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Beat The GMAT Verbal Challenge Question – September 30, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm6ztWsvQ_k[/youtube] Congrats to Adi for being selected as this week’s winner of the Beat The GMAT Verbal Challenge Question. Adi will receive Premium Access to Beat The GMAT Practice Question as [...]
Thursdays With Ron: Sentence Correction (Use of the Phrase "Based On")
Every other Thursday, our instructor Ron Purewal (known on the Beat the GMAT forums as lunarpower ) hosts a free study hall session, called Thursdays with Ron , where anyone [...]
MBA News Roundup: Common Admissions Questions, Highest-Paid Alumni, and More
This week's roundup features articles on MBA programs developing across the world, the highest-paid b-school alums, and some tips for your MBA application process. Take a breather from your GMAT [...]
Beat The GMAT Challenge Question - September 28, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqPv7PEs76I[/youtube] Congrats to Sanitha Alam for being selected as this week’s winner of the Beat The GMAT Challenge Question. Sanitha will receive Premium Access to Beat The GMAT Practice Question as [...]
Manhattan GMAT Challenge Problem of the Week – 27 Sept 2010
Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown . The more people enter our challenge, the better the prizes. As always, [...]
How to Approach Essay-Writing: Don’t Sweat It, Write It!
Once you know your deadlines and have mapped out a timeline, once you have planned and researched and made important decisions and once the essay questions are posted, you will [...]
Admissions Tip: Lifelong Learning Opportunities
For today’s admissions tip, we’re going to examine the opportunities available for MBA graduates at several schools to continue their business training through alumni education programs. Chicago Booth permits alumni to [...]
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Study
The New York Times published an interesting article recently: “ Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits .” (Click on the title to read the original article.) We’ve been [...]
Top 10 Tips for the Data Sufficiency Section
If you're just starting your GMAT prep (or even if you've been at it for a little while), the Data Sufficiency section can be tricky. After all, who ever heard [...]
Admissions Tip: Specifics Persuade
Reviewing a client essay served as the catalyst for this post. The Before and After examples have been changed, but they are similar to any number of essays I read. Let's [...]
Admissions Tip: International Study Trips
Over the last decade, most business schools have sought ways to provide relevant, hands-on international business exposure within the confines of a two-year degree. The solution that many schools have [...]
Manhattan GMAT Challenge Problem of the Week – 20 Sept 2010
Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown . The more people enter our challenge, the better the prizes. As always, [...]
Beat The GMAT Challenge Question – September 20, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJ6bxYvEwI[/youtube] Congrats to Soham for being selected as this week’s winner of the Beat The GMAT Challenge Question. Soham will receive Premium Access to Beat The GMAT Practice Questions as a [...]
Developing “Brand You”: The Way to Drive Home Your Main Points
Think for a moment about the audience for your business school application: you will be spending hour upon hour writing a magnum opus that may be read by just one [...]
The Double Matrix Method
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDL1lS18_Cw[/youtube] How would you solve this popular type of GMAT question? A parking lot contains 80 vehicles. Each vehicle is either a car or a truck, and each vehicle is either [...]
Disguising – and Decoding – Quant Problems
How can the GMAT disguise a prime number (or any other) problem? That’s exactly what we’re going to discuss today! We’re going to use the concept of prime to describe [...]
Thursdays With Ron: Short Reading Comprehension Passages
Every other Thursday, our instructor Ron Purewal (known on the Beat the GMAT forums as lunarpower ) hosts a free study hall session, called Thursdays with Ron , where anyone [...]
MBA News Roundup
It's Wednesday, and we're back with another installment of Knewton's MBA News Roundup. Read all about the MBA courses you have to take, the comeback of a cult stock, 3 [...]
Manhattan GMAT Challenge Problem of the Week – 14 Sept 2010
Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown . The more people enter our challenge, the better the prizes. As always, [...]
Beat The GMAT Challenge Question - September 13, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNH8D6izwPM[/youtube] Congrats to abeatbb for being selected as this week’s winner of the Beat The GMAT Challenge Question. abeatbb will receive Premium Access to Beat The GMAT Practice Question as a [...]
Quiz: What's Your GMAT Prep Personality?
We all remember the types of students from high school - the Jock, the Slacker, the Teacher’s Pet. But now that you’re out of high school and studying for the [...]
Knewton Brutal Math Challenge - Friday Edition!
Knewton's Brutal Challenge is back, so flex those Data Sufficiency muscles. Leave your answer and explanation in the comments for this week's brutal bragging rights. A certain company has 500 [...]
Admissions Tip: International Consulting Opportunities
As business goes global, more MBA students are looking for ways to gain international experience. A number of leading business schools offer students an opportunity to gain in-country experience while [...]
We Want to Give You $100,000, But We Need Your Help!
Times are tough. And Beat The GMAT really wants to help you. In the last few weeks, our team has been working very hard to line up 500+ test prep [...]
What You Need to Know About the MBA Programs
As my clients prepare to write the “Why MBA?” essay that most business school applications require, I am frequently asked the question “what do I need to know about these [...]