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Why do I do what I do? – By Sandeep Gupta

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Top-One-Percent … The 99th Percentile Club Exclusive GMAT-Prep for 99

th percentile aspirants – not for everyone!

Hi! This is Sandeep Gupta … AND I am NOT a GMAT Trainer. INSTEAD, I am the only GMAT Trainer in

the world for exclusive 99th percentile (≥760) scores. So if you genuinely want a lower than 760 score,

please don’t contact me. I am not the right training partner for you. 99th percentile (760-800 range)

happens to be the highest percentile score on the GMAT. ONLY one percent people in the world get

99th percentile scores (that’s why it is called the 99th percentile). BUT, in the last five years, 56% of all

reported scores by my students have been in the 99th percentile. This means, my students’ success-

rate is 56 times the average success-rate on the GMAT.

Can YOU get a 99th percentile score? Even if you are at a level of 360, you can get a score of 760. Your

current level doesn’t matter. You may be an absolute beginner; there is no problem even if you have

forgotten what a prime number is or what a pronoun means. BUT … you have to be … HAVE TO BE …

extremely sincere … AND extremely serious … about a 99th percentile score. So please bear in mind

that You are not the right student for me if:

1. You are LAZY

2. You are COMPLACENT [“Even if my life is ‘screwed up’, I am fine being mediocre (UGHHH!!!),

because I am too complacent to change anything.”]

3. You don’t mind belonging to the BOTTOM 99 Percent

I want you to strive for only top-one-percent excellence: The simple motto of your life must be:

“Whatever I take up, I will try to beat the best in the world, not my neighbor, colleague, or friend.” I

want only those people who want to belong to only the top-one-percent.

A double whammy of 99th

percentile GMAT scores

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Something about me: I used to work as a pizza-delivery boy, a construction worker, a porter, a

waiter, and an auto-rickshaw driver. If you think that it takes some genius to get a 99th percentile

score on the GMAT, you are terribly mistaken. By every stretch of imagination, I had been an utter

failure throughout my school and college years (the highest percentage scored by me EVER before

college was 47 – in my 6th Std.).

I want my LONG ROAD to be your SHORT CUT. I have spent a decade learning and crystallizing my

special techniques (OCTAVE, PRIME, ACT, ACED, and LINGO) to such a level that you can consume

everything in just 360 hours and get a 99th percentile score.

Why so much insistence on Top-One-Percent?

Roughly 300,000 people write the GMAT every year. If you score only 700 (89th percentile … check

here.), your rank is about 33,000th. This means you are behind 33,000 GMAT takers in a single year.

Now imagine that you come 33,000th in a competition (or a race) or are the 33,000th best employee

(programmer, coder, accountant, salesperson etc.) of the company you work for!!! A score of 700 on

the GMAT means this level: behind 33,000 people in in a single year. If this level is acceptable to you, I

am not the right training partner for you. I don’t want you to aim for the 33,000th rank.

My message: don’t settle for anything that is just about average, above average, good, or very good.

Strive for not even an iota short of exceptional excellence, a level of excellence where competition and

comparison cease to matter, where YOU are in a majority of ONE. Absolutely nothing short of TOP-

ONE-PERCENT!

YOU might argue: “Sandeep, I don’t want a ≥760 score. My business school is ready to take me at a

score of 500-600-700. Why should I try so hard?”

My answer: No problem. Just don’t contact me if you target anything lower than 760. I don’t

desperately want your wallet. I am not doing it primarily for the money … there is a larger purpose in

my training. I don’t mind losing a non-serious candidate. I am not after your wallet if you don’t fit

the bill – YOU have to target ≥760 score.

BECAUSE … to me, Top-One-Percent is not about GMAT score alone; it is a philosophy for living your

life. And I don’t want to compromise on this philosophy for some quick bucks. Think about the

following question:

If you are a programmer (or designer or accountant or salesperson), do you belong to the

absolute-best pool (among the top-one-percent) of programmers in the world?

Whether you are a banker, cook, sportsperson, or an MBA, the same logic applies: do you belong to the

absolute-best pool (among the top-one-percent) of people in the world?

You and I both know that the answer to the above question is a thumping NOOOO!

The thrill of belonging to the best of the best in the world can’t be described in words. The feeling is to

die for: it is like winning your Olympic Gold. So if you have never been in the Top-One-Percent at

anything so far, make your start with a 99th percentile score on your GMAT. And your B-School

journey will become much easier. Are you game?

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The practical rewards of a Top-One-Percent Score:

1. If you are an Indian applying to a top business school, no matter how good your profile, a high

GMAT score (minimum 730 … although even 730 is a borderline case … actually you need 750+ to

be truly in the race) is an absolute must if you don’t want to be rejected because of your LOW

GMAT score. Unless you have led teams in ten different countries, know more than five global

languages, have been a serial entrepreneur, have generated millions of dollars of funding for your

startup idea, have run five companies before, or have a recommendation from Mr. Narayan Murthy

etc., a score below 730 means NOTHING (for an Indian applicant) … when it comes to applying to

the top 10 business schools in the world.

