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As the other answer says, coaching for GRE isn't really required. But, I would say it boils down to two categoriesCategory 1- making use of the online resources (there are way too many options out there) for preparation, guidance on application process, Visa and then the travel.(Edulix - Premier Site for Scholars - 'Education Crowd-Sourced' is one place which I would strongly recommend for this)- being able to stick to the deadlines set by yourself - i.e. there will be no one to push you about preparation/setting up an exam date et al unless you are working as a group and there are people who push each other and get going- as regards to guidance during the application process , you can take help from the seniors. There are also other resources like Freshmentors etc.Category 2- join a coaching institute during your 3rd year summer - get done with the GRE/TOEFL by July/August - write the essays by September - get the LoRs/filling up the applications etc. by October - Novemeber and you're done!It depends on which category you fall into and thus can choose accordinglyMy path to this was kind of mixed up and will outline in short hereI took the Princeton Review classes during my 4-1 i.e. the classes happened in VIT campus (I am not sure if it is still being done now). The Princeton people would come to VIT and teach us over the weekends. But I have later decided not to give GRE and so just went ahead with normal coursework. I have done the Category 1 stuff in Jun 2011 when I was working and then I was all done by November 2011.Having seen both, I would say being in Category 1 is better :) and trust me, you would save quite some money by just not being lazy and doing stuff on your own!Also I'm not sure if I should say this in public, fbut rom my personal experience, self-study was way better than the coaching institutes I have attended.

My bachelor’s degree from FGIET, Raebareli in the year 2010-14 makes me eligible to answer this question. It’s not a direct college review, but you won’t have any question in your mind after reading it.Background - I completed my 12th in 2010 and started by B.Tech. in the same year at FGIET (as the last option after getting JEE - not qualified and AIEEE - a rank similar to my landline phone number). Like most of the others, my reasons for choosing FGIET over some good private colleges were - Semi-Govt. tag, good opening rank, my personal branch preference, low fee structure etc.First year: 2010–11You join college - It’s your first month. Everyone is boasting about their 12th, JEE, AIEEE and some xyz achievements. It’s the sole duty of all to broadcast why they got stuck in FGIET at all the places, be it the hostel rooms, classrooms or Ratapur Chauraha. The same words you hear from your seniors too. It’s the initial stage when you realize that all of them indirectly mean - joining FGIET was a mistake.Classes - Many teachers are just reading books on the podium. You feel that a 5th standard student can also do the same job. A few students are making notes of the same. Few are asking silly questions and raising stupid queries just to show off their intelligence and getting the appreciations for it and you are like what the hell is going on!Teachers - You ask a logical question. The teacher tells some Ram Katha. You ask further as you couldn’t understand. The great Professor gets irritated and asks you some cross-questions. You are unable to answer. The teacher shouts at you and proudly makes fun of you in front of the entire class. Some brilliants join him and laugh out loud. You never ask any question to any teacher again.You go to Physics lab - An instructor gives you a lab manual and asks you to copy it. You have to write 2-page manual in your file for 3 hours, since you don’t have the option to leave the lab before that and there is nothing else to do in the lab.You go to Chemistry lab - The HOD suddenly starts checking lab files like a teacher checking homework in a school. Your file is incomplete. He actually hits you with the same file multiple times on your back and shouts multiple times at you in Bhojpuri accent (as he can’t speak Hindi or English properly) in front of all girls and boys - “Chutiya samjhe ho kya hume? Hain? Chutiya hai kya hum?” The lady teacher, the lady lab instructor and all girls presents in the lab (some boys too including me) put their faces down in embarrassment.You go to Computer lab - You find the HOD and some other teachers busy on Facebook. They do all corrections in your ‘Hello World!’ program but they are failed to answer your in-depth questions about header files, main function, data types and keywords etc. They have perfection in finding you talking with your friends (especially opposite genders, teachers-cum-playboys of FGIET are jealous of this too) and sending you out if you don’t sit like their puppet.You go to Library - You spend half-an-hour to find a book and start reading. You see some couples busy in their personal chat just next to your desk. It looks like it is the only place they have got to spend this quality time together. You try to concentrate on your study and unfortunately few more couples come to nearby desks and teach something to their partners. You gets fed-up and leave the library thinking that you will never visit this Couples-Adda again.You go to Play Ground - Just for a cricket match. Some polytechnic boys mess up with you (yes, the college doesn’t have its own play ground. The ground belongs to Polytechnic College.). You get beaten up like hell by some polytechnic teachers (yes, teachers) and students with cricket bat and hockey sticks. They abuse you physically and verbally both in the open grounds. You complain it to Director and other people. Your parents also jump-in into the issue but the director doesn’t take any action against anyone. The students find it wrong and boycott classes. Finally, the director says - “I am saying sorry on their behalf! They are senior teachers. No action can be taken against them and nothing more can be done!” You are stunned.The Director Sir - All of the sudden some similar incidents happen and the director shows your his true colours. He never gives a shit to your xyz needs or expectations. You write some applications and ask some approvals for organising tech fests, competitions, sports tournaments etc. to bring some positive changes but all he approves is leave applications.The Teachers - Here you find that 90% teachers are just graduates having B.Tech. as their highest qualification. Most of them graduated from the same college and got the lecturer jobs because of their local Jugaads. They come with a diary in their hands and start reading that in classrooms. A lot of love stories and affairs of teachers, they simply marry someone out of them to double their salary. Some male teachers think that they are still “young” and tries for relationships with female students. In upcoming days you find few posts on Facebook where a married teacher was exposed by a student for sending her “romantic” messages and indirectly asking her (to make) out.The Facilities - You still don’t give up and write some more applications for improving the quality of hostel food, providing WiFi, improving lab conditions, changing teachers etc. but everything goes in vain. You are not supposed to raise your voice further if you don’t want college authorities to deduct your GP marks (50 in each semester).Your progress chart - A computer teacher slaps a girl multiple times in the classroom in front of all (yes, you read it right. Reason- she is unable to answer the types of functions. The teacher who himself hardly knows the answer. It’s the same one which you faced in the computer lab - point described above). She finds it hard to overcome it and tries to commit suicide. The students have tolerated much by this time and now it’s the height of torture by faculty. You join others and ask strict action against teacher. As per the expectations, the authority doesn’t take any action against the teacher. All they do is - They deduct internal marks and mark internal backlogs wherever possible for all the first year students. You get a golden lesson for next 3 years - never ever speak anything against faculty.At the end of First Year - Somehow you have cleared your exams. It’s the fact that the neither college nor teachers did play much role in it and the major part was done by your self-study of the detailed reference books. For some subjects, you thanked all-in-one Quantum as well. Overall it has added no values in your technical or other skills (who is responsible for it, only you man! totally you! :P ) You regret your decision of taking admission in FGIET.Congrats! You are in the second year now. And a plus point, you hardly had a girlfriend/boyfriend (as per your interests) but by luck you are no more a virgin. The college fucked you many times.Second year: 2011-12With the sheer determination of compensating whatever you have lost in your first year, you start your second year with a great grit.You find that the syllabus is more difficult than whatever you had imagined and faculty is more pathetic than whatever you had experienced.You start reading from standard publications like TMH and soon jumps to state publications like S. Chand. Reason - you don’t have a strong knowledge foundation of basic concepts to go with the flow of standard books - Oh boy! Your fault again (remember how your first year passed?).You find UPTU books too easy to understand and think that you can finish this syllabus 1–2 months before the exams, so why not to have some fun now? The start giving more time to your personal life.You have some other things also to do, like organising Fresher’s Party for your juniors. You are engaged with the planning team and it is going to kill your next one month.You had this “fun” for more than your planned duration (As Mulayam Singh Yadav says - Bachho se galtiya ho jaati hai!)”. You simply waste time and at the end you realise that it’s impossible to read books now. So you turn to the last lifeline- Quantum. Both the semesters go this way.Congrats! You just spent one more year and learned nothing. Whose fault - of course, yours! :PThird year: 2012-13You shows some seriousness. You have a lot of things in your list- GATE/CAT preparations, personal goals, fitness goals, extra-curricular activities, relationships, UPTU exams, English skills, placements (if any company visits but luckily being an FGIETian many times you strike it out of your list), summer training etc. But do not forget that after all the times you had spent in your friend-circle after the first and second years, all of a sudden you cannot be much anti-social too. Even if you want to be the one, your friends will do their best job to not let you succeed your mission. As expected, your friends win at the end.Other than everything above, the college start their attendance torture. It’s the only chance for your HOD to demonstrate his powers to you directly, as he can’t show you his technical skills because he doesn’t have any. You start managing your attendance. But wait! The assignment torture of the great professors is still pending. In your free time, you start making assignments. Meanwhile, the exam date sheet is announced.The exams have come. This year you don’t even look at UPTU books. You directly start from Quantum, finish it and write your exams. All your plans of the beginning of the third year go in vain, again.Third Year completed. Technical knowledge gain - 0. GATE/CAT Preparations - 0. Fitness goals - 0. Simply you can add the zero score for most of the other things as well. Coming to our ‘Whose Fault’ analysis - yours only man! whose else you are looking for?Final year: 2013-14You are tensed. You are disturbed. You have to write CAT after 4–5 months or GATE after 6 months. Just because the seniors told - “Final year me attendance nahi chahiye!’ you do not attend any classes. You decide to stay in Lucknow to join a coaching but still you frequently travel to Raebareli to submit assignments, give sessional exams, attend HOD’s or Some psycho teacher’s lectures. Soon the time flies and you do not make any of these two. Your CAT exam is ruined because you could not practice due to lack of time and GATE exam is a ruined because you do not have sufficient technical knowledge (remember, you just read Quantum to give exams and didn’t gain any technical knowledge so far?)Meanwhile luckily an MNC also visited your college for campus recruitment, but just because due to lack of time till now you couldn’t work on your analytical and verbal skills, you could not qualify the written test itself. Finally, the MNC blacklisted your college for upcoming few years and your juniors started cursing your batch.Your juniors are unhappy with you because you spoiled their chances of getting hired by that MNC (the only big name visited your college for campus recruitment in last few years). They are not even in a mood of giving farewell treat also to your batch despite of the fact that out of your hectic third-year schedule, you arranged the one for your seniors. Finally after one month of social melodrama and for the sake of some ethical grounds your juniors agree to organise a farewell, but branch wise.You attend your farewell, appear for your exams and pack your bags. You have no idea what you have done in last four years at FGIET and what you are going to do next in your life. Your fault only - Isn’t it?Conclusion-In short, do not join this college. Try to get another Govt. college or go for some good private colleges if you don’t have a good rank. Don’t fall in the trap of govt-aided tag. If you choose FGIET today, you will regret this decision forever.Today, 2.5 years later -In a casual discussion over call, one of my batch mates asked - “Hey! What was your UPTU roll no?”“It was 1 .. Eh .. 100 .. Sorry .. 180 … No! It was … 1 ..”“Fine! Rahne de bhai. Aise hi puch raha tha!”

