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Conquering IIM-A by Sandeep Chadda

Hi,

Best of luck to everyone who is preparing for MBA or appearing for interviews. I wanted to share my experience with all of you and uncover some myths to make your journey a little better and feel good about yourself. MY MBA experience is slightly long so you will have to bear with me:

I gave my CAT in 1999 and got a 99.2 percentile and did not get a call from any IIMs. I got a call from a good school but I did not go for it because of personal reasons. 

I gave my GMAT in 2003 and scored a 630. 

I gave my GMAT again in 2006 and got a 660.I applied at ISB and was waitlisted for the interview but never got a call. The reason stated was that my GMAT score was too low. I was broken and completely shattered. 

I gave my GMAT again in 2009 and got a 640. You can understand my situation now when I felt that MBA was not for me. I almost gave up and thought that this is not my cup of tea. 

I gave my GMAT again in 2012 and got a 670 and 6.0 in AA :( The score was not good and I was almost shattered. I knew I will not get any calls but I still thought of applying to some of the schools. Btw.. Some of the other folks who had applied along with me were averaging 710 +. There were others with 770s and 750s.

Anyways I went ahead and applied to IIMA, IIMB, IIMC, and IIML. I am also planning to apply to ISB. Here I want to take a small break and talk about my profile since it bears some relevance to the rest of the story.

Experience - 10 years

Field - Information Technology

Designation - Technology Architect

International Experience - 7 years

Hobbies - I teach at a Govt School, Blog (schadda.blogspot.com), and am a martial artist

Extra Curricular: I am passionate about public speaking and have been involved with Toastmasters at various levels 

So coming back to my applications, I got interview calls from IIMB, IIMC, and IIMA. IIML is yet to announce its results. To cut the long story short, I had a great interviewing experience with IIMC and IIMA. My interview with IIMB is on 17th Nov, I will share the details of the interview a little later. For now I have got a call from IIM Ahmedabad and I am ecstatic to learn that I will be able to live my dream this year. 

Now, I want to clarify some myths and share some learning:

1) It does not matter how many times you give your GMATas long as you can defend it. When I was asked this in my interview, I mentioned that I would have given it 10 more times if I am not able to convert it this time.

2) Only folks with high GMAT scores get into IIMA or prestigious institutes. I am a living example. But I must confess, in the last 2-3 years, I did not just take a break of 3 years. I built my profile as strong as possible so that I am able to defend everything I say. 

 - My communication was weak, therefore I joined Toastmasters and went on to win the regional competition in extempore speech in Michigan. 

 - My social responsibility had nothing substantial therefore I started teaching at a govt school. I am teaching there for almost 2 years now and am in love with the kids. 

 - I also started writing a blog that became very popular and has good number of hits in my technology community. 

I believe all this helped since IIMA conducts an extempore speech in the interview and that did not surprise me. 

One very important thing that I wanted to share was that though I scored a 670 in GMAT, I felt I was much better than this. Some of the fundamentals taught by Kalyan sir are embedded in my mind so well that my accuracy in SC, RC, and CR is consistently 90%. I still think 670 was a score on a day that had gone bad. 

The net story is that DO NOT GET DISHEARTENED. you have no idea what is in store for you. Your interview is also very very important and so is your profile. In IIM Bangalore GMAT holds only 10% weightage in your overall profile.

Here again I want to recollect what Kalyan sir used to tell us. YOU ARE DOING THIS FOR YOURSELF and not anyone else. it is your choice to live it with conviction. Sir, I THANK YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN for changing my perspective towards my goals. You gave me much more than just how to prepare for GMAT.

Regarding my preparation, I only read OG 10, OG 11, and OG 12. I followed what kalyan sir taught me to the core, I have great faith in his teaching style. 

Regarding my interview, I prepared for all current affairs, my engineering, and almost everything on my application form. This is how my interview went in IIMC and IIMA.

IIM-Calcutta

Q - Who is the CM of Bangalore?

Shettar

Q - Who is the Governor of Bangalore?

Bhardwaj - Hansraj Bhardwaj

Q - Who is the previous CM of Bangalore?

Yedyurappa (Damn.. somehow Gowda slipped out of my mind) 

Q - have you heard of Gowda?

A - yes he was the previous CM, not Yedyurappa I laughed and told the professor that I goofed up.

Q - Where have you been in and around Bangalore?

A - Yes, Mysore

Q - What is that temple called on top of a hill in Mysore?

A - Nandi

Q - How far is Nandi from the base?

A - 2-3 kms, 30 min drive

Q - What are the few amazing things about the Mysore Palace?

A - Sword of Tipu Sultan which is not there anymore

Q - Whose paintings are on display at the Mysore Palace?

A - NO IDEA, but told about some fascinating paintings that I recollected seeing 7 years back

Q - Tell me about your hobbies?

A - teaching, blogging

Q - Grilled me about Vedic Mathematics? Which Vedas contain script for Vedic maths?

A - Atharvaveda..told about everything I know

Q - Which book do you refer to teach Vedic Maths?

A - Told

Q - Give an instance where referring the internet for Vedic Maths has helped you?

A - Told

Q - Why was Maths required at that time - during 3000BC when the Vedas were written?

A - Told to keep a count on the number of soldier and cavalcade for armies... 

The prof told.. it was for calculating distances and measurements and I told that I was thinking out loud

Q - If you are so passionate about teaching then why MBA?

A - Told

Q - You will lose all that you are doing now?

A - Told in negative. told about my passion. and I was candid about sharing the number of times I have applied for my GMAT and I that I will not give up.

Q - Any questions?

A - Nah.. I am good.

IIMA

Got an extempore topic - If India's literacy rate is that high, then why are iNdians illetrate....

i have a habit of standing and delivering my speeches therefore I asked the professors whether I could stand and deliver. 

I gave a 3 minute speech. I had some facts in india education since I am fascinated about it. Lucky topic :)

Q - What is the literacy rate in India.. 

A - Gave the literacy rates for India, kerala, Gujarat etc

Q - What policies has India implemented for education?

A - Talked about how Bharat Nirman and MNREGA help education indirectly. 

Talked about RTE

Talked about ensuring 25% guaranteed education for impoverished in some good schools

Q - Asked full form of MNREGA?

A - Told

Q - If there is a policy that is not being implemented, then what will you do?

A - 

Talked about provisions in legislation to pass a bill

Talked about RTI

Talked about petitions etc

Q - How long have you stayed in Mexico?

A - 10 days.. 

Q - Where is Mexico?

A - Between NA and SA

Q - Laughed for a bit.. because Mexico is in NA and not between NA and SA

A - Even I laughed and acclaimed that thoda goof up ho gaya :)

Q - What language do they speak in Mexico?

A - Spanish

Q - Where is Portuguese spoken?

A - Brazil

Q - What about other countries in South America

A - Spanish

Q - What do you as an Cloud Architect? Tell me what you did yesterday?

A - Told - 

Q - What is Cloud?

A - Told

Q - Why is cloud important?

A - Told. I love my field so I had more than enough information

Q - Why do you want to do MBA? You will not be able to do any of this if you do MBA? 

A - Replied in Negative. Again there were references about my GMAT appearances and I told them that you will see me every year until you select me :) being a little cheeky

Q - What do you do in your spare time?

A - teach / blog

Q - What do you blog about?

A - Told

Q - Got details about my blog.

A - I invited them to visit my blog.

Q - Do you want to take 1 toffee?

A - Only 1 ??

They said - you can take more if you have kids

I said ... I am only a kid and took 2 and left :)

One thing I wanted to make sure was that I keep the energy levels in the room high. 

Well, this was a long post.. but I wanted to tell all of you that one thing that will take you to the best B schools is the belief in yourself. Kalyan sir shared a book with me called Think Again. One learning I took from the book was that if you train your brain to a goal, the goal will walk up to you. I believe this is what happened to me as well. 

Thank you once again Kalyan sir. You are a genius. 

Regards

Sandeep Chadda 

GMAT-Sentence Correction Tips By Csquare learnings-(GMAT Trainers)

SENTENCE Correction for GMAT with Csquare Learnings-GMAT Training Center

Sentence Correction on GMAT comes with a lot of burden…lots of rules to learn. With the maximum number of Questions (15-17 Q’s) hailing from this section…test takers have no choice but to spend a lot of time mastering this section.

Csquare Learnings-a pioneer GMAT Training Center (Bangalore & Hyderabad) is obliged to share few Sentence Correction (SC) tips with all the GMAT aspirants.

1) Read LESS à Score MORE

We often read the Q multiple times in order to understand the sentence. Remember GMAT is testing your correction abilities and not understanding of the concept.

Csquare Learnings through its Classroom & Online sessions emphasizes on “Reading the SC Question only once, NOT to understand”

Emphasize more on the answer choices, in order to find the correct answer and score higher.

2) TOP-Down Approach

We tend to read each answer choice at once to understand and eliminate.

Remember understanding the answer choice is not important than finding the difference between each answer choices.

Csquare Strategy emphasizes on doing a VERTICAL COMPARISON of your answer choices (Move your eyes from top to bottom and NOT left to Right).This helps you clearly differentiate each choice from the other, to choose the comparatively BEST.

3) WRONG is GOOD.

Do not try to find the correct option, always try to find a flaw and identify Wrong Answer choices in order to eliminate them.

Wrong Answer choices help you arrive at the correct answer. Hence WRONG is GOOD: P

4) GMAT Minus GRAMMAR

A common myth is SC needs you to learn vast and time consuming English grammar.

Actually SC on GMAT is based on 35-40 rules. Make sure you learn the APT rules to avoid pressurizing your mind with too much information.

For example:

“We believe that Grammar is an integral part of SC” .This sentence looks and sounds perfect. Whereas this is wrong on GMAT.

‘Believe that’ is a wrong idiom…To avail the list of correct Idioms...

Contact Csquare Learnings -080-40821000.

GMAT feedback of GMAT Student @ Csquare Learnings-GMAT/GRE Institute

"I decided to appear for GMAT sometime in August 2009. Some of my friends suggested that I look up for some good institute for preparing for GMAT. Initially, I thought that I could manage it on my own. So, I started to prepare for it on my own. My job was hectic enough at that time and managing GMAT preparations proved to be quite a challenge and I felt like I was beating around the bush without much progress. I then decided to look for some guidance. I tried to look for institutes in Bangalore through internet and found Csquare right at the top of my search. I looked through various forums and most of them were unanimous in their view that Csquare has the best to offer when it comes to GMAT. Hence, I took the leap of faith and joined Csquare. Right after the first class (on SC), all my doubts melted away and I was sure that I have come to the right place. This feeling got re-inforced more and more as I attended more and more classes.

On the verbal front, the strategies taught in the class for SC worked really well for me. Towards the end of my preparation, I was getting almost all SC questions right within the manageable time and all that was just by blindly following the "GMATically correct" SC rules taught in the class. The strategies offered for RC were also quite unique and if one really followed them, there was little chance of going wrong. I did my best to practice that and I got comfortable with it as the time progressed. On CR, the strategy to classify questions into various types was equally good. However, I somehow paid least attention to practicising CR and thats what probably led to some dip in my verbal score.

On Quantitative front, I found the strategies taught in the class very helpful in solving the questions quickly and accurately. Specially,with the kind of approach taught to solve DS questions it was really difficult to go wrong there. Quant is not just about solving a question, it is also about solving it quick enough and with least amount of effort and that is what was taught to us in the quant class. The classes were quite focussed and dealt with a very good pool of questions. So, quant became friendly by the end of it all.

I ultimately managed to score 710 (Quant - 50, Verbal - 36). I would like to thank Csquare for all the assistance and support. Special thanks to Rashmi and Kirtin for all their help and motivation."

Sushant jain

GMAT e-Learning | Csquare Learnings

Dear Students,

We at Csquare are focused on how our students benefit galore form changing
technology as we redesign the delivery of GMAT strategies and also make
accountability a key part of the whole process. Csquare Learnings brings to
you an E-learning module for Sentence correction for you to revise and
rewind your thoughts on the Sentence correction rules. Like no other
training form, e-learning promises to provide you complete training
conveniently at off-hours or from home or a time that suits you.

