GMAT Tips: Debunking the “First 7 Questions” Myth
Today’s GMAT tip comes from test prep firm ManhattanGMAT. In this article, they explain the truth behind a common myth about the GMAT. Read on to see what they have to say! I don’t even need to say what the myth is! Everyone already knows – that’s how pervasive it... Read more »
GMAT Tips: Spotting the Sucker
Today’s GMAT tip comes to us from Veritas Prep. In today’s blog post, they explain how to identify the “sucker” answer choices while taking the GMAT. Read on to see what they have to say! Matt Damon’s character in the poker-themed movie Rounders had a famous line: “If you can’t... Read more »
Admissions Tip: Planning for the GMAT
For all you “early birds” who are planning to apply to business school this fall, we wanted to offer a few tips on managing your time as it relates to the GMAT exam. Because this is an important element for many applicants in determining at which schools they will be... Read more »
GMAT Tips – GMAT Data Sufficiency: The lazy person’s favorite question type?
Today’s GMAT Tip comes to us from Kaplan. In this article, Kaplan GMAT guest author Kurt Keefner provides helpful tips for answering Data Sufficiency questions on the quantitative section of the GMAT: About 100 years ago Frank B. Gilbreth was famous for pioneering a field he called “motion study.” He... Read more »
GMAT Tips: Number Properties in GMATPrep
Today’s GMAT tip comes from test prep firm ManhattanGMAT. In this article, they provide helpful tips on studying number properties in preparation for the GMAT. Read on to see what they have to say! What are number properties? This concept covers things that we often call “basic” – topics that we... Read more »
GMAT Tips: Thinking Critically
Today’s GMAT tip comes to us from Veritas Prep. In today’s blog post, they explain the importance of thinking critically while taking the GMAT. Read on to see what they have to say! To break through the average-difficulty GMAT problems and succeed on those upper-level separate-the-700s-from-the-Sixers items, you need to... Read more »
GMAT Tips: Important GMAT Skills – Working with Circles
Today’s GMAT Tip comes to us from Kaplan. In this article, Kaplan GMAT instructor Bret Ruber provides helpful tips for answering GMAT questions that involve circles: Circle problems are among the most common types of geometry questions that appear on the GMAT. As such, you must make sure that you... Read more »
GMAT Tips: Modifiers and Meaning
Today’s GMAT tip comes from test prep firm ManhattanGMAT. In this article, they provide helpful tips for answering Sentence Correction questions involving modifiers. Read on to see what they have to say! We’ve been examining the issues of modifiers and meaning quite a bit lately because these topics are both so... Read more »
Berkeley / Haas EWMBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 Evening & Weekend program / Adcom / On-campus
I interviewed for the EWMBA program at Haas Berkeley and following was my experience. The atmosphere was very good. Not too many people in the building possibly because it was around the finals week. The interview was application based. Interviewed with member of adcom. She was very friendly and put... Read more »
GMAT Tips: Misdirection
Today’s GMAT tip comes to us from Veritas Prep. In today’s blog post, they explain how to recognize misdirection on the verbal section of the GMAT. Read on to see what they have to say! A critical component of your GMAT studies is to notice misdirection wherever it’s employed. Consider, for... Read more »
GMAT Tips – Sample Problem: Critical Reasoning Assumptions
Today’s GMAT Tip comes to us from Kaplan. In this article, Kaplan GMAT instructor Bret Ruber explains how to answer Critical Reasoning questions involving assumptions: In today’s GMAT practice problem, we will be looking at a Critical Reasoning assumption question. Remember, on an assumption question, your goal is to identify the... Read more »
GMAT Tips: Stress Management
Today’s GMAT tip comes from test prep firm ManhattanGMAT. In this article, they provide helpful tips on how to manage your stress levels when studying for and taking the GMAT. Read on to see what they have to say! Everyone struggles with some amount of anxiety when taking a test like... Read more »
GMAT Tips: Problem Words and Phrases in GMAT Sentence Correction
Today’s GMAT Tip comes to us from Kaplan. In this article, Kaplan guest author Kurt Keefner discusses problem words and phrases that often arise in the Sentence Correction section of the GMAT: Many GMAT preppers struggle with Sentence Correction. Probably most reading this post have some trouble with it. But why should that... Read more »
GMAT Tips: Studying for – and Struggling with – the GMAT
Today’s GMAT tip comes from test prep firm ManhattanGMAT. In this article, they provide helpful tips on how to resolve frustrations you may have encountered while studying for the GMAT. Read on to see what they have to say! Have you been studying for a while now but having trouble getting... Read more »
GMAT Tips – Sample Problem: Sentence Correction, Verb Tenses
Today’s GMAT Tip comes to us from Kaplan. In this article, Kaplan GMAT instructor Bret Ruber explains how to answer Sentence Correction questions involving verb tense errors: The majority of grammatical errors that appear in the sentence correction questions on the GMAT fall into six categories. Today’s question focuses on verb errors; when... Read more »
