this stuff for hours...and that's exactly what we did. I think we spoke for about 3 hours... we even made fun of Businessweek for ranking Stanford 6th behind Michigan Ross. Don't get me wrong Michigan is a great great school, but does not deserve to be above Stanford in any other regard than being written in a list alpabetically!
Charles had some great advice for me and I took one of his suggestions to heart. Those of you who have been following my blog know that I enrolled in a Financial Accounting course and Statistics course at NYU SCPS (School of Continuing Professional Studies or something of that nature). Charles reminded me that I probably won't be able to study and do well in those two 12 week classes AND prepare properly for the GMAT. I forgot to tell him that I'll also be taking some marketing classes dispersed in there. Each one of those classes would just be over a weekend though, so it's not a big deal. I need to finish my Certificate in Digital Media Marketing!
In any event, I came to the conclusion that taking the classes is great and helpful, but if I don't score well on the GMAT the classes won't matter. Therefore, I need to devote more time to studying for the GMAT. As a result of that conclusion, I dropped my Financial Account course and will probably take it in the Fall instead. In my application I'll just write that I'm taking that class currently.
I'm not going to give a concrete GMAT date, but I'll just say that it'll be in the summer. Things may have gotten a little out of control the last time. I was more wrapped up in the process of studying rather than trying to retain the material.
Ok so enough about that...
Do you guys remember when I visited Dartmouth and I met the other prospective student from Washington, who was out visiting a myriad of schools? Well I still keep in touch with her, and she just took the GMAT on Saturday. She said she had been scoring in the 680 range. Well... when she took her exam she got a 730! How exciting?!?! So happy for her, maybe we'll be at the same school next year!
Another funny thing happened today... So I have a friend who went to MIT undergrad... She lives in the City now with her husband and I haven't heard from either of them in over a year. Not even on Facebook! So after brunch today with friends we walked over to the Dream hotel to go to the rooftop bar. I got stuck in the elevator so my friends were waiting at the top for me. When I got out of the elevator they're staying by the door and I say "why aren't you going up?" They said "you'll see..." So I go up the one flight of stairs and I see that everyone is in khakis and ties and it looks like a private event. So I walk back downstairs and I see a woman walk out of the elevator. She looks very familiar to me to I say Mrs. ______ she turns around and looks at me like "who are you?" I said "it's richard..." and she said "Richard... Battle-Baxter?" and I said yes.. she said "omg how are you? etc etc?" She tells me that my friend Christy was having a graduation party upstairs because she just graduated from Columbia Business School! Then I realize "oh that's why I haven't heard from her". So I go upstairs for a couple minutes and talk to her and her husband... I love the city... it can be very random at times.
In any event, I'm done writing now... and I have to get up at 8 for work. Until next time! Peace out folks
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The Calm b4 the GMAT Storm - 4 DAYS!
So first off... I would like to thank everyone for wishing me good luck on Saturday. I truly get excited when I check my email and see that I have another post on my blog...keep'em coming! You guys are definitely helping me through this process!
Kulmiye - your post gave me a slap in the face - much needed i might add. I need to be confident. I've realized that I do know what I know. I know all of the information that will be thrown at me on Saturday regardless of my scores. Saturday will just come down to me putting it all together. The ONLY way I'll be able to put the pieces together is by staying calm... I can do this right? I mean it's just a test with a buncha questions that are worded awkwardly to throw me off? I just need to see through the matrix.
I did not take the Kaplan exam on Sunday because the moderator guy said that it was not a CAT exam. I didn't feel that I needed to take 3 hours away from studying, to do a non-cat exam. So I just did a MGMAT CAT exam instead. This was the beginning of my short lived depression. I scored the lowest on this CAT than I had EVER. The only good thing that came from taking this CAT exam was that I got 12 out of 14 SC corrections right. I was very thrilled about that. I proved to myself that I could do SC at the caliber that would be needed to score well on the Verbal section. Now for the downside.... I think I had been drilling SC so much that I completely underestimated CR, which had been my best section out of all GMAT problems. Actually that's not true... I have about a 95% hit rate in Geometry, but CR was always one of my highest scoring sections. Here's a picture of my studying on my deck when I went home this weekend:
I think on that last CAT exam I got 4 CR's correct. I decided not to read to much into that and just call it an anomaly. I've realized that I do the best on sections that I'm looking forward too and that I'm calm for. During one of my MGMAT Cat exams... out of the first 18 questions.. I had 1 sentence correction. I don't think that will happen on the real exam... at least I hope not... or... maybe I hope so... because I like SC now. OMG I didn't think the day would ever come where I would say that. I guess I can say that about the test as a whole... I like trying to figure out the pieces to the puzzle. Now I see why some people score 750 and try to take the exam again to get 800's. I don't agree with it... but I can see why they would have that drive.
So I've heard horror stories about people going to the wrong testing center... not being able to find parking.... etc etc blah blah... so I decided to do a dry run to the test center. I don't have to worry about parking or anything since I live in NYC. I'm not even going to take the subway for fear of it breaking down with me on it. I live in Hells Kitchen (Midtown west(ish)) and my test center is right by Bryant Park. So on Monday - on my day off.. I was "sick" ::cough cough:: I decided to time myself and take a walk.
Now I'm sure you guys heard about the bomb scare in Times Square on Saturday. As a result of the bomb scare I decided to try to avoid Times Square. Getting blown up on my test date would not be an ideal situation. So I took a different route and encountered another issue... the issue being.. Mario Lopez filming something... so I had to dig through a crowd of people. Of course I had to take a picture just to show you guys that I'm not lying.
