If you applied to b-school for fall 2011, you should have received the admissions committee’s decision by now. Whether you’ve been accepted, waitlisted, or rejected by your dream school, here [...]

Want to achieve your dream GMAT score? Here are 5 ways to make that goal a reality. 1. Target your weaknesses but reinforce your strengths. “Knowing yourself is the beginning [...]

What if you were a holder of one of those no-longer-existing jobs and planned to apply to business school this fall for matriculation in Fall 2012? Does the layoff doom [...]

HYDERABAD, INDIA – Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 5:27 PM When you see the Indian School of Business campus, it seems like paradise.  The campus is an oasis of shiny new buildings [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP5520ODAUw[/youtube] My clients come up with all sorts of excuses for not working on their applications. Most of them seem absolutely legitimate – a family member is sick or has died, people [...]

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 [...]

Last fall, Beat The GMAT held its largest scholarship competition ever: the Beat The GMAT $100K Challenge.  In this scholarship campaign, we gave away 500 prizes worth over $100,000.  The [...]

HYDERABAD, INDIA – Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 11:00 PM This evening, the Indian School of Business held a mixer where I was able to meet foreign students (Non-Indian citizens) who chose [...]

In our After the MBA series, we’re chronicling a variety of post-MBA career opportunities to give you a sense of which might be the best fit for you. This week: [...]

This week, we’re going to tackle a harder GMATPrep® critical reasoning question from the Strengthen category. Let’s start with the problem. Set your timer for 2 minutes and go! Sales of [...]

This is the very first Bollywood movie ever shot at Columbia Business School -- starring actual CBS students!  Enjoy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ezzfgzXbQ[/youtube] [...]

Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown . The more people that enter our challenge, the better the prizes! [...]

Last time we talked about how assessing your profile will help you choose a realistic list of schools to apply to. Today we're going to talk about what you are [...]

When applying to the top schools, it is important to avoid “red flags” in your application. For the uninitiated, red flags are negative items that stand out in your file [...]

This is another post in our After the MBA series, in which we chronicle a variety of post-MBA career opportunities to give you a sense of which might be the [...]

Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown . The more people that enter our challenge, the better the prizes! [...]

HYDERABAD, INDIA – 7:01 PM, Tuesday, March 1, 2011 It’s been a busy first day at the Indian School of Business!  Highlights include: a full campus tour, meetings with administrative/admissions deans, [...]

Written by Christina Yu. Last week we talked about a few of the ways GMAT passages much more difficult to read than passages you'd find in a novel, newspaper [...]

This resume tip comes to us from Igor Khayet, founder of My Resume Shop . As a professional resume writer, one of the most common questions I get asked is [...]

Recently, we talked about quant problems where it seems that the GMAT test writers are more interested in our ability to set up the problem than in our ability to [...]

While we devoted time last week to advice on addressing weaknesses in one’s academic record , today we wanted to explore the other side of the issue: the strengths that [...]

This week’s problem emphasizes the importance of recognizing common ways to manipulate exponent expressions efficiently and accurately. I won’t say any more until after you’ve tried this GMATPrep® problem for [...]

Feeling overwhelmed or disorganized in regards to your GMAT prep routine? Here are a few ways to “dust off” your habits just in time for the warmer weather. Remember, the [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQIUGpzF9vw[/youtube] In this exclusive Beat The GMAT 'Behind the Music' interview, I speak with the Joshua Eddy -- the MBA student and creative genius behind the recent Kellogg LipDub music video [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtanF5tl2as[/youtube] A very impressive viral video by students from the Kellogg School of Management! [...]