Your standardized test (GMAT / GRE) is only part of the admissions criteria when applying to graduate or business school.

But what about the rest of your application?

To help you learn how to maximize all parts of your grad school application, we invited expert admissions consultant Linda Abraham, founder and CEO of Accepted, to The Dominate Test Prep Podcast to share her 5-part framework for a successful MBA / grad school application. She breaks down each of the five key components and explains exactly what you need to do in your application to showcase yourself in such a way that schools will want to admit you.

Listen to the episode here:

Be sure to listen all the way to the end, as the second half of the episode includes Linda's answers from a live Q&A where she goes even deeper into best-practices for crafting a winning application. These are common questions that you may have yourself, such as:

• If you’re filling out a general...

As Aristotle said, "We are what we repeatedly do." That's especially true when it comes to the actions you should be taking on a consistent basis as you prepare for your standardized test. In fact, there are five (5) key study habits that I've seen from working with thousands of students over the years that, if you take them to heart and implement them consistently into your study routine, will inevitably lead to better performance and a higher score for you on test day.

We lay them all out for you in this episode of The Dominate Test Prep Podcast:

Specifically, here's what you'll find in this episode:

• The BE-DO-HAVE principle for success, based on the framework laid out by James Clear in his book Atomic Habits;
• A thorough discussion of the five (5) key study habits that will inevitably lead to better results for you on test day if you consistently execute them during your test preparation;
• From the Mailbag: Should you take a full-length...

By: Michael Noltemeyer, North Star Editing

Writing an application is like being trapped in a choose-your-own-adventure story that someone else is reading: your fate lies in the hands of your audience.

Problem is, most applicants don’t understand what their audience wants.

I don’t make that claim lightly. Over the last ten years, I’ve read literally thousands of personal statements and statements of purpose and everything in between.

That’s why I’m confident when I say you’re probably making at least one of these three mistakes I see on almost every essay that comes my way.

1. Thinking Your Essays Don’t Matter

Consider these figures from 2017:

Competition for Ivy League spots is so fierce that Harvard, Yale, and Stanford could each rescind their offers of admission to every student they have already accepted, choose another freshman class of the same size, and suffer no statistical drop-off.

In fact, they could probably do that...

In this very first episode of The Dominate Test Prep Podcast, we share with you the top three things we've seen from 14+ years in the industry that will empower you to have the best possible experience preparing for whichever standardized test you're studying for.

Listen to these top 3 tips here:

These principles are universal, so whether you're just diving in or have been preparing for a while and need that little extra something to get you over the hump, we're confident you'll see an improved score on test day if you take these tips to heart.

In the "From the Mailbag" segment, we also tackle the question of why your standardized test is necessary in the first place, so be sure to listen all the way to the end for that.

Study hard and we'll talk with you on the next episode. Until then, I'll leave you with the quote we opened this episode with:

"If you want to be great, you must embrace the boredom of consistency." -- Justin Su'a

As always, be sure to subscribe to...

If you're like a lot of students when they first come to me, you're unsure of exactly how to prepare for the SAT to maximize your results. Perhaps you've already been studying on your own, working practice problems and taking practice tests, but you're not seeing the kind of improvement you need. You know there has to be a way to prepare more effectively, but you don't know what it is.

My question to you is: How do you get better at anything in life?

Whether you're learning a musical instrument, honing your skills at a sport, perfecting your painting abilities, or yes, learning to dominate the SAT, it really boils down to an interplay between three core components -- what I call the "SAT Success Triad."

They are:

1. Content Knowledge. This is the WHAT of a particular endeavor. On the SAT, it's the mathematical, reading, and writing concepts you need to know.
2. Strategy. This is the HOW of getting more efficient and effective at implementing the various content knowledge. On the SAT,...

When studying for the GMAT or GRE, it's easy to ask yourself: "When will I ever use this in the real world?"

So let's have a little fun.

