{"id":52019,"date":"2021-05-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=52019"},"modified":"2021-05-26T02:27:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:27:00","slug":"worried-about-mba-application-surge-listen-to-the-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/worried-about-mba-application-surge-listen-to-the-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Worried About MBA Application Surge? 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