This is a super-post collating multiple existing answers of mine. It is broken down into:#1. Books#2. Online resources#3. Blogs and websites#4. Youtube Channels#5. Online Courses#6. Movies#1. BooksA. QuantQuantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examination - Abhijit GuhaHow to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT - Arun SharmaB. VerbalWord Power Made Easy (The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary) - A wonderfully written book that makes learning new words fun.After (and only after) you are done with it, read All About Words (An Adult Approach to Vocabulary Building)."Competition Success Review" magazineThe editorial sections of major newspapersGood non-fiction books on diverse topics - law, finance, history, politics, philosophy, crime, religion etcVerbal ability for CAT: Arun SharmaHigh School English Grammar & Composition - by Wren and Martin (for grammar)A Communicative Grammar Of English (for grammar)BBC list of Top 100 Books.#2. Online resourcesApart from the basic forums - PagalGuy, TotalGadha, HandakaFunda etc, the below websites will help you prepare comprehensively for the written test as well as for the later parts of the process.A. VerbalA.1. VocabIFTTT - Send yourself a weekly vocabulary list of Wikipedia words of the day: Sit down every Sunday (or any other day you like) and learn 7 new words. All you need is a IFTTT and a Pocket account (both free).ESL Exercises: Test your vocabulary by taking a series of structured quizzes.Visual thesaurus: Understand what words mean, and why. Visualize the origin of words and their interconnectionsDictionary.com Flashcards: When you are on the go, use this flashcard app to learn new words.A.2. Reading SpeedSpritz: Boost your reading speed. Spritz is one of the rare speed-reading websites/app that actually helps.A.3. English languageBBC - Learning English: A great resource to know and understand the various nuances of the English language./r/WritingPrompts: Strangers give you a random (and mostly weird) topic, and you need to write an engaging story around it. Helps build your vocab, grammar and comprehension skills.B. General AwarenessThe best way to stay updated on the various developments is to follow specific sub-reddits./r/worldnews: Be updated on the current events in the world./r/technology/r/science/r/news: Mostly US centric newsC. Soft skillsTake up a few courses:Introduction to Time ManagementGetting started with essay writingReasoningGrammar and PunctuationIntroduction to Public SpeakingD. OthersTenADay: Solve 10 questions everyday from the CAT curriculum. Level up, slowly but steadily#3. Blogs and websitesA. FinanceProf. Jayanth R. Varma's Financial Markets Blog: Prof Jayant Verma is a Professor of Finance (mainly Financial markets) at IIMA. He is one of the most impressive teachers I have ever met. He was one of the first members of SEBI and is on the board of multiple big companies including Infosys and Axis Bank. His blog, which has been up since 2005, is a brilliant resource on understanding the nuances of the financial markets.Dealbook (NYT): Dealbook is the news aggregator section of NYTimes to keep you updated on the current state of affairs of the Fin industry.Mergers & Inquisitions: Everything you need to know about every aspect of the Financial world - from big investment banks to boutique firms, from Private Equity to Hedge Funds and AM/WM firms.Investment Banking Blog: The holy mecca for preparation of i-Banking interviews, the IB Blog offers everything from bootcamps and interview prep courses (paid) to free resources like basic interview questions, overview of the industry etc.Wall Street Oasis: Similar to #2 above, but with more functionality to read the best articles of the month/week/day etc.FT Alphaville: Another news aggregator that will make sure you do not have any time left in your day (courtesy its exhaustive coverage of current affairs)B. EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneur: Your companion on the entrepreneurial journey. The site will keep you updated with the start-up world, help you work on various aspects of your professional self, and also provide the much needed pep-talk when you are feeling down/exhausted/defeated.AVC: The chronicles of Fred Wilson ( a Venture Capitalist for the past 30 years) with some incredible credentials to his name (including investments in Twitter, Tumble, Zynga, Foursuare etc). AVC is probably the most widely-read VC blog in the world.C. MarketingMad Over Marketing: MoM is a fun blog. They capture everything from brand wars on twitter, to collection of some of the best and most important marketing campaigns. The blog is a very easy read and will help you broaden your horizon when it comes to thinking of how you can ante up your marketing/advertising game.Duct Tape Marketing: Duct Tape Marketing focuses on small businesses and startups. They take into account that small businesses do not have the funds that large corporations do. So their marketing tactics need to be tailored to their financial capacity.aimClear: aimClear wants to be the single resource when it comes to your personal as well as company brand by using every possible