We have launched this product and is available for all our previous and
current students to avail benefits from these free modules. Below is a link,
which will give you access to the pre-recorded Sentence correction classes.
This link will be available free of cost for the next few days only. So
please take advantage of this and we will be grateful to you if you can help
us with your feedback on the same, for us to serve you better.

Our E-learning sessions are developed with individualized self-paced modules
to suit the needs of both slow and quick learners. You can access the
learning resource multiple number of times over days and hence it reduces
stress and increases satisfaction.

We invite you and your friends to be a part of this high resolution
endeavor. Csquare learnings always has and will strive to serve all the GMAT
aspirants in the best possible way. Your support will help us do a better
job. Thank you for your valuable time.

http://www.csqrl.com/E-Product/SC-tip1.php

Thank you!

Crack GMAT with Csquare Learnings

Romit Acharya - 680 (Math-46, verbal-37)

Training
Csquare learnings happens to be my only institute where I got a comprehensive coverage in Verbal. Prior to Csqrl, it was more of self study, various forums/groups on Net. I belong to the majority who believes in having many books and resource material. To begin with, it was fine. "The more you practice, the better" was modified and rephrased to " The more study material the better". So, when I got the study material from Csqrl... I wondered whether some 100-150 odd page material will be sufficient.And it turned out to me more than that. I took web-based classes as Csqrl is not in Delhi.So after my office I used to have a 2 hour class via webex. With all the rules and formulas(csqrl special) and brilliant presentation by Rashida - I could see a big improvement in verbal. The rules related to Tenses, 3-point rule, Its test, S-test and the deadly FIRE. The best thing about these rules are.. they are much clear and adaptable than the explanations of OG.

Prepration
This was the sad part for me. It wasn't the 1st attempt I had this score...it took me a while... with a busy work schedule, at times night shift gave me quite a challenge.

Pre- Csquare learnings
I gave GMAT thrice with a best of 560. My initial scores in verbal were 26-28, with stable 50 in quant. Verbal was a huge let down. During this time I used Manhattan, Princeton, Kaplan and 800 series and not to forget 1000series for SC. It was always a "fix" solution while solving these materials rather than having a proper answer. The illusion of having good preparation came due to solving these materials again and again...which made me think that I'm good to go for real exam.

Post- Csquare learnings
It was very hard to believe that the very few pages of booklets along with few photocopy material would be sufficient.But after my 1st class.. I knew it was different study material. I simply completed my assignments in the manner I was asked to... the review sessions helped me a lot to fine tune and adapt to the particular rules Rashida had.I could devote 2-3 hrs on weekdays and 8-9 on weekends for my studies. Took lots of Gmat Prep exams by deleting the logs so that I don't see many repeat questions.I have extensively used OG guides and the Csqrl notes for Verbal.. as I was doing quant on my own... I followed books by Indian authors...on quant analysis.... it was full of shortcuts which I find handy... Though, my final quant doesn't justify my confidence in maths, but I got 4 questions wrong at first place... and from there on it was a catch up. So a 46 is not that bad. A 37 in verbal is a jackpot !!!

Only problem (blessing in disguise rather) with Csqrl is - Not many know about Csqrl. Thanks to my good "google" skills.. and after my 3rd attempt wherein I really wanted help in verbal.. I found Csqrl. I would have saved time had I got to know about it earlier..

GMAT at Home:E-learning by Csquare learnings

Csquare Learnings makes GMAT preparation easy with their New E-Learning Modules..Take a look!

The future is a high-resolution game. Never before has humanity been able to explore the emerging landscape in such detail, to measure the forces of change at such vast scales, and to fill in the details with such fine grain. But this high-resolution grid is not complete. It challenges Csquare to envision and build the future we want. As digital tools create new platforms, we at Csquare are focused on how our students benefit galore form changing technology as we redesign the delivery of GMAT strategies and also make accountability a key part of the whole process.

To talk about our past…In 2005, Csquare began its GMAT journey by helping students achieve their Dream Score through power packed classroom training courses and as we progressed we introduced the online live virtual sessions to help students globally. At this juncture where we celebrate our success and realize the impact that technology can have on our lives, we are proud to introduce E-Learning training sessions that will provide our result oriented strategies fused with flexibility and simplicity.

As the worldwide E-learning industry grows over $48 billion, Csquare ventures into this form of education delivery to ensure its students avail the following benefits-

Like no other training form, e-learning promises to provide you complete training conveniently at off-hours or from home or a time that suits you.

Our E-learning sessions are developed with individualized self-paced modules to suit the needs of both slow and quick learners. You can access the learning resource multiple number of times over days and hence it reduces stress and increases satisfaction.

E-learning also offers interactivity between the learners and the trainers and helps students get their queries answered.

For your confidence levels there are online GMAT assessments and extra tests that can be availed. Students can submit their assignments to their personal trainers who can also view the online reports about students’ performance during the course. This helps students improve their skills in key areas be it Sentence Correction, Reading Comprehension et al.

The E-Learning methodology can cater to students with diversified needs and in conjunction help you achieve your Dream score conveniently.

This innovative pedagogical design- first of its kind in the GMAT world, offers you the GMAT concepts, experience of skilled professionals coupled with powers of technology. We invite you and your friends to be a part of this high resolution endeavor.

Please feel free to mail me or call me to know more about this E-learning technology. I will be more than delighted to answer your queries.

(You can drop in a mail to varshaagarwal@csqrl.com)

HEC MBA Seminar at Csquare learnings

Csquare Learnings in collaboration with HEC Paris organizes a Seminar on “HEC MBA :Training the world leaders of tomorrow”

Venue:

Csquare Learnings Convention Hall

Courtesy : Shilton Royale

9, 100 Feet Road, Koramangala Bangalore - 560 047.

Date : Sept 18, 2010 [Saturday]

Time : 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Contact details: 080-40821000

E-MAIL : info@csqrl.com

WEB : www.csqrl.com

“A Tryst with Women Entrepreneurs” – Case study on Csquare Learnings by IIMB

They say that when the going gets tough, the tough get going… And that's certainly true of this Woman entrepreneur- Rashmi Gowda :Director of a GMAT Training Centre –CSQUARE Learnings, launched a new business venture - and made brilliant success - despite dire economic forecasts. Proving that if you have a great idea, and the passion to back it up, there’s no time like the present. Rashmi Gowda has converted her area of keen personal interest into a viable enterprise that uniquely serves customers and provides immense personal satisfaction to her.

Get a glimpse into the entrepreneurial journey of Rashmi Gowda, alumni of the Management Program for Women Entrepreneurs (MPWE) at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) – a woman with a strong belief in her ideas and the willingness to convert them into sound businesses that make an impact.

It is Indeed an achievement for Csquare Learnings for being Considered a potential case study. The case study will surely inspire more women to create such innovative enterprises. Take a look at page 49 of this link.

http://pothi.com/pothi/preview?pFile=4087#preview-top

ISB Admission Seminar by Ashwin (Csquare Learnings student with GMAT 610)

Csquare Learnings cordially invites you to an ADMISSION SEMINAR!

Trouble viewing? Read it online.

Date- August 8, 2010 (Sunday)

Starting Time- 12.00pm

VENUE-
#204, 2nd Floor,

ABK Olbee Plaza,

Road no1, Banjara Hills,

Opp: Care Hospital,

Hyderabad 500 034. India

Limited Seats. Register your Seat now!!!

Contact details: 040-40141147 / 40214545

Email : infohyd@csqrl.com
www.csqrl.com

GRE as a gateway to B Schools

“ Dear MBA aspirants,

Did you blew up your GMAT ; feel disappointed as you couldn’t apply to TOP Business schools such as Stanford, Harvard, Wharton etc…. ; here is a good news for you: All the TOP Business schools in USA including Harvard, Wharton, ROSS etc are NOW accepting GRE score as alternative to GMAT. Check the link attached and see if your dream school is listed there…

http://www.ets.org/gre/institutions/about/mba/programs/

Wish you Good Luck, “

Csquare Learnings

Hyderabad 040-40214545/40141147

Bangalore 080-40821000/1

GMAT Score 710-Sushant Jain (Student of GMAT training Center -Csquare learnings)

"I decided to appear for GMAT sometime in August 2009. Some of my friends suggested that I look up for some good institute for preparing for GMAT. Initially, I thought that I could manage it on my own. So, I started to prepare for it on my own. My job was hectic enough at that time and managing GMAT preparations proved to be quite a challenge and I felt like I was beating around the bush without much progress. I then decided to look for some guidance. I tried to look for institutes in Bangalore through internet and found Csquare right at the top of my search. I looked through various forums and most of them were unanimous in their view that Csquare has the best to offer when it comes to GMAT. Hence, I took the leap of faith and joined Csquare. Right after the first class (on SC), all my doubts melted away and I was sure that I have come to the right place. This feeling got re-enforced more and more as I attended more and more classes.

On the verbal front, the strategies taught in the class for SC worked really well for me. Towards the end of my preparation, I was getting almost all SC questions right within the manageable time and all that was just by blindly following the "GMATically correct" SC rules taught in the class. The strategies offered for RC were also quite unique and if one really followed them, there was little chance of going wrong. I did my best to practice that and I got comfortable with it as the time progressed. On CR, the strategy to classify questions into various types was equally good. However, I somehow paid least attention to practicing CR and that’s what probably led to some dip in my verbal score.

On Quantitative front, I found the strategies taught in the class very helpful in solving the questions quickly and accurately. Specially, with the kind of approach taught to solve DS questions it was really difficult to go wrong there. Quant is not just about solving a question; it is also about solving it quick enough and with least amount of effort and that is what was taught to us in the quant class. The classes were quite focused and dealt with a very good pool of questions. So, quant became friendly by the end of it all.

I ultimately managed to score 710 (Quant - 50, Verbal - 36). I would like to thank Csquare for all the assistance and support. Special thanks to Rashmi and Kirtin for all their help and motivation."

Sushant Jain

GMAT Score(690)---->XLRI (with Csquare Learnings-GMAT Training Center @ Bangalore,Hyderabad and Delhi)

Hi MBA Aspirants,

I wanted to write this mail a long time back since I got a confirmed offer from XLRI Jamshedpur for their 1 year GMP program but just could not find the time. Now that this is due for a long while and I sincerely feel what I am going to write down, I knew I had to do it now.

Just to give you some background about me:

I am an Electronics Engineer by qualification but was in IT when the MBA bug bit me firmly in 2008. I had planned it some years back but got busy with my job. It was my wife, a doctor by profession who gave me the confidence to go with it again and hence I started looking out for GMAT coaching. This got me connected to Csquare Learnings. Before I go any further let me furnish the details of GMAT and colleges I applied to.

GMAT: 630,650,690

Average Acads

Total Work Experience: 6 years 8 months,1 year of entrepreneurship experience

ISB

Great Lakes

XLRI: got an admit to GMP 1 year program

The journey was a satisfying experience overall starting with Maths coaching from Rashmi and English from Kirtin.

I found everyone very dedicated and hard working be it Rashmi, Reddy, Vinita Maam or Kalyan himself. This is the only reason I could keep myself egging on when I faltered badly on my initial 2 attempts at GMAT. They all gave me the confidence and motivation that I can do well. In the end, I could not cross the magical figure of 700 and I was a bit disappointed but then I knew I had given it my all.

I had decided to go for the Admission assistance course and enrolled for the essay writing and mock interview sessions with Vinita Maam. This was the phase during my preparation when I got to know about myself. The document that Vinita Maam gives to know about yourself and your profile is something that gives you an exact picture of what you have done in your personal and professional life. I made one mistake of not allowing Maam to identify the best colleges for me in India itself because I made that decision too late but fortunately I didn't had to pay for it. Essay writing session began with me not knowing what to write and how to write but Maam gave the confidence to go for it and was patient enough to correct it always. In the end her patience and persevering with me paid off and I was able to come up with real good essays which didn't look a possibility before I joined the sessions.By this time I was convinced about the Interview session with Maam and it really did a lot of good towards building up my preparation. The mock interviews were relevant and made my confidence of handling the real college interviews many notches up. By the time I ended my interview, I was completely satisfied and convinced that, Had I not joined the course and didn't have Vinita Maam's guidance I would not have been able to write a good application to various MBA colleges. My wife who was a witness to this journey had the same opinion. It is a pity that I could not meet everyone from CSquare in person, particularly Vinita Maam before joining in XLRI because of unforeseen hospitalisation of my Dad.

