1 Hawk Down! - ISB Reject

Received the following from ISB today:

To: <>

Subject: ISB Interview Rejection

Dear <>,
We have reviewed carefully your application for admission to the Post Graduate Programme in Management at the Indian School of Business for the academic year 2007-08. We regret to inform you that your name does not figure in the list of applicants that we have short listed for the interview process. However, such applications may be reviewed later if found necessary and if so, you will be further advised suitably. Meanwhile, we thank you for your interest in ISB and wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

Best Wishes,

NUS Submitted

NUS Submitted

Ivey Submitted

Ivey Submitted

The first interview call : Interview@ Queens

Queen's: January 8, 2007; 2000 hrs IST

From: @business.queensu.ca
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:11 PM
To: ...
Subject: Interview with Queen's MBA

Hello ....,

Your file has reached the interview stage of the application process and I am contacting you to set up a telephone interview with ...... Would you be free for a telephone interview on Monday January 8th at 9:30 a.m. (EST Ontario) 8:00 p.m. (IST)? If this fine with your schedule please let me know a telephone number that would be convenient to reach you at on that day.

Thank you,
..

Ivey , NUS Started

Ivey & NUS started

TOEFL result out

Finally something good has come..104 in TOEFL and atleast 24 in each section. !!!

Queens done

Queens finally done!

ISB done

ISB finally submitted

TOEFL done!

TOEFL done..but with troubles again..network failed..lets hope the scores have reached the ETS people
-----------Mail------

From: .....
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:19 AM
To: 'TOEFL'
Subject: TOEFL iBT interrupted in middle

Dear Sir/ Madam
I had scheduled a TOEFL – iBT exam appointment on November 10, 2006 at ... at 7.30 PM IST. The exam was interrupted in the middle, because of some technical problem at the test centre, for approximately 10 minutes. However, I was able to complete my exam after the problem was corrected. I requested the centre in-charge, Mr. .... to give me in written that the test was interrupted in the middle for approximately ten minutes because of technical problem at their centre. But he refused to give anything in written.
My point of concern is that when my final scores are calculated, it should not happen that all answers have not been registered with you and that the final scores indicate some unanswered questions. Hence, I would just like to know, whether the answers to all the questions in all the sections in the TOEFL iBT have been registered with you. I answered all questions and did not leave any question unmarked. I chose to report my scores also.
My details as used for registration are as follows:
....

TOEFL IBT Test Order Details:
Start Time: 07:30 PM November 10, 2006
BANGALORE, KA, India
Appointment ID: ....

This appointment was a re-schedule of another technical snag because of which I was not able to take the exam then. Because of this reason, I am worried and hence am writing to you.

Waiting to hear from you at the earliest.
Yours truly,
..

Applications...ISB

Application to ISB in progress..hell lot of things required to be done

The first ever time

No 1 might have reduced his score..but i did! Dont know what to do now!

D day 2 has come..

Days have passed..d day 2 has come..lets hope for best!

TOEFL ransacked

TOEFL...trouble with me..paper cancelled due to technical trouble at centre...new date given.november 10, 2006
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From:
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:07 PM
To: 'TOEFL'
Subject: TOEFL iBT cancelled

Dear Sir/ Madam
I had scheduled a TOEFL – iBT exam appointment on October 1, 2006 at .. at 2.30 PM IST. The exam was cancelled because of some technical problem at the test centre. I reached the test centre before the allotted time, but the process didn’t start till late in the afternoon. After that I, along with around 60 other candidates, was told that there is some technical problem and hence the exam is cancelled.
I would like to know what measures will be taken by you, since first the incident has led to enormous wastage of time and mental harassment and second, upset my schedules in regard to my university application processes. In case exam re-schedule is the solution, I would be really thankful if some convenient date is given to me, after October 17, 2006 at any centre, other thank Almaz Software Solutions, since this centre has had the same problem once earlier also leading to the cancellation of the exam.
My details as used for registration are as follows:
..

TOEFL IBT Test Order Details:
08/22/2006 Start Time: 02:30 PM October 01, 2006
BANGALORE, KA, India
Appointment ID: ...........
Site ID: ....
ETS Order ID: ....

Waiting to hear from you at the earliest.
Yours truly,
.....

MBA Fair

Went to MBA Fair in Taj! Found few universities. Lets see what is to be done!

GMAT 2?

Thinking of GMAT 2!
October 17m 2006

Life's in a dark lane

GMAT..over..
Score..ah!
what to do next!

D day has come..

The D- day is finally near. Tomorrow there's exam..lets hope for best...currently searching for the 5 unis to send my scores to.

Countdown has begun-60 days to go

Countdown has begun....
Clock has started ticking....
Days have started to seem smaller...
Unrest has set...
60 days to go...

May God be with me!

Pathetic performance @ Kaplan CR class assigment

...even after completing CR from the verbal OG, performance is pathetic..
..need more practise

Tests : Diagnostics & GMATPrep

Kaplan Diagnostic(paper based): 550
GMATPrep (CAT-official software) : 640

Second stepping stone towards preparation: joined Kaplan

....joined the weekend course for GMAT at Kaplan, Bangalore..a whooping 11k spent!

Milestone1 : Official Guide-Quant finished

Milestone1: Official Guide to Quantitative Aptitude finished!
Verbal-CR and few RC questions left
Main OG: lots left

Trouble1 : Deadline not met

Trouble 1: Deadline of April 30, 2006 for completing books not met!
Deadline extended!

First stepping stone towards preparation: procuring books

Found few other pals also interested in giving GMAT.
Got the three books xeroxed and each of four persons have one copy for themselves.
Target Date to finish the books: April 30, 2006

TOEFL: First stepping stone towards preparation: procuring books

Bought Princeton's TOEFL ibt book

The second step!

The second step comes with registering for GMAT.
After many checks, found a suitable date: August 17, 2006 : Thursday

TOEFL: The intermediatory info collection stage

• A visit to local Kaplan and Princeton centres: details of coaching offered, duration, some typical info abt TOEFL
• An extensive search on the net for TOEFL information
• Info on all the book availabe for TOEFL

TOEFL?

Why TOEFL?
GMAT..hence TOEFL

The intermediatory info collection stage

• A visit to local Kaplan and Princeton centres: details of coaching offered, duration, some typical info abt GMAT
• An extensive search on the net for GMAT information
• Info on all the book availabe for GMAT
• A try to procure books: The three Official Guides to GMAT from GMAC: main, Verbal & Quants

The first step!

The first step, as it is for all other activites, is to make your mind set that you want to do a MBA through GMAT. The selected university for me:
Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad (http://isb.edu)
Min GMAT score required: 680