tool in the marketer's kitty - from social media to SEO, from conclaves to data management using basic tools like Excel.Bufferapp social: Bufferapp is an exhaustive resource to help you manage, grow, and track your social media persona.HubSpot Blog: A collection of 3 secondary blogs - focusing on sales, marketing, and your agency. This trio will help you streamline your sales activity, boost your pre-sales capabilities, help you traverse the maze of sales-killer questions like, "This is too costly", and also help you manage your time and productivity in a better manner.Marketing Land: The Dealbook of marketing, ML is the one-stop solution for your marketing trends news requirement.Startup Marketing | Ryan Gum: Ryan Gum is a growth hacker who helps create marketing plans for startups and small businesses starting from creating your initial pitch, attracting your first customer, and an exhaustive list of Startup Marketing Resources.The SumAll Blog: The SumAll blog is like the child of Buzzfeed and Medium (and not in a negative sense). They post content which is useful and is also written in a fun manner. The articles are often crisp and under a 5-min read.D. EconomicsFreakonomics: The uthors of the best-selling economics-infused-with-pop-culture book have more to say and share than the 2 books. The blog is usually a collection of podcasts that aim to explore the "hidden side of economics" and highlight outliers, which although rare, are extremely critical.Why Nations Fail: On the same line as Freakonomics, the blog by Daren Acemoglu is a follow-up on his book of the same name and explores similar obscure events that shaped the rise and fall of nations and civilizations.Economixcomix: The companion blog for the graphic novel of the same name by Michael Goodwin, Economixcomix explains the basic tenets of Economics in a simple way, along with illustrations to make understanding easier.The Grumpy Economist: The perennial pessimist, the one who finds faults in everything, the dad who bores his kid during dinner with his constant rants and criticisms, John Cochrane provides an unabashed, and hard-hitting critique that exposes the not-so-sunny side of the world economy.Investing and Economics Blog: The Curios Cat blogs is for us. The laymen. The dabblers. It focuses heaving on personal finance, economics, financial literacy, tax planning, credit management et al; stuff that affects the majority of the populace on a regular basis.The Upshot: The NYT economics companion to its financial section, Dealbook, The Upshot is all you need to read to be perfectly updated of what is happening, why it is happening, what would be the consequences, and what could have been done better.Economist's View: A collection of self-posts and the hottest posts from other economics blogs.The Money Illusion: TMI focuses on the money and capital markets and provides wonderful commentary on financial crises, international economics, foreign reserve dynamics, monetary and fiscal policies, labor markets etc.E. LeadershipGuy Kawasaki: Guy is one of the most well known figures in Silicon Valley, and among the first "tech evangelist".All Things Workplace: As the name suggests, this is a blog for managers, bosses, and professionals and aims to cover all aspects of workplace management including effective communication, employee engagement, conflict management, incorporating cultural diversity and differences, various facets of leadership, boosting creativity, and so on.Seth's Blog: Seth is a funny guy. The funniest of all in this list. Although he calls his blog a marketing blog, it's more generic in nature and oft has funny quips and clever observations interspersed with longform articles.Lean In: Everyone knows the book by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. The blog aims to continue the story and encourage and empower women to face challenges, voice their opinions, and grow themselves in the workplace.Switch & Shift: S&S aims at helping business transition from the traditional workplace model to the current, more information driven, globally-diverse-yet-connected workplace.Hot Momma's Project: Don't go by the sexist-sounding name, HMP is sort of a companion to LeanIn and strives to help women claim their rightful place in the corporate world.Culture University: In a globally inter-connected world, understanding, accepting, and imbibing cultural diversity is an important trait for organizations to sustain themselves and grow.Big Think: Having Bill Nye, TheScienceGuy, on board is a big achievement for Big Think which aims to be an idea hub, an "Youtube for ideas" as its founders put it.F. OthersBob Sutton: Bob, a Professor of Management Science at Stanford, writes on everything including, but not limited to, workplace culture, book reviews, team management, employee management etc.Harvard Business Review: HBR is the most popular published management magazine that covers almost everything relevant to an MBA degree. If there has to be a starting point for an MBA student/aspirant, this is it.