420 Posts found for Source: BusinessWeek

How do you know when you’re a good fit for an MBA program? These tips will help you decide.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Choosing a Program

Ignoring the details contained in critical reasoning questions to shave a few seconds off your test time can be catastrophic.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

More than half of all MBA applicants responding to a new survey employed the services of an admissions consultant; more than a third were asked to write their own recommendations.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In

Some of the knottiest GMAT critical reasoning questions ask for an answer that will strengthen an argument. This strategy can help.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Calculating averages typically involves adding and dividing, but many GMAT average questions can be done without any division.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Follow these guidelines to help snag merit-based aid and make your MBA a little less expensive.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Financing Your MBA

In multiple choice questions, only one choice is correct, but the others can be equally valuable.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Data-sufficiency questions often include information about the correct answer that has nothing to do with math.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

It’s easy to be tripped up by the simplest GMAT questions. Here’s how to spot the troublemakers and answer them correctly.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Parallel structure sentences are among the easiest to identify and correct, once you master a few basic skills.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

There is still some residual stigma around coaching that it is somehow “remedial” as opposed to something that enhances high performance, similar to how an elite athlete uses a coach. But there really is not a single top athlete who does not have a coach, and what is also interesting is that most of the greatest coaches in the world were not the best players. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Stephen Miles | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Career, Coaching, Personal Development

Transition words such as “also” and “therefore” and numerical words such as “first” and “second” often help reading comprehension.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Three simple rules will remove a lot of the confusion surrounding algebraic functions.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

On GMAT inference questions, close isn’t good enough. Correct answers have to meet the “must be true” standard.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Making up for lost time on the GMAT isn’t easy, but one kind of word problem gives test-takers a chance to do just that.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

To choose between two answer choices that each seem grammatically correct, you need to rely on logic.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

These two strategies for answering GMAT data sufficiency questions will help on test day, and neither requires much math.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Memorization isn’t going to cut it for the GMAT. Test-takers need to practice on new problems and think conceptually.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Wharton is now offering four core courses from its highly ranked full-time MBA program on the online learning platform Coursera.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Louis Lavelle | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Online & Distance MBA

Unlike the SAT, the GMAT feeds you new questions based on how well you answered previous ones.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT