GMAT Tip: Mastering Inequality Problems
Inequality questions are easier to solve if you follow three simple rules.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
GMAT Tip: Tackling Data-Sufficiency Questions
Data sufficiency questions resemble riddles that require test-takers to answer with the least amount of information possible. Here’s how to approach them.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
GMAT Tip: Picking Numbers for Unknown Quantities
For some GMAT questions, the best first step is simply to plug an arbitrary number into the equation.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
MBA Gender Pay Gap
Top B-schools typically repay students’ investments in spades, but exclusive new data suggest women don’t share equally in the bounty.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Kurt Steinberg | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Business School News, MBA Program Rankings, Women & Minority MBA Issues
GMAT Tip: Cracking the ‘Bolded Statement’ Code
Bolded statement questions require GMAT test-takers to understand the relationship between two statements. This simple approach can help.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
GMAT Tip: Put Sentence-Correction Questions on a Diet
To make GMAT sentence-correction questions easier, follow this simple three-step process: Simplify, simplify, simplify.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
MBA Admissions Consultants: Worth the Investment?
Admissions consultants may help applicants navigate the MBA application process, but they are ultimately unnecessary?
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
GMAT Tip: The 90-Day GMAT Study Plan
If your goal is a 700+ score and admission to a top business school, plan to set aside at least three months for GMAT preparation.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
Selectivity, Yield, and MBA Admissions Math
Harvard last year received 8,963 applications for a place in its MBA program of 919 students, while Stanford admitted only 7 percent of its applicant pool. You don’t have to be an analyst as McKinsey to crunch the numbers on the competitive nature of admission to a top business school.
It would be a shame, however, for these numbers to dissuade talented young professionals from thinking … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Matt Symonds | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
GMAT Tip: Making Sense of Modifiers
Magoosh’s Mike McGarry gives a primer on noun modifiers, the bane of many a GMAT-taker’s existence.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
MBA Class Size: Is Bigger Better?
Smaller classes are believed to produce a better educational experience, but some of world’s best schools have the most crowded classrooms.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Louis Lavelle | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Choosing a Program
GMAT Tip: Three Rules of Percents
Convert percentages to decimals, use the right multiplier, and avoid one tempting shortcut.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
Reapplying: Is it Worth the Trouble?
Getting rejected doesn’t have to end your B-school dream. If you reapply, make sure you understand why you got dinged in the first place.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
GMAT Tip: Math Basics
Even the GMAT’s seemingly impossible math questions can be answered with just a few key fundamentals.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
MBA Admissions: Applying in Round 1
Applying to B-school in Round 1 offers certain advantages, not least the ability to make an informed decision on Round 2.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
GMAT Tip: Sentence-Correction Secrets
Sentence-correction problems conspire to waste test-takers’ time. Concentrate on the differences among the answer choices to tackle these questions efficiently.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
For Sale: MBA Admissions Essays That Worked Once
For years, applicants looking to read examples of admissions essays submitted to top business schools could buy books with such names as 101 Business School (MBA) Essays That Made a Difference or 65 Successful Harvard Business School Essays. The books promised readers an inside look at what admissions officers were looking for, along with elements of a successful business school essay.
The latest player is a … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
The Invisible B-School Curriculum
Warren Bennis discusses the importance of mentors.
Content: Article | Author: Warren G. Bennis | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Career
GMAT Tip: Figuring Percentages
So you’re working on a GMAT question that requires you to find a certain percentage. After some work, you get to the point where you must convert 11/49 into an approximate percentage. What do you do?
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
GMAT Tip: Tackling Remainder Questions
Consider the following question:
N is a positive integer. When N is divided by 13, the remainder is 5. When N is divided by 46, the remainder is 31. What is the smallest possible value of N?
Content: Article | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT