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GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 25): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning

By - Jan 25, 03:00 AM   Comments [0]

Math (DS) If is an integer, is ? 1. 2. OA and Explanation Verbal (CR) Decision makers tend to have distinctive styles. One such style is for the decision maker to seek the widest possible input from advisers and to...

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Weight Gain during the B-School Applications, Advice for Class of 2013 Applicants, Guide to Recruiting and Schmoozing

By - Jan 23, 11:10 AM   Comments [0]

MBA: Weight Gain during the B-School Application Process – how much weight did you gain/lose? Advice for Class of 2013 Applicants – what should you do to strengthen your application?  Guide to Recruiting & Schmoozing - recruiting strategy, etiquette at events, manners & procedures for sit-down meals, proper attire for events,...

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Save $79 with Knewton and GMAT Club, Comprehensive GMAT Idioms List, Trouble with Quant?, Should you Retake the GMAT?

By - Jan 23, 11:08 AM   Comments [0]

SPECIAL OFFER: Save $79 with Knewton & GMATClub – sign up for a Knewton course and get: $79 Discount on GMATClub Tests (you get them for FREE) Use Promotion Code “GC-Knewton-GMAT” – see this post for more details. GMAT: Comprehensive GMAT Idioms List - know what idioms will be on GMAT. Trouble...

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Possessive Pronouns: His, Hers, Mine, and all Their Cohorts

By - Jan 22, 17:27 PM   Comments [0]

Grammar is, of course, an issue of concern on the Sentence Correction questions seen on the GMAT.  But good grammar is also generally helpful and is of special importance on the writing sample, which is your chance to show the admissions committee that you are...

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GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 22): Geometry and Sentence Correction

By - Jan 22, 03:00 AM   Comments [0]

Math (DS) What is the area of parallelogram ? 1. 2. OA and Explanation Verbal (SC) His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine homeland, far outside the range of present-day glaciers, led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age in which great...

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Another College and MBA Admissions Round Up

By - Jan 22, 02:21 AM   Comments [0]

Here are some news tidbits from last week: BusinessWeek reported some good news last week regarding the job market, particularly for new college graduates. The National Association of Colleges and Employers reported a turnaround in college hiring. Surveys show that the recent economic recession hit college...

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GMAC: MBA Employers Express Job Market Optimism

By - Jan 22, 02:14 AM   Comments [0]

According to a recent GMAC press release, MBA employers predict an upswing in company hiring for recent MBA graduates this coming year. While the business climate of 2009 brought cut backs in MBA hiring, the GMAC poll, conducted in November 2009 and including feedback from 317...

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Veritas Prep GMAT Tips: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

By - Jan 21, 14:22 PM   Comments [0]

Brian Galvin is the Director of Academic Programs at Veritas Prep, where he oversees all of the company’s GMAT prep courses. Studying for the GMAT comes with a pretty nice ancillary benefit — after reading through dozens of Reading Comprehension passages, you’ll pick up enough trivial...

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GMAT Toolkit 1.2.3 is now available

By - Jan 21, 13:12 PM   Comments [0]

Hello GMAT Club Mobile Users, As always we are trying to take into account your feedback and improve our applications as soon as we can.  A new update for GMAT ToolKit app (1.2.3) is available. What’s new: - added examples for idioms and some design changes. We are...

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GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 21): Word Problem and Sentence Correction

By - Jan 21, 03:00 AM   Comments [0]

Math (PS) With both valves open, the pool will be filled with water in 48 minutes. The first valve alone would fill the pool in 2 hours. What is the capacity of the pool if every minute the second valve admits 50 cubic meters of water...

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