Kulmiye - your post gave me a slap in the face - much needed i might add. I need to be confident. I've realized that I do know what I know. I know all of the information that will be thrown at me on Saturday regardless of my scores. Saturday will just come down to me putting it all together. The ONLY way I'll be able to put the pieces together is by staying calm... I can do this right? I mean it's just a test with a buncha questions that are worded awkwardly to throw me off? I just need to see through the matrix.
I did not take the Kaplan exam on Sunday because the moderator guy said that it was not a CAT exam. I didn't feel that I needed to take 3 hours away from studying, to do a non-cat exam. So I just did a MGMAT CAT exam instead. This was the beginning of my short lived depression. I scored the lowest on this CAT than I had EVER. The only good thing that came from taking this CAT exam was that I got 12 out of 14 SC corrections right. I was very thrilled about that. I proved to myself that I could do SC at the caliber that would be needed to score well on the Verbal section. Now for the downside.... I think I had been drilling SC so much that I completely underestimated CR, which had been my best section out of all GMAT problems. Actually that's not true... I have about a 95% hit rate in Geometry, but CR was always one of my highest scoring sections. Here's a picture of my studying on my deck when I went home this weekend:
I think on that last CAT exam I got 4 CR's correct. I decided not to read to much into that and just call it an anomaly. I've realized that I do the best on sections that I'm looking forward too and that I'm calm for. During one of my MGMAT Cat exams... out of the first 18 questions.. I had 1 sentence correction. I don't think that will happen on the real exam... at least I hope not... or... maybe I hope so... because I like SC now. OMG I didn't think the day would ever come where I would say that. I guess I can say that about the test as a whole... I like trying to figure out the pieces to the puzzle. Now I see why some people score 750 and try to take the exam again to get 800's. I don't agree with it... but I can see why they would have that drive.
TEST CENTER DRY RUN
So I've heard horror stories about people going to the wrong testing center... not being able to find parking.... etc etc blah blah... so I decided to do a dry run to the test center. I don't have to worry about parking or anything since I live in NYC. I'm not even going to take the subway for fear of it breaking down with me on it. I live in Hells Kitchen (Midtown west(ish)) and my test center is right by Bryant Park. So on Monday - on my day off.. I was "sick" ::cough cough:: I decided to time myself and take a walk.
Now I'm sure you guys heard about the bomb scare in Times Square on Saturday. As a result of the bomb scare I decided to try to avoid Times Square. Getting blown up on my test date would not be an ideal situation. So I took a different route and encountered another issue... the issue being.. Mario Lopez filming something... so I had to dig through a crowd of people. Of course I had to take a picture just to show you guys that I'm not lying.
So I took a couple of pictures and kept it moving... I got to the Pearson building on 5th avenue and thought... ok that's enough... then I wanted to see what would be required for me to get up to the floor.. all I needed to do was show my ID at the security desk and he said 31st floor. So I go to the elevator... go up to the floor... saw the office where I would go... and clocked my time at 35 minutes. I was walking really slow. I could easily do that walk in 20 minutes, but I'm not going to be rushing on Saturday.
So that's that... last but not least... and this is my favorite part haha... So last week I got an email from the Kaplan center up the street from me... Apparently Dartmouth is having an admissions event at the Kaplan Center on Saturday from 11 - 1. I think it's basically an information session. I WILL be in attendance. Yes I know you're asking yourselves "Isn't your exam Saturday?" Yes it is... So I will wake up around 9:30am... eat breakfast which will probably be Dunkin Donuts - I'm addicted... Then I'll go to this info session until 1... come home... probably go over things like what to do for AWA and stuff like that... then 3:15pm I'll start walking over to the testing center.
After the exam I will come home... update my blog - MAYBE! and then I have to hop on a train to go back to Jersey to go out with some friends... either way a drink will be in order. If you don't see a blog post from me on Saturday you know it didn't go well. If I do post.. it will just be my score!
OH! I almost forgot... I'm kinda upset that Avatar isn't rentable on itunes! I was looking forward to watching that Friday night. Do you guys have any other ideas? Nothing serious...
Sunday, February 28, 2010
I worked yesterday who cares about the rate?
So after my near meltdown earlier, I put in 4 hours [3 REAL] hours of studying... I'm still trying to press through this Manhattan GMAT World Translations guide. This is taking forever... Tonight I did Work/Rate problems and Ratios. I can already tell that I'm going to have to go through this guide one more time. That means that between Number Properties and Word Translations I have a lot of work to do.
After I did the problems a the end of the chapters I looked back at my first MGMAT CAT Diagnostic exam to see if I could do the work/rate and ratio problems that I got wrong. I was able to solve them successfully. It made me smile. The curious thing though is that some of the questions that I found EASY on the CAT exam were the 700-800 level questions. Now let me remind you that I took that CAT before the start of my class. I made mistakes on the 300-400 and 500-600 simple questions. I'm not sure what the takeaway there is but I'm going to assume it's good.
As I sit here in my livingroom, I'm staring at myself in the mirror on the wall on the other side of the room... i think i've lost about 5lbs... which would be noticeable on me - hhmmm odd...
I'm just rambling now because I'm waiting for my movie to finish downloading on itunes. I'm addicted to the Saw thriller movies, and 6 is available to rent... so that's what I did. I'll fall asleep... wake up... hop on a conference call... and then get back to studying.
