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Archive for 2008/03


Wharton, NYU, Columbia Admissions Officer Panel

Late last year, we were fortunate enough to host an Admissions panel with Admissions Officers from 3 of the top MBA programs in the world: Wharton, NYU, and Columbia, represented by Ainsley Parker, Alison Goggin, and Victoria Hess, respectively.
If you missed it, have no fear, as we got it on tape (with some help from [...]

If you're not that great at math . . .

GMAT Strategies for the Math-Challenged
by Chris Ryan, Director of Instructor and Product Development, ManhattanGMAT
The thought of algebra gives you hives. You’d rather discuss any topic but prime numbers. And you bitterly wonder why geometry is tested on the GMAT – the Graduate Management Admissions Test, after all. It’s not like you want [...]

MGMAT's Founder in Action

A front-page article featuring the founder of ManhattanGMAT in Today’s New York Times:
March 7, 2008
At Charter School, Higher Teacher Pay
By ELISSA GOOTMAN
Would six-figure salaries attract better teachers?
A New York City charter school set to open in 2009 in Washington Heights will test one of the most fundamental questions in education: Whether significantly higher pay [...]

Write Essays, Win Cash Prizes for B-School

While the monetary rewards of business school can be tremendous, oftentimes the cost to get there can be great (and we don’t just mean the emotional trauma of grueling work). However, for those applicants looking to ease the financial burden of b-school, look no further. Without further adieu, we present to you the Beat the [...]

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Business School Application Round… (Part 2)

Jeremy Shinewald, Founder of mbaMission is back this week with part two of his article about the challenges this year’s crop of applicants face while applying to business school:
Long-Term Planning: The Details
By: Jeremy Shinewald of mbaMission
Last week, in Part One of this two-part series on long-term planning, we focused on big-picture issues — identifying [...]