Why the GMAT anyway?

Why do business schools ask you to take a standardized test like the GMAT? In fact, there are many reasons, but only about three of them are profoundly germane to your decision as to which test to take.The first reason is, quite simply, that a standardized test provides the only objective element in your application.Undergraduate performance is measured by the grading scheme of the institution.

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The best way to schedule your GMAT appointment

We’ve all been there—scouring the internet for the cheapest airline ticket to travel sometime between December 20 and January 5. Whether you’re a university student trying to make it home for winter holidays or the head of household of a family of four, you know there are only a limited number seats on a limited number of “ideally timed” flights and NEVER at an ideal price. So you start playing cat-and-mouse with yourself—”Do I buy now or see if prices drop in week?”—only to discover that the flight you want is sold out and the red-eye flight that leaves before the world is awake is double the cost of your original flight. And then you swear you’ve learned your lesson and will never wait so long again…

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