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Application Boot Camp: 7 Profile Weaknesses and How to Correct Them

By - Oct 8, 13:24 PM   Comments [0]

Going into the admissions season, you might feel that your undergrad GPA, your GMAT quant score or that ten-month resume gap you have from 2008 is an albatross around your neck. Don’t worry – even the most glaring of weaknesses can be...

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Clear Admit Admissions Tip: Declare Your Love and Explain It

By - Sep 15, 06:09 AM   Comments [0]

With Round One deadlines for a number of programs just around the corner, it’s the time of year when many applicants are working hard on their application essays and learning more about their target programs in the process of...

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The 5 Strategies That Helped Me Score 780 on the GMAT

By - Sep 14, 14:59 PM   Comments [0]

Veritas Prep’s Strategy and Operations Manager, Jason Sun, recently took the GMAT scoring an incredible 780! Here he shares the strategies that helped him with this amazing accomplishment:   Note that many of these strategies overlap heavily with Veritas Prep’s own GMAT prep philosophy — I do...

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MBA Admissions News Roundup

By - Jul 12, 13:52 PM   Comments [0]

The Daily Pennsylvanian celebrates the fact that 45% of Wharton’s incoming MBA class of 2013 will be women.  This number represents quite an achievement—a 5% increase from the classes in the past two years and the highest percentage in Wharton’s history. Harvard...

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40 Ways to Prep for Business School Apps This Summer

By - Jul 11, 08:24 AM   Comments [0]

By Christina Yu Want to make sure you master the application season come September? Check out Knewton’s list of ways you can sharpen your skills, your outlook, and be your very best for Round 1 right around the corner. For more GMAT prep advice, check out...

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Four Things That Make Fuqua Unique

By - Jun 9, 12:06 PM   Comments [0]

Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business gets its fair share if applicants every year. Given the school’s tight-knit community and knack for producing good grads, it is not surprising that so many applicants think about spending two years there. What...

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MBA Graduates See Job Market Bounce Back WSJ

By - Jun 2, 19:57 PM   Comments [0]

Overall, 57% of full-time M.B.A. students in the U.S. had offers by mid-March, compared with 40% a year earlier, according to a Graduate Management Admission Council survey released last month of 905 companies and 127 business schools nationwide. And the improvement continues as the latest...

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GMAC Introduces “Official GMAT” Mobile App for iPad and iPhone

By - May 27, 13:22 PM   Comments [1]

While there is no shortage of GMAT prep apps available for the iPhone and iPad (including our own free iPhone GMAT app), until now test takers haven’t had access to a course of official GMAT questions that they can use on their mobile devices....

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HBS Essays and Deadlines for 2011-2012

By - May 19, 15:49 PM   Comments [0]

HBS recently released its application essays and deadlines for the 2011-2012 admissions season. Please note that these are for Harvard’s traditional MBA program, not HBS 2+2. Here are the new essays and deadlines, taken from Harvard’s site. Our comments follow in italics: Harvard Business School Admissions Deadlines Round...

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GMAX Online Special Discount Offer for GMAT Club Members

By - May 3, 22:59 PM   Comments [0]

GMAX Online is offering a special discount in the month of May for GMAT Club members! Sign up by 5/31/2011 to get fantastic pricing on their online GMAT courses: Pay only $199 for the GMAT Math or GMAT Verbal Course Pay only $299 for the full GMAT course To...

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