When building your GMAT study plan, there are 5 big tips to keep in mind for studying success. These include determining your target score, taking a GMAT prep course, taking practice tests, and creating successful test day strategies. This article breaks down these five simple steps to strategically build your ideal GMAT study plan. 1. Determine Your Target Score The first thing to keep in mind is your target score. Your target score is the minimum score you hope to achieve and what you will use when studying for the GMAT and taking practice tests. Knowing this ahead of time is essential becau ..read more

The MBA Summit is hosting two free presentations May 12-13, 2021 to bring you up to speed on everything you need to know about the upcoming business school application cycle. Plus, Boston Consulting Group’s CEO and Facebook’s global head of partnerships digital marketing give you the inside scoop about what the future of the work world looks like and how the MBA will be your best advantage going forward. Register Now Event #1: The Future of Work and the MBA May 12, 2021 12:00 pm EDT / 9am Pacific Featuring the CEO of Boston Consulting Group, Rich Lesser, the global head of partnerships digi ..read more

Last month, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) made the announcement that the online version of the GMAT is here to stay. Now, they’ve announced that starting April 8, 2021, several enhancements will be made to the GMAT Online to bring it more in line with the test center exam. To use their words: “Exciting enhancements are coming to the GMAT online exam to provide you with even more choices and flexibility to ‘wow’ your target schools, bring your best on test day, and confidently meet your business school goals.” If you’re planning to take the GMAT this Spring, here’s what you ..read more

The Graduate Management Admission Council recently released its annual 2020 Corporate Recruiters Survey. GMAC is an international association of leading graduate business schools. The report was initially concluded in March of 2020, just when COVID-19 was unfolding across the globe. Given the disruptive nature of the pandemic, the council decided on gathering additional data to expand the results and understand the economic impact of COVID-19 especially regarding hiring and salary trends. Moreover, the report wanted to gain a deeper perspective on the skills employers are looking for as ..read more

The Executive Assessment is the entrance exam used by an increasing number of Executive MBA and traditional MBA programs worldwide. It’s become a popular alternative to the GMAT and GRE in the age of COVID, and so a lot of business school applicants have the choice of taking the Executive Assessment (EA) as part of the admissions process. But what is the EA all about, and how can you prepare for the Executive Assessment effectively to get the score you need to get in to your top-choice business school? We’ll break it all down for you in this free webinar on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Get re ..read more

Well, it was bound to happen. When the GMAT first went online in response to the COVID pandemic, the GMAC was endeavoring to provide an option for MBA candidates who were scrambling to take the exam and submit scores in time for application deadlines. To make the online version of the exam as accessible as possible, several policies were relaxed specifically for the new online version of the test, including: The registration fee for the GMAT Online was US$50 less than that of the “normal” GMAT Rescheduling fees were waived Cancellation fees were waived No more. Effective September 23, 2020 ..read more

  Connect with the world’s leading business schools at an upcoming Virtual MBA Tour event! Check out the United States’ virtual tour schedule below:   Seattle Tuesday, July 7 San Francisco Thursday, July 9 Los Angeles Saturday, July 11 Houston Tuesday, July 14 Chicago Thursday, July 16 New York City Saturday, July 18 Boston Monday, July 20 Atlanta Tuesday, July 21 Washington, DC Wednesday, July 22   Candidates will be able to chat live with admissions professionals and meet other candidates, current students, and busines ..read more

When the Online GMAT went live earlier this week, there was a lot of push-back about one key aspect of the at-home testing experience: Test-takers would not be allowed to use external scratch paper of any kind. Instead, they would need to use a built-in whiteboard feature inside the exam itself. While that policy has not changed, the GMAC today released a feature on their website where students can access and practice with the actual online whiteboard tool they’ll see on the real at-home GMAT. You can start playing around with it here:  You can get more details about the GMAT Online Whi ..read more

In response to the closing of many of the GMAT test centers around the world due to Coronavirus, the GMAT is going online starting Monday, April 20, 2020. It will be available globally, excluding markets limited by regulatory restrictions: Mainland China, Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Slovenia, and North Korea. As of now the Online GMAT is a temporary offering to maintain continuity and enable business school applicants to finish up their applications so that they can still matriculate in Fall 2020.  “The GMAT Online exam is an interim short-term solution we’ve developed specifically in respo ..read more

The new at-home (online) version of the GMAT is coming. It will give you the opportunity to take the GMAT now if your local test center is closed because of the coronavirus. (You’ve been studying like crazy to get ready for it, after all… why put it off any longer than you have to?!) To give you all the details about this Online GMAT, the GMAC is hosting a free webinar on Friday, April 17, 2020 at 12:00pm ET.  You can register for it here: Specifically, here’s what they’re going to cover: Alternative exam structure and scoring Test registration pricing and process Computer requirements ..read more