Advice - new job, long hours

[emigicovsky]

I have been seeing a private tutor in Dallas for the last 3-4 months and would say that I'm about halfway through my GMAT prep. I just received and accepted a job offer in Los Angeles and am going to be working banking hours. The reason I'm taking my GMAT now is so within 5 years I can attend BSchool.

How do you recommend that I continue my studies? Start right away? Wait? Etc.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[StaceyKoprince]

That's going to be a tough decision. On the one hand, you've already put in a lot of work and effort. If you stop now, you're going to have to relearn everything in a year or two.

On the other hand, you're about to start a new job, and that's always a busy time even when you're not working in a field that typically has long hours.

Are you mostly going to have week-ends off? One thing you might do is sign up for a class that meets once a week on the week-ends. You'll have homework assignments, but you can do those whenever you have time during the week or week-end, and you can meet new people in LA. :)

That will let you keep the momentum going (at a less expensive cost than tutoring), and then when you feel you're getting closer to being ready to take the test, you might be able to take some time off or you might even be far enough into the job to be able to leave early occasionally in order to have a good study session on a weeknight. You can then ramp up for a short period until you take the test.