time to get serious

it's officially crack down time. work decided to take over my life and left me with no time to study for the last 10 days or so. now, i have just about a week left before the big exam day and i'm already starting to feel butterflies in my stomach. i really hope i get a good enough score that would free me from taking the GMAT again. oh, what a wonderful thought...

i'm going to take 3-4 practice tests over the course of next week and visit my testing facility ahead of time to make sure i know where it is. any suggestions on the types of snacks i should take to the testing center? 4 hours is a mighty long time to run without fuel.

let me just say though, the community of mba bloggers here has truly been a great source of motivation and inspiration to me. without this support, i wouldn't have ever thought of aiming so high and pursuing my dream schools as fervently as i am right now. thanks to all who have directly or indirectly encouraged me to reach for the stars. (<--- yea it's cheesy, but hey, it works!)


D-8!!!
(hopefully i can write a big whoopin' "i rocked the gmat!!" entry in 8 days!)

climbing up the GMAT ladder

i just took the last of my MGMAT CAT exams. i was so tired today and had a bit of a food coma from dinner, so i wasn't really expecting a stellar score. after finishing up the verbal section, i clicked to view the results... and my jaw dropped to the floor. i got a 770?! i blurted a loud "OH. MY. GOSH." and ran to the next room to tell my sister my little victory news. could it be that i'm almost ready to take the test? wow, i just hope it's not a fluke.

just to give my readers some perspective, here are my practice test scores from the very beginning:

01/19 GMAT Prep #1- 660
01/21 MGMAT Free Exam- 650 (Q40, V39)
02/02 MGMAT CAT Exam #1- 700* (Q47, V39)
02/09 MGMAT CAT Exam #2- 730* (Q49, V41)
02/18 MGMAT CAT Exam #3- 710* (Q49, V38)
02/23 Kaplan Onsite Exam- 710 (Q47, V43)
03/06 MGMAT CAT Exam #4- 740* (Q49, V42)
03/16 MGMAT CAT Exam #5- 770 (Q50, V45)

* the scores with an asterisk are the ones i don't count as accurate scores. i actually went over the time limit on the quant section for these exams.

but today's exam was strictly timed and i hit a new personal best. maybe i work better under timed pressure after all. this definitely made my whole weekend~ =)

now to april 7 --> D-21!