Last time , we talked about how to decide whether to study on your own, take a class, or work with a tutor. If you choose either of the latter [...]

It’s the time of year when enterprising business school hopefuls are getting a head-start on their GMAT studies. It can take quite a bit of time to get a good [...]

Are you ready for the third and final installment of our Time Management series? In the first part of this series , we established some overall principles for time management on [...]

Welcome back! In the first part of this series, we established some overall principles for time management on the GMAT: (1) Why is time management so important on the GMAT? [...]

Well, everything you need to know on the GMAT, anyway. :D First, a note: this three-part series is long; there’s a lot going on. You aren’t going to be able to [...]

Last time, we talked about how to use holiday downtime to get ready for round 2 admissions . This time, we’re going to talk about what to do if you [...]

The holidays are fast approaching and all of my students are asking me how best to use their extra downtime over the next few weeks. I have some different recommendations, [...]

Over the past five or so years, I have seen more and more students take the GMAT twice. Now that students can cancel a score and never have it appear [...]

In the past month, I’ve spoken to more than a few students who were aiming for round 1 deadlines but hadn’t yet gotten the GMAT scores they thought they needed [...]

On June 24 th , GMAC (the organization that makes the GMAT®) made two announcements that change the GMAT testing game. Read on to find out what they are! Canceled [...]

This is going to be a short post. It will also possibly have the biggest impact on your study of anything you do all day (or all month!). When people ramp [...]

Last week, I attended the annual GMAT Summit, held by the fine folks at GMAC (who own / make the GMAT), and I have some interesting tidbits to share with [...]

As we discussed in the first half of this series, Building Your Game Plan , during the last 7 to 14 days before you take the real test, your entire [...]

It’s October again. People are starting to panic because they want to apply second round (early January!) and they don’t yet have the score they want on the GMAT. Let’s [...]

GMAC just released new 2015 editions of its three The Official Guide for GMAT®  Review books. Here’s what you need to know as you decide whether to buy these books [...]

[Editor's note: Make sure you read the latest version of this article here .] Have you heard? GMAC just announced that, as of 27 June, we’ll be allowed to decide [...]

I’ve talked to a ton of students recently who were surprised by some detail of test day—and that detail affected their performance. In most of these cases, the “surprising” detail [...]

I just read a really fascinating post on the New York Times’ Well blog . We’ve known for a long time that exercise has a whole host of good benefits, [...]

When was the last time you thought that? For me, it was sometime within the past week. I knew that this problem was not beyond my reach! Meanwhile, the clock [...]

Everyone struggles with some amount of anxiety when taking a test like the GMAT, but some people struggle more than others. Stress can also affect your preparation before you ever [...]

Have you ever experienced the “panic stare?” That’s when you stare at a problem for way too long without really doing anything besides thinking that you don’t know what to [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kK-QuuZeuw[/youtube] GMAC has released this detailed video tour of a GMAT testing center. Definitely spend some time to watch this video to set expectations for your test day. Take notes on [...]

Many students struggle with test anxiety at some point in their lives. Whether you’re paralyzed by anxiety before an important exam, or just have a few butterflies, here are 10 [...]

In our first installment , we discussed factors to consider when deciding whether to re-take the GMAT when you don’t hate your score... but you don’t love it either. In [...]

Written by Christina Yu. No matter how prepared they are, all GMAT students have concerns going into test day. Here are some of the top anxieties about taking the [...]