Are You Prepared for B-School Admissions?

Join Manhattan GMAT and two other leaders in the MBA admissions space— mbaMission and MBA Career Coaches

—for an invaluable series of free workshops to help you put together a successful MBA application, from your GMAT score to application essays to admissions interviews to post-acceptance internships. We hope you will join us for as many events in this series as you can. Please sign up for each sessions separately via the links below—space is limited.

Session 1: Assessing Your MBA Profile and GMAT vs. GRE  

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 (7:30- 9:00 PM EDT) SIGN UP HERE

Session 2: Selecting Your Target MBA Program and How

to Study for the GMAT in Two Weeks

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 (7:30- 9:00 PM EDT) SIGN UP HERE

Session 3: Writing Standout B-School Admissions Essays

and Advanced GMAT: 700+ Level Sentence Correction

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 (7:30- 9:00 PM EDT) SIGN UP HERE

Session 4: Five Pre-MBA Steps to Landing Your Dream Internship and

Advanced GMAT: 700+ Level Quant Strategy

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 (7:30- 9:00 PM EDT) SIGN UP HERE

Session 5: Questions and Answers with MBA Admissions Officers

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 (7:30- 9:00 PM EDT) SIGN UP HERE

Last week, I attended the annual GMAT Summit, held by the fine folks at GMAC (who own / make the GMAT), and I have some interesting tidbits to share with you.

It really is a myth

You know what I’m going to say already, don’t you? The first 7 (or 10, or 5) questions are not worth more than the questions later in the exam. I’ve written about this topic before but I’m going to mention it once again because of something that happened at the conference.

Fanmin Guo, Ph. D., Vice President of Psychometric Research at GMAC, was answering questions after a presentation on the test algorithm. A couple of people were peppering him with questions about this myth and apparently just didn’t seem to believe that it could possibly be true that the early questions aren’t worth more. One of the questioners also made a pretty significant faulty assumption in his arguments—and now I’m worried that an article is going to pop up trying to revive this debate. I don’t want any of my students led astray on this topic.

First, to understand why the early questions actually aren’t worth any more than the later ones, see the article I linked a couple of paragraphs back.

Second: here was the faulty assumption that I heard:

“You said that the earlier questions aren’t worth any more than the later ones. So you’re telling us that students should spend the same amount of time on every question.”

Dr. Guo was saying the first part: that the location of a question on the test doesn’t impact its weighting in the overall score. He and the other GMAC folks weren’t saying anything, though, about how you should take the test.

In fact, it would be silly to spend exactly the same amount of time on every question. Some questions are harder than others. In addition, you have various strengths and weaknesses in terms of both accuracy and speed. There are, in fact, very good reasons not to spend the same amount of time on each question. All Dr. Guo was saying was that the location of the problem in the section is not one of those reasons.

So, if you read something that says that you should spend more time on the earlier questions, roll your eyes and click away. Alternatively, if you read something that concludes that you should spend the same amount of time on every question, drop that source as well. Take a look at the data in my other article to see that GMAC actually does know what it’s doing and the GMAT is not just a test of how you perform on the first 7 or 10 questions.

GMATPrep offers more data

GMAC has been building more score reporting functionality into GMATPrep to give us a better idea of how we do when we take the official practice CATs. In fact, this capability has already launched! I need to go download the newest version of GMATPrep to see exactly what’s offered (and I’ll report back to you once I’ve done so), but they’ve started to offer data for sub-categories such as question type and content area.
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For the first time ever, Manhattan Prep is holding a one-day audition for new GMAT, GRE, and LSAT instructors! Come join us December 14, 2014 at 9:00 AM and transform your passion for teaching into a lucrative and fulfilling part-time or full-time career.

Manhattan Prep offers instructors flexible hours and great pay ($100/hour for all teaching and tutoring). In addition to teaching classes, instructors can work on other projects such as curriculum development.

Our regular instructor audition process, which includes a series of phone, video, and in-person mock lessons, usually takes weeks, even months, to complete. However, we are offering a one-day event on December 14^th for teachers interested in working with us. Candidates who attend will receive a decision that day.

The event will take place at our company headquarters at 138 West 25^th St., 7^th Floor, in Manhattan, New York City at 9:00 AM EST.  It is open to candidates who live in the tri-state area, who have teaching experience, and who are GMAT, LSAT, or GRE experts.

The day will include several rounds of lessons, as well as other activities. Each round will be pass/ fail. The day will begin at 9 AM and may last as late as 4:30 PM for those who make it to the final round. Candidates will need to prepare lessons for some rounds; we will send a more detailed instruction packet to those who sign up for the event.