You guys should be proud of me for not going out tonight, although I could have definitely used a:
After I did the problems a the end of the chapters I looked back at my first MGMAT CAT Diagnostic exam to see if I could do the work/rate and ratio problems that I got wrong. I was able to solve them successfully. It made me smile. The curious thing though is that some of the questions that I found EASY on the CAT exam were the 700-800 level questions. Now let me remind you that I took that CAT before the start of my class. I made mistakes on the 300-400 and 500-600 simple questions. I'm not sure what the takeaway there is but I'm going to assume it's good.
As I sit here in my livingroom, I'm staring at myself in the mirror on the wall on the other side of the room... i think i've lost about 5lbs... which would be noticeable on me - hhmmm odd...
I'm just rambling now because I'm waiting for my movie to finish downloading on itunes. I'm addicted to the Saw thriller movies, and 6 is available to rent... so that's what I did. I'll fall asleep... wake up... hop on a conference call... and then get back to studying.
You guys should be proud of me for not going out tonight, although I could have definitely used a:
Cheers!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
OHNO...Temptation is killing me
So you may be wondering why I am posting to early tonight... well the title may slightly give it away. This might be one of my favorite titles. Last night I was watching the olympics and Apolo Ohno lost because he touched/pushed the other skaters... I was really looking forward to him winning that race because he hasn't won a gold this whole olympic games.
I was studying during the race and then got sidetracked online for a long while talking to friends all because of Apolo Ohno! Then I realized that it was late and that I should go to sleep because I had to go into work today... yes on a Saturday... I had to straighten some things out and learn how to edit HTML codes for this dedicated email that we have going out in a couple of weeks.
I knew that it would take a while for me to figure out what to do, on my own, so I just bit the bullet and got to it. I also had to fill out a questionairre, which you'll hear more about in a week or so. Just keep that in mind.
Just so everyone knows, I work on 54th and 3rd and I live on 52nd and 11th. It seems far, and if you're walking it's definitely far, but I take the subway to and from work. It's pleasant when it's not cold outside. In any event, I left work tonight at 10pm and as I was walking home I walked passed a couple of my favorite bars.
THEN THE TEMPTATION SET IN... so the other half of the title today comes from Destiny's Child's song Temptation. I started thinking "well you can go out for a couple drinks..." now anyone who knows me personally knows that that would be an impossible feat for me. My drinking mantra is either "Go Hard or Don't Come!" I kept repeating to myself "you have to study you have to study you have to study you have to study you have to study."
So then I passed the bars and I get home thinking that I'm safe... no such luck... i log into Facebook and I have a message from an old friend telling me how he's been in NYC for months and hasn't seen me yet, and that we should hang out. ::ugh:: why couldn't he have said this last weekend when I took the week off?
I think I'm good now that I've vented! I'm going to set up my study materials... have a cigarette... order food... and get to it... I'll definitely be up late tonight since I slept until 12pm today, so I'll be posting again later.
.... aaaahhh crap Jennifer Lopez is on SNL tonight isn't she? and it starts in a half hour! FML
I was studying during the race and then got sidetracked online for a long while talking to friends all because of Apolo Ohno! Then I realized that it was late and that I should go to sleep because I had to go into work today... yes on a Saturday... I had to straighten some things out and learn how to edit HTML codes for this dedicated email that we have going out in a couple of weeks.
I knew that it would take a while for me to figure out what to do, on my own, so I just bit the bullet and got to it. I also had to fill out a questionairre, which you'll hear more about in a week or so. Just keep that in mind.
Just so everyone knows, I work on 54th and 3rd and I live on 52nd and 11th. It seems far, and if you're walking it's definitely far, but I take the subway to and from work. It's pleasant when it's not cold outside. In any event, I left work tonight at 10pm and as I was walking home I walked passed a couple of my favorite bars.
THEN THE TEMPTATION SET IN... so the other half of the title today comes from Destiny's Child's song Temptation. I started thinking "well you can go out for a couple drinks..." now anyone who knows me personally knows that that would be an impossible feat for me. My drinking mantra is either "Go Hard or Don't Come!" I kept repeating to myself "you have to study you have to study you have to study you have to study you have to study."
So then I passed the bars and I get home thinking that I'm safe... no such luck... i log into Facebook and I have a message from an old friend telling me how he's been in NYC for months and hasn't seen me yet, and that we should hang out. ::ugh:: why couldn't he have said this last weekend when I took the week off?
I think I'm good now that I've vented! I'm going to set up my study materials... have a cigarette... order food... and get to it... I'll definitely be up late tonight since I slept until 12pm today, so I'll be posting again later.
.... aaaahhh crap Jennifer Lopez is on SNL tonight isn't she? and it starts in a half hour! FML
Monday, February 15, 2010
Yale SOM Visit
So I just got home from my visit up at the Yale School of Management. All in all it was a success. I got my first taste of the day in the life of an MBA student. Ok here goes the recap...
I was at Penn Station by 6:30 and got on the train at 7. At this point I had no idea what to expect. I started thinking to myself... “Is this school going to be a fit?” “How many other people will be in the group?” etc etc blah blah... ok fell asleep on train... 1.5 hours later I was in New Haven.
It was my first time being in New Haven. I had driven by it before but never stopped in it. Maybe going to McDonald’s or something but whatever. So my first impression was “wow this is an old town!” You really get a sense of it being a New England town, just from looking at the buildings. They’re all brick and not very high... remember I’m used to NYC. It was quaint, not much hustle and bustle but then again it’s Presidents Day.
