Using Craigslist to find a GMAT/GRE tutor is fine. Several reputable companies advertise there. Trouble is, there is also a lot of riff-raff. Below are five questions you can ask yourself to navigate through the Craigslist muck of so-called GMAT/GRE “experts”: Does the ad claim expertise in more than two tests? (Ex. “We specialize in …
Each year, the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), the governing body of all things GMAT, compiles data on all GMAT test takers from around the world. This includes such demographic factors as age, geography, score, gender, overall number of tests, number of repeat test takers and other metrics that they publish for anyone with too …
In general, when you make a request of someone they need to be clear about what you want. That way, they're more likely to either a.) decline your request, or b.) grant your request, but not c.) be confused by your request. This is as important in everyday life as it is in asking professors/employers/associates …
The first sentence of any graduate school application essay should never be a direct answer to the question posed. Let’s take this year’s Harvard Business School essay questions as an example. EXAMPLES: Describe something you did well. “Something I did well was…” Tell us about a mistake or failure and what you learned from it. …
Quick, what does the GMAT test? What about the GRE? Show of hands for math…for verbal? Ok let's take a closer look not at the content of the test but rather the intention of the test. To do that, put yourself in the shoes of…oh, by the way, you can put your hands down now…put yourself …
OK readers, I have several horses running in January for the official test and the question that keeps popping up is, “How do I study the last few weeks prior to the test?” The answer is simple, the same way you’ve been studying up until now, which hopefully looks something like this: Day 1: Take …
Personal Statement essays are less an art than they are a science. This is not a free-flowing creative assignment here, folks, where you are rewarded for how organic and honest your story comes out (though it is good if it feels that way). Rather, the adcoms are looking for very specific elements that reveal very …
Since the GRE was given an overhaul some 18 months ago, business schools the nation over–with Harvard Business School leading the charge–have stated that, in lieu of the GMAT, they will now accept GRE scores. This is huge news that has been met with barely a thud from the prospective applicant community. Why the underwhelming …
Normally this blog is reserved for insider GMAT/GRE tips and suggestions to make your application more complete. Instead today our minds, and likely yours too, are elsewhere. The tragedy of Newtown is one of the saddest things that can happen to a society. When the killing of innocent children is involved, it seems so, so …
