How to prepare for GD?

 How to prepare for GD?

MBA is one of the most popular courses in the world. Also this popularity makes the entrance for MBA admission quite hard, for the less working aspirants. Out of the procedures of MBA admission, Group Discussion has a vital role. GD can change the entire rank list, in just some moments itself. Also, GD requires a thorough preparation and knowledge, for scoring high in it. While coming to the preparation part for GD, many of us will surely get confused about the way of preparation. Some of us wish to do self-study, whereas some opt group work. Here, this article is mainly written to give some details about the advantages and disadvantages of both group study and self preparation.

Group working

The main advantage of group study is less burden of studying. The topics which we find important for preparation will be usually divided among the team members. So then, we will get only a minimum burden of the topic, which will help us for having relaxed studying. Group preparation is basically made on sharing of ideas and helping each others. Also, such study methods will help us to find the negative things within us, which will pull us back. Along with that, the study will help to boost our confidence level, while addressing a team for speaking. Besides that we will get tips for how to make good communications with people. And it will surely mould you for getting fit in a group of people, which is essential for a succeeding in any career. 

Even though group study gives us these positive aspects, there are some negatives for it also. The very first disadvantage of group study is the chance of having heated arguments. For GD you will need to prepare for many topics, which will even include some sensible and controversial topics. While preparing with such a topic, the chances of having heated arguments is high, and may spoil the harmony within the group. Along with that, these heating up arguments will force us to come in a term with the other person, just to cool the situation. Along with this there may come some dissatisfaction for all, when some members do not deliver their maximum output to the study. 

Self preparation

The very best thing on self preparation is that we can select topics on our own interest, for preparation. So, we will definitely go through those topics thoroughly. In personal learning, there will be no one to correct you. So you will really find ways to correct your mistakes. So it will improve your skills of identifying mistakes and correcting it. Also, it will force you to take care of your preparation in a detailed manner. We will find out our progress chart as our own, which will promote our self monitoring nature. Along with these, the self study will urge us to find our own motivation, especially in boosting confidence. 

Even though it is like this, there are some negatives for self study. First thing is, we will have to bear the responsibility of the studying process. We will get stressed in this, when we are alone for completing the studies. Usually, for self learners there will be no guiding, which will often lead us to wrong methods of understanding the topics.  Also getting self motivation is really a herculean task. Moreover, having no one for sharing our anxiety and stress will also create difficulty for a self learner. 

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