So I go outside the train station and have a cigarette of course. Yes yes I know disgusting habit that I’m going to quit after the GMATs! ;-) I get in a cab and tell him 55 Hillhouse Ave, which is the Yale SOM visitors center/admissions building. Ok so I’m used to being in cabs, but this cab was expensive and I don’t think the Visitors center could have been more than 2 miles away from the train station. The cab started at $3.25 and was $0.25 per 1/9th mile! $8.75 and $1.25 tip later I’m standing in front of the Visitors center. I go take a couple of pictures of some signs and have another cigarette just because I knew I wouldn’t be able to have one for a while!
I was about a half hour early, so I walk in and introduce myself, get my name tag, and have a seat. When I walked in there was another prospective student sitting there. Turns out she was waiting to have her interview. No wonder she looked a bit nervous. People started trickling in and before you know it, they moved us to another room where we all sat and waited for a couple students to come in and give us an introduction. We were all making small chat. You know the standard “where are you from?” “what do you do?” “are you here for an interview and a tour or just an interview?” I would say that about half of the people in the group of say 20, were there for an interview as well. Another handful were applying for R3, and the rest of us were just getting an early start on visiting schools.
Now as a sidenote I will say the following for anyone going to visit schools. Please dress appropriately. I wore dress shoes, suit pants, a light blue button down shirt underneath a navy blue v-neck sweater. I was dressed appropriately. There were about 3 people in jeans and button downs or sweaters. That wouldn’t have been weird had it just been me mixed in with them, but we were mixed in with people dressed in suits going in for their interviews. So I would have felt inadequate had I been them.
Since this was Yale... i would say 90% of people visiting wore blue! Coincidence? I think not!
After a couple minutes, our student guides came in and explained to us the new (circa 2006) Yale SOM Integrated Curriculum. This was definitely a high-point of the day for me, because honestly... I could not truly decipher the diagram on the website. Can you? http://mba.yale.edu/MBA/curriculum/pdf/diagram.pdf Didn’t think so.
Well the student guides broke this down for us and it totally makes sense and energized me. Instead of having multiple classes within each siloed discipline like Finance, Accounting, Marketing, etc.... you learn things from different perspectives such as... from the Customer perspective, Investor perspective, Competitor perspective, Employee, and so on and so forth. You do get to learn the basics of Economics and Accounting and such in the beginning of your first year, but the Perspectives are the main ways of learning. I really like this innovative way of learning. It puts you in the position of each component to force you to look at things from a different angle, as you progress through the curriculum! Very nifty!
After they explained the curriculum we went to sit in on a class. I chose to sit in on a class called Employee. You can basically tell what it’s about... they were going over a case about Harrah’s casino and how to motivate the cage workers and managers with incentives/bonuses. It was obviously based on the case that they had read the day before. The professor and class was very interactive. No one was fighting for speaking time...it didn’t seem like anyone was worried about a Cold Call. All answers were very genuine. It turns out that tomorrow the protagonist of the case will actually be speaking at Yale. So I thought this was very neat in that you can get inside his head to see why he made the decisions that he did.
One thing that stuck out in my head was when one student was answering a 2 part question, but couldn’t really get the answer so she said “maybe one of my classmates can help me out here” and immediately a couple other hands went up to help her out. I thought that was very cool. Yes there were people who just couldn’t be bothered because they were clearly tired, but that’s going to be with any school.
I can definitely picture myself sitting in this type of classroom on a daily basis. The discussions were not in some foreign language or uncommon business vernacular. Some students threw in some business buzz words, but that's ok! I have a few up my sleeve too. This just comes down to a matter of being accepted!
I can definitely picture myself sitting in this type of classroom on a daily basis. The discussions were not in some foreign language or uncommon business vernacular. Some students threw in some business buzz words, but that's ok! I have a few up my sleeve too. This just comes down to a matter of being accepted!
The classroom was situated in a semi-circle of course. It may have been slightly tiered, but it wasn’t intimidating by any means. Very bright too! Lots of windows. The professor had two pull down screens on each side of the blackboard. The blackboard of course could slide back and forth.
After this class we went back to the Visitors center and waited for the student guides to take us on a tour of the b-school campus. The campus isn’t big, it only consists of 3 buildings, 2 of which are connected by tunnels, but considering that the the total combined student population is < 500, 3 buildings isn’t bad. The facades of 2 of the buildings are older, since they were old mansions, and yes the floors do creak, but the newer sections of the buildings are nice and modern. Here is a good time to remind everyone that the school of management will be getting a new home in 2013. It’s gorgeous, there are only pictures available online..
here are some pics of the proposed buildings... this won't be completed until the year I would graduate..
So after the tour, we went to lunch... standard cafeteria here... order food... pay for food... eat food... food was good. After we ate, we went to another class.. the set up in this room was definitely tiered. It was smaller than the previous classroom and the professor only had 1 projection screen. This class wasn’t case based. It actually seemed like there was a lot of reading that had been prescribed. The students had a 2 question quiz at the beginning of the class. The quiz would not be hard if they did the reading. It was just two basic questions... no big deal.. do the reading get a good grade.
This brings me to another point... about grades... There are no grades at Yale SOM. I knew this, but didn’t really understand it that well. The two categories are basically Distinctions and Proficient. It’s very hard to fail, they said that you would actually have to try very hard to fail. Most people get proficient, but distinctions are available. A good thing about not having grades is... well the obvious... less stress... and you can take classes that you may be interested in without worrying about failing and ruining your GPA. Also, not having grades fosters more teamwork, because you’re not competing with people.
After this class, we went back to the Visitors center to participate in an Admissions Q&A. When we got to this part I thought to myself “YES... THIS IS WHERE I’LL ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.” So here are my notes from that conversation:
- There is a real sense of community because it’s small & diverse
- Core courses have 2 Faculty in the room @ the same time
- Yale SOM doesn’t want to just be highly regarding in comparison to other b-schools. They are working towards being the best!
