'GMAT' tagged blog posts in Betsy Massar's Master Admissions Blog

Like you, I don’t want to deal with the fact that the admissions cycle for 2014 matriculation is fast approaching. I’d rather think about spring and long days and warm weather (and for those  south of the equator, you get to think about skiing.)  But now is the time to start planning your campaign for the next few months. 

So here are a few tips to get you going as...

The application to business school scares most people. Sure, it looks simple enough – fill out a few forms, take a GMAT or GRE test, send transcripts, answer some essay questions, get recommendations, and voilà, you’re in.

If only that were true.

As the founder of Master Admissions, a veteran of the investment banking and investment management worlds, a graduate of Harvard Business School and resume coach at the Stanford...

For those who are applying to business school,  with or without the hope of a joint-degree program, the question arises: should I take the GMAT or the GRE?

To be honest, I think the answer is either, but it's not entirely black and white. Although more and more business schools accept it, not all take the GRE.  I've created a table...

If you are thinking of applying to business school this year,  take note! First round deadlines for the application begin in September! And if you are thinking of the Harvard Business School 2+2 program, the first round is actually in July!  So for those looking at autumn and early January deadlines, you still want to consider getting organized now. This means...

There are those who revere her and those who fear her--but one thing is certain about Dee Leopold, director of Harvard Business School admissions—she tells it straight. After the May 22 announcement that HBS would modify its admissions process, Dee made herself available to answer questions. She granted an exclusive interview with Poets & Quants...

I am not a very good athlete, so you can imagine everyone's surprise when I decided to pick up a new sport. I decided to learn to row – not in a traditional rowboat