The GIBS MBA application test is an alternative to doing the GMAT. I wanted to get into GIBS so it was a no-brainer to do a test that GIBS had set up.
My final MBA decision occurred over a short period of time in rapid fire. As it happened I phoned on Thursday to inquire about the GIBS test and the administrator informed me that there were slots available for Friday. "Hmm. Ok, I’ll do it", I said, without thinking of the consequences.
The only thing I could prepare in one night was to get a good night’s sleep. My wife took our 4 week old son and slept in his nursery. I tossed and swivelled in the duvet and corkscrewed myself into the morning.
I was aware that this was only my second time to the GIBS campus and I wanted to get there early to enjoy the setting, architecture and promise of learning.
Tests have a strange effect on people. I pretended to read the Business Day while trying to stay calm. My mind was jumping. Everyone else seemed to sway on a spectrum of jittery to bullet-proof.
I believe humans are capable of incredible feats on little sleep and anticipation – or at least that’s what I told myself.
The test was a comprehensive 5 hours and covered the following dimensions:
· Learning potential
· Knowledge transfer
· Numeracy
· Verbal
· Essay and writing
That’s about all I’ll reveal on the GIBS application test. I did come out dazed and punch drunk. It was an all-consuming and brain juggling test of skill.
I started to get nervous again as I drove out of the GIBS campus on the way to work. How would I fare against the other applicants?
