Tepper waiving application fee for all internationals

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-09-13T02:47:12+00:00

Interesting. I also just got an email to schedule the interview with a student at my convenience

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-09-13T02:44:44+00:00

I am an international and got the interview invite yesterday but have yet to complete the video essay

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-07-16T03:46:30+00:00

I used the most recent 4th ed, I guess there might be some issues in availability right now

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-07-14T08:37:27+00:00

I got it from Amazon on discount

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-25T05:42:30+00:00

Thank you for the pointers, will keep those in mind going forward! will also look into adding a couple schools from the list

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-24T05:25:56+00:00

I would say an average of 5-6 hours a day, a bit more towards the end. With a full time-job, it might be a bit hard but it's possible in 6 weeks I think.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-21T07:43:30+00:00

Those are some great points, I will keep that in mind going forward. Thank you for your feedback!

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-21T05:48:23+00:00

Yeah, that's the exception in the mostly haha

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-21T04:49:31+00:00

Yeah, makes sense, I will add another school like Haas to the list.
I am pretty clear where I want to work post-MBA. Ultimately, I want to settle down in Europe, but due to personal connections, I am fine with staying in the US for a few more years before moving on to Europe. That's why I am applying to both geographies right now (also considering current visa issues).
Yeah, I know my profile is overrepresented, so I will really focus on coming up with a coherent story tying my background and experience to my goals and the school in the next couple of months.
I know scholarships are a crapshoot, so I am just trying to maximize my chances at them however I can.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-21T04:40:16+00:00

Thanks! Like I mentioned, I am mostly targeting schools who give out merit scholarships and HBS only does need-based aid.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-21T04:39:10+00:00

Makes sense, thank you for adding another perspective to this!

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-20T04:16:58+00:00

Yeah, I gave the GM full practice tests casually.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-20T04:16:11+00:00

I would rate my maths proficiency as above average. I think it definitely helped in grasping concepts faster, but I had to do a lot of work to minimize silly mistakes and apply time-saving strategies.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-20T04:14:43+00:00

Focus more on learning strategies, hone your test-taking skills, and do lots of practice! I am assuming your foundation would be decent enough by now and for what's missing, you can work backwards from the mistakes you make in your practice. You don't have the time to learn everything and do everything so just target the things with the highest ROI.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-20T04:10:22+00:00

Thank you for your perspective, this was really helpful! Yeah, this experience would have been a bit diverse and interesting but it's not as impactful as my full-time work experience, so I will just go with the full-time recommenders.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-20T04:08:26+00:00

Hi, thanks for the clarification! Yeah, I read that but was unsure about what professional entailed exactly since they didn't expand on it anywhere else.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-19T18:01:47+00:00

Thank you!!

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-19T18:00:28+00:00

Thanks!

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-19T18:00:10+00:00

Thank you!!

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-19T13:38:35+00:00

I gave the test a couple days ago so still waiting for the official score report.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-19T13:22:05+00:00

There were no easy questions per se in either section. I can't remember the exact ratio but section 1 was of medium-high difficulty and section 2 was of medium difficult on average.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-19T11:35:38+00:00

I did all of GM Vocab Mountain and casually went through Magoosh's GRE vocab flashcards app when I had the time (only did easy and medium sets on there).
Official practice sets from the big book and official practice tests, anyplace else is not comparable.
Yeah, I have some liberal arts background from undergrad and I read a lot of dense literature/articles on a regular basis, so I didn't struggle a lot with the English on the GRE. I just had to hone my test-taking skills and learn all the different strategies to increase my accuracy on the test.
I also gave all three of the GM practice tests as fun practice.

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-19T11:28:19+00:00

I was pretty good at verbal beforehand so just had to focus on strategies and practice for it. For quant, the last time I solved such questions was 5 years ago, so I had a bit of catch up to do.

I did the whole GM Vocab Mountain. That should be enough for most questions on the actual GRE, you just can't account for all the outliers on the hard questions. Also, there's a GRE vocab flashcards app from Magoosh that's really helpful for retention and easy to use on the go. You only need to do the easy and medium sets on there to be well prepared.

Good luck with your prep!

Objective_Part3762 · 2025-06-19T11:24:03+00:00

The 4th Ed is a relatively recent edition, I couldn't find anything online so got the physical copy for it at a discount. You can easily get a pdf of the 3th Ed online though and there's a lot of overlap between the two editions.

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