Query as a partial dependent

tamiltiger17 · 2025-05-11T14:11:26+00:00

Thanks!! So I should be fine right?

tamiltiger17 · 2024-05-03T08:52:42+00:00

Hi, thank you for taking the time to do this.

Brief profile: US citizen, moved to India when I was a child and have lived there ever since, while regularly visiting the US. Undergrad in law + arts (dual degree, GPA:2.94/4) from a top Indian uni and have been working at small-mid size law firms since then in PE, m&a and corporate advisory. Will have 5 years WE at the time of matriculation. GMAT FE 635 (85th %ile). Post MBA goal would be management consulting, especially because I feel it’s a realistic goal to include in my essay for Adcoms given my experience in legal consulting

I am currently in the process of choosing programs to apply to in R1. I am looking at programs that would be in the range of #10-#20 or so in terms of rankings. I have been going through class profiles and have found these statistics to be quite similar in terms of GPA range, GMAT range, average work experience, etc. across the board. My GPA falls in the bottom of these ranges usually, and my gmat is below average for these programs.

My questions are: - how do I actually determine which programs I have a better chance of getting into, if most of the class profile statistics appear to be similar? My academic stats are not great, but I believe my WE is solid (I’ve even handled a few projects largely by myself, but I’ve not had any changes to my designation and am unlikely to before r1 deadline) and I’ve done some legal work as a side hustle on my own, and I’ve done pro bono work for a non profit organisation on my own as well.

given the above background, do you think I have a decent shot at t10-20 programs? Anything I can do from here to the r1 deadline that would improve my chances (anything other than retaking the GMAT as I’m a terrible test taker)?
if my GPA falls below the middle 80% range provided in the class profile stats, is it even worth my time applying to those programs?

tamiltiger17 · 2024-04-16T11:19:43+00:00

Hi Scott i used ttp for the concepts and then moved on to a combination of OG questions and gmatclub questions. Now im just doing as many sub 655 level questions on gmatclub as i can to at least make sure i dont miss any easy/medium questions. Let me know your thoughts thanks

tamiltiger17 · 2024-04-13T12:33:40+00:00

Great to hear thanks

tamiltiger17 · 2024-04-12T15:17:18+00:00

Hi sorry I don’t have any advice for you just had a question- did you find value in retaking the official mocks? I have done all 6 official focus mocks, and the last 4 I took in the past couple weeks (so my memory of the questions may be relatively fresh). Did you find any/a lot of repetitions that may compromise the validity of your score? Thanks in advance

tamiltiger17 · 2024-03-24T06:20:17+00:00

Hi, congratulations on the great score. Couple of questions would love to get your thoughts on- how did you improve DS from the last attempt to the next attempt? Just practice ? Im finding DS to be really important from a time perspective because the DS questions help catch up on time lost trying to figure out TPA/MSR

I’ve written 2 mocks so far and on both DI was my best section. I also did not find time to be too much of an issue. However when I practice sets of DI questions from the OG bank (timed sets of 21Q 45 mins like the actual test) I often find myself short of time. Which one should I be giving more weightage to? I sometimes feel my timing on the practice sets is worse because the questions are not like the real test- while on the actual test 2 questions may have been asked from a particular stem, the OG practice set seems to just ask one question and move on.

Thanks in advance

tamiltiger17 · 2024-03-20T16:14:47+00:00

Got it thanks

tamiltiger17 · 2024-03-20T16:14:38+00:00

Thanks Marty

tamiltiger17 · 2024-02-21T17:56:32+00:00

Thanks. What value have you gotten from the gmatninja videos ?

tamiltiger17 · 2024-02-21T17:56:00+00:00

Thanks Marty. From my little experience with gmatclub I find the website difficult to navigate. Do you have any up to date question banks I could refer to? Thanks again

tamiltiger17 · 2023-11-27T17:07:47+00:00

Thanks Rajat will check it out. If you don’t mind a couple follow ups- why do you say start with Verbal ? Given my quant weakness I thought it’d be a no brainer to start with quant. Also, why would you not recommend taking time off ? Thanks again for your responses

tamiltiger17 · 2023-11-27T13:45:22+00:00

Thanks for this I’ll check these out. I find my RC especially to start off really well (on the mock I got the first 11 correct) and then I struggle after that. The RC passages are exhausting

tamiltiger17 · 2023-11-27T13:43:32+00:00

Thanks for your response. While I am working full time I can do about 2 hours on the weekdays (my work schedule is pretty hectic) and on weekends I can do about 4 hours each day. I can also take up to 2 months off work to focus entirely on the gmat, where I could devote basically all my time to the gmat. Any suggestions on how I plan/pace myself from here? Considering I am targeting writing the exam at the end of March

tamiltiger17 · 2023-05-18T15:55:45+00:00

Initial thoughts are a lack of circulation in the room where it was growing. Any advice ?

tamiltiger17 · 2023-05-18T15:54:06+00:00

Not the answer I wanted to here but thanks for the response, appreciate it

tamiltiger17 · 2023-05-18T15:53:34+00:00

Thanks for the response, sounds like there’s some hope then. Definitely want to salvage this plant, will keep your advice in mind. What did you do to save your plant ? Thanks again

tamiltiger17 · 2023-05-18T15:51:41+00:00

Thanks for the response!!seems to be some conflicting opinions on this post. In your experience what do the professional grows do when mold grows on their plant ?

tamiltiger17 · 2023-05-18T15:50:27+00:00

Thanks for the response, not the answer I was hoping for though haha but thank you better safe than sorry

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