Before your dream of getting accepted to graduate school comes true, you’ll have to face – and conquer – the GRE. Listen in on our conversation with Dr. Lydia Liu, Managing Senior Research Scientist at the ETS and Tom Ewing, Director of External and Media Relations, for GRE advice, their perspective on the GRE vs…
The Test Prep Guru Speaks
In honor of Thanksgiving, we’ve decided to repost one of the podcast episodes that our listeners have been most grateful for. If you didn’t hear it the first time or you just want to review, now is the perfect time to listen to our highly informative (and super-popular) interview with Bhavin Parikh, CEO and founder of Magoosh, the…
What is a Good GRE Score? [Infographic]
Heading to grad school in the near future? Then you’ll need to take the GRE! But that leads to the million dollar question: What is a good GRE score? The short answer: it depends. Check out this wonderful infographic from our friends at Magoosh to find out what the answer to that question is for…
Successful GRE Score = Successful MBA Students
An Educational Testing Service (ETS) press releases reports on a study conducted by ETS that examines the performance of part-time and full-time MBA students who had taken the GRE revised General Test. Results show that high GRE scores predict solid student performance in MBA programs. According to David Payne, Vice President and COO of Global Education…
How to Ace the GRE Quant Section Without (Too Much) Math
Many people think that the GRE is designed to test your math and verbal skills. While this is true to some degree, the tests are really designed to test your critical thinking skills. Trying to “math” your way through every problem on the quantitative section is possible, but it will likely take a lot of…
The GMAT, the GRE, and the Guy Who Knows them Well
If you have the GMAT or GRE in your future, then you’ve most certainly heard of Kaplan Test Prep. Trying to figure out which test to take? Getting ready for test day? This podcast episode is for you! Listen to the full recording of our podcast interview with Arthur Ahn, Senior Manager, Product Development at…
Not so Nostalgic for the Standardized Test of Yore
In the twilight region of your brain, there is buried a memory. It probably goes something like this: against your will, you woke up very early one Saturday morning to crowd into a room of similarly groggy teenagers. A vaguely authoritarian figure handed out number two pencils and yelled “start” and “stop” at 30-minute intervals….
GMAT vs. GRE: Harvard Business School Weighs In
HBS’s admissions director, Dee Leopold shares a helpful post on how HBS approaches the GMAT versus GRE issue. I’ll preface this with her preface: Please don’t over-crunch! In short, the HBS view is agnostic. It’s not about which exam or even the overall score, but about the component scores and how they play into the…
GRE vs. GMAT: Trends
A recent Poets & Quants article highlights some of the current data surrounding the decision applicants make in choosing between the GRE and GMAT. According to the Educational Testing Service, almost 10% of MBA applicants took the GRE instead of the GMAT in the 2012-2013 testing year, a 38% increase since last year’s testing period….
Why You Don’t Need a Perfect GRE Score
Few things have the cachet of a perfect GRE score. Climbing Mt. Everest, and a perfect GMAT score come to mind. All amazing feats, ones in which you may be tempted to rest on your laurels. Yet, that perfect GRE score won’t open the door to every graduate program. Conversely, a score in the 330+…
GMAT, GRE, SAT, and All Things Test Prep
GMAT, GRE, SAT… If one of these tests graces your future, tune in to our interview with Bhavin Parikh, CEO and founder of Magoosh, the leading online test prep company. Listen to the recording of our conversation with Bhavin for great test prep advice and the lowdown on Magoosh. 00:02:17 – The story behind Magoosh…
GRE vs GMAT [Infographic!]
Magoosh just released an excellent new GRE vs. GMAT Infographic that presents a side-by-side comparison of the GRE and the GMAT. Check it out, share it, and decide which test is right for your b-school applications!
Comparing the GRE and GMAT
Since business schools started accepting GRE scores for admissions, prospective students are now faced with a choice—what standardized test do I take? Each student arrives at an answer in her own way. It’s not as simple as a straight head comparison—GRE versus GMAT. That said, it does help to know the similarities and differences between…
How to Put Your Best Foot Forward on Test Day
Many of us have gotten through school with decent grades by relying on one method: cramming. We’ll likely order a jumbo-sized coffee, deposit ourselves in the far corner of a café, and condense three-months of material into a six-hour, red-eyed, caffeine-fueled study session. If you pull those shenanigans test day, you’ll definitely end up with…
Review of BenchPrep’s Online Test Prep Site
I just logged into the BenchPrep test prep website and am welcomed with their greeting of “Gain an unfair advantage on test day”; I like this – a test prep site with an edge! Let’s continue exploring… After you sign in and choose your test (see list below), you’ll then choose your target test date….
Should You Take the GMAT or GRE?
Many b-schools now accept the GRE (including Stanford, HBS, Wharton, Booth, and MIT Sloan, among others), so MBA applicants will need to decide whether the GMAT or GRE will better increase their chances of acceptance. Here are some factors you should consider when making this decision: 1. GMAT: Take the GMAT if at least one of…
What Does the GRE Have to Do with Actual Grad School?
Learning all those words, from lachrymose to perfunctory, and memorizing all those formulas, from work rate to compound interest, you’ve probably asked yourself countless times: What the “beep” does this have to do with grad school? Any such frustration is pretty justified, because much of what you learn on the GRE has little to do…
5 GRE Commandments to Remember
Test day: it’s here. It’s all too easy to lose your composure and get caught up on few tough questions during the test. The test-makers throw in all sorts of convoluted wording and unnecessary information to make you get confused, take up time, and throw you off. Don’t get caught in this trap! Heed the…
Rote Memorization and Your Verbal Score
Many of us have grown up taking vocabulary quizzes. We’ve learned to excel by memorizing a definition of a word, coughing up those definitions for the quiz and moving on. It’s not surprising then that many studying for the GRE think that learning a definition to a word—even if they are not entirely sure what…
Studying For GRE Verbal and the TOEFL at the Same Time
It seems unfair, doesn’t it? A native English speaker applying for a graduate program in the U.S. might spend months studying for the GRE, just the GRE, but if you aren’t a native speaker, you might have to devote some energy to the TOEFL, too. How do you study for two tests at the same…
