Author Archive - Knewton
MBA Life on Youtube: Rethinking the MBA at HBS
If you’re considering business school, it’s likely you’re no stranger to the ongoing debate about the value of an MBA. In this video, Harvard Business School professor David Garvin discusses the way in which business schools are shifting in response to ongoing critiques — specifically,...
MBA Life on Youtube: A Day in the Life of a B-School Student
Wondering what the daily routine of a typical b-school student looks like? NYU Stern has put together a series of “day in the life” Youtube videos, featuring four MBA students involved in diverse areas. While these videos are specific to Stern, they should also give...
5 Tips for an Excellent MBA Admissions Interview
Guest post by Igor Khayet, President and Founder of My Resume Shop. You’ve already submitted your b-school apps. Finally, you get the call or the email. Nope, you’re not in — yet. Button your blazer; it’s interview time. Just like rounding the bend on a racetrack,...
Autotune the GMAT
You’ve heard of Autotune the News. But have you tried autotuning GMAT exponent rules? Dave Ingber (Knewton’s lead GMAT teacher) and RoboMath (our lead GMAT robot?) show you how a little autotuning can make GMAT Quant questions easier to follow — and a whole lot funkier. “Autotune...
MBA Curriculum Changes at Yale, Wharton, Stanford
Written by Christina Yu. If you’re thinking about b-school, a recent article in U.S News, “Rethinking the MBA,” may have caught your attention. Several top MBA programs — including Stanford, Yale, and Wharton — have revised their curricula in startling ways in reaction to current developments...
MBA Life on Youtube: Research Roundup from London Business School
Wondering what 2011 holds for the world of business? Look no further: This installment of our MBA Life on Youtube series features four faculty members from the London Business School sharing their predictions for how business research will be implemented and continue to develop throughout...
MBA Life on YouTube: The Benefits of an MD/MBA
This week, as part of our MBA Life on Youtube series, we thought we’d post a video on a super-intense joint degree program offered at some schools: the MD/MBA. And you thought business school was hard! This video from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business features a...
GMAT On Demand: Solving for One Variable Among Many in DS Questions
// In this video, Rich begins by presenting a sample DS question. The question tests your ability to solve for the value of an expression — without necessarily solving for the variables in that expression. Jess and Rich then go on to explain the best...
GMAT On Demand: How to Solve for the Value of an Expression (Without Solving for its Variables!)
// As Jess and Rich explain in this video, oftentimes on Data Sufficiency problems you’ll be given more variables than you have equations. This happens for two main reasons: You’re just given more variables than equations (you know, because it’s fun) You’re given as many variables as...
GMAT On Demand: The Basics of Independent and Dependent Equations
// In this video, Jess and Rich cover the basics of independent and dependent equations on Data Sufficiency questions. Here are some of the concepts they discuss: Systems of equations are dependent if one equation can be formed by manipulating and/or combining the others. If no manipulation/combination...
