Reading Comprehension problems

I have recently discovered that my reading comprehension accuracy is pathetic... I mean on tough passages, I can go wrong upto 60%! Isn't that unbelievable... All this time, we all think that our reading is good and it's better than our speaking sometimes... However that is not true. We learn to read very early, but never try to improve our reading accuracy and efficiency. on GMAT land, you are tested every bit and piece for it.

I went to http://www.readingsoft.com/ to test my skills and I found that I was an average reader, just a little more than a completely hopeless reader. My reading speed was 253WPM and my comprehension accuracy was about 65%. I think I need a lot of improvement from here. I am going to do the following things for this matter.

1) Start reading articles from nytimes, forbes, businessweek, WSJ, etc.

2) Start learning strategies of fast reading and try and get my accuracy of RC up.

3) Hopefully these things will translate into better results.

I don't know where I am heading, but I get a good feeling that I am working on my core weaknesses, and not like my last 2 times on the GMAT, where once I was half prepared, and other I was down with an infection, this time I will go on my G-day only if I am confident enough. And I know I will be.

Shall keep you all posted about ISB information session.

Peace...,

Abhinandan.

Systematic GMAT...

Here are a few new things happening in my life...

1) I'm looking for a change at work... Not really a switch if that's what they call it, I love my company and the brand value it offers, but I'll look for something more challenging.

2) I have joined the Princeton Review's GMAT classroom program, payed an outrageous amount for that, but I hope the Systematic GMAT preperation helps me, and so far I am happy with it. Let's see how I do in about 2 months time after which I plan to take it again.

3) Most of my time now a days is busy, don't get time to meet friends on weekend, but I am doing alright.

4) Many exciting opportunities seem to come, but they never seem to take a real shape, or I am not pushing it hard enough, I don't want to, because I have other priorities right now.

Currently, sentence correction and PS seem to bother me enough. And hey, I am also attending ISB information session on June 1'st at the Taj Blue diamond Pune.

Hope for good times ahead.

Cheers,

Abhinandan.

News, but not so good...

Folks,

SUNY Buffalo it was, where I applied, got an admit, and had accepted it by paying 10,000 INR. Unfortunately, received a feedback from the fellow indian students over there that, the institute was just an average B-school, with no real scope of getting good jobs or internships. A lot of things were at stake... This comparison of things compelled me to take a decision with my family that I will not attend UB SOM. I will give the GMAT Again, aim at a better score, and target the next 3-4 years my best to get into a "Top B-school" which is preferably 1 year. Although things on the personal front are pretty weird too, and from a place where I stand, it seems increasingly difficult to obtain what you call a balance in my schedule and life in general.

I hope everything turnes out to be good. Moreover, I have another chance at the GMAT, where I think chicken-pox infection played a big spoilsport. This time around, I would not like to have any exceptions for a descent score. What B-schools am I targetting now? Nobody knows.

Perhaps, I will decide after I get my GMAT report. Which is the right thing to do I guess. I will keep blogging my journey through all this on a regular basis now.

I am currently on a lookout for GMAT coaching classes, some in question are Veritas (career launcher), IMS Deccan, and Princeton review amongst others. I will take a decision about which one to join by this weekend. Also have a phenomenal startup idea in my mind, which I plan to work on if I get some time.

Ok this is getting quite lengthy and monotonous, so is my work at office... Looking for a change, but I love my company, and will try and stay loyal.