While we believe that focusing on tips and tricks won’t lead to success on the GMAT, and that mastering core underlying concepts and skills is essential, this doesn’t mean that test taking strategy isn’t critically important. In fact, while we do believe that building core mathematical and verbal skills is mandatory to do well [...]
GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council) announced a change in the GMAT test starting July 11th 2017. MBA and business school applicants, who are taking the GMAT exam, will now be able to choose the order of the various GMAT sections. What are our thoughts about this change? On the one hand – nothing has [...]
The GMAT® Enhanced Score Report (ESR) will help you understand your performance, its potential impact on your graduate school applications and focus your study efforts for a future sitting of the exam. The ESR can help you speak to admissions staff about your skills, help you improve skills before arriving in the classroom or, [...]
An article posted on the site Poets & Quants reports that according to GMAC currently 28% of GMAT test takers take the exam at least twice if not more, compared with only 22-24% last year. GMAC attributes the increase to improvements it incorporated into the exam over the last two years, like the option [...]
by: David Recine To take the GRE or GMAT. For so many grad school hopefuls, that is the question. Both of these exams are widely accepted, with testing facilities available across the world. Both of these exams are required for certain graduate programs. So how do you answer the GRE vs. GMAT question? There are [...]
An article on the site Poets & Quants presents Wayne Atwell’s analysis of the different factors contributing to the admission chances of candidates to Harvard’s MBA program. The data analysis reveals that for every 10-point increase in GMAT score between 710 and 800, admission chances increase by one percent, with a candidate with a [...]
The following changes will take effect on July 19: 1. The “C” that represents a candidate’s cancelled scores will not be shown on any future GMAT score reports generated by GMAC: The GMAT exam’s Score Preview feature allows you to make the choice to report or cancel your GMAT score immediately following your sitting [...]
A new Kaplan survey published last month revealed that of 204 programs, 78% of admissions committees claimed that they view GMAT and GRE scores identically. Only 18% admitted that candidates who apply with GMAT scores have preference over candidates who apply with GRE scores, and explained that they have more experience with GMAT scores and [...]
A Kaplan survey published this month reveals that most business schools still are not sure how to use the integrated reasoning score even two years post its introduction to the GMAT exam. The IR section was added to the GMAT exam in June 2012 and was supposed to enable schools to better evaluate candidates’ [...]
GMAC posted on the official site of the GMAT exam a significant change in the score report process:“As a test taker, you are given the option of reporting or canceling your scores immediately after taking the test and before leaving the test center. Under the new process, you will see your unofficial scores — Integrated [...]
Recent years have shown an increase in the average GMAT scores for students at the top MBA programs. This trend stems from tougher competition; candidates are investing more effort in preparing for the exam. Schools also prefer to accept candidates with higher scores since a higher average enhances their rankings.The Economist published a ranking of the top [...]
New GMAT data published by GMAC this month reveal that the last testing season (June 2012-June 2013) showed a drop of 48,173, or 17% in the number of GMAT test takers around the world as opposed to the previous year. This year, 286,529 candidates took the GMAT and sent 675,733 score reports to about 5,600 [...]
U.S. News reported on a Kaplan survey designed to check the importance of the Integrated Reasoning section of the GMAT. This 30-minute section became part of the GMAT in August 2012 in order to enable MBA programs to evaluate candidates’ skills. Since this section is still relatively new, MBA applicants still wonder about its [...]
An article on the site Poets & Quants analyzes the 2015 class profiles at the top U.S. MBA programs, and claims that this year’s top-10 students are especially impressive. A majority of admissions committees confirm that this year’s candidates are the best they’ve ever seen.Nine out of the 10 programs reported an increase in the [...]
Although an application has many components, there are two numbers that greatly affect the range of a candidate’s options: the undergraduate GPA and GMAT score. An article on the site Poets & Quants discusses these scores’ influence on admission chances, and reports on the great difficulty in gaining acceptance to the most selective top [...]
New data published by GMAC point to a record 286,529 GMAT tests taken in 2012. This is the highest number ever recorded, reflecting an 11% increase from 2011, after a slight decrease in 2010-2011.A big contribution to the increase is the number of test takers outside of the U.S., especially in Asia. Only 41% of [...]
A few months ago the new Integrated Reasoning section was incorporated into the GMAT in order to analyze candidates’ abilities to process information from multiple sources. This section of the test is graded on a separate scale of 1-8 and does not affect the grades of the other sections- verbal, quantitative, and AWA- nor the [...]
In another six months the structure of the GMAT exam will change, with the new integrative reasoning section replacing one of the two essay questions. An article published in The Financial Times claims that the change will increase the required preparation time for test-takers by 30-40 hours!The new section will be incorporated in the June [...]
The website Poets & Quants reports a drop in median GMAT scores at the top 25 programs for this year’s students, and 15 programs accepted more candidates this year than last year. These two facts can be explained by the decrease in number of applications to the top programs.The MBA programs at Kellogg, MIT, Tepper, [...]
A recent survey published by Kaplan shows that 48% of 288 admissions committees surveyed claimed that a low GMAT or GRE score is the factor that contributes the most to a candidate’s rejection. The factor that came in second (33%) was a low GPA, and in third place (10%) was a lack of relevant work [...]
