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Proofreading Your MBA Application Essays
You want to make sure your MBA application essay has no errors, so you run spell check on your computer, get rid of all those squiggly red and green lines, save your essay as FINAL, and then submit. But wait! Your essay isn’t really complete until...
MBA Admissions: Dartmouth Tuck and Marketing
This post about Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, focusing on marketing, is part of a series of interviews about top MBA programs called “MBA Career Goals and the B-Schools that Support Them.” Please subscribe to our blog to ensure that you receive all the posts...
GMAT Grammar: Vital Noun Modifiers
Learn about the importance of this elite category of modifiers. Not all modifiers are created equal! All noun modifiers, by definition, give additional information about the noun they modify. BUT, the importance of that additional information can vary significantly. Consider the following two sentences, both with modifiers...
GMAT Question of the Day (May 14): Coordinate Geometry and Sentence Correction
Math (PS) Point is closest to which of the following lines? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) GMAT Daily Deals Knewton Gmat Discount: $100 Discount code + $250 Bonus offer! Try it...
Washington Olin MBA Student Interview
Here’s a talk with Ashley Elleby, a student at Washington University’s Olin Business School and a member of The Consortium who is pursuing her dream of opening a clothing store for tall women – featuring her own clothing line! Thank you Ashley for sharing your...
Overrepresented Groups in MBA Admissions
You’re an Indian male with an IT background, or a consultant from New Jersey who majored in Econ, or a Chinese bank manager who also dabbled in engineering. In short, you are an applicant who comes from an overrepresented background – what can you do to...
As Chinese Grad School Applicants Flock to the US, What’s the Impact for You?
Earlier this month the Council of Graduate Schools reported that 2012 is seeing a continued torrent of Chinese applicants to US graduate programs: up 18% for fall 2012, following increases of 21% in 2011 and 20% in 2010. The most popular recipients of the applications...
Discover the Most Efficient Method to Prepare for the GMAT Critical Reasoning
If you wish to prepare for the gmat critical reasoning, the best thing that you can do is to opt for a comprehensive GMAT preparation program. In most cases, such a program comes along with various explanations and mock tests, which can literally help a...
Best Way to Get Through Online GMAT
Competitive examinations are no longer held at big test centers with question paper distributed to students and the questions be answered in what used to be called answer paper. This method has an inherent disadvantage because admission test for prestigious institutions are taken by students...
GMAT Question of the Day (May 11): Counting and Critical Reasoning
Math (PS) How many three-digit integers bigger than 710 are there such that all their digits are different? (A) 98 (B) 202 (C) 207 (D) 209 (E) 212 Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) GMAT Daily Deals e-GMAT: Up to 37% off the...