Life after any top 10 global B-School is surely worth craving (imagine your starting salary

as $150,000-$200,000 per year with high-flying consulting assignments across the globe)

and the journey starts with a high GMAT score. A high score gives you the power to change

the next 30 years of your life and career. With a great GMAT score, you will be many miles

closer to your top B-School dream. You will join the prestigious 99th percentile Club of

GMAT takers.

2. Sadly, NOT even a single GMAT-Training institute apart from Top-One-Percent in the entire

country trains you to get an exclusive 750+ score. The trainers at most of these institutes have

never even written the GMAT, let alone have scored in the 99th percentile (≥760). It is like hiring a

swimming instructor who has never been in the pool himself / herself. UGHHH!!!

3. This is where Top-One-Percent comes into the picture. I train you exclusively for a ≥760 score on

the GMAT and make sure that your LOW GMAT score doesn’t become the biggest hurdle in the

journey of your dream education and career. That’s why I don’t want you as a student unless you

want a ≥760 score.

4. I am so confident of my teaching, material, motivation, and personal help (doubt clearing,

counseling etc.) because I have never (NEVER EVER) scored less than the 99th percentile on any of

my GMAT attempts. There is no other GMAT Trainer in the entire country having an official

99th percentile score on the real GMAT (with an official proof – a unique link and

authentication code).

Still, if you wish to risk your career, go ahead and join absolutely third-rate training

elsewhere. Even if you wish not to join me, for your own benefit, insist upon an official

score report of the trainers at other institutes. If anyone shows you an official score report

of a 99th percentile score with a unique link and authentication code, I will train

you free-of-cost.

5. In addition to acing these tests myself, I have been teaching for these tests since 1996. In the

process of interacting with more than 100,000 students over these years, I ended up developing

the smartest possible techniques (OCTAVE, PRIME, ACT, ACED, and LINGO) … and, over the last

decade, have finessed these techniques to such a level that you just need to give me a sincere effort

of 360 hours to ensure a ≥760 score on your GMAT. You needn’t reinvent the wheel; I have done

all the hard work for you. It is like getting an instant injection of my brain into yours. When you

train with me, you save precious time, money, energy, and effort required in figuring it out all by

yourself. With me, you get the 99th percentile recipe on a platter.



6. With a flourishing Professional Speaking Business (I am the ace mentor at Public Speakers’

University London) and have spoken on multiple TED platforms … the latest being at ISB

Hyderabad … and a sensational writing career (I am the author of the bestselling book Million

Dollar Solopreneur – the number-one Indian Business Book on Amazon India with more than 150

five-star Reviews), I still LOVE to teach the GMAT.

For me, it is not a route to some quick bucks; I just LOVE training for the GMAT. For the last full

decade, the GMAT has been nothing short of an obsession for me.

7. I am driven by making the dream of absolutely the very best education in the world a reality for

you (I am sure that, for any working professional in the world, including even the Presidents of

the United States, nothing is / was / has been more coveted than an MBA from Harvard). In fact,

coincidentally, both the presidents of the United States in the 21st Century have been the students

of Harvard University. No kidding here: I train you to get admitted to the

Harvard MBA.

I feel privileged to be a part of possibly the biggest career decision of your life; it is definitely not easy

for a working professional to leave his / her job for one or two years; there is so much at stake

(money, loans, time, relocation, family, opportunity cost, and ROI). I fully understand the stakes and

believe that I can make the first lap of this journey much easier (and much more enjoyable) for you. So

when you train with me, you get to learn from someone for whom the GMAT has been an obsession

for almost two full decades. Here is my promise:

If you are a sincere GMAT taker, you can’t find anything even one-tenth as good on

this planet. Start your GMAT Preps TODAY. The time to take the right decision is NOW.

T&C Apply At Top-One-Percent, ‘T&C’ doesn’t mean Terms & Conditions; rather it means

“Transparency” & “Candor”

Transparency: More than anything else, I believe in being absolutely honest, genuine, and truthful. To

me, my integrity and trust count for much more than money. You can check my official test-score

report with a unique link and an authentication code on our website. Even when we show our results

in our video testimonials on our website, we give the links to the students’ FB / LinkedIn profiles. You

can check everything all along the line.

Candor: We never give you any false hopes. NEVER EVER! If your efforts are not in sync with a 99th

percentile score, we will be absolutely frank and forthright with you. It is like: Even if you hire the best

fitness trainer in the world, it is useless if you don’t exercise. We never believe in “sugarcoating”

anything. If you are doing badly in a mock test or if you seem insincere, you must be ready for a “real”

taste of some bitter medicine. If truth feels bitter, SO BE IT!!!

The more you delay your GMAT, the more time you are

wasting in a non-satisfactory life and career.



And finally…

As a philosophy for life, I want you to declare a war against MEDIOCRITY (belonging to the middle part of the bell curve). I want you to start HATING the word mediocre.

Mediocre Average Norm Standard Defined Rational Decent Bottom 99% Masses Regular Boring Dime-a-dozen Versus Top-One-Percent Exceptional Excellence Irrational Top-drawer Extraordinary Phenomenal Remarkable Foremost Extreme Prodigious Outstanding Sterling World Class Superlative Wicked OUTLIER

Let this be the motto for your life:

Where do you want

to belong?



What Proof do I have that my training works?

