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How can I write essays that grab the attention of MBA Admissions Committees?Jeremy Shinewald, Founder and President of mbaMission, will use this simple but often perplexing question as the starting point for a workshop for prospective business school applicants. Attendees will walk through exercises that challenge them to uncover their personal and nuanced stories, craft … Read More  

Yesterday, Manhattan GMAT posted a 700 level GMAT question on our blog. Today, they have followed up with the answer: There are two paths to the solution: using algebra and picking numbers. Algebra Many algebraic manipulations are possible. However, we should be guided by the form of the answer choices, which contain only x‘s and … Read More  

Each week Manhattan GMAT posts a 700 level GMAT question on our blog and follows up with the answer the next day. Are you up for the challenge? If ab = x and a/b = y, and ab does not equal zero, then a2 – b2 = (A) x(y – 1)(y + 1)/y (B) xy – … Read More  

We are pleased to release our new mbaMission Insider’s Guides to eight top-business schools (34-40 pages each): Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Wharton, Kellogg, Chicago, Tuck and Ross. (NYU, MIT, Duke and Haas will be released shortly). Through our guides, you will gain a powerful understanding of your target schools, learning about their unique attributes: Defining characteristics of each school’s … Read More  

Yesterday, Manhattan GMAT posted a 700 level GMAT question on our blog. Today, they have followed up with the answer: We cannot compute 2200 in anywhere near the time allotted, so we should look for a pattern in much simpler problems that we can scale up to 2200. The simpler problems we should solve are … Read More