The GMAT Pattern is changing – the new GMAT with the Integrated Reasoning section! You have perhaps heard that the GMAT pattern is changing but are not sure what is changing in it. Read on the FAQs for the new GMAT pattern that includes the integrated reasoning section. At the outset – fear not! The …
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MBA in INDIA with your GMAT Scores 1. Indian School of Business (Hyderabad) 2. XLRI Jamshedpur 3. IIM PgPx – Ahmedabad 4. IIM PgPx Calcutta 5. IIM PgPx Bangalore 6. S P Jain Institute of Management and Research 7. Great lakes Institute of Management 8. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade ( GMAT for NRIs) 9. …
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Should I take the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the IIMs or the GMAT? This question is the perennial butter-scotch/ black forest dilemma that any Indian MBA aspirant faces today. Other major dilemmas students face are, Which exam will I stand a better chance at? Which exam will give me more “bang for the …
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10 Tips for writing MBA application Essays from a Harvard Business School Admit Our student Raviraj Jain (GMAT 750 – Q50 V42) got into Harvard Business School this year. In a conversation with CrackVerbal students earlier this month he shared some insights into what goes into a great MBA Application essay. We are providing some …
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Aspire to be a part of the ISB batch of 2013? Looking for answers to your questions? Well, you’ve come to the right place. 1. MYTH – ISB ACCEPTS ONLY IT PROFESSIONALS WITH MINIMUM 10 YEARS WORK EXPERIENCE FACT – ISB requires a minimum of two years work experience and currently has students with experience …
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Done with the OG 12 and hunting for more material? Well, your search ends here. The Official Guides (OGs) are labeled the ‘Bible for GMAT’ with the latest edition being the OG 12, which was released in 2009 and contains 800+ retired questions from the GMAT. Once students are done with this, they are usually …
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Way back in the 1960s, the United States was arguably the most advanced country when it came to space exploration (where do you think they picked up the term “This isn’t rocket science”). However, the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, the Sputnik 1, and beat the USA into space. From this event we get …
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MBAs are an ambitious lot. Wannabe MBAs are more ambitious. However the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami earlier this month has taught us a lot which can be applied to life, career, and even management. 1. Preparation: As the old adage goes “If you fail to plan you plan to fail”. Do you know that …
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What did you do – Nail it, Miss it, Guess it, Time it, or Screw it? If you were to ask me the top reason why students are not able to improve on their scores it is this – INABILITY TO INTERNALIZE THE QUESTIONS (caps intended!). One of the key ways to internalize any problems …
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Over the last decade I have spent countless hours with thousands of students, helping them understand why their scores were not going up. I have come to the conclusion that the root of all lies in the same four basic problems in our approach to test-taking. 1. Brute Force Approach: If your scores are not …
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