New GMAT Features Debut July 19
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) will introduce new features for the GMAT entrance exam for applicants to business school. These three new features, which will go in to effect on July 19, will help to improve the GMAT exam experience. The new features were created out of the results of GMAC surveys of GMAT exam takers’ experiences. Here’s what you can expect with the new GMAT features:
Cancelled scores will no longer be shown on any future GMAT score reports generated by GMAC. Test takers can choose to cancel their score if they don’t feel as if they have done as well as they had hoped. When scores are canceled, a “C” shows up on the reported scores when they are sent to business school admissions. The new feature will eliminate the C on the submitted scores, so that the test taker is the only one who knows that a score was cancelled.
How to Create a Competitive Admissions Application
Students decide to enroll in an MBA program for multiple reasons. Some students seek the knowledge needed to progress their careers, while others look to gain the skills to build a successful new business. Whatever the reason, the process begins with doing the proper research to find out which program is best for the student. The Economist says, “Finding the right school is not just about looking at rankings, or choosing one considered as “prestigious.” The key to making the right choice is, understanding why you want to take an MBA, and what you expect it to do for you.”
Wherever you start your search, the last step will be to complete the application process for the program or programs you choose. The application process varies by schools but typically includes completing the actual program application, the submission of required documents, such as GMAT scores and undergraduate transcripts, letters of recommendation, a copy of their professional resume and often, a statement of purpose and sometimes an admissions interview.
Anisfield Holds Instant GMAT Waiver Decision Info Session
The Anisfield School of Business will be giving instant decisions on GMAT waivers and an information session for prospective students. The event will be held Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Attendants who arrive one hour early to the event or stay after the information session can discuss GMAT waivers with an advisor. Applicants seeking a waiver must bring an updated resume and a copy of their undergraduate and/or graduate transcripts to information session. The information session will cover Anisfield’s 20-month accelerated MBA program for professionals.
Classes for the MBA program are held two evenings per week on the Ramapo campus, with three hours a week of online learning. Students complete two classes each 10-week term. Students complete 42 credits over the course of seven terms. Students complete six core courses, three leadership courses, two global components, two elective courses and one capstone course consulting project.
UC Davis Offers Online GMAT Prep Course
UC Davis Graduate School of Management is offering a live online GMAT prep course. Davis is offering a discount to any person who has been admitted to the MBA program at the school. The course will begin Nov. 15, 2014. It will be held every week at 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
The live online GMAT course combines the structure of a traditional classroom course with the convenience of an online learning environment. Using UC Davis’s cutting-edge online learning platform, participants will meet live each week with your 98th-percentile GMAT instructor who will systematically teach you everything you need to know to successfully complete the GMAT.
Smith Alums Recall Their Favorite MBA Courses
When alumni look back on their graduate school experience there will undoubetly be a course or two that stick out from the rest. MBAs at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business are no differnet, with many of the offered courses leaving profound and lasting impacts on students. Here are a few view points for former Smith MBAs, giving testimonial to their favorite classes for their time at Smith: Continue reading…
BC Student Offers Advice for Applying
BC Carroll School of Management student Chris Anselmo, MBA ’16, shares his advice for prospective MBA students. In his blog post, he shares his own experience with the application process. Anselmo writes:
“As I write this blog post, I can’t help but think back to this time last year. I was frantically studying for the GMAT, and was living and dying on the result of every practice test. I was taking a prep class on Tuesday nights while working a full day and would me home exhausted. Sleep was elusive. Flash cards were never far away.
