After a very very long time (almost 1.5yrs from the date of my first post), I've restarted my journey two days back. This time I'm not going to let it go as I want to apply for ISB (Indian School of Business) by any means this time. I had visited ISB last week and it was great to be there! I'm not yet sure whether I would be able to start my MBA program in 2008, but still I want to make sure I apply and get into ISB this time itself. ISB has two application cycles - the deadline for the first being 15th September and for the second being 15th November. I initially thought I will go for the first cycle. In that case I would have to write GMAT in August itself, which I feel is risky for me as my job responsibilities are adding up every day. I should curse myself for my stupidity of my last 1.5yrs of laziness. Anyways, that has given me tremendous experience of course! The point here is... I'm going to write GMAT in October and will apply for ISB in the second cycle before 15th November.

Hence I started my journey two days ago with the plan from www.beatthegmat.com as the baseline. So my high level plan looks like this (Don't laugh at my target score... I always believe in aggressive targets):

	GMAT Prep Plan - Target Score 780
	Parallel Activities: Flashcard prep & revision
		Start	End	# of Days
Day 1-10	Review of Princeton Review Cracking the GMAT	5-Jun	14-Jun	10
Day 11-12	Tests & Analysis of Test Results	15-Jun	16-Jun	2
Day 13-22	Review of Kaplan GMAT 2005	17-Jun	26-Jun	10
Day 23-25	Tests & Analysis of Test Results	27-Jun	29-Jun	3
Day 26-28	Off :: Friend's Marriage	30-Jun	2-Jul	3
Day 29-36	Review of Kaplan GRE & GMAT Math Workbook	3-Jul	10-Jul	8
Day 37-38	Tests & Analysis of Test Results	11-Jul	12-Jul	2
Day 39-46	Review of Official Guide, Reading Comprehension section	13-Jul	20-Jul	8
Day 47-48	Tests & Analysis of Test Results	21-Jul	22-Jul	2
Day 49-50	Off :: Optional	23-Jul	24-Jul	2
Day 51-58	Review of Official Guide, Data Sufficiency section	25-Jul	1-Aug	8
Day 59-60	Tests & Analysis of Test Results	2-Aug	3-Aug	2
Day 61-68	Review of Official Guide, Sentence Correction section	4-Aug	11-Aug	8
Day 69-70	Tests & Analysis of Test Results	12-Aug	13-Aug	2
Day 71-78	Review of Official Guide, Critical Reasoning section	14-Aug	21-Aug	8
Day 79-80	Tests & Analysis of Test Results	22-Aug	23-Aug	2
Day 81-82	Off :: Optional	24-Aug	25-Aug	2
Day 83-90	Review of Official Guide, Problem Solving section / review of Analytical Writing Assessment	26-Aug	2-Sep	8
Day 91-92	Tests & Analysis of Test Results	3-Sep	4-Sep	2
Day 93	Enjoy the Birth Day!!	5-Sep	6-Sep	2
Day 94-139	- Practice, Practice & Practice!! Practice, Test, Analyze, Improve!!! - Also work on Essays & Recommendations	7-Sep	22-Oct	46
	GMAT Test	Tuesday, October 23, 2007
	Key Dates for ISB Admissions Academic Year 2008-2009
	Process Cycle	Cycle 1	Cycle 2
	Application Opens	1-Jul-07
	Deadline	15-Sep-07	15-Nov-07
	Interviews	Oct/Nov 2007	Dec 2007/Jan 2008
	Offer Decision	By Dec15, 2007	By February 15, 2008
	Acceptance Decision	15 days from date of offer
	Commencement of Pre-Term Courses	April 14 to April 29, 2008
	Commencement of Core Term Classes	30-Apr-08

Labels: Admissions, ISB, Plan