To register, please email Rina at auditions@manhattanprep.com. Make sure to include in your full name, an attachment of your resume detailing your teaching experience, and an official GRE, GMAT, or LSAT score report. We look forward to meeting you on December 14th!

Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week. All times are local unless otherwise specified.

12/15/13– Online – Essay Writing Workshop presented by mbaMission-  8:00AM- 9:30PM (EST)

12/15/13- Online- Free Trial Class- 7:00AM- 10:00AM (EST)

12/16/13-New York, NY-MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed presented by mbaMission– 7:30PM- 9:00PM

12/19/13–  Online – MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed presented by mbaMission– 12:00PM- 1:30PM (EST)

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page.

Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week. All times are local unless otherwise specified.

Remember, our Black Friday GMAT special ends on December 15th. Receive $150 off all December GMAT courses will the code BLACKFRIDAY150.

12/2/13– Chicago, IL – Free Trial Class-  6:30PM- 9:30PM

12/3/13- Washington, DC- Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

12/3/13-Seattle, WA- Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

12/3/13–  New York, NY- Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

12/4/13– Online- Free Trial Class – 8:00PM- 11:00PM (EST)

12/4/13– Santa Monica, CA- Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

12/4/13– Boston, MA – Free Trial Class-  6:30PM- 9:30PM

12/4/13– New York, NY-Free Trial Class-  6:30PM- 9:30PM

12/7/13– New York, NY- Free Trial Class– 2:00PM- 5:00PM (

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page.

Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week. All times are local unless otherwise specified.

10/21/13– Philidelphia, PA – Free Trial Class- 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/22/13– New York, NY- Essay Writing Workshop presented by mbaMission– 7:00PM- 8:30PM

10/22/13– Boston, MA- Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/22/13–  Chicago, IL –Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/23/13– Irvine, CA-Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/23/13– Online- Essay Writing Workshop presented by mbaMission– 8:00PM- 9:30PM (EDT)

10/24/13– Online- Free Trial Class– 8:00PM- 11:00PM (EDT)

10/24/13– New York, NY – Free Trial Class-  6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/25/13– San Francisco- Assessing Your MBA Profile presented by mbaMission – 6:00PM- 7:30PM

10/27/13– Santa Clara, CA – Free Trial Class-  5:30PM- 8:30PM

10/27/13– Online – Free Trial Class-  5:30AM- 8:30PM (EDT)

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page.

Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week. All times are local unless otherwise specified.

10/14/13– San Diego, CA – Free Trial Class- 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/14/13– Glendale, CA- Free Trial Class- 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/14/13– Arlington, VA- Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/15/13–  Chicago, IL – Essay Writing Workshop presented by mbaMission– 7:00PM- 8:30PM

10/15/13– Online-Live Online GMAT Preview– 9:00PM- 10:30PM (EDT)

10/16/13– Bellaire, TX- Free Trial Class-  6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/16/13– Toronto, ON – Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/16/13– Online – Free Trial Class-  9:00PM- 12:00AM (EDT)

10/17/13– San Francisco- Free Trial Class – 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/17/13– Online – Free Trial Class-  8:00PM- 11:00PM (EDT)
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Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week. All times are local unless otherwise specified.

9/30/13– Chicago, IL – Free Trial Class- 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/1/13– Princeton, NJ-Free Trial Class- 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/313– Austin, TX- Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

10/5/13–  Online – Free Trial Class- 2:00PM- 5:00PM (EDT)

10/5/13– Online –Live Online GMAT Preview– 2:00PM- 3:30PM (EDT)

10/5/13– Arlington, VA- Free Trial Class- 10:00AM- 1:00PM

10/6/13– Durham, NC- Free Trial Class– 5:30PM- 8:30PM

10/6/13– Washington, DC – Essay Writing Workshop presented by mbaMission-  9:00PM- 12:00AM (EDT)

10/6/13– Chicago, IL-Free Trial Class – 10:00AM- 1:00PM

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page.

Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week. All times are local unless otherwise specified.

9/23/13– Bellaire, TX – Free Trial Class- 6:30PM- 9:30PM

9/23/13– Denver, CO- Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

9/2413– Online- MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed presented by mbaMission– 4:00PM- 5:30PM (EDT)

9/24/13–  London – Free Trial Class- 6:30PM- 9:30PM

9/24/13– San Antonio, TX – Free Trial Class- 6:30PM- 9:30PM

9/24/13– Washington, DC- Free Trial Class– 6:30PM- 9:30PM

9/25/13– Santa Monica, CA- Free Trial Class- 6:30PM- 9:30PM
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