Archive for 2008/02


ManhattanGMAT vs. Kaplan and Princeton Review

The primary difference between ManhattanGMAT and Kaplan/Princeton Review is the nature of the Instructors employed by each Company. ManhattanGMAT was founded by a Teach for America teacher, Zeke Vanderhoek, who believed that the teacher is the most important component of any educational experience. Accordingly, Zeke sought to attract and retain the best possible teachers when [...]

Top 5 GMAT Study Tips

Here is the latest in our latest Strategy Series, by Chris Ryan, Director of Instructor and Product Development. You’ve just accepted your fate. “I have to take the GMAT,” you admit to yourself. And now you admit one more thing: “No, I can’t walk in and take it cold.” So you contemplate all the research [...]

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Business School Application Round…

Our good friend, Jeremy Shinewald, over at mbaMission is writing a two-part article for our weekly newsletter, GMATTERS about how the current crop of prospective business school candidates face distinctly unique challenges other rounds of applicants have not had to face. Jeremy touches upon a lot of great points in the first part of his [...]

Conventional Wisdom

It’s conventional wisdom that, in a weak economy, more people will apply to business school to wait out the bad times in a productive manner. Well, it appears that conventional wisdom is correct, as we’re seeing a bit of a rush to apply, including people trying to make 3rd round deadlines for Fall, 2008, just [...]