#4. Youtube ChannelsTakshzila shikshak: A very well structure and exhaustive resource that replicates the offline classroom model. They cover the entire range of topics for CAT and other MBA entrance exams in India - quantitative ability, vocabulary, logic, reasoning, reading comprehension, grammar, data sufficiency and data interpretation.Other similar resources include:handakafundaCareer Launcher2IIM CAT PreparationByju'sEndeavor Careers Pvt. Ltd.Harvard Business Review: Touching on the nuances of business - strategy formulation and execution, role of a CEO, disruption, stress management, and overall professional development as a manager or an entrepreneur.MBAbullshitDotCom: Topic-wise video lectures on the various basics of Finance - stock and bond markets, valuations, Corporate Finance, Accounting et al.Minute MBA by OnlineMBA.com: Illustrated lessons primarily on entrepreneurship, people management, and innovation.ehowfinance: Another great resource, but focuses more on personal finance, budgeting, accounting, insurance, taxation etc.#1. You also can watch the Economics playlists on CrashCourse. It is one of the best channels on Youtube for learning any subject starting from a blank slate.#2. Marketing Management#3. Corporate Finance#4. Understanding Financial Markets (Yale classes by the Nobel Laureate in Economics, Professor Roberyt Schiller)#5. Augment your vocabulary (primarily meant for GRE aspirants, however is applicable for most MBA entrance exams)#6. Data InterpretationA few other videos you might find useful.#1. Understanding how the Stock Exchange works#2: Money and credit#5. Online CoursesA. Business and management (mostly beginner courses)Basics of supply chain management (SCM)Basics of MarketingBasics of OperationsBasics of digital marketingB. Economics and financeFinancial markets: A must take. The course is being taught by the renowned Nobel-laureate and Yale Prof Robert Shiller and will cover a lot of concepts of Financial markets and their machinations. Apart from the basics, it will also cover certain aspects of behavioral finance and financial crises and the role of regulations.Microeconomics: Will cover the basics of Microeconomics from supply-demand, market efficiency, types of competitions, market power and public goods and externalities.Introduction to finance: Basics - time value of money and valuationsC. Statistics and data analysisRegression models: The course looks at the various regression models and special cases like ANOVA. All of which is taught in the 1st year.Data analysis and statistical inference: Estimation, confidence intervals, decision making based on data analysis etc.Data visualization: Will be helpful both during and after the MBA. How to present the data in the most impactful manner, use software to make complex designs etc.Other useful courses:Social EntrepreneurshipIntroduction to Probability#6. Movies12 Angry Men (1957): A wonderful movie that was part of my MBA curriculum, 12 Angry Men is probably the best thing you can watch on the art of negotiation and persuasion.To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): I love the book and I make no effort to hide it. The 1962 adaptation by Robert Mulligan does complete justice to the book. It's a life lesson everyone should learn. It teaches you kindness, courage, and unflinching devotion to the pursuit of justice even in the face of overwhelming odds.More about the book and what makes it great: Deepak Mehta (दीपक मेहता)'s answer to Why do you like the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' and why should I read it?Up in the Air (2009): As a manager (post your MBA), one of the hardest aspects of your job would be to fire people. In this movie, George Clooney will teach you how to do it.The Pursuit of Happyness (2006): On why persistence is important.Wall Street (1987): A lesson, and a warning, on the lengths to which brokers and financial analysts went to in order to achieve success and fame.The Social Network (2010): For the rabble-rousers. The ones who don't respond well to authority. The dreamers. The entrepreneurs.Too Big To Fail (2011): A documentary on the Financial Crisis of 2008.Margin Call (2011): Chronicles the initial stages of the 2008 crisis. And how corporate greed condemned the world to a period of financial upheaval and meltdown.Inside Job (2010): The final movie on the 2008 crisis. And the best.The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013): Based on the life of Jordan Belfort, a broker/trader, and another victim of the Wall Street Lust.