GMAT :- "Disaster" is the word

Finished my GMAT about an hour back and the results were not as per expectations....N'ways I already booked a date to write it again in a lil under 2 weeks......hopefully will try to improve my score then.....or it might be an end to this whole MBA dream......because very few schools would be interested in an Uncle like me.

Had been hoping for a score close to 650, well guys I admit I am not as smart as most of you here...so 650 was my decent expectation.....but the result was 610 (q-43, v-31), the verbal score was a big surprise all through the test the felling was that I have blown the quant and am doing well on the verbal.

Any suggestions or strategies from all you readers would be highly appreciated. My best wishes to all of you writting essays, filling out forms, interviewing or just waiting for that elusive call these days.....there is a seat waiting for all of us somewhere.

The GMAT Mystery

Well I am writing it here but I really do not know who scripted it. Was it ETS or Thomson Prometric? I have not been able to figure it out.

See if you can figure it out from the email I got from GMAC, “On occasion, technical or staffing problems may require a delayed start or the rescheduling of your test session. Weather conditions or other circumstances beyond the test administrator's control may also require a delayed start or the rescheduling of your test appointment.”

I was writing the GMAT on the 10th (Thursday) and had finished the Quant section, got back after my break and the computer just wont show anything……. The people at the center blamed it on ETS but I think it is far from the truth, think it was a problem with the internal system and not ETS because other people in the room were also writing exams. So if it really was ETS it must not have been just that one station. I am not very tech savvy but as a layman I thing my reasoning stands good.

The whole thing has now been scheduled for the 26th at a nearby location, hope it works out fine this time. J B, I did not post earlier because they were trying to fix me up for the test on Saturday the 12th, but it did not work out …… and now it is another two weeks of suspense.

Happy Diwali

Wishing you all a bright Diwali lit up with Happiness and Prosperity

Deepawali or Diwali is certainly the biggest of all Hindu festivals. It's the festival of lights (deep = light and avali = a row i.e., a row of lights) that's marked by four days of celebration, which literally illumines the country with its brilliance and dazzles all with its joy. Each of the four days in the festival of Diwali is separated by a different tradition, but what remains true and constant is the celebration of life, its enjoyment and goodness.

All the simple rituals of Diwali have a significance and a story to tell. The illumination of homes with lights and the skies with firecrackers is an expression of obeisance to the heavens for the attainment of health, wealth, knowledge, peace and prosperity.

During Diwali, lights illuminate every corner of India and the scent of incense sticks hangs in the air, mingled with the sounds of fire-crackers, joy, togetherness and hope.

It brings back a lot of fond memories of childhood and home