© 2010 Graduate Management Admission Council* The GMAC recently released some interesting charts on how much time GMAT students spend studying. Not surprisingly, those who spend more time studying tend to score higher – up to a point. But is it really all about hours you spend with your GMAT book open? How do you [...]

Details about the new Integrated Reasoning section continue to trickle in. Business Week turned up this YouTube video, produced by the GMAC, which provides a first look at the new questions: They’ve also posted an interview with Dave Wilson, CEO of GMAC, as well as one with a student who took the new test as [...]

We received an e-mail earlier this week from a happy student reporting that he’d gotten a 760. This was great news, but not particularly newsworthy, as, happily, we get good news like this very often. However, he also mentioned that his 760 score was good for a 98th percentile. This was a surprise, as 760 [...]

The GMAT is a necessary hurdle on your way to business school, but sometimes it’s hard to see why. What do these multiple choice questions really have to do with a masters in business administration? If this question plagues you, take a look at this recent post from the GMAC. It explains exactly how two [...]

The GMAT just keeps expanding. GMAC reports that there are now more than 500 centers worldwide where you can take the test, up more than 25 percent since 2006. A record 267,000 people took the test in 2009, and for the first time since its creation, there were more international than US test-takers (by just [...]