Up for the Forth Attempt

I started preparing for GMAT 2 years back during my first job. I was suffering from ADHD. I did not discover about my illness till my third attempt. It's 2 days after the third exam I was diagnosed with ADHD. Might be partially attributed to my society where such symptoms are not taken seriously.

Though, I worked in one of the top 3 investment banks and one of the most reputed Hedge Funds, my intuition and concentration was really bad. My English was horrible to an extent that I had to rephrase my sentences many times to make anyone understand what I want to say.

First Attempt:

I gave my first GMAT 4 years back in my college days w/o much preparation and I got 570 (q50 v19). I had strict deadlines for ISB Young Leadership Program so I just prepared part time for 2 months and wrote it.

Second Attempt:

After 2.5 years of my first attempt I thought of preparing again.

In my second attempt, I went to following classroom coaching in Bangalore

• Jamboree
• Ivy GMAT

Through this rigorous preparation, I was able to increase 9 points on verbal section: 650 (q49 v28).

I took 6 months break after I received my score and switched job to a Hedge Fund as Senior Member.

Third Attempt:

I knew, for an Indian IT Male, to land up in a top 25 USA colleges this score will not take me anywhere. Also I exhausted almost all the study material by then so I made a mood to prepare for it the way I prepared for IIT JEE (one of the toughest Bachelors exams in India) so I did following things:

• I took 2 months break from my job (leave without pay) and prepared rigorously. 
• Subscribed to E-GMAT verbal classes for Non-natives
• Subscribed to GMAT Club tests
• Took a subscription of Eyeq Advantage to increase my reading speed to an average one
• Took a subscription of Lumosity
• Became active in GMATClub and Manhattan forums

Through this I was able to increase my verbal score with 6 more points to reach 690 (q50 v34).

After I received my score, I was happy about it for 3-4 days until I received my profile evaluation. 4 out of 7 consultants said that for Indian IT male, top 25 US colleges is a really tough target.

Apart from leave w/o pay in last two months, I almost invested quite a substantial amount to prepare for GMAT (3 attempts and 3 coachins). Trust me, with Indian standards, this is a huge amount.

In 2 days, I have an appointment with a doctor for ADHD medication. I hope his medication will help me out.

I know, for many of you, this sounds crazy but I reached glass ceiling in my country. I got best job in my favorite domain so further growth will be very slow so I am left with only one option i.e. to give one more attempt and prey God.

Preparing again. Need some moral boost. Hope I will reach my target.