Blog: Archive for the “GMAT” Category

By Jen Kedrowski, MBA Admissions Consultant, mbaMission and former GMAT/GRE Instructor & Curriculum Manager If you are planning to apply to MBA programs in the near future, you might be wondering which admissions exam you should take as part of the application process. You want to be sure to choose the exam that is the … Read More  

What is the GMAT Focus Edition?  The current GMAT Focus Edition, which is taken primarily by applicants to MBA programs, is an exam with three sections: Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and Data Insights. The original GMAT exam was updated in early 2024 to this current version, which is two hours and 15 minutes long and … Read More  

With regard to the GMAT, raw intellectual horsepower helps, but it is not everything. Manhattan Prep’s Stacey Koprince teaches you how to perform at your best on test day by using some common sense. When business schools announce their application deadlines, or as those dates near, I often hear from candidates who do not yet have the … Read More  

With regard to the GMAT, raw intellectual horsepower helps, but it is not everything. Manhattan Prep’s Stacey Koprince teaches you how to perform at your best on test day by using some common sense. If you are taking the GRE instead of the GMAT, you will have to deal with the GRE’s “weird” question type: Quantitative Comparison (QC). … Read More  

Please note that in this article, we discuss the classic GMAT test, not the new GMAT Focus. We all know that the GMAT essay is scored separately and that the schools do not care as much about the essay score. We also know we have to write the essays first thing, before we get to … Read More