- AdCom goes through undergrad transcripts line by line looking for quant classes, not just overall GPA.
- If you’re a career switcher, explain how you became interested in your future career path in the essays.
- If you are granted an interview, the interveiwers only see your resume prior to meeting you.
- In terms of the GMAT the AdCom looks at the range of scores but they take the highest score.
Now guys remember the question I was going to ask? What are 3 adjectives that would describe the quintessential Yale SOM student?
- GENUINE - PASSIONATE - FUN - TEAM PLAYER
So after that, it was time to take the train back. Another $10 later and another cigarette... I’m sitting in the train station and I see someone else who was in my group waiting for her train. So she sits next to me and we start talking about everything. Then we see someone else that was with us, so he sits down with us and we go through the same process. Then we see someone else who was with us... same story... Then as I realize that my train is here, I see someone else that was with us, so after the 4 of us exchanged business cards... I ran over to the other prospective and exchanged information with him too. Two of the guys live in NYC about 20 blocks from me, so maybe we’ll get to meet up some time.
Now... I must add this in because this was a concern of mine. Being a gay male I was wondering how it would feel being back on a college campus again AND being OUT this time. Well I can say that I think that people are just too busy to care at Yale. (NYU also, but then again that's in NYC and here it's kind of an identity thing)... but at Yale I was comfortable being myself. Not my New York self (more on that if you ask).... I was just me... didn't get any weird looks.. people were just being people. It was nice.. very nice... A+ in my book!
Now... I must add this in because this was a concern of mine. Being a gay male I was wondering how it would feel being back on a college campus again AND being OUT this time. Well I can say that I think that people are just too busy to care at Yale. (NYU also, but then again that's in NYC and here it's kind of an identity thing)... but at Yale I was comfortable being myself. Not my New York self (more on that if you ask).... I was just me... didn't get any weird looks.. people were just being people. It was nice.. very nice... A+ in my book!
Ok that’s it for Tonight... this was a long one! Let me know your thoughts...
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Kaplan Information Session: NYU, Insead, Cornell, Columbia
Hola folks...
So in my last post I mentioned that I was going to an MBA info session at the Kaplan center... the address is something like 888 7th avenue, and I started walking the wrong way out of the subway... so then I'm looking at the street addresses and I automatically start trying to decipher whether each address on this particular block was a Prime number. It reminded me of the matrix and how they saw things differently...
That's the end of that introduction because I have a very long post today, but it's a good one...
Like I said I went to this event and the participating schools were Insead (comparable to Harvard), NYU, Cornell, and Columbia. I must say that I was very very impressed with all comments made by the Insead rep. I can definitely tell why they are one of two top business schools in the world!
On BeatTheGMAT.com, I posted these notes but I didn't add my story and thoughts to them... since this is MY forum I will do so... read... set...... GO!
The questions asked by the moderator are bolded...
Why get an MBA?
NYU - people want to make a move in their career and need additional coursework. People want to expand their network.
My Thoughts - it's amazing how true this is for me... I feel that I'm reaching that glass ceiling in my career where I cannot make a move up. *remind me in a couple weeks to elaborate on this* I cannot do so now... I do feel that in order for me to become the CMO of a .com I need to have a knowledge of how Finance, Marketing, Production, Accounting, etc all tie in together. I could get into one of my essays but I shan't. Sidenote - I LOVE saying "I Shan't"... I died when Emily said it in Devil Wears Prada (my all time favorite movie followed by The Hangover). If you don't remember, Emily said it to Andy when Andy was running out of the office to go to get Miranda's steak. Andy - "Wish me luck!" Emily - "No.. Shan't" anyway I digressed A LOT ;-) remember THAT from the previous post?
Because of the economic downturn? How do you evaluate your MBA candidates?
Columbia - we look for students who are resilient. Many people come into MBA program thinking one thing, but the realization is that they have to be prepared to take another route if needbe.
Random comment made - Make sure on your resume you are focusing on "What is the school looking for and how do I fit into their mission?" "How do I compliment their needs?"
My Thoughts - this is UBER important... i'm glad the comment was made just to drive home this fact to me. I think this is where a lot of people go wrong in their essays. They don't SHOW how they fit into a program and compliment it's mission. Why would say... Dartmouth want to admit someone who has great stats but likes being in a big city and doesn't like to be in a small program? Just because it's a phenomenal school? Blah they don't need you... they have many applications to go through.
When is the right time to go to B-school?
Cornell - When you feel that you're not learning as much as you could be and/or you're not being challenged in your current line of work.
Cornell - When you are able to explain your achievements and accomplishments otherwise you are not ready for B-school.
My Thoughts - this was geared towards those people with little experience. One fact that the NYU rep brought up was that they don't really care for people who have PT experience... they're looking for those with Full time experience.... but anyway... the key takeaway here was that if you cant think of any achievements and accomplishments.. then it's not time for you to go to b-school. this is because a large percentage of your learning will come from your classmates and vice versa. if you can't speak to anything in particular then you're not helping yourself or anyone else.
On the GMAT
Insead - The GMAT is essentially a critical reasoning exam similar to business school. You can have the quantitative skills but if you don't know how to apply it correctly, then the skills can't be helpful. In business you are given a limit amount of information and you have to make assumptions, inferences, and difficult decisions with the limited information. For this reason the exam is essentially Critical Reasoning in nature.
