Knewton Craft Night: Many headbands, also coding
In case you didn’t know it, Abby makes some pretty sick headbands. Folks were working on beats / lines of code, too, since “Craft Night” welcomes crafts of all kinds.
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GMAT course update: Improved concept reporting
Our Adaptive Learning Systems are the heart of the Knewton GMAT course, and we’re always working to improve them. Recently, we released an upgrade to the way we report our student’s conceptual proficiencies. This change came out of several months of research on how our students learn, and we’re really …
Halloween at Knewton: Angry Chickens, Tanooki Mario, Rex Kwon Do and the GMAT
There are some very strange creatures roaming the halls here at Knewton today. I’m sitting next to a giant jellyfish as we speak. And I just saw some sort of furry animal with a mustache dash into another room and WHOA there goes a dude who looks like Uncle Sam …
Living life as a test-taker
Matthew Busick is a Content Developer at Knewton. At Knewton, we live and breathe standardized tests. It’s our job, but the frightening thing is that we actually enjoy what we do. I guess it would be fair to call us nerds (or Knerds, as they’re known around here). Walking to …
GMAT Course update: extra challenge quizzes
Knewton students are an ambitious bunch, so this week we added some extra tough assessments to our GMAT course. If you’re a student, halfway through your class you can try 2 Midterm Challenge Quizzes, high-difficulty 15-question mini-tests geared toward 700+ scorers. At the end of the course, take two Final …
Save the Date: Knewton Student Homecoming Party, August 12
Knewton students attend class from all over the world, but on Thursday, August 12 they can come to us! If you’re in the NYC area later this summer, drop by our Student Homecoming Party at the Knewton office. Past, present, and future Knewton students are welcome. Just RSVP below so …
Tech Startups and Ultimate Frisbee: What’s the Connection?
Andy Huang is a content developer at Knewton. What do Google, Apple, Facebook, Yahoo, and Knewton have in common? Great places to work? Check. Brilliant people? Check. Cutting edge technology? Check. Ultimate Frisbee? Check. Played on college campuses across the country, Ultimate Frisbee has long been known as a sport …
Knewton Hoops: Scouting Report
This post was written by Josh Anish. Some offices have a golf culture; others football or even—gasp—tennis. I am proud to say that we Knewtonites recreate primarily via Ultimate Frisbee, kickball, and hoops. Basketball seems to be a particular passion of many folks in the office, which is fine by …
A note from Monica: Summer Intern, B-school Student, and Bride-to-be!
Hi, my name is Monica Punjabi, and I’m a Marketing/Business Development intern at Knewton this summer. I am also a current Wharton Business school student and soon-to-be BRIDE (on Labor Day weekend…. wow, I just realized how close that is!). After spending 4 years in the corporate world (Investment banking …
Announcing the winner of our Alumni Hall of Fame Contest on Facebook
This summer we kicked off an Alumni Video Contest on Facebook asking current and former Knewton students to share their stories. We received a lot of amazing entries, so picking a favorite was tough. In the end, though, we had to give it to David. Hilarious premise, great delivery, and …
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