Tips for Comparing Fractions on the GMAT
When discussing fractions, I often find a very interesting area of confusion among students. I’ll ask them to compare, for example, 1/3 and 1/4. Almost everyone correctly answers that 1/4 is smaller. “How do you know?” I’ll ask. And this is where the confusion starts. More often then not, most …
MBA Dictionary, Part 2: Corporate and Academic Terms
In the second MBA Dictionary post, we cover 16 more corporate and academic terms you should know if you want to fit in in the boardroom and understand your CEO’s jokes. At the same time, make sure not to overuse them, or you’ll sound like a corporate-jargon junkie. Whether you’re …
MBA Admissions Tip: Applying to Business School as a Younger Applicant
This weekly MBA admissions tip comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert b-school admissions advice, check out their blog. As many of our readers know, it has become increasingly common for younger individuals to apply to MBA programs. Whereas the average age at the leading …
MBA News Roundup: Application Tips From Top Admissions Officers, Greed at HBS, and Teaching Philanthropy
Welcome to another installment of Knewton’s MBA News Roundup! This week, check out articles on application tips for elite programs, why some students are unhappy with the curriculum changes at HBS, and how classes devoted to philanthropy are sparking conversation and innovation at b-schools. 1. MBA Admissions Tips From the Pros …
Puritans and Parallelism on GMAT SC
Last time I wrote about how some students place too great an emphasis on memorizing grammar rules. This misplaced emphasis can cause those students to eliminate answer choices that are grammatically and logically correct. Let’s look at a sample problem: Jean-Michel Basquiat, who was a painter and a musician, created …
Application Boot Camp: 7 Profile Weaknesses and How to Correct Them
Going into the admissions season, you might feel that your undergrad GPA, your GMAT quant score or that ten-month resume gap you have from 2008 is an albatross around your neck. Don’t worry – even the most glaring of weaknesses can be addressed if you’re honest with yourself and take …
MBA News Roundup: The First-Year, 10 Biggest Lies of B-School, and Best International Programs
Welcome to another installment of Knewton’s MBA News Roundup! This week, check out articles on your first-year in b-school, admissions at Wharton, the ten biggest lies of b-school, and the best international programs. 1. First-Year of Business School: Advice from the Trenches What should you know about summer internships, social …
Filling in Your Chart: A Data Sufficiency Primer
In last week’s post, I gave the following Data Sufficiency problem to be solved using a chart: A certain zoo has 288 mammals, 25 percent of which are female. What percent of the mammals in the zoo were born at the zoo? (1) The number of male mammals that were …
MBA Admissions Tip: Planning for the Round 1 MBA Deadlines
This MBA admissions tip comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert MBA admissions advice, check out their blog. Anyone who’s familiar with the MBA application process knows that August moves forward at an accelerated pace, and come September, entire weeks seem to disappear. To help …
MBA Dictionary: Part 1 — Corporate Terms
The world of business is characterized by a language all its own. Whether you’re looking to improve your own communication style, understand others better, or see a familiar world through a new lens, follow this series of posts for a playful look at some popular MBA words. For our first …
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