Basic GMAT Math Refresher – Basic Math Review
Beef Up Your Foundational Math for the GMAT “Help! I need to take the GMAT but haven’t studied math in 10 years. I don’t even remember how to do some of the most basic things like multiply and divide fractions!” Sound familiar? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. I always tell my students that they were […]
Choosing Your Business School Recommenders, Revisited
By Paul S. Bodine, Paul Bodine Admissions Consulting Never forget that admissions committees love recommendation letters from supervisors. These professionals have the seniority and leadership experience to judge employees, and evaluating people is frequently a key part of their managerial role. Their opinion comes with baked-in credibility. Even assuming that your immediate supervisor wrote your first […]
Neil Anderson, Boston MA
With only three weeks to prepare for the GMAT, I turned to Dominate the GMAT for help after benefitting from Brett’s free videos on YouTube. The lessons were easy to follow and unlocked the geometry and algebra that I seemed to have forgotten in the years since I was last in school, so I bought the Full […]
Insights into the MBA Application Process
AIGAC 2013 Survey Results – Prospective MBA Students “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Ben Franklin It’s appropriate that this year’s Association of International Graduate Admission Consultants (AIGAC) Conference was held in Philadelphia, the city of Benjamin Franklin who was a huge advocate for the importance of education and a successful businessman […]
Finding Your Self-Marketing Handle: Business School Essays
MBA Applications: Your Personal Marketing Message By Paul S. Bodine, Paul Bodine Admissions Consulting Writing essays for business school admission begins with introspection; there’s no short-cut around it. Before you begin writing, even before you know the questions your target schools ask, begin developing a short personal marketing message or “handle” that integrates the key themes […]
Legitimate Home Court Advantage in NBA Game 7’s?
Question the Pundits for a Higher GMAT CR Score There’s a huge game in the NBA tonight. Eastern Conference Finals. Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers. Game 7. Winner advances to the NBA Finals to meet the San Antonio Spurs. Loser goes home. It doesn’t get much bigger than this. The question is, who has the […]
GMAT Statistics: Understanding Variance
How Variance is Tested on the GMAT Let’s start with the good news: There’s not a whole lot of statistics tested on the GMAT. Here’s the even better news: The statistics that is tested doesn’t require intricate knowledge of complex formulas; a broad understanding of the most important concepts is often enough to answer most […]
Beware: Dividing by a Negative Number on GMAT Inequalities
GMAT Algebra: Inequalities and Negative Numbers One of the algebra topics tested on the GMAT is inequalities. In may respects, inequalities are pretty simple and straightforward. As a general rule, you pretty much just treat them like normal algebraic equations when solving for the possible values of the variable(s). For example, compare the following (Equation […]
How the Bracketing Technique Can Help You with GMAT Reading Comprehension
GMAT RC Tip: Simplify for Better Comprehension Understanding GMAT reading comprehension passages can be difficult because the subject matter is often dense and uninteresting while the writing style and sentence structure the authors use is often complex and difficult to wade through. So, what to do about this? You can’t make excuses. Complaining about the […]
Why You Should Consider Online GMAT Prep
The Benefits of an Online GMAT Prep Course If you’re like a lot of our students, you’re trying to determine the best way to prepare for the GMAT. Should you drop $1,500 or more for a classroom course by one of the corporate GMAT prep companies? Should you just buy some study books at Barnes […]
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