In an effort to better get to know applicants beyond their stats and meticulously crafted essay answers, elite MBA programs have rolled out a number of innovative changes to their evaluation process during this application season. University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School launched a new team-based discussion...

Almost every day, I receive E-mails and phone calls from new clients that go something like this: “I have a 2.9 GPA, 680 GMAT, and four years of work experience in consulting. I’ve been promoted twice; I have good extracurriculars. What are my chances?” MBA hopefuls...

Stacy Blackman Consulting has entered into a strategic partnership with New York-based Glocap Search, a leading executive search firm. The new venture will enable Glocap and SBC to add continuous value to high-caliber business professionals as they transition from the workplace to school and back. Brian...

It seems some myths never die, particularly where MBA admissions are concerned. With that in mind, we bring you a new myth-busting post featuring Joanne Legler, associate director of admissions at the Chicago Booth School of Business, who frequently encounters misconceptions among prospective applicants while...

Quite a bit, according to an open letter published recently by Ryan Allis ’14 as he reflected on his first semester for the Harvard Business School Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog.  Like any top-tier MBA program, HBS students learn finance, marketing, operations and the like....

Did you know that Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business offers applicants the chance to initiate an interview with admissions? Unlike it’s peer schools, which typically maintain an invitation-only policy, Tuck’s Open Interview Policy means that any applicant who wants to visit the school and interview...

In the first post in this series, I spoke about the AND rule and the OR rule in probability.  Now, we will focus on probability question involve the words “at least.”  First, some practice of this genre. Set #1 = {A, B, C, D, E} Set #2 = {K, L, M,...

Math (DS) For any numbers and , #. If #, which of the following cannot be the value of y? A. -2 B. -1 C. 0 D. 1 E. 2 Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) GMAT...

Math (DS) What is the value of ? 1. 2. (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer - C - GMAT Daily Deals Free GMAT practice tests from Kaplan! How would you score if you took it today? The GMAT Pill...

Math (PS) Three secretaries working together can type 36 pages of text in half an hour. If the typing speeds of the secretaries are in a 4:3:2 ratio, how long will it take the slowest-typing secretary working alone to type 52 pages of text? (A) 1 hour...