Time Off

You might be curious about the three month gap in my GMAT posts.

First, as you know, I haven't given up. I'll be taking the test in less than a month.

So, while I haven't been posting about my experience as much as I originally hoped, I have been studying. My motivational bursts, however, have come less frequently than I planned. That's probably because Sam returned from London just as my momentum peaked (I was studying about 3 hours per night) and because I had no deadline pushing me to stay on track. It's taken me time to acclimate to the former and screw up my courage to address the latter.

Also, it turns out that posting about the nuts and bolts of the test is less interesting and valuable than simply pounding away at practice questions and posting when I want to remember something about my experience.

Speaking of which, I've finally taken one of the Princeton Review practice tests. Granted, the conditions aren't quit the same and the questions aren't GMAC approved, but I'll take the results for what they're worth: 690.

Ok, now I really have to cross the river ...

A client of mine used to say that if you've got a job to do, throw your hat across the river.

Sometimes that's true, and in the case of a nasty test that you can easily put off, it's particularly true. So, after a few months off, I've decided to reenergize my GMAT quest by putting my money where my blog is.

On Saturday, November 4th at 9:00 am, I'm going to take the GMAT at the Pearsons Professional Center in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The non-refundable fee I'll pay for this lovely winter morning? Two Benjamin Franklins and their pal Ulysses S Grant.

That means I have 30 days, 12 hours, and 16 minutes to prepare myself, lest I lose the equivalent of a ticket to Vegas and a cold keg of Shiner Bock.

Welcome to crunch time.