Only eight business schools in the world are truly global b-schools: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton,

Booth, Kellogg, MIT-Sloan, LBS, and INSEAD. The rest are not truly global. You must target these

schools exclusively. You may keep a few safe options but these are the real deal!! We have students

regularly selected to each of these schools. Check some of the admits to these truly-global schools

below:

Cristian Popescu

Stanford

Kavya Krishna

Harvard, Wharton

Siddharth Bhatia

Kellogg

Ananya Bubna

Harvard, Stanford

Raghav Goel

MIT Sloan

Supriya Goswami

INSEAD

Zivana S. Lewis

Booth

Prateek Khandelwal

Booth

Manish Chauhan

LBS

Vibhore Arora

MIT Sloan

Ankur Grover

INSEAD

Ishita Sen

LBS

Vishist Jain

Kellogg

Pawan Gupta

MIT Sloan

Amit Sachdeva

Booth



AND NOW meet some of the 99th percentile scorers

Till date, more than seven thousand students taught by me (classroom and video courses combined)

have got 99th percentile scores. A sample snapshot is given here:

Ankur Sharma 790

Teja Achanta 780

Julia Smith 780

Trishika Raman 770

Tanvi Sahni 770

Karthykeyan Aiyer 770

Harsha K. Nagaraj 770

Avik Gupta 770

Jyothiprakash Trishuleshwar 770

Srikanth Tirunagari 760

Nithya K Sundaram 760

Abhimanyu Bhaker 760

Abhilash Joseph 760

Anish Kannan 760

Rahul Raghuvanshi 760

Ranjith Kagathi 760

Tanmay Sarkar 760

Vijay Vemuri 760

Pratik Singh 760

Vikas Jain 760

Will YOU be the next 99th percentiler?

OR will you waste this chance of belonging to the best of the best in the world?



15 Questions that YOU may have:

All these testimonials mentioned below are available on our website http://top-one-percent.com/testimonials.html

1. “I struggle with Math” (The Quantitative Section): Watch Kaavya Krishna (Harvard) who initially struggled a lot with the Math portion of the exam (she was an Arts' Undergraduate). She got into Harvard, Wharton, and Duke with significant scholarship. She could easily ace the Quant Section and secure Ivy-League admits with our guidance. Click here.

2. “I struggle with Grammar” (Sentence Correction): Watch Tanmay Sarkar who struggled a lot with grammar (the Sentence Correction portion of the test) when he started his training with us. He scored a 760 with us and joined Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper. Click here.

Also watch Rahul Raghuwanshi's stunning feedback on how he initially used intuition to tackle the Verbal section (only to produce disastrous results), but after training with us started approaching the Verbal Section as if it were Math. Finally, he scored a whopping 760! Click here.

3. “I struggle with RC / CR” If you struggle with Reading Comprehension / Critical Reasoning:

Avik Gupta struggled with RC and CR for years before he joined us. Soon after, he was off to Michigan Ross with a score of 770. Might we add, with a Verbal score of 44! Click here.

Anand Kumar had a similar story about CR. After our course he says that he can't resist the

urge to weaken arguments even in day-to-day conversations. The ACT that you will learn here (our copyrighted technique to tackle CR) can be that potent! Click here.

4. “I struggle with the techniques for RC and SC”: If you wonder about our magical techniques

OCTAVE (for RC) or PRIME (for SC)

Watch Harsha K Nagaraj (GMAT 770, Darden) rave about our techniques for RC and SC. Click here.

5. “I struggle with pacing / confidence to finish” If you struggle with PACING (Speed) / and

Confidence to finish the exam sections:

If he took 2-3 minutes to solve a question, after attending our course, he started taking less than a minute to solve similar questions. Watch Pratik Khandelwal, who scored a 750 and made it to Chicago Booth, talking about pacing, confidence and exam-readiness. And about why we should open centers pan-India . Click here.

6. “I am good at Quant and need help only with Verbal” If you believe you are really great at the

Quant Section and need assistance only with Verbal:

Watch Ranjith Kagathi (GMAT 760) who had been a "Math gold-medalist" throughout his school and college-years and initially didn't even want to attend the Quant training. He later joined the entire course after attending our initial session. He also says,

“Sandeep knows the GMAT so well that sometimes you wonder

whether Sandeep has designed the GMAT Pattern and

Questions.” Click here.

http://top-one-percent.com/testimonials.html

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7. “Will I get personal attention / doubt clearing?” If you worry about personal attention / doubt-clearing:

Watch an incredibly stunning feedback from Anish Kannan (click here) who scored a 760 and joined Darden. He says that he could come to the center every day and clear doubts / ask questions personally. He also talks about the MENTAL PREPARATION ASPECT OF THE TEST and how we geared him to take the bull by the horns. Also watch Kaavya (here) and Ranjith (here) about what they have to say about the 'personal-attention' aspect of our course.

8. “I am an average guy / girl and won’t ever be able to get a 99th percentile score” If you think

you are an average student and can't ever get the 99th percentile score:

Watch Abhilash Joseph talk about how he initially never believed that he could ever reach a 760 (the 99th percentile + ISB) as he thought he was weak at Math and average at Verbal, but landed exactly that score! Click here.

Also, watch Abhimanyu Bhaker (GMAT 760) who says that prior to coming to us, a 760 score was never "in the scene"; a 99th Percentile score was only "in the dream". Click here.

