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Few Business Schools’ Admissions Decisions Hinge on GMAT Integrated Reasoning Score, Survey Finds
A majority of business school admissions officers report that an applicant’s score on the GMAT’s new Integrated Reasoning (IR) section is not currently an important part of their evaluation of a prospective student’s overall GMAT score, according to a recent survey by Kaplan Test Prep. In its 2013 survey of... Read more »
New, Free Interactive Learning Platform Helps Students Prepare for GMAT Integrated Reasoning Section
GMAT test prep firm Manhattan Prep this week launched a beta version of a new integrated digital learning platform to help students prepare for the Integrated Reasoning (IR) section of the exam. Added in 2012, GMAT’s IR section requires test-takers to analyze complex, real-world data. The video-based GMAT INTERACT for... Read more »
Graduate Management Admissions Council Adds GMAT Testing Centers in China
In response to growing demand, the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) has added testing centers in four new cities in China to increase access to the GMAT exam for prospective applicants to business school. New GMAT test centers are now available in Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chongqing and Tianjin, in addition to... Read more »
Graduate Management Admissions Council Appoints New President and CEO
The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), which owns and administers the GMAT entry exam for business school, has appointed a new president and chief executive who brings deep IT experience to the role. Sangeet Chowfla will join GMAC as president in September and assume the role of CEO in January... Read more »
Clear Admit Releases 2013-2014 Guide to GMAT Prep Companies
If you are considering applying to MBA programs this fall, then Clear Admit’s free Guide to GMAT Preparation Companies is a must read! Today, we released an updated edition of the guide for the coming 2013-2014 admissions season. Inside the guide, you’ll find objective and in-depth profiles of the major... Read more »
Exclusive GMAT Insights and Advice for MBA Hopefuls From Top GMAT Community Leaders
Each year thousands of individuals begin journeys that they hope will ultimately lead to an acceptance offer from top-tier business schools around the world, and for the majority of these applicants one of the first steps on the b-school path is studying for and taking the GMAT exam. With the... Read more »
Admission into Harvard Business School with a 570 GMAT Score? Clear Admit’s Graham Richmond Shares How It Might Happen
Harvard Business School (HBS), which publicly discloses the range of GMAT scores by enrolled students every year, got folks in the MBA admissions world talking when it revealed that a student with a score of 570 will be part of next year’s class. How could someone who scored 160 points... Read more »
Swarthmore College Produces World’s Highest-Scoring GMAT Test-Takers
Graduates from Philadelphia-area liberal arts school Swarthmore College score higher on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) than those from any other school in the world, according to new research released earlier this week by Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Bloomberg BW surveyed recent MBA graduates from 114 top business schools as part... Read more »