My Thoughts - I have never heard the GMAT explained in this manner... it's 100% true and I couldnt agree more... again... very impressed with Insead
On Short & Long Term goals essay
NYU - Make sure that you SHOW how you've come to the conclusion of what your short term goals are - by function and by industry. Even if you're not sure... come up with something! Then SHOW how a degree from _______ program is the best option for you.
Cornell - Think about what drives you. For the first time in your adult life you're being asked "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
My Thoughts - everyone laughed when the Cornell rep made this comment, but if you think about it... it's totally true. After finishing college... how often have you heard this? Luckily I have already honed in on exactly why I need to go to b-school now... and where I want to be post-mba and then even further down the road. The tricky part comes when I have to portray this through compelling essays.
This was my favorite question the moderator asked of the panelists. These buzzwords are definitely words to think about if you're applying to any of these four schools. Communicate these adjectives by SHOWING not TELLING.
The question was - State three words to describe your program.
Columbia - Resilient, Passionate, Articulate
Insead - Globally minded, Passionate, Engaging
Cornell - Enthusiastic, Passion, Focus
NYU - Team Player, Communication, Analytical
MY THOUGHTS - The reason I loved this question so much is because A.) I had never heard it before and B.) Because if I did hear it before... I wasn't ready to receive it... if that makes sense. It just went in one ear and out the other because I didn't realize how powerful it was an how it can help me when it's time to write my essays. Think about it... a school basically just told you what they feel are the three top qualities they look for in a candidate. If you can take these three themes and weave them into your essays, you have a much better chance for admission. Since I will be applying to at least 1 of these schools, I will take those qualities to heart. MOST IMPORTANTLY - when I visit Dartmouth and Yale and any other schools... I will make sure to ask that exact question. I'm excited for that... and just by learning that... i feel that the 2 hours spent with free cheap wine and some cheese was worth it!
Insead - If you have an interview with alumni remember that they're thinking to themselves - "Do I want to call this person a fellow Alum?"
My Thoughts - I always knew that's what an alum would be thinking... now it's confirmed! ahah
That's it for tonight... I am super super tired... and I'll be honest.. this is the first night that I have not studied and I feel VERY guilty. I'm telling myself that I can slide tonight since this weekend I will be in my apartment the whole time. I'll make up for it.
Enjoy your evenings/days/afternoons... Seacrest OUT!
So in my last post I mentioned that I was going to an MBA info session at the Kaplan center... the address is something like 888 7th avenue, and I started walking the wrong way out of the subway... so then I'm looking at the street addresses and I automatically start trying to decipher whether each address on this particular block was a Prime number. It reminded me of the matrix and how they saw things differently...
That's the end of that introduction because I have a very long post today, but it's a good one...
Like I said I went to this event and the participating schools were Insead (comparable to Harvard), NYU, Cornell, and Columbia. I must say that I was very very impressed with all comments made by the Insead rep. I can definitely tell why they are one of two top business schools in the world!
On BeatTheGMAT.com, I posted these notes but I didn't add my story and thoughts to them... since this is MY forum I will do so... read... set...... GO!
The questions asked by the moderator are bolded...
Why get an MBA?
NYU - people want to make a move in their career and need additional coursework. People want to expand their network.
My Thoughts - it's amazing how true this is for me... I feel that I'm reaching that glass ceiling in my career where I cannot make a move up. *remind me in a couple weeks to elaborate on this* I cannot do so now... I do feel that in order for me to become the CMO of a .com I need to have a knowledge of how Finance, Marketing, Production, Accounting, etc all tie in together. I could get into one of my essays but I shan't. Sidenote - I LOVE saying "I Shan't"... I died when Emily said it in Devil Wears Prada (my all time favorite movie followed by The Hangover). If you don't remember, Emily said it to Andy when Andy was running out of the office to go to get Miranda's steak. Andy - "Wish me luck!" Emily - "No.. Shan't" anyway I digressed A LOT ;-) remember THAT from the previous post?
Because of the economic downturn? How do you evaluate your MBA candidates?
Columbia - we look for students who are resilient. Many people come into MBA program thinking one thing, but the realization is that they have to be prepared to take another route if needbe.
Random comment made - Make sure on your resume you are focusing on "What is the school looking for and how do I fit into their mission?" "How do I compliment their needs?"
My Thoughts - this is UBER important... i'm glad the comment was made just to drive home this fact to me. I think this is where a lot of people go wrong in their essays. They don't SHOW how they fit into a program and compliment it's mission. Why would say... Dartmouth want to admit someone who has great stats but likes being in a big city and doesn't like to be in a small program? Just because it's a phenomenal school? Blah they don't need you... they have many applications to go through.
When is the right time to go to B-school?
Cornell - When you feel that you're not learning as much as you could be and/or you're not being challenged in your current line of work.
Cornell - When you are able to explain your achievements and accomplishments otherwise you are not ready for B-school.
My Thoughts - this was geared towards those people with little experience. One fact that the NYU rep brought up was that they don't really care for people who have PT experience... they're looking for those with Full time experience.... but anyway... the key takeaway here was that if you cant think of any achievements and accomplishments.. then it's not time for you to go to b-school. this is because a large percentage of your learning will come from your classmates and vice versa. if you can't speak to anything in particular then you're not helping yourself or anyone else.
On the GMAT
Insead - The GMAT is essentially a critical reasoning exam similar to business school. You can have the quantitative skills but if you don't know how to apply it correctly, then the skills can't be helpful. In business you are given a limit amount of information and you have to make assumptions, inferences, and difficult decisions with the limited information. For this reason the exam is essentially Critical Reasoning in nature.