9. “Do I need to refer to any other material?” If you think you think you need to refer to any other

material … Watch the 760 TRIO talk about our material:

Watch Vijay Vemuri who scored a 760 saying that he referred only to our material exclusively. Also he talks about how he loved the CONCEPTUAL APPROACH that we took. Click here.

Also watch Cristian Popescu (GMAT 760 / STANFORD ... a student of our Video Course from Romania). He says that he never needed any kind of assistance (mail, call, doubt-clearing etc.) once he received the video course because he found the course self-sufficient. And he didn't refer to any other material at all. Click here. Also watch him standing at Stanford Campus (wearing the Stanford GSB tag) and giving his feedback about us. Click HERE.

And Pratik Singh (GMAT 760) who says that the material catered to the needs of the GMAT at the highest level. He says that there were so many 700-800 level questions in the material that he didn't face any difficulty in even one question while writing his actual test. Click here.

10. “What if I feel low / frustrated at any stage?” If you worry about the emotional support during

your LOW / TOUGH moments:

Watch Siddharth Bhatia (standing inside Kellogg Campus) … He talks about the emotional support as the most important assistance that he got from us. Click here.

Also watch Charan Mohan (ISB) who went from 550 to 730 (and from 18 to 40 in Verbal) raving about how he got a lot of confidence from us to score a 40 in Verbal. Click here.

Also watch Shekhar Vijayan who got a score of 45 (99th Percentile) in Verbal (the highest percentile score that you can get in Verbal) about how we helped him build his temperament for the big occasion. Click here.

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11. “What about a customized solution?” If you feel whether we will understand your individual needs / problems ... OR whether we can customize our training for you:

Watch Akshay Goel (GMAT 750 / IIM Calcutta and HKUST) who says that in just 15 minutes, we understood his specific problem areas, devised a customized plan of action, and provided customized help. Click here.

12. “What about motivation from time to time?” If you are wondering about the motivation /

inspiration to achieve a super-high score:

Watch THE 770 TRIO (Karthykeyan: 770 / Michigan Ross … HERE, Raghav Goel: 770 / MIT Sloan … HERE, and Jyothiprakash: 770 / Michigan Ross … HERE) PLUS a 760 scorer Srikanth T (ISB) about how they feel that the right motivation / challenge really helped them crack the 770 / 760. In fact Srikanth goes on to call me an INSPIRATION MACHINE. Click HERE.

13. “Can I fast-track my preparation?” If you want to fast-track your preparation with us:

Watch Vikas Jain (GMAT 760 – in just one week … HERE) and Manish Chauhan (GMAT

750 – in just two weeks – London Business School) talk about how they prepared for just 1/2 weeks and got such spectacular scores. Manish goes on to say ... "Nobody knows the GMAT better than Sandeep." Click here.

14. “How well do the instructors at Top-One-Percent know the GMAT?” If you wonder how well we know the GMAT:

Watch Ankur Grover speaking from INSEAD campus, France talk about our command

over, passion for, and confidence with the GMAT. He believes that we have given 10,000

hours (he refers to the book OUTLIERS by Malcolm Gladwell) to

the GMAT. Click here. Also watch Ranjith’s (here) and Manish’s (here) feedback above.

15. “If I have low expectations from my own self?”

Watch Teja Achanta (780) talking about how he reset his own personal success meter

after attending our classes. He says that he was able to redefine the ordinary expectations that he had from himself and could go on to score 780. Click here.

All these testimonials above are available on our website http://top-one-percent.com/testimonials.html

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http://top-one-percent.com/testimonials.html



What will be included in the Classroom Course?

Complete and exhaustive training for all the areas:

o Verbal Section: Reading Comprehension, Sentence Correction, and Critical Reasoning

o Quantitative Section: Problem Solving and Data Sufficiency

o Analysis of an Argument: Analytical Writing Assessment (Essay Writing Section)

o Integrated Reasoning: Data Interpretation Section

Absolutely comprehensive material (completely revamped and updated in 2015): you are

not supposed to study anything else at all. The material consists of the following:

o Basic concepts / Advanced concepts

o Absolutely unique copyrighted techniques: OCTAVE (RC), PRIME (SC), ACT (CR), ACED

(DS), LINGO (PS)

o Classroom discussion handouts … learn how to solve 750-800 level questions in less than

60 seconds … each question in these handouts is handpicked after a lot of research /

deliberation

Follow-up exercises to the classroom handouts

o Elementary practice (Official Guide, Verbal Review, and Quantitative Review etc.)

o Advanced practice (10,000 plus questions) … only in 700-800 range

o Latest real-GMAT questions

o Mock Tests

o All the usual material related to the GMAT in the entire GMAT universe … AGAIN! You are

not supposed to refer to anything at all.

o Detailed solutions to all the questions discussed anywhere in the material

Personal attention and guidance: Check the feedback of our student Anukriti Puri (here) to

understand what level of personal attention is part of our classes:

o Doubt clearing (online and / or in-person)

o Personalized counseling / motivation

o Mock test discussion

o Any other difficulty that you face … we are always there

o Backup options for any missed sessions

o Customized preparation (fast-tracking your course etc.)

o Subject-specific problems / doubts

o Guidance regarding the number of mock tests

o Guidance regarding fixing the date of your exam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04buCp7yc1E



B-Schools Admissions consulting: during the classroom phase, one full 3-hour session is

dedicated to B-schools admissions guidance consisting of the entire B-school application process

o School selection

o Essays

o Recommendations

o Résumé

o Interview

o Deadlines

o Profile

o Round 1 versus round 2 etc.

o 1 year versus 2 year MBA

o Special courses (MS, Executive MBA etc.)

o Funding, scholarships, loans,

o Ad-com perspectives etc.

