First, some practice questions. 1) The spokeswoman for the national laboratory announced that, while the lab had been operating at a loss in the 1990s, it had become profitable in 2006, and would continue to yield high profits at least until 2025. (A) had been operating at a loss in the 1990s, it had become [...]
[Guest Post] What Business Schools Want to See in Your Application
Joshua is the digital strategist for MBA@UNC, the University of North Carolina’s online executive MBA program. Joshua is also a data nerd who loves gadgets, movies, and all things movies. You can find him on Twitter @joshuavjohn. What Business Schools Want to See in Your Application There is no standardized process to evaluate business [...]
GMAT Math: Strange Symbols
The GMAT often features quant questions with strange symbols. These symbols should not fluster you too much as long as you remember that they do not represent standard mathematical notation. Instead, the symbols pertain only to the problem and are defined by the GMAT (or whatever prep material you happen to be using). Let’s have [...]
Verb Forms on the GMAT Sentence Correction
First, a few practice Sentence Correction questions about verbs. 1) Next October, the commission’s delegation will visit the Prince of Westphalia, contributing the largest amounts to the commission over each of the last seven years. contributing having contributed who contributed who has contributed who had contributed 2) The Federal investigators at Stapleton Industries have failed [...]
GMAT Score Percentiles
There’s a lot to take in when assessing your GMAT scores. First off, you’ve got a raw score in both in the Verbal and Quantitative sections. Those are scored on a scale of 0 to 51 and 0 to 60 respectively. Then there’s the ever confusing Integrated Reasoning score, which is on a scale of [...]
[Guest Post] Move From Family Business to B-School
Here’s a great post from our friends at Stacy Blackman Consulting! Enjoy Applicants who have worked in a family business sometimes worry that their professional profile won’t measure up when compared with other MBA hopefuls with more traditional employment paths. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every year, top schools accept students who will [...]
GMAT Critical Reasoning: Populations
To begin, a couple GMAT CR questions, variations on a theme. 1) Colfax Beta-80 is a rare genetic defect found primarily in people of Scandinavian descent. Over 97% of known carriers of this defect have are citizens of, or are direct descendants of immigrants from, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. People who carry the Colfax Beta-80 [...]
Angles and Parallel Lines on the GMAT
First, a couple of relatively easy practice problems. 1) In the diagram above, what is the measure of angle y? Statement #1: x = 30° Statement #2: line AB is parallel to line CD 2) In the diagram above, line m and line n are parallel. Given that angle a = 40° and angle c [...]
Profit and Nonprofits on the GMAT
This is the sixth post in a series of articles on real-life facts that you need to know for the GMAT. Here’s the full list: Economics: Supply and Demand Economics: Labor and Wages Economics: Inflation, unemployment, and interest rates Law: “beyond any reasonable doubt” Statistics: Statistical significance Economics: Profit and Non-profits Revenue, Costs, and [...]
[Guest Post] Choosing an MBA School – Entrepreneur
A guest post from our friends at BusinessBecause! This month, we take a look at three of the best business schools for entrepreneurs. Stanford Graduate School of Business, California, USA Business school in Silicon Valley Stanford Graduate School of Business is one the best known business schools in the world and has offered entrepreneurship classes as far [...]