Pardon me if I wrote such a big mail and believe me I am not in habit of writing such long mails, but all that I have written is completely true. I am completely convinced that my stint has played a major role in getting me to XLRI and particularly the brain storming sessions with Vinita Maam. Now I know the importance of those sessions and the reason why Maam puts a high value to those sessions.

Thank you all for the support provided to me during my course and bringing me to this platform of MBA. I hope I can justify the confidence shown by all of you at CSquare in me.

Regards

Giri Shankar

XLRI GMP 2010-2011

GRE Instead of GMAT

GRE Instead of GMAT – More than 300 Business Schools ( including the TOP B-Schools) are NOW accepting GRE for MBA admissions... does it mean Csqrl is also exploring the option of starting with GRE; wait n watch…

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-business-schools/2010/05/14/gre-is-fast-becoming-a-gmat-alternative-for-b-school-applicants.html?PageNr=1

ISB student from Csquare Learnings(GMAT Training Institute)-Ashwin Krishna

Ashwin Krishna ISB Co 2011

I found that GMAT preparation is a different ballgame and I didn’t want to join yet-another-institute who specializes in CAT coaching and “claims” to provide mentoring for GMAT!

I did a lot of research on institutes who are catering GMAT coaching. As a reality check I visited Csquare, Jamboree and TIME. Unarguably, the energy level, which I saw in Csquare was indomitable. I loved the passion in Rashmi, the way she answered my questions and the way she directed me for my GMAT dream. I was a lost kid not knowing my way forward for cracking GMAT. Rashmi’s mentoring was indeed a “ray of hope” for me. I went ahead with the intuition of “First impression is best impression” and I am happy to say that taking up Csqaure is one of the best decisions of my life.

Moreover, I got an amazing feedback from Csquare alumni – Niara Ahmed ( who is student at ISB Co 2010 and Amit. )

Thus, being a rational human being I cherry picked Csquare among the mediocre rest!

Csquare is Certainly the master in GMAT Preparation.

Sometime during august 2009: My entrepreneurial journey needed a big leap and MBA was the best way forward. I spent 4 full years to decide about my GMAT journey. I was exhausted… Csquare was the booster, which empowered my entrepreneurial journey by helping me to tame the GMAT bull.

Empowering GMAT dreams

§ Right from Day 1 when I met Rashmi, there was lots of “positive energy” around. I strongly feel this seeded confidence in me to crack GMAT.

§ The strong foundations laid in the class helped me to understand the basics and mend my mistakes.

§ The repeated, exhaustive practice tests empowered me to get rid of “fear of committing silly mistakes in objective-type exam”.

§ The techniques taught were undoubtedly simple, whacky and effective. Unarguably, these techniques helped me to optimize time in GMAT.

§ There was string focus on “Individual development”. It was indeed great to be in a small batch of 10.

§ Test Taking Strategies made me to think and perceive GMAT is ridiculously easy.

Empowering Admissions dreams

§ Hours of 1-1 classes on admissions was impeccable. Those sessions not only gave me a headstart to applications process but also guided me to the right path for ISB. Even though I had a great profile, I wasn’t clear how to sell my USP. Vinitha & her admissions team at Csquare did a commendable job by analyzing my profile and mentoring me at every stage till I landed at ISB.

Empowering my Life

§ The eclectic Csquare students and the “GMAT ecosystem” at Csquare indeed brought a new “me” in me.

§ I have not only made some of the best friends of life through Csquare but also carry the same positive energy, which I have evidently seen in whole of Csquare family!

I am strongly inclined to giving back to the system. I will spend substantial amount of time in sharing my knowledge about essay writing and admissions to Csquare students. My extensive knowledge of essays and admissions that I gained through Csquare Admissions team, will be put to best use in Csquare! I will be more than happy to give sessions on “How to get into ISB”.

Before I finish my stint in ISB, I will write a research report on “Market potential for GMAT coaching in India”, which will be exclusively presented for Csquare. I feel it’s a nice way to say “thank you” for folks who helped me realize my dream of “cracking GMAT conundrum”.

I would like to be a good-will ambassador of Csquare and help in all fronts for marketing Csquare.