Only one condition:

YOU have got to be BLOODY SINCERE with the course.

Ours is a homework driven course.

No matter what happens, you must sincerely finish all the homework assigned to you.

If you are still skeptical, don’t join us. We don’t believe in selling anything hard.

Our most outstanding results speak for themselves. You are free to raise any / all the administrative

queries … but don’t ask us anything about … “WHY should I join you?” … because if you still are not

convinced, you are not the right student for us.

If you decide to join, read my life story first. Check www.the-bold-you.blogspot.in

http://www.the-bold-you.blogspot.in/



Meet your other trainer:

Autrri Chakravarti

Director - B-School Admissions Consulting Division (at T.O.P.-GMAT) and Expert Faculty in Test-Strategy (at

T.O.P.-GMAT); B. Engg. and MSc Finance from Imperial College, London; MBA from London Business School.

Imagine experiencing life in all its kaleidoscopic colors by the age of 18; imagine the pain of having to leave

your home country at the drop of a hat and having to settle in a foreign land with no money; imagine going

through the daily discrimination in the eyes of the native English population while trying to find your moorings

in a foreign land; imagine working as a barista at a café while your friends at the college are driving BMWs;

imagine convincing the Dean of Imperial College London to allow you to study without paying your tuition;

imagine opening a chain of restaurants (in metropolitan London) by the age of 21; imagine falling in love with a

Russian woman 5 years older and marrying her instantly; imagine getting an extremely coveted role in the

biggest Investment Bank in the world (Goldman Sachs); imagine writing the GMAT and making it to London

Business School by the sheer force of your compelling story; and imagine leaving all this success in a fit of

that “I-am-not-loving-what-I-am-doing” moment after attending the “Know The World In 24 Hours” (check

http://the-bold-you.blogspot.in/ - it will take your breath away – more than 150 people have endorsed it by

writing personal comments) course run by Sandeep Gupta … and imagine starting as a B-Schools Admissions

Consultant at T.O.P.-GMAT, and LOVING every moment of it !!!

No! This is not the script for a Hollywood Blockbuster … this is Autrri incarnate – in flesh and blood.

Versatility epitomized: Amateur gastronome (he cooks really well), budding wine connoisseur, serial

entrepreneur, contrarian investor, passionate storyteller ... these are some of the ways in which Autrri would

describe himself.

Autrri now calls Bangalore home, having spent the last 15 years living and working across the globe – London,

New York, Boston, Moscow, Singapore. After high school at St. Xavier’s, Kolkata, Autrri self-funded his studies –

through a mix of scholarships, part-time work, sheer determination (and good fortune!) – first at Ashbourne

College London (A-Levels); then Imperial College London (B.Engg. & MSc. Finance); and lastly at London

Business School (MBA).

Working at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and setting up his entrepreneurial ventures gave Autrri

insight into the inner workings of people’s minds and the influence of cultural / geographic / socio-economic

factors on the way people behave. Ultimately, Autrri realized that it was this core (intrinsic) understanding of

“WHAT PEOPLE WANT” that set him apart. He brings this philosophy to his role as an admissions consultant

and test-taking strategies specialist faculty at T.O.P.-GMAT. Autrri has produced some exceptional results in the

past; you can see the air of pride in his strides when any of his students makes it to a top B-School.

To unwind, Autrri keeps himself up-to-date with the happenings at Old Trafford; tunes into his insanely huge

(1960-90) rock-n-roll collection; watches Tarantino / Nolan / Scorcese / Coppola … the list is endless ...

movies; and voraciously reads fiction.

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Offering: The most BLASPHEMOUS GMAT course ever …

The focus of this course is YOUR SUCCESS. You can get such scores with us provided you put in the requisite effort.

GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) Standardized test to pursue an MBA from globally renowned B-schools! Owned by the GMAC (www.gmac.com), developed by ACT, and conducted by Pearson VUE Testing Services. It is a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT). You can take the test almost any day! The scores are valid for 5 years For admissions to schools abroad, Indian students may have to take TOEFL / IELTS / PTE as well Register on-line at www.mba.com. Fee $250, payable only by credit card! Valid passport with 6 month validity a must! While registering for the test, make sure that your name on the

passport matches exactly the one that you use for the test.

Exam Section

Analytical Writing Assessment (Essay Writing)

Analysis of an Argument – (this will not contribute towards 200-800 score – only a separate grade will be provided). – 30 minutes

Integrated Reasoning Data Interpretation – 12 questions (this will not contribute towards 200-800 score – only a separate grade will be provided). There will be a calculator on-screen. – 30 minutes

Quantitative (37 questions) – Data Sufficiency, Problem Solving

This will contribute towards your 200-800 scale score. – 75 minutes

Verbal (41 questions) – Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction

This will contribute towards your 200-800 scale score. – 75 minutes

GMAT-CAT (Computer Adaptive Test) insights

Exam lasts for about 4 hrs. A test of stamina, concentration, mental toughness and PACE! All these are more important than mere PREPARATION.