My Thoughts - I have never heard the GMAT explained in this manner... it's 100% true and I couldnt agree more... again... very impressed with Insead
On Short & Long Term goals essay
NYU - Make sure that you SHOW how you've come to the conclusion of what your short term goals are - by function and by industry. Even if you're not sure... come up with something! Then SHOW how a degree from _______ program is the best option for you.
Cornell - Think about what drives you. For the first time in your adult life you're being asked "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
My Thoughts - everyone laughed when the Cornell rep made this comment, but if you think about it... it's totally true. After finishing college... how often have you heard this? Luckily I have already honed in on exactly why I need to go to b-school now... and where I want to be post-mba and then even further down the road. The tricky part comes when I have to portray this through compelling essays.
This was my favorite question the moderator asked of the panelists. These buzzwords are definitely words to think about if you're applying to any of these four schools. Communicate these adjectives by SHOWING not TELLING.
The question was - State three words to describe your program.
Columbia - Resilient, Passionate, Articulate
Insead - Globally minded, Passionate, Engaging
Cornell - Enthusiastic, Passion, Focus
NYU - Team Player, Communication, Analytical
MY THOUGHTS - The reason I loved this question so much is because A.) I had never heard it before and B.) Because if I did hear it before... I wasn't ready to receive it... if that makes sense. It just went in one ear and out the other because I didn't realize how powerful it was an how it can help me when it's time to write my essays. Think about it... a school basically just told you what they feel are the three top qualities they look for in a candidate. If you can take these three themes and weave them into your essays, you have a much better chance for admission. Since I will be applying to at least 1 of these schools, I will take those qualities to heart. MOST IMPORTANTLY - when I visit Dartmouth and Yale and any other schools... I will make sure to ask that exact question. I'm excited for that... and just by learning that... i feel that the 2 hours spent with free cheap wine and some cheese was worth it!
Insead - If you have an interview with alumni remember that they're thinking to themselves - "Do I want to call this person a fellow Alum?"
My Thoughts - I always knew that's what an alum would be thinking... now it's confirmed! ahah
That's it for tonight... I am super super tired... and I'll be honest.. this is the first night that I have not studied and I feel VERY guilty. I'm telling myself that I can slide tonight since this weekend I will be in my apartment the whole time. I'll make up for it.
I'm still in 2nd...
Enjoy your evenings/days/afternoons... Seacrest OUT!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Use Protection!!!
Hello yet again...
So as I'm walking to work this morning... this young guy walks out of his building and cuts me off and starts walking in front of me... this would not have alarmed me except for the fact that he wasn't wearing a jacket!
Where is HIS PROTECTION (Jacket)?
Now for those of you who don't know (and can't tell from the picture) I live in NYC... on February 2nd it was HELLA cold! Yeah that was for my west coast peeps - HELLA... For my New Englanders.. it was WICKED cold.. although to you guys you're probably like... PUHLEASE it's not that cold.. anyway I digress...
Don't you hate when people say I DIGRESS? it's like.. "ok you realized that you're digressing, but by you saying "I Digress", you're going even further... just get back to your point already!" anyway.. I digress ;-)
I don't know what possesses people to walk out of their houses unprotected... so you're definitely wondering how this relates to my GMAT prep... WELL...i wrote a story about it.. like to hear it? here it goes... (I'm still waiting for someone to tell me which popular 90's tv show that quote is from).
So today I had my 2nd MGMAT prep class. As anticipated (... anticipated is a participle) people had warmed up a little bit more this time. We started off the class with a short partner quiz. It was basic stuff, or shall I say, I found it to be basic, because I had done the assignments. I don't know how people can take a $1500 class from arguably the best GMAT prep class in the world, and not do the assignments.
This one girl, WAS FALLING ASLEEP! I'm thinking to myself "GIRL... WAKE UP THIS IS IMPORTANT" but I let her sleep... HEY if you want to get into the nitty gritty of the GMAT, if she takes the exam before me I'm practically competing against her! So I really should have gotten her a pillow.... anyway... I digress ;-)
My Protection (terrible tie in to the title) against "failing" this exam is below:
So... the key takeaway from today was that I need to reevaluate my study habits. In a previous post I mentioned that I underestimated how much work there would be. Last week I did the assignments... and the problems I got wrong (which were a lot), I would look at the answer in the back of the book and then try to make it my own.
This is the incorrect way of going about this. So from now on, after I mark the problems that I've gotten wrong, or took extra time to complete, or just couldn't set up, I'm going to then redo the problems untimed, but using the proper study guides. (That whole sentence was a mish mosh... and I don't even care... IT'S MY BLOG DAMNIT!)
On the quant front we did Primes, Divisibility, and Consecutive Integers... I HATE ABSOLUTELY HATE THESE... which unfortunately means that, they need to become my bffs! That's the only way for me to score a 710!
I got an email today regarding an MBA information session tomorrow at some place somewhere in the city. I need to figure out what I'm going to wear - where's my damn suit! I wonder if any other people I've met at other MBA events will be there.
I will take thorough notes and add them in tomorrow nights post!
One last order of business is the current standings...
So as I'm walking to work this morning... this young guy walks out of his building and cuts me off and starts walking in front of me... this would not have alarmed me except for the fact that he wasn't wearing a jacket!
Where is HIS PROTECTION (Jacket)?
Now for those of you who don't know (and can't tell from the picture) I live in NYC... on February 2nd it was HELLA cold! Yeah that was for my west coast peeps - HELLA... For my New Englanders.. it was WICKED cold.. although to you guys you're probably like... PUHLEASE it's not that cold.. anyway I digress...
