Archive for 2011/10


Demystifying the GMAT

Several weeks ago, GMAC (the people who make the test) held its biennial Test Prep Summit, and we’ve all been writing articles about it ever since.  I have more for you today – and enough for several more articles after that, including another idioms article that I had hoped to have for you today, but [...]

Determining Your Trajectory up the GMAT Mountain: Developing a GMAT Study Plan, Pt 1

This article, written by Abby Pelcyger and Stacey Koprince, was adapted from our upcoming book, The GMAT Roadmap: Expert Advice Through Test Day. The full book will be available mid-November. These days, almost everyone preps for the GMAT—but surprisingly few actually plan how to prep in order to maximize the chance for success. Prepping for [...]

Patty’s Path to Wharton: Admissions Interview (Part 6 of 8)

This is part 6 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 [...]

Jeremy Shinewald Talks About the Admissions Process

Jeremy Shinewald, the founder and president of our partners over at mbaMission, was recently interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about the MBA application process. In this interview, he talks about the value of the application essay, what is so special about those top few schools, and why the GMAT is only one important part [...]

Meaning Issues in Sentence Correction (part 2)

Last week, I wrote about meaning issues in sentence correction, and there’s more to say – so here’s part two of this topic. We’ll keep going till we don’t have anything else to discuss! First and foremost, I want to address something that I keep seeing everywhere – on the forums, in the comments sections [...]