CAT format: questions & answers differ for each test taker CAT format: applicable only to Quant and Verbal Sections; the AWA / IR sections are separately graded Correct → more difficult question / more marks Incorrect → Easier question / fewer marks Harder questions count more than the easier ones Scores are based on number of questions answered correctly, the difficulty level of those questions, and even the

position / location of those questions. You cannot skip a question; you can’t return to any previous question; you can’t change an answer Must finish the sections! Strong penalty (up to 50 points per section) for not finishing any section … There are a few experimental questions in each section (don’t count in your performance / scoring)

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GMAT-CAT (Computer Adaptive Test) insights … continued

You can take the GMAT once per calendar month (once every 31 days) and not more than 5 times in one calendar year

The scores are valid for 5 years You will see IR, Verbal, Quant, and Total Score immediately You may cancel the score but all test dates/scores are shown on record Official Report only after 1 week (with essay grades) Can send scores to 5 schools “FREE” ALL scores of ALL tests within last 5 years sent to schools Latest addition: After seeing your score, if you are not happy, you may cancel that score.

GMAT Scores: Essay grades are from 0-6 in 0.5 increments. Quantitative from 0 to 51 (known as scaled score) Verbal from 0 to 45 (known as scaled score) Total Score from 200-800 in 10 point increments. 760-800 means 99th percentile – the highest percentile anyone

can get. The GMAT is a mind-game – play it like one Preparation alone can’t ensure any score… execution during those four hours means everything Stamina, Concentration, Mental Toughness, and Pace are equally crucial Practice with the right content – the key to success RC is the most crucial among all test areas Master PATTERNS – and conquer the test

Understanding GMAT

SUCCESS ON THE TEST RECIPE FOR DISASTER

1. Subject Preparation is thorough (this will matter only to the tune of 50%). This means

If you are given enough time, you won’t go wrong in even one question

You will be sure of your right answer even before checking the key

1. Preparation is gimmicky.

2. Thorough Mental Preparation (Remaining 50% contributor to your success)

2. Lack of three vital ingredients: Concentration, Mental Toughness, and Steady nerves

3. Pattern Based Study 3. Study just to get the answer correct 4. Zero errors on RC under time pressure 4. RC makes you panic 5. Studying the weakest areas the most 5. Studying the strongest areas more often 6. Pace: finishing the test is the most

important 6. Slow pace, so towards the test you tend to have too

many wrong answers in a row. 7. Try not to have more than one wrong

answers in a row 7. ≥2 wrong answers in a row.

8. Quality over quantity. A lot of analysis and deliberation on each question

8. Mindless solving of hundreds of questions

9. Studying the Right Content 9. Studying Irrelevant Content 10. Doing a few four-hour long simulated CATs

(but not too many) 10. Avoiding four-hour long simulations

How are we really different?

Other GMAT-prep companies in the country offer training only in 500-550 level range—be it competence, content, class, candor, or conviction—their training falls short of the rigor required for 99th percentile scores.

We believe that The Official Guides cater to 500-550 level (junk); despite the fact that the OGs are irrelevant when it comes to 99th percentile scores (760-800 score range), instructors at other institutes treat them as the Holy Grail (the be all and end all) of GMAT-Preps; the results are disastrous.

We strongly believe that the GMAT should NOT be considered an Adaptive Test but rather a linear test. A million problems can be kissed away with just a small mindset-shift.



We strongly believe that there are no time-sucker questions on the GMAT, only suckers who fall for them. If you have the right approach, every problem on the real-GMAT can be solved in less than 90 seconds. If you take more than 90 seconds on a particular problem, the question is not tough; your approach is definitely WRONG.

A lot of students are made to believe that studying for the GMAT means spending 90% of their preparation time on Sentence Correction (SC) … nothing could be a bigger disservice to yourself. SC is extremely crucial, but not at the cost of Reading Comprehension (RC).

The most crucial area for the GMAT is RC, which is given the least attention by students and faculty alike. If your RC accuracy is not near 100% under time constraints in the 4th hour on the test (when your concentration is likely to be at its weakest), you will not cross the coveted 700 mark. RC is the most crucial test area … woefully neglected by everyone.

If you want a high score, you have to make sure you don’t make consecutive mistakes. Again, RC becomes the most crucial area; if you don’t do well on a specific passage, you are likely to get 3-4 consecutive wrong answers.

As per GMAC, three consecutive mistakes anywhere on the test can pull your ‘current’ score down by 80-100 points. The position of the questions doesn’t matter.

At Top-One-Percent, you get to know the Test-Maker’s perspective as opposed to the Test-Taker’s perspective. Every difficult problem on the real GMAT (at the highest level) is made in such a way that wrong answers seem more attractive than the right answer. The test-makers know exactly how an average human brain thinks and falls for traps. Training for such traps constitutes more than 50% of our training.

We strongly believe that the GMAT is not a test of Math or English; it is a test of reading and reasoning. Quite often, people who are exceptionally good at English don’t manage a high Verbal Score and people who are exceptionally good at Math fail miserably on the Quant Section.