Don't you hate when people say I DIGRESS? it's like.. "ok you realized that you're digressing, but by you saying "I Digress", you're going even further... just get back to your point already!" anyway.. I digress ;-)
I don't know what possesses people to walk out of their houses unprotected... so you're definitely wondering how this relates to my GMAT prep... WELL...i wrote a story about it.. like to hear it? here it goes... (I'm still waiting for someone to tell me which popular 90's tv show that quote is from).
So today I had my 2nd MGMAT prep class. As anticipated (... anticipated is a participle) people had warmed up a little bit more this time. We started off the class with a short partner quiz. It was basic stuff, or shall I say, I found it to be basic, because I had done the assignments. I don't know how people can take a $1500 class from arguably the best GMAT prep class in the world, and not do the assignments.
This one girl, WAS FALLING ASLEEP! I'm thinking to myself "GIRL... WAKE UP THIS IS IMPORTANT" but I let her sleep... HEY if you want to get into the nitty gritty of the GMAT, if she takes the exam before me I'm practically competing against her! So I really should have gotten her a pillow.... anyway... I digress ;-)
My Protection (terrible tie in to the title) against "failing" this exam is below:
So... the key takeaway from today was that I need to reevaluate my study habits. In a previous post I mentioned that I underestimated how much work there would be. Last week I did the assignments... and the problems I got wrong (which were a lot), I would look at the answer in the back of the book and then try to make it my own.
This is the incorrect way of going about this. So from now on, after I mark the problems that I've gotten wrong, or took extra time to complete, or just couldn't set up, I'm going to then redo the problems untimed, but using the proper study guides. (That whole sentence was a mish mosh... and I don't even care... IT'S MY BLOG DAMNIT!)
On the quant front we did Primes, Divisibility, and Consecutive Integers... I HATE ABSOLUTELY HATE THESE... which unfortunately means that, they need to become my bffs! That's the only way for me to score a 710!
I got an email today regarding an MBA information session tomorrow at some place somewhere in the city. I need to figure out what I'm going to wear - where's my damn suit! I wonder if any other people I've met at other MBA events will be there.
I will take thorough notes and add them in tomorrow nights post!
One last order of business is the current standings...
Me = Money9111
I know I lost the lead tonight... but don't cry for my Argentina - Osirus0830 is a good candidate to hold the title!
Enjoy your day! Stay Warm
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Starstruck
Good Evening Everyone...
So I'm a little upset tonight because I don't really care for Taylor Swift but she's winning all of these awards... and I just don't get it. Clearly Lady Gaga was the breakout artist of 2009, but nooo Kanye West had to go ahead and make Taylor Swift a household name... ::sigh::
This is where the title comes from, because Taylor Swift looked very Starstruck up there during his acceptance speech. Starstruck is a Lady Gaga song, for those of you who don't know...
In any event, below is the updated Leaderboard for BTG (BeatTheGMAT). I will say that at times posting is exhausting!
I'm Money9111
I didn't go out last night because I went out on Friday night. I had been studying all week and felt that I owed myself a night out on the town with friends. Last night I just worked through my MGMAT Number Properties Guide and did a couple of chapters.
Today I woke up at 12:30pm and was studying by 1pm. I studied until about 5pm... took a break... watched one of the Data Sufficiency Labs provided by MGMAT. It was an hour long but it was good. It was teaching us how to eliminate the easier questions within a Value DS problem. If the question stem has an equation in it, then there is no "easy" choice to eliminate quickly, but if it doesn't give you an equation then 9/10 there is.
This will be very helpful because it will enable me to eliminate at least two choices immediately. You are all familiar with the AD BCE or BD ACE choices. If not... you probably don't need to be... but it's all very helpful.
After the Grammy's I did another chapter in the Number Properties book. This was the last chapter before getting to the strategic applications. I'm still figuring out how to lay out my study plan. I want to get through this strategy guide tomorrow night, but I also have to do two chapters in the sentence correction book before class on Tuesday.
All in all I studied for about 6 hours today. One thing that I need to revamp is studying smarter! This is going to be my focus this week...
I go up to visit Yale in 2 weeks... I'm trying to figure out how to get up to Dartmouth to visit the campus. I'd like to do it now while classes are in session... it's just a hassle getting up there! Anyone have a chopper?
Until next time folks...
Sunday, January 24, 2010
I'll Get You My Pretty and Your Little Prize Too!
Good Evening (Morning) everyone...
It has definitely been a long time since my last post but that's alright... a lot has transpired since then, so we have a long night ahead of us... not really...
So if you are taking the GMAT and have not become a member of BeatTheGMAT.com, then you are not serious about the exam... stop reading this blog... type in the URL... and register... it will become your saving grace! It's great motivation. Anyway...so on BeatTheGMAT they're having a giveaway contest...basically the top 5 users who post "relevant" responses and topics will be rewarded with one of the packages below...
So the leaderboard reset today, and finally my username came up... look on the right in 3rd place = MONEY9111!!! woop woop... maybe me not having a life will pay off!!!!! Going forward I'll just post the leaderboard instead of the contest description.
I don't think I'll have to keep posting 20-30 times a day... but I just have to last longer than everyone else willing to post that much... I'm sorry but if someone is willing to post 30 times a day for 30 days.. they deserve to win one of the prize.. I'll leave it at that for tonight...
Tomorrow is a big day... and I have a lot to catch you guys up on.. I'm warning you now that tomorrow's post will be long... :-) I'll even have a notecard count!
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