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2019–2020 MBA Essay Analysis: INSEAD, UCLA Anderson, UVA Darden

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How can you write essays that grab the attention of MBA admissions committees? With these thorough essay analyses, our friends at mbaMission help you conceptualize your essay ideas and understand how to execute, so that your experiences truly stand out.

This week, we round up essay analyses for INSEAD, the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and the University of Virginia’s Darden School. Read more

How to Review a Sentence Correction Question

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I’ve often heard that studying GMAT Verbal feels less straightforward than studying Quant. Even though Quant is tough, it does have a lot of clear rules and techniques to memorize. Verbal, on the other hand, feels much fuzzier. But is that really the case? 

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2019–2020 MBA Essay Analysis: NYU Stern, Wharton, Yale SOM

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How can you write essays that grab the attention of MBA admissions committees? With these thorough essay analyses, our friends at mbaMission help you conceptualize your essay ideas and understand how to execute, so that your experiences truly stand out.

This week, we round up essay analyses for the New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and The Yale School of Management (SOM). 

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How To Read A Reading Comp Passage

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How can we efficiently tackle Reading Comp Passages on the GMAT? What are we supposed to do and look for during the initial few minutes before we start to answer the first question?

Note: this article doesn’t address how to answer reading comprehension questions; it focuses on the initial read-through and note-taking. If you do that well, though, then that should help you answer any kind of question.

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How to Review a Data Sufficiency Question

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You’ve heard it here before: reviewing practice problems is even more valuable than doing them. Here’s a step-by-step guide to reviewing your GMAT Data Sufficiency problems. 

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Testing Accommodations on the GMAT, Part 1

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Do you qualify for testing accommodations on the GMAT? Or do you think you might?

Broadly speaking, the term accommodations refers to altering the testing conditions for a particular student in order to “level the playing field” for that student. Someone who is blind, for example, may need some kind of altered test format in order to read the test questions. These accommodations do not make the test easier for the student; rather, they make the test possible at the same level as for a regular student.

Other potential issues are less obvious but no less valid. Someone with a severe reading disorder might qualify for extended time while someone with a mild form might not, because a severe reading disorder might slow someone’s reading speed to the point that it is no longer reasonable to expect this person to get through the test in the standard length of time.

Where is that line drawn, though? What is the process for applying for testing accommodations and how are the decisions made?

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Testing Accommodations on the GMAT, Part 2

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Do you qualify for testing accommodations on the GMAT? Or do you think you might? In the first half of this article, we talked about the general application process for testing accommodations. If you haven’t read it yet, go ahead and do so before joining us again here.

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2019–2020 MBA Essay Analysis: Duke Fuqua, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg

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How can you write essays that grab the attention of MBA admissions committees? With these thorough essay analyses, our friends at mbaMission help you conceptualize your essay ideas and understand how to execute, so that your experiences truly stand out.

This week, we round up essay analyses for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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GMAT Study Tips: How Do We Learn?

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This post was written by Manhattan Prep GMAT, GRE, and LSAT instructor Chris Gentry.

As a standardized test teacher (I started teaching LSAT classes back in 2003, and now teach GMAT, GRE, and LSAT classes), I’ve come to realize that one of the most impressively unfortunate aspects of test preparation is the simple fact that many people don’t know how to study! This is especially true for those of us who have not entered a classroom environment for several years—also known as most of my students preparing for the GMAT.

Let’s start with learning itself: how does the brain learn?

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2019–2020 MBA Essay Analysis: Berkeley Haas, Dartmouth Tuck, Stanford GSB

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How can you write essays that grab the attention of MBA admissions committees? With these thorough essay analyses, our friends at mbaMission help you conceptualize your essay ideas and understand how to execute so that your experiences truly stand out.

This week, we round up essay analyses for The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley; the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College; and the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB).

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