Intuition and Common Sense on Geometry DS Questions
“Who cares?” That should be the operative question on your mind as you tackle Data Sufficiency problems. Here’s what I mean: Suppose I ask you the question “What is x?” I then give you a statement that says “2,346.456 x + 87,234 = 912,347π”. Is the statement sufficient? “Yes,” you’d …
MBA News Roundup: 2011 Application Trends, Fewer Women at Stanford, LSBF Offers Post-Graduate Job Guarantee
Welcome to another installment of Knewton’s MBA News Roundup! This week, check out articles on the latest application trends reported by GMAC, waning female enrollment at Stanford, and LSBF’s get-a-job-or-your-money-back guarantee 1. GMAC Reports 2011 M.B.A. Application Trends GMAC reports a slow-down in 2011 applicants, despite historically increased volume of applications in …
MBA Admission Tip: Know Your Audience
This weekly MBA admissions tip comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert MBA admissions advice, check out their blog. As Round One deadlines approach, applicants are coming to understand that applying to business school is an incredibly demanding process. In addition to taking the GMAT, …
Knewton Releases New GMAT Premium Live Course
After releasing our GMAT course in a high-definition, on-demand format in April 2011, we here at Knewton Academics were pleasantly surprised at just how much the GMAT community enjoyed the results. Inspired by the success of that course as a 24/7 complete prep option, we decided to take things one …
11 GMAT Secrets I Learned at the GMAT Test Prep Summit
This week, I attended the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) GMAT Test Prep Summit, an event for representatives of the test preparation industry. Here is what I learned: 1) The Graduate Management Admission Council’s Vice President of Research and Development, Dr. Lawrence Rudner, is an awesome guy. He spoke for …
MBA Admissions Tip: The Optional Essay
This post comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert MBA admissions advice, check out their blog. We realize that the questions of whether to answer an optional essay and, if so, what to say, are ones that loom large for many b-school applicants at this …
The AWA Isn’t That Important… So Can I Blow It Off?
I want to take a moment to address some common confusion about the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) portion of the GMAT exam. As many of you inveterate students know, the AWA portion involves two essays, and you get a maximum of 30 minutes for each essay. And no, you don’t …
How to Get in the Zone for the GMAT
As a GMAT teacher and tutor, I am often asked about the best way to “get into the zone” to take the exam. After all, no one can sit for a 3.5 hour exam and not occasionally space out or lose focus. There is one very simple answer to this …
MBA Admissions Tip: Off-Campus Information Sessions
This post comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit.. For more expert MBA admissions advice, check out their blog. For all those applicants who have recently opened a calendar to plot out the next few months only to realize they can’t possibly fit in campus visits on top …
MBA News Roundup: Record-Breaking Debt Projected for MBA Class of 2013, Family Business Programs on the Rise, Online MBA Salary Gaps
Welcome to another installment of Knewton’s MBA News Roundup! This week, check out articles on how much the Class of 2013 has to borrow to pay for their MBAs (over $100 million!), the proliferation of family business programs at top b-schools, and how much earning potential students sacrifice to get …
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