How Long Should I Study for the GMAT?
Unlike traditional knowledge-based exams that focus on a certain amount of information that has to be learned, the GMAT assesses a student’s cognitive ability and critical thinking skills. These skills include analytical, verbal and quantitative reasoning skills.
To study for the exam, it is not as simple as reviewing specific information and committing facts to memory. The exam is a test of your skills and tests you on the way that you perform these skills, not your ability to recall information. So to successfully prepare for the exam, it is important that you learn how to develop these skills and apply them to different situations.
How Long Should I Study for the GMAT?
Manhattan Prep
Manhattan Prep, one of the leading test preparation companies, advises students who are looking to enroll in MBA programs in the fall semester to begin their GMAT preparation in March of the year they are looking to be admitted to a program (no 2 month GMAT study plan here!).
The Manhattan Prep website states that “as an aspiring MBA, you don’t want to find yourself in a situation where you are juggling many aspects of the application process (essays, class visits, supplementary classes, etc.) at once.” Starting your GMAT prep before the admissions process for prospective students becomes more time consuming, is the best way to make sure that you are not falling behind schedule for admissions processes.
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.
Graziadio Releases Infograph on LA Metro MBA’s
The Graziadio School of Business blog has released an infographic on who in the Los Angeles metro area are attending graduate business school. The blog post cites information on several other metro areas as well as information from the Graduate Management Admission Council’s latest prospective student survey. The post was written by the Graziadio Career Management Center.
Here is an excerpt from the post:
D’Amore-McKim Associate Dean Named Board Member of GMAC
The Graduate Management Admissions Council has named D’Amore-McKim‘s Associate Dean of graduate programs Kate Klepper, as a new board member. Klepper joins the board at the same time as a new board chair and four other board members.
The Graduate Management Admissions Council was formed in 1970 as an education corporation under New York state law. The GMAC is responsible for the GMAT and follows the philosophy that business and management are critical to the economic and social well being of people worldwide. The council provides information and insights to improve decision-making about the discovery and evaluation of talent for MBA programs.
