Archive for December, 2009
MBA Applicants: What Should You Do Now?
A few bits of communications this week reveal the uncertainly among 2010 MBA applicants now and the new opportunities provided by the earlier Round 1 deadlines/notification dates set by certain schools. Here’s what I’m referring to: On the BusinessWeek Forum, Todoubled started a fairly active thread with...
Business School Knowledge Vault, Business School Application Process
B-School Knowledge Vault – moderators manage all threads to bring you the most useful discussion links. Application Process: what stage are you at? – what is your happiness level?
GMAT Math Book, Probability, Polygons, Series and Sequences, Word Problems, GMAT Test Center Environment, GMAT “Question of the Day” Automatic Email
Math: Math Book – GMAT Club Open Project lead by Walker and Bunuel with many helpful posts - Math: Probability – everything you need to know for GMAT - Math: Polygons – know which polygons will be on GMAT - Math: Guide to Series & Sequences (arithmetic and geometric) - Math: Word Problems Made Easy! GMAT Test...
The GMAT and India
Jose Ferreira is the founder and CEO of Knewton. He has been helping students with their GMAT prep for 18 years. I wanted to take some time to dispel a fascinating—but unhealthy—rumor about the GMAT. This rumor is best summarized by a concerned Knewton student who...
GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 3): Word Problem and Sentence Correction
Math (PS) A corporation with 5,000,000 shares of publicly listed stock reported total earnings of $7.20 per share for the first 9 months of operation. During the final quarter the number of publicly listed shares was increased to 10,000,000 shares, and fourth quarter earnings were reported...
HBS News: Dean Light to Retire; Director’s Update
Today was a big day for news from Harvard Business School. Dean Jay Light will retire in June after forty years at Harvard Business School according to an announcement by Harvard President Drew Faust. President Faust adds that she intends to “consult widely in the search...
GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 2): Number Properties and Critical Reasoning
Math Is ? 1. 2. (A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but Statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient (B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but Statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient (C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE...
Sample Of A 6.0 AWA Essay
Here is an example of a student essay that earned the score of 6 in a Knewton class. Take a few moments to read it over. Below we will break down exactly how and why the piece was able to earn this score. Keep these steps...
GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 1): Word Problems (Work) and Sentence Correction
Math In normal printing mode, 20 printers can print 100 pages in 3 minutes. In economy mode, printers work 20% faster than in normal mode. How many printers are required to print 180 pages in 3 minutes in economy mode? (A) 25 (B) 28 (C) 29 (D) 30 (E) 32 OA and...
