A few months ago, an article on the academic gender gap at Harvard Business School sparked us to write our own piece  on gender inequality in business (and in school).  We looked at information from numerous sources on how women perform in school, in the boardroom, and in academia, and we found that, in all [...]

This is part 3 of a series featuring b-school advice gleaned from one of Manhattan GMAT’s own. Until recently, Patty managed marketing and student services for our sister company,Manhattan LSAT. But she chose to return to business school and started at Wharton last fall. She has agreed to share her application experiences with us  in [...]

In this article, we’re going to tackle a challenging GMATPrep® problem solving question from the topic of Percents.  (The GMATPrep® software can be downloaded for free at MBA.com) Let’s start with the problem. Set your timer for 2 minutes… and… GO! *Before being simplified, the instructions for computing income tax in country R were to [...]

In my first year as an MBA alumna and as a startup entrepreneur, I have realized that the same lessons for startups apply to how you might conduct yourself in business school. Two years is not a long time – ask any recent grad – and making the most of the experience is something every [...]

It’s application season, and our partners at mbaMission have been working hard to give you the best chance at your MBA applications. As essay questions come out, they have been systematically writing analyses of each question for each school. You can find more on their blog, and you can see the latest essays they have [...]