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 [...]

Welcome back to this week’s Challenge Problem! As always, the problem and solution below were written by one of our fantastic instructors . Each challenge problem represents a 700+ level [...]

The " Knerd " shirts are kinda blowing up. Students at a conference last week were peaking out to them. Answer this brutal question correctly, show your work -- and [...]

The following is a guest post by Komal , one of the five Giant GMAT Giveaway winners for Beat The GMAT.  For her prize, Komal chose the Kaplan GMAT Premium [...]

You're writing your MBA application essay and you've got a lot to say. You create an outline, flush out the ideas, fill in the blanks, and then sit back and [...]

This week we are pleased to feature a special guest article by Angela Cheung , a first-year MMM student at the Kellogg School of Management. The MMM program is a [...]

beatvit is a Beat The GMAT community member who is currently enrolled in George Washington University’s Part-Time MBA program.  He will be regularly contributing articles to share his perspective of [...]

While we recently devoted time to discuss addressing weaknesses in one’s academic record, today we wanted to explore the other side of the issue: the strengths that lie in your [...]

This week, we’re going to tackle a challenging GMATPrep® problem solving question from the topic of Rates & Work. Let’s start with the problem. Set your timer for 2 minutes…. and… [...]