On Saturday, June 8th, will be the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes, the third of three famous horse races that comprise the famed Triple Crown of horse racing. This year there isn't a horse with a chance of winning the Triple Crown, as two different horses won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes leading up to this weekend's race. But it's still going to be a field boasting lots of talent, and it's incredible watching those majestic animals run full-tilt with a combination of such power and elegance.

But I digress....

So what does all of this have to do with the GMAT and GRE?

Betting. Odds. Probability.

As you've no-doubt discovered, probability is one of the math topics tested on the quantitative section of both the GMAT and GRE. So why not apply what you're learning to a real-world example?

Specifically, there are six common wagers bettors...

The CentreCourt MBA Festival 2019 has created programming specific to the MBA-curious beginning with a panel featuring top Online MBA programs on June 15, 2019 beginning at 10am PST/1pm EST/5pm GMT.

Meet the panelists:

• Sarah Wanger, Director of Admissions for the Kelley Direct online MBA

• Kelly Wilson, Executive Director of Masters Admissions at the Tepper School of Business

• Ashley Coffee, Assistant Director for the Online MBA at Baylor University

• Naz Erenguc, Associate Director of Admissions at Florida Warrington College of Business.

This is a free event!  Check out the agenda HERE.

If you would like to convey a question before the panel launches, please email directly to Ingrid Shults ([email protected]), Event Manager at Poets&Quants, and she will make sure this gets in front of the panel.

This month GMAC will publish the Business School Hiring Report: Corporate Recruiters Survey 2019, which details current employer hiring demand for MBA and business master’s graduates based on survey responses from more than 1,200 employers in 45 countries worldwide. The survey offers vital insights to keep business schools and MBAs up-to-date on the latest trends in the hiring market.

On Thursday, May 30 the GMAC research team will host a webinar in which they’ll cover the survey findings—including employer 2019 hiring and internship plans, salary trends, and skill demand—and discuss what it all means for maintaining the relevance of graduate management education and positioning students for success in the current hiring market.

There are two ways to participate:

Join live: Following the presentation, webinar attendees will have the opportunity to continue the dialogue in a Q&A session with the presenters.

View the recording: A...

Number Properties (aka Number Theory) have been increasingly tested on the GMAT in recent years, and there are a wide range of question types that fall into this category that you need to be prepared for on test day.

To help you build a strong theoretical foundation -- as well as equip you with time-saving strategies and how-to's -- so that you can answer any number properties question the GMAT throws at you, we're hosting a free class on Wednesday, May 15 at 1:00pm EST (10am Pacific) where we'll break it all down for you.

If you're serious about getting more right answers on these challenging question types so that you can boost your GMAT quant score, reserve your spot now and join us next Wednesday.

Here are the details for your calendar:

WHAT: How to Dominate Tricky GMAT Number Properties Questions {Free Webinar}
DATE: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
TIME: 1:00 - 2:00pm Eastern Time U.S. (12pm CST, 11am MST, 10am Pacific)
PRESENTER: Brett Ethridge, Lead GMAT Instructor, Dominate Test Prep
...

The Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) is hosting the Educational Testing Service (ETS) on Tuesday, April 30th 2019 at 11:00am EST for a free webcast presentation and Q&A where you can gain a better understanding about the GRE® General Test and why taking the GRE test is beneficial for students planning to attend graduate, business, or law school.

Specifically, this free webinar will cover:

• Overview of the GRE® General Test
• Registration tips
• What to expect on test day
• Getting and sending scores
• Tools to help prepare
• Tools to help stand out

Here are the details for your calendar.

If you click on the image, it will launch the WebEx meeting room.

In preparation of the webinar, please fill out this short questionnaire to submit any questions you would like answered by ETS! 

Presenter: Matthew Bashi-Kadlubowski, Associate Director of Global Client Relations

Matthew Bashi-Kadlubowski is the Associate Director for Global Client...