The GMAT imposes significant time pressure on test-takers: anyone who has taken a practice GMAT can attest to how difficult it can be to finish one or more of the sections on time. But most people are unaware of just how significant the penalty is for not...
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The Smart Timeline for MBA Admissions
The following is a guest post by MBA Admissions Consultant, Masaki: The Smart MBA Application Timeline The Unfortunate (all-too-common) MBA Application Timeline There is a lot more to putting together a winning MBA application than just writing essays. In...
GMAT to GMAT Focus Score Conversion
As we transition from the “classic” GMAT to the GMAT Focus, there’s bound to be confusion about the score differences since the two tests are scored on slightly different scales! Below we discuss the differences and some takeaways. GMAT Focus is on a New...
Testing Accommodations for the GMAT & GRE
For anyone interested in accommodations (extra time, a separate room for testing, etc.) for the GMAT or GRE, this is your article! As someone who has worked with hundreds of students who have had accommodations for these tests, I know a lot about the...
Thoughts on the New GMAT – Coming in Fall of 2023
On March 8, 2023, GMAC announced upcoming changes to the GMAT. There will be a new version of the exam, the GMAT Focus Edition, that will be released in late 2023. The current version of the exam will end in the first half of 2024. In this...
In-Person vs Online GMAT and GRE: Which Version to Take?
GMAC and ETS offer online versions of the GMAT and GRE, but test-takers are often unsure about which version to take. Part of the problem is that there are a handful of confusing differences, especially with regard to the GMAT, and some of those...
Understanding the Timeline for GMAT/GRE Prep and Graduate School Applications
Many graduate and business school applicants underestimate the timeline for preparing for the GMAT or GRE and, more generally, don’t understand how that timeline relates to application deadlines. Every October, November, and December we tend to get...
What Are the Differences Between the GMAT & GRE?
Ever since business schools began accepting the GRE an increasing number of MBA applicants have elected to take the GRE instead of the GMAT. We have also had many students who either started with the GMAT and then turned to the GRE or who ended up just...
GMAT vs GRE: How to Choose Which Test to Take?
In a another post, we discuss the differences between the GMAT and GRE. That background might be heIpful if you really want to understand the ins and outs of each test. If, however, you are just looking for general guidance on how to decide which test to...
Data Sufficiency as the Key to a High Quant GMAT Score
Back in the old days the GMAT Prep tests did not break down your performance by question type on the Quant and Verbal sections. Nor was there an Enhanced Score Report that did so on the actual GMAT. Now, with the existence of practice tests that indicate...
GMAT Scoring Algorithm: The First Ten Questions
It is a pretty well-accepted fact that within each section on the GMAT the early questions are slightly more important than the late ones (everything I have seen in all my years as a GMAT tutor has confirmed this and there have been some good experiments...
GMAT Myth or Fact?
You must get all, or at least most, of the early questions right in order to score well? As you will see with most of the myths/facts in this series, there is some truth and some fiction in the statement above. So let’s start with what definitely is true…...
GMAT Scoring Algorithm: Quant vs. Verbal
In this post I would like to expound upon a theory of mine that gets at the slight differences in the scoring algorithm on the Quant and Verbal sections of the GMAT. In a previous post I commented on the fact that although on the Quant section the number of...
Why Isn’t My GMAT Score Increasing? Reason 1
In my years as a GMAT tutor I have had many students come to me complaining that although they have done a lot of prep for the test, their scores just are not increasing. There are many reasons that this could be the case, but in this post I would like to...
Why Isn’t My GMAT Score Increasing? Reason 2
In a previous post I discussed one of the main reasons that a person’s GMAT score can appear not to increase. In this post I will posit what I believe to be the second most common cause: a complete misunderstanding of the test and what it takes to do well on...
Why Isn’t My GMAT Score Increasing? Reason 3
In a couple of previous posts I discussed some of the main reasons that people don’t see much of a score increase when preparing for the GMAT. In this post I will turn to yet another common cause of artificially low GMAT scores: poor time management! Over...
What Do the GMAT and GRE Really Test?
Virtually everyone who begins studying for the GMAT and GRE (and even many people who are months into the process) tend to misunderstand what the tests are really about. The GMAT and GRE are not typical tests for which you just memorize a body of content...
Official GMAT Resources – Why Don’t People Use Them?
It never ceases to amaze me how few people use the official GMAT resources that are available. This is perhaps a credit to how good the major test prep companies have gotten at convincing people that their resources are an accurate representation of what is...
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