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MBA Application Volume Up Around the Globe, According to Latest GMAC Survey
At the annual Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) conference in Denver this past June, the admissions directors we talked to from leading business schools were almost giddy. It was still early in the cycle, but application volume had been high—and applicants had been strong—making preliminary profiles for the Class of... Read more »
HBS Draws More Women, Adds Six Points to GMAT Median
When it released its preliminary class profile in June, Harvard Business School (HBS) was expecting its incoming class to be 41 percent female, a record for the school. In August, with students preparing to move in on campus, things look even better. HBS DRAWS MORE WOMEN THAN PRELIMINARY PROFILE SUGGESTED... Read more »
New GMAT Features Scheduled to Debut July 19th
This post has been republished in its entirety from its original source metromba.com. The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) will introduce new features for the GMAT entrance exam for applicants to business school. These three new features, which will go into effect on July 19th, are designed to help improve the GMAT... Read more »
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We hope that our U.S. readers had a great 4th of July! Year after year, we’ve found that in addition to sunburns and food hangovers, many business school hopefuls emerge from the holiday weekend with a heightened sense of urgency around their business school applications. So, let’s keep that momentum going! For... Read more »
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At Clear Admit, we want to give you an edge on the MBA admissions process, so we partnered with Veritas Prep to make high quality GMAT prep more affordable for our readers. For a limited time, Clear Admit readers can save $100 on any live Veritas Prep GMAT course. To start, find... Read more »
6 Essential GMAT Study Strategies
The following is a guest post from Veritas Prep. If you’re researching business schools and admissions strategies here at Clear Admit, there’s a high likelihood that you’ll be taking the GMAT sometime in your future. And that means you’ll need to study for the GMAT. Since not all study plans... Read more »
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Taking practice tests is a crucial part of any GMAT practice routine. Through Friday, May 29, get seven full-length Veritas Prep GMAT practice tests for $20 instead of $45. Veritas Prep’s computer-adaptive GMAT practice tests are powered by artificial intelligence, guaranteeing that you see the most realistic GMAT questions and... Read more »
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For a limited time, we are offering our Resume, Recommendation, and Financing Guides for free to anyone who signs up for GMAT classes or tutoring with Veritas Prep. Since running its first class in 2002, Veritas Prep has helped more than 100,000 students prepare for the GMAT. The company was... Read more »
Economist, GMAT Tutor Launch $25,000 Scholarship Competition for MBA, EMBA Applicants
The Economist and test prep firm GMAT Tutor have once again partnered to offer a $25,000 scholarship to the prospective MBA or EMBA student who scores highest on a simulated GMAT exam. Called the Brightest Minds MBA Scholarship Contest, the competition is open to prospective MBA or EMBA students anywhere... Read more »
U.S. GMAT Percentile Scores Drop as Asia-Pacific Test Takers Dominate Quant Section
Increasing numbers of prospective business school applicants from Asia-Pacific countries such as India and China are taking the GMAT and outperforming U.S. students on the quantitative portion of the exam, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. As a result, though U.S. students’ raw scores have remained... Read more »
Majority of Business Schools Now Accept GRE, But More Applicants Stick with GMAT
A whopping 85 percent of U.S. business schools now accept the GRE as an admissions test alternative to the GMAT, according to a 2014 survey by Kaplan Test Prep. That’s up from only 24 percent of business schools who said they accepted the GRE in 2009, when Kaplan first began... Read more »
Survey Finds GMAT Integrated Reasoning Section Scores Unimportant to Most B-School Admissions Officers
A majority of admissions officers from more than 200 U.S. business schools surveyed this fall say that an applicant’s score on the GMAT’s Integrated Reasoning section is not currently an important part of their evaluation of a prospective applicant’s overall GMAT score, according to Kaplan Test Prep, which conducted the... Read more »
The Economist Group Launches $25,000 MBA Scholarship Contest
The Economist Group’s business education division, Which MBA?, yesterday launched its second Brightest Minds MBA Scholarship Contest, which will award a $25,000 scholarship to the prospective MBA or EMBA student who scores highest on a simulated GMAT exam. The first Brightest Minds MBA scholarship ran earlier this year, drawing more... Read more »
GMAC Adds Online Content, Resources to Its GMAT Review Series
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), in partnership with Wiley, is enhancing its Official Guide for GMAT® Review series with added online content, videos and a unique study tool that lets users customize their own practice question sets, the council announced today. The enhancements to the Official Guide for GMAT®... Read more »
GMAT Test Takers Can Now Preview Scores Before Reporting or Canceling Them
Prospective applicants to business school who take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) will now have the ability to preview their unofficial scores before deciding whether to report or cancel them, the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), which owns and administers the exam, announced yesterday. This new score reporting feature,... Read more »
