GMAT fun

I said I was going to write something about the GMAT at some point, and today seems as good a time as any. I took the GMAT at the end of December. I studied for it using the Princeton Review Prep course. It didn't really teach me all that much, but it did provide me with the discipline to study. Unfortunately, my project at work was very demanding about that time and I didn't study as much as I could have.

I was worried about finishing the Math section in enough time. I had struggled with that a little on my practice tests (which I thought were harder than the real thing). It was fine, though. I ended up breaking the magical 700 barrier. Pretty good, though I'm sure I could have done better. I decided not to retake the test.

I think studying is by far the easiest way to improve your score. Doing the practice problems again and again. I feel fairly confident that if you are reasonably intelligent, you can score well if you just study (I definitely should have done some more... but I really have promised myself to just let go of it... you can tell I'm doing so well, huh?;P).

I'm a little worried about my score b/c it's below the average (or around it) of the schools to which I plan to apply. Since I don't have a ton of work experience (although I feel what I do have is pretty valuable), I feel like every other part of my application has to be stellar. *sigh* I wish I could get this application process started already. I thought it would be great to get a head start by taking the GMAT early (and I do still think this relieves a lot of stress) and researching schools, but now I just feel like I'm waiting to get a move on. Argh.

Rough night

Well, here I am posting on a Friday night at 11:00 pm. I recently got off work. This week has been rough. Oh well, what can you do?

The only exciting news I have for today is that my husband got a job offer! He is graduating in May with a Masters, so he's been applying to jobs. This was one he really wanted, so I'm very happy for him. He's out celebrating right now (I figure I'll probably join him in a little bit once I've sufficiently recovered from my hellacious Friday).

I've been reading other blogs from people applying to b-school this year. Seems stressful. Can't wait till it's me this time next year! Haha.

Night!

The beginning is a very good place to start...

This is my first blog EVER! I hope to use this as a vehicle to get out all my thoughts, frustrations, and excitement about my journey back to school. Currently, the plan is to apply next fall ('06) to a business school to attend in Fall '07.

A little background on me:
I am a 23-year-old female. I'm from Virginia originally and then I made the long (and freezing cold) trek to Boston to go to Harvard for college. I played around for 4 years, slept very little, and graduated with a degree in Economics. I now work as a consultant for a leading strategy consultant firm. I like it for the most part, but I'm not sure I want to do it forever. The problem is that I have no idea what I want to do instead! Well, I have some ideas... I really like health care and international work, so I would be interested in doing management in either of those sectors. International is pretty broad - I would probably focus on economic development or something. Anyway, I recently decided it was time to go back to school to help transition to what I want to do. I just took the GMAT (I guess I'll write a separate post on that later) and now I'm researching Business Schools. Right now, I would really like to take a closer look at Duke/Fuqua (good health care focus), Wharton, Stanford, HBS (alma mater), and Northwestern. We'll see how it goes!

That's it for now!