»November 4, 2009: Five Important Things to Know About the GMAT
Recently we posted some important takeaways from the GMAC Test Prep Summit in New York City. While we wanted to post the most GMAT-relevant information as quickly as possible, there were a few more insights that we picked up that we wanted to share here.All of the information below was provided by GMAC s Dr. Lawrence Rudner. These insights give you an idea of how closely GMAC monitors the GMAT ... ... (MORE)
»October 24, 2009: GMAC Test Prep Conference - Key Takeaways
Last week dozens of key players in the test preparation space converged on New York City for the Graduate Management Admission Council s third biennial Test Prep Summit. It was another fun and informative event.We spent a good part of the morning talking about the new English language test that GMAC will roll out with Pearson next week, The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic). While... ... (MORE)
»October 14, 2009: New Business School Guides from Veritas Prep
Last week Veritas Prep introduced an important new resource for business school applicants: Veritas Prep Annual Reports, in-depth insider s guides to the world s top MBA programs, available free to everyone. There is no shortage of available information about the most competitive business schools, many applicants find that most of these schools tend to talk about the exact same things: "A ... ... (MORE)
»September 29, 2009: Why Aren't There More Women in Business School?
Last week Fortune ran an article titled "Why More Women Don t Get MBAs." The article was mainly an interview with Elissa Ellis Sangster, executive director at the Forté Foundation (a Veritas Prep partner), which didn t yield a lot of big "A ha!" insights, but did offer some interesting facts and thoughts about the continued gender gap in management education.Surprisin... ... (MORE)
)»September 17, 2009: GMAC Fires a New Shot in the GMAT vs. GRE Battle
After seeing ETS make some significant inroads into GMAT market share with its own GRE over the past year, GMAC has published an article on its site that debunks ETS s GRE Comparison Tool for Business Schools."This GRE comparison tool is not as precise at it may appear, and using it is not as straightforward as presented. The comparison tool is about averages. Admission decisions are about... ... (MORE)
»September 9, 2009: HBS 2+2 Program Admissions Statistics Released for 2009
This past week Harvard Business School released its admissions decisions for the HBS 2+2 Program. HBS has admitted 115 students, which is nine more than last year, according to an interview with Dee Leopold in the Harvard Crimson.This year 843 rising college seniors applied to the program, an increase of more than 33% since last year, when 630 students applied. The number of students admitted a... ... (MORE)
»August 24, 2009: Business Schools That Accept the GRE
After NYU Stern s recent announcement that it will start accepting the GRE as well as the GMAT for MBA admissions, we ve been getting more and more questions from business school applicants about what top business schools accept the GRE. While we still believe that the GMAT is the best predictor of how someone will do in business school, there s no denying that ETS has made impressive strides t... ... (MORE)
»August 11, 2009: Chicago Booth's Associate Dean of MBA Admissions on Reapplying
Recently Chicago Booth s Associate Dean for Student Recruitment and Admissions, Rose Martinelli, wrote a followup to her first blog post about how reapplicants can approach the MBA admissions process. While the first post gave very general information that our readers have seen multiple times, Rose s second post contains some more concrete info that provides a good insight into how Chicago Boot... ... (MORE)
»August 7, 2009: Duke (Fuqua) Application Deadlines
Duke University s Fuqua School of Business recently released its application deadlines for 2009-2010 (click on the "When to Apply" tab on the Fuqua site). Here they are, followed by our comments in italics:Duke (Fuqua) Application DeadlinesEarly Action Round: October 6, 2009Round 1: November 12, 2009Round 2: January 7, 2010Round 3: March 9, 2010 (Unlike most other schools Early Actio... ... (MORE)
»July 27, 2009: Berkeley (Haas) Application Essays for 2009-2010
The Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley recently posted its admissions essays for the coming year. Our comments follow in italics:Haas Application Essays(Note that we present these essays in a different order than what you will see on the Haas web site.)Required Essays:Give us an example of a situation in which you displayed leadership. (500 words)(This question carries over from last year. ... ... (MORE)
