Is it just me, or is the Quantitative section of the GMAT much easier than the Verbal section?

Having struggled with the Verbal section and only increasing my score in minute incrementals, I have all but given up on my verbal; especially sentence correction. However, I have actually ordered Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction Guide as I heard it is a very good reference book to use (in hopes that I reallly can improve my verbal).

But other than that, I have moved on do preparing for the Quantitative - which is so much more enjoyable than the Verbal section.

Everybody is around. My entire family has come around for 2 weeks, before my sister flies back to Australia. Which means lots of good food and hopefully good fun, and of course, a few family arguments.

I am slowly going through the application form. It is almost like applying for a job.

Question - Which of your personal characteristics do you want to improve with the (MBA) program?

Answer - I have too many issues with my personal characteristics to list down for improvement. In general, lets assume like all other good MBA applicants, I would like to improve my leadership, analytical and logical thinking.

:P

Is there like, an ideal answer to the question? Maybe for characteristics A,B and C, I will get full marks. But for characteristics X,Y and Z - the school already has enough applicants with those characteristics and it does not want people with that profile anymore?

Applying for business school is very much like applying for a job, only the strange part is, once you get in, you are going to be paying them, and not vice versa!

I have just begun my application to a school - meaning, I have just downloaded the application form :D

So much to complete.

Ever wondered whether when you apply to the school, do you write what you think the school is looking for? Or do you write the truth?

If you wrote what you think the school may be looking for, it may improve your chances, but it might not lead to best fit. The school may select you based on what you wrote, but in reality, you are not such a good fit for the school.

But then, if you wrote the truth, you might not get accepted.

So which is worse?

Getting accepted/but in reality you are not such a good fit or
Not getting accepted/know that you were rejected because you were not such a good fit?

I opt to take the risk and write what I think the school may want to look for, and then worry about the fit after I have been accepted.

On the other front, my suggestions to pick up online poker as a serious hobby has been severely criticised by all that know me. :(

But then it is now World Cup! Go Argentina! Go!