Ours is a NO-FLUFF-ALL-STUFF course. o You will not find that out of the 5000 pages of material given to you, only 500 pages are worth reading. o If you attend a 3-hour class, you will find value in each of the 180 minutes. You will not feel that more

than 150 minutes were spent discussing something that you could have managed yourself / that you knew in advance / that didn’t add any value.

We wouldn’t want to hear any excuses. If you come to the classes unprepared or without finishing your homework, you will have an extremely frustrating experience. BUT if you are the serious GMAT contender, you can’t find a better course anywhere on this planet.

Special copyrighted techniques for each of the subject areas: OCTAVE (RC), PRIMEX (SC), ACT (CR), ACED (DS), and LINGO (PS). No other institute in the world has such effective strategies to crack each of the test areas.

The trainer who has gone out there and done it in the middle at the highest level (three 99th percentile scores). Learn from those who have seen it all and done it all.

Each of the GMAT areas will be covered in detail – Verbal: Reading Comprehension (RC), Sentence Correction (SC), Critical Reasoning (CR); Quantitative: Data Sufficiency (DS), Problem Solving (PS), Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA - Analysis of an Argument), and Integrated Reasoning (IR) - in detail.

Every batch will be a weekend batch demanding 4 months of serious dedication from your side. For the first 8 weeks, you will have classes every weekend for 6 hours (3 hours on Sat and 3 hours on Sun). Each of these classes will be homework driven. We focus exclusively on top scores – the 99th percentile range (760-800 range). To this effect, our classes demand an unparalleled seriousness from your side. Our classes are very intensive and rigorous and demand an effort of at least 20 hours per week (on average, at least 3 hours per day, assuming you are working). If you are not working (or are on a break), we want you to put in 8-10 hours every day.

After your classes are over: You will need to follow an assisted-self-study-plan to reach the level of finesse and perfection required for a 99th percentile score. We will share this plan with the material once your classes are over. This takes 45-60 days assuming you study 3 hours each day.

You will get all the content / material: Basic and Advanced Concepts including concept books, classroom content - including the latest 750-800 level questions, elementary practice, advanced practice, 700-800 level question bank, latest collection of questions from the real GMAT, and Computer based Test Series etc. In addition our own content, you will get all the usual content: the Official Guides, and any other content available anywhere in the world. All the content related to the GMAT around the world will be extended to you in soft copy. There is not a single resource on the GMAT that you will not have access to.

You will get all kinds of personal support: counseling, doubt-clearing, repeat classes, backup for missed classes, and admission counseling (B-School Admissions Process Guidance). The validity of the classroom program is 4 months from the date of joining.

An absolute guarantee that the GMAT will not test you on anything outside of the course content covered here. Each type of question on your test will have been covered in detail. Even at the highest level (99th percentile), not even one question will seem alien to you (if you do all the content as advised).

Most important: the right mental training for the right execution ... the most critical part of this training. You will get all material (Concepts, Theory, Practice, Test Series, Extra Help etc.) from our side. You are not

supposed to refer to anything else at all. If you need some special material (such as help from absolute basics in Math or Grammar or some challenging

practice content in any area), please ask us. We will provide you with all such content. Don’t study anything else at all.



Please solve our TOP-GMAT Challenge (30 questions) on our website www.top-one-percent.com before you come for our classes.

Also, please do visit our website www.top-one-percent.com and check everything to know more about us.

Expectations from YOU

Results come only when you put in the effort. A 610 student also sits in the same classroom in which a 780 student sits. So the difference is not in instruction / service quality. The difference is clearly in the efforts put in by a student. Our training program works only if you work. No MAGIC MANTRAS – You have to put in a lot of hard work.

We are committed to a ≥760 score for you. ARE YOU COMMITTED ENOUGH? If your level of commitment is for a 500 score, there is going to be only frustration.

Keep pace with the classes – no backlogs. The course is homework-driven. Do all homework in time – there is no exception to this condition. Understand the nature of the test and study accordingly, e.g., studying on the computer screen is better than

studying on paper. Do all the material as and when suggested. Don’t read any extra material unless suggested by us.

This course is not for you if:

You are not serious about your efforts OR if you look for a quick-fix. You don’t want to do the homework before the classes. There is no excuse for not finishing the homework … we

wouldn’t want to hear any excuses: Work pressure, project, deadline, submission, release, travel, etc. PLEASE DON’T JOIN if you are not ready to do the requisite homework.

You are addicted to studying on paper. As per the exam requirement, you have to study on a computer.

! Core Values! Class: We are the best-in-class—excellence defines us! Be assured of an absolutely world-class training here. Every faculty member here (or ever joining us in future) must have scored a 99th percentile score on the real GMAT. NOBODY ELSE—this is a guarantee—NOBODY ELSE can satisfy this requirement anywhere else in India. Candor: No false hopes—your results are commensurate with your efforts. Our efforts are the same for each student. If you don’t put in the effort, we cannot do anything for you. Commitment: There is only one objective—to help you improve your score on the GMAT—we always go that extra mile. The same is expected of you—be absolutely committed—do whatever is asked of you. Content: One of the biggest differentiators here is the CONTENT—we have handpicked all the latest, most relevant, and absolutely cutting-edge content—the most important ingredient in your success. Make sure you finish all that is asked of you. Conviction: We know for a fact that our methods work phenomenally well but that for a non-serious student, we are not the right training partners.





Success Ingredients on the GMAT

Conviction … the belief that you can get a 99th percentile score … check this BELIEF CHANGE video that shows how, on the very first day, the students were driven to aim for a 99th percentile … check it here

Commitment … fight to the finish no matter what … don’t leave it in between Consistency … daily input rather than bouts / bursts of preparation Concept mastery … to such an extent that practicing further doesn’t improve you … to the extent that you know

for sure that you are right before checking the answer … to the extent that if you have enough time, you will NOT get even one answer wrong

Content mastery … not mindless finishing o Practice with the right content o No mindless practice … practice / fix / practice / fix / practice / fix … the ideal pattern o No irrelevant content o Test maker’s perspective (psychometrician … how to make the wrong choice seem more attractive than

the right choice) / Traps o Pattern based preparation o Quality over quantity. A lot of analysis and deliberation on each question o Must not check the solution to any problem unless you completely give up. When you believe: “Even if I

have one more hour to solve this question, I won’t be able to solve it.” … then it is the right time to refer to the solutions.

o The idea is to fix your weaknesses, not celebrate your strengths GMAT Specifics: Techniques / Approaches … OCTAVE / ACT / ANT / PRIME / LINGO / ACED

o Get the answer in less than 90 seconds o “Knowing that you are right” versus “being right but not being sure”.

Stamina to sit for four hours at absolutely peak-concentration level. (Remember the best-concentration time of your life. You have to repeat that occasion in terms of concentration).

o Concentration … Four-hour RC / CR practice with LSAT content under strict time-limits Pace / Pacing

o Consecutive mistakes o RC being more important (ensure 100% accuracy on RC, no matter what) o Pacing charts

Quant (10Q done, 55 minutes left / 20Q done, 35 minutes left / 30Q done, 15 minutes left … for the last 7 questions, you must have more than 14 minutes remaining).

Verbal (10Q done, 58 minutes left / 20Q done, 41 minutes left / 30Q done, 24 minutes left … for the last 11 questions, you must have more than 22 minutes remaining).

o Finishing the test … severe penalty for not finishing Mental toughness

o Exit strategy … maximum 2½ minutes per question Execution

o Adaptive nature of the test … it is a disaster if it keeps playing on your mind o Nerves … if you are the one who freaks out at the thought of an aptitude test, you need to train your mind. o No guessing on the level of a question (“I wonder whether it is a 500 level or a 750 level question?” is

disastrous thinking) / No guessing whether a question is experimental or real o Mind-game … the exam is out to play a serious mind-game with you. It is your job to defeat its intention. o Ensure good sleep the night before the test o Ensure that your routine / habits are not disrupted

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Class Schedule for the 8 weeks + Study Plan:

Week 1 (Verbal):

Sat: Knowing the GMAT + RC Session 1

Sun: RC Session 2 + CR Session 1

Week 2 (Quant):

Sat: Quant Session 1 [DS Traps + Inequalities]

Sun: Quant Session 2 [Absolute Values (Mods) + Statistics]

Week 3 (Verbal):

Sat: SC Session 1 + RC Session 3

Sun: SC Session 2 + CR Session 2

Week 4 (Quant):

Sat: Quant Session 3 [Number Properties + General Algebra]

Sun: B-School Admission Counseling Session

Week 5 (Verbal):

Sat: CR Session 3 + SC Session 3

Sun: RC Session 4 + CR Session 4

Week 6 (Quant):

Sat: Quant Session 4 [Geometry + Co-ordinate geometry]

Sun: Quant Session 5 [Combinatorics – P&C, Probability]

Week 7:

Sat: Quant Session 6 – [Arithmetic + Miscellaneous Word Problems]

Sun: SC Session 4 + Discussion of the further steps + general guidance

Week 8:

Sat: AWA Section - Analytical Writing Assessment (Analysis of an Argument - Essay)

Sun: IR (Integrated Reasoning)

Personal Session with the faculty:

Step 1: Mock Test 1 to be done at home by the student Step 2: Personal Session with the faculty after the mock test to discuss the mock test and the further plan of action

Note:

The classes in week 8 will be offered as video classes. The validity of the course is 4 months from the date of joining.

After your classes are over: You will need to follow an assisted-self-study-plan to reach the level of finesse and perfection required for a 99th percentile score. We will share this plan with the material once your classes are over. This takes 45-60 days assuming you study 3 hours each day.

Mode of payment: Direct online transfer / cash payment to the account below OR Bank Transfer Details: HDFC Bank Account Number: 50200000111947 Account Name: BOLD Education Private Limited Account Type: Current Account HDFC Bank Branch Details: No. 17/1, Bellandur Gate, Sarjapur Main Road, Agara Post, Bangalore 560034, Karnataka RTGS / NEFT IFSC: HDFC0000354 SWIFT CODE: HDFCINBB Please email us a screenshot of the fund-transfer details / or a scanned copy of your cash transfer details along with your name and mobile number to [email protected]. As soon as we receive your screenshot, we will email you the study materials so you can start your preparations at the earliest.

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