Recently, Chris Ryan, our GMAT instructor and Vice President of Academics, realized that helping our students through the GMAT just wasn’t enough. “When I had students come up to me and tell me their GMAT score, I was thrilled,” said Chris, “but I wanted to help them more.” Although Chris considers the two years he [...]

Last year, the New York Times published an interesting article: “Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits.” At Manhattan GMAT, we’ve been discussing it since it came out and I wanted to share this discussion with you. Get up and move According to the article, multiple studies support the hypothesis that altering our physical [...]

The folks at mbaMission always recommend getting started with your MBA applications as early as possible. By taking action now, you can dramatically improve your chances of gaining admission to a top MBA program in the coming years. It is never too soon (and certainly not too late) to take several crucial steps to shape [...]

A recent article in Businessweek published some research suggesting that, like professional golfers, office workers’ performance is affected by the people around them. The article draws on research done by Emily T. Amanatullah and Francis J.Flynn which looked at how the proximity of lesser skilled professionals to better performing teammates or coworkers creates an opportunity [...]

Starting today, we’ll be 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 a series [...]

If you’ve signed up for an exam between July 5 and August 19, you may have gotten an email telling you that you will be sitting through an additional 30 minute section at the very end of your exam (after the Verbal section is complete). Don’t worry: this section does not count towards your score [...]

What’s the optimal way to spend your last 14 days before the real test? In this article, we’re going to discuss the second half of this process: how to review. If you haven’t already, read the first part here: Building Your Game Plan. Then come back and read this part! What is a Game Plan? [...]