So you have two months to prepare for the GMAT. If you’re unsure how to build your 2019 GMAT study plan, worry not: this blog will tell you all you need to know!  Keep reading, and 61 days from now you’ll be taking a much-deserved vacation after having completed your GMAT.     A 60-day GMAT study plan might sound ambitious, but actually – it’s exactly what we recommend: two months is an ideal amount of time to prepare for the GMAT. It’s not too short: two months gives you enough time to both study and breathe a little, so prevents the over-stressing caused by high-intensity 30-day study plans ..read more

The GMAT isn’t designed to figure out which MBA applicants are best at math and which are best at English grammar. It’s designed to test students across a whole range of skills, only some of which are academic. As anyone who’s taken the GMAT can attest, the questions are hard mainly because there isn’t enough time to solve them properly. This is also true in general – what makes the test difficult is the extreme time stress you are under, and one of the most important skills you need to develop in order to get the score you want is good time management. This makes sense, as time management is ..read more

If you’re reading this, you probably have a GMAT this week. That’s great! This is the day that you’ve been working towards for a while, running through problem sets and taking practice tests. Nervous? Everyone is! It’s a big test. Afraid something will go terribly wrong? Just follow the simple pointers in this article and you’ll go in feeling prepped like a pro. When you’ve got every external factor under control, you can easily put your best foot forward. The Test-Day Checklist A few simple steps will ensure that you’re in the best possible headspace to succeed on this test. Jot this list d ..read more

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a GMAT assessment designed for experienced professionals and their lifestyles, which required no preparation and could be taken in 90 minutes only? On March 1 the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC®) launched the GMAC Executive Assessment test, a new product designed to give Executive MBA programs a new way to evaluate candidates. Over the past few years, EMBA programs have struggled to make standardized testing compulsory. This may be because candidates usually have more work experience, are removed from an academic classroom experience and have les ..read more

One of the best things you can do for yourself when you’ve set your sights on a difficult goal such as the GMAT is studying the people who took on this goal before you. What traits do those who have succeeded have in common? What are the traits that they attribute their success to? How their preparation for the GMAT test was different from yours? You can also study the task itself. What is the nature of the difficulty? What traits must someone embody in order to accomplish this goal? We assembled a list of the traits we believe are most helpful in students who ultimately conquer the GMAT test ..read more

Oh no it’s been years since you’ve thought about rate of motion! It doesn’t matter if you have an incredible intuition for math mind or if you feel a wave of dread every time you have to calculate a tip at a restaurant. The math skills tested on the GMAT’s Quantitative section tend to be difficult for everyone. None of the math is terribly advanced, but that’s why it’s so hard. Studying for this test, you’ll undoubtedly encounter math you haven’t seen since middle or high school and you’ll go “Oh… Pythagorean theorem, I think I used to know what that is.” The good news is that there’s a fini ..read more

You probably started your business school application process like so many others do: by Googling “best business schools” and looking at the GPA and GMAT scores those schools list for their admitted applicants.   There is no question that you should go to the best business school you can possibly get into, but what should you do if you are concerned that your GPA might be holding you back from going to a really good one?   There is no doubt that if you’re going into the business school application process with a low GPA, you absolutely must take that seriously. A low GPA is generally considere ..read more

You know those scenes in movies when there’s a timebomb that’s going off in 5 minutes and 14 seconds, and all the sudden everything starts going wrong? That’s basically what it feels like when you’re taking the GMAT on a bad day. That timer keeps clicking away and somehow the questions just keep getting harder and harder. You are hopefully spending a lot of time preparing for the GMAT by mastering the content tested and working to understand each type of question that you’ll see on both the Quantitative and the Verbal section. But at the end of the day, no matter how prepared you are on a con ..read more

One of the most common GMAT prep products is the diagnostic test. It’s advertised on the cover of almost every prep book and touted as one of the premiere elements of any high-end prep class. But there are some reasons to be skeptical about the benefit of these diagnostic tests. Here we take a look and try to help you figure out how to determine which diagnostic test, if any, is right for you. THE MAIN PROBLEM: MOST DIAGNOSTIC TESTS SUCK This is true for a few reasons. Diagnostic tests that attempt to mimic the actual GMAT often fall far short of the mark because, instead of using actual GMA ..read more

Whether you were an English major or haven’t read a book since the last time you wore a cap and gown, the GMAT Verbal section can be really challenging. You’ve probably noticed that it’s much easier to get a higher percentile ranking on the GMAT’s Verbal section than it is on the Quantitative section. That’s likely because the majority of people who are hoping to rise through the business world have above average mathematical skills. After all, the business world is one of metrics, statistics, prices, and computer algorithms. But that also means that there’s an opportunity to differentiate you ..read more