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09 Jan 2025, 21:44
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Hi Everyone,
I need your help with expert advice or your personal experience .
I have 13 years of experience in IT managing various roles throughout my career from Software Developer to Manage Teams/Projects
I plan to do Fulltime MBA or similar programs from HEC(Paris), Standford(MSx), MIT(SFMBA). These colleges accept both GMAT & EA scores. My plan is to join 2026 session of these programs ( either Fall or Spring )
Given I'm working professional and occupied with certain responsibilities at famil level, I am trying to find a plan on how to prepare for this.
I am wondering whether to invest time in GMAT FE or EA Prep/exam.
Until now I have understood that EA is much more suited for working professionals and EMBA programs . The full time programs I am tagetting accept both the exams.
Similarly , GMAT is much more comprehensive in terms of syllabus or test duration compared to EA .
Hence ,my confusion begins.
Also , my preparation would start from basics as it's been quite a while away from academics and foundatinal concepts.
Could you guys please help me to make a choice with your prior experience ?
I need your help with expert advice or your personal experience .
I have 13 years of experience in IT managing various roles throughout my career from Software Developer to Manage Teams/Projects
I plan to do Fulltime MBA or similar programs from HEC(Paris), Standford(MSx), MIT(SFMBA). These colleges accept both GMAT & EA scores. My plan is to join 2026 session of these programs ( either Fall or Spring )
Given I'm working professional and occupied with certain responsibilities at famil level, I am trying to find a plan on how to prepare for this.
I am wondering whether to invest time in GMAT FE or EA Prep/exam.
Until now I have understood that EA is much more suited for working professionals and EMBA programs . The full time programs I am tagetting accept both the exams.
Similarly , GMAT is much more comprehensive in terms of syllabus or test duration compared to EA .
Hence ,my confusion begins.
Also , my preparation would start from basics as it's been quite a while away from academics and foundatinal concepts.
Could you guys please help me to make a choice with your prior experience ?
09 Jan 2025, 22:02
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Hi. Congratulations on undertaking the NBA journey. As with every difficult question, there will be a complicated answer but I hope it will be easy enough to choose one:
1. The executive assessment is less competitive so I feel you can get a higher score or percentile in that test. So if you’re rusty, this is potentially a good option as it’s a shorter exam and less arduous and I feel somewhat easier than the gmat. There is a grammar, sentence correction section on the test but hopefully that’s not an issue. So if you are rusty, and cannot get a very high score, executive assessment is a good option in part because these programs care more about your achievements than high scores. It’s a lot harder to build a strong career than get a high test score.
2. On the other hand, if you find yourself excelling academically, a high math score is more valuable... though again this is relatively questionable, the value since executive programs do not offer scholarships and so it doesn’t matter if you get in with a 655 or 705, there’s no scholarship.
3. The two tests are very similar with the exception of the sentence correction tested on the executive assessment still so you can use gym materials to prepare for it but there are very few materials specifically dedicated for the executive assessment and there are only four official practice tests and the only other practice test I know of are gmat club ones.... And we put them together based on the GMAT tests. So you will be using a lot of the gmat materials
PS. I would recommend not stretching your prep more than three or four months because you just forget a lot of the things you learned in the first month if you stretch it to like six and then you’ll have to review again which you have learned and it will seem like a never-ending spiral.
Good luck!
1. The executive assessment is less competitive so I feel you can get a higher score or percentile in that test. So if you’re rusty, this is potentially a good option as it’s a shorter exam and less arduous and I feel somewhat easier than the gmat. There is a grammar, sentence correction section on the test but hopefully that’s not an issue. So if you are rusty, and cannot get a very high score, executive assessment is a good option in part because these programs care more about your achievements than high scores. It’s a lot harder to build a strong career than get a high test score.
2. On the other hand, if you find yourself excelling academically, a high math score is more valuable... though again this is relatively questionable, the value since executive programs do not offer scholarships and so it doesn’t matter if you get in with a 655 or 705, there’s no scholarship.
3. The two tests are very similar with the exception of the sentence correction tested on the executive assessment still so you can use gym materials to prepare for it but there are very few materials specifically dedicated for the executive assessment and there are only four official practice tests and the only other practice test I know of are gmat club ones.... And we put them together based on the GMAT tests. So you will be using a lot of the gmat materials
PS. I would recommend not stretching your prep more than three or four months because you just forget a lot of the things you learned in the first month if you stretch it to like six and then you’ll have to review again which you have learned and it will seem like a never-ending spiral.
Good luck!
10 Jan 2025, 13:01
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Hi ArjanWP,
Based on everything you have described, I think the EA could be an excellent option for you. Why don't you take an official practice exam to see your baseline score?
Based on everything you have described, I think the EA could be an excellent option for you. Why don't you take an official practice exam to see your baseline score?
