Cailey Hall is the SAT essay guru for Knewton’s SAT prep course. As Knewton’s resident SAT essay grader, I get to read a lot of SAT essays. While every essay is different – and I always enjoy seeing how students choose to tackle the prompts – I do notice some of the same issues coming up again and again. Rather than tear my hair out every time I encounter one of these problems, I wanted… Read more
One of the most difficult and most important aspects of applying to business school has nothing to do with getting accepted — choosing an MBA program that’s right for you. Even if you’ve done well in an undergraduate institution, scored highly on the GMAT, written a killer essay, and accumulated extensive work experience in the industry, you still have to choose the type of MBA that best suits your needs. There are many options out… Read more
Jesse is a Content Developer for Knewton’s SAT prep course. Wouldn’t it be crazy if you had to read paragraphs that looked like this? If you had to read paragraphs that looked like this, wouldn’t it be crazy? The reading of paragraphs that looked like this would be crazy, wouldn’t it? The craziness of paragraph reading like this reading wouldn’t it? Wouldn’t the crazy reading of paragraphs like this? Unfortunately, that is exactly how many… Read more
We all know not to divide by zero. It is a rule from middle school—if not earlier—and the reasons for it are pretty straightforward. If you look at the graph of y = 1/x, the y value approaches +∞ as x approaches zero from the right, and the y value approaches —∞ as x approaches zero from the left. But the graph never reaches x = 0, because you cannot divide by zero. Dividing 1… Read more
This “GMAT How To” was written by Jonathan Bethune, one of our excellent GMAT Content Developers. Stay tuned for our next how-to video next week! Everyone knows that preparing for the GMAT takes practice — a lot of practice. But GMAT problems and practice tests aren’t the only things you need to get ready. Check out this how-to video for five strategies that will help you sharpen your CR and RC skills — even in everyday life…. Read more
Jonathan Bethune is a Content Developer at Knewton. As someone who has been mocked by Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese people (in that order) for tragic attempts at speaking their respective languages, I know the anxiety foreign language students feel. Today’s post is meant to help out my fellow language-learners by answering a simple question: How much English do you need to know to take the GMAT?
Matthew Busick is a Content Developer at Knewton. Two years ago, I attended an informal panel at Google featuring nine or ten in-house attorneys who were kind enough to share stories about their law school experiences and general advice. They all came from different backgrounds and had varying perspectives on law school — some loved it, some hated it, some had blocked it out of their memories. What caught my attention, though, was that they… Read more
Kyle Hausmann is a Content Developer at Knewton, where he helps students with their GMAT prep. GMAT success depends not only on getting the right answer–but on getting it fast. Time management is key to conquering the GMAT: After all, test-takers only have an average of two minutes to spend on each question. Saving time isn’t just about answering the hard questions in less time–it’s also about answering easier questions faster. Every second you save… Read more
By: Christina Yu 1. Suddenly Everything “Counts” Again: Miss the cool random stuff you did in high school to round out your “extracurricular profile”? Competing in the long-jump, publishing stories, running the class multicultural society, and starring in West Side Story? MBA programs select for interesting students with diverse interests (during interview season, you’re expected to name a few clubs you plan to join to help make student life more “robust”). So, if you traded… Read more
This post was written by Alex Khurgin. Beware the “senior-spring” fallacy! It is NOT the case that you can “stop working” after submitting your college applications or even after being admitted to a college early-action or early-decision. Remember that almost all colleges do request your final transcript before you ship off to campus in the fall. And sometimes, the college will rescind an offer of admission based on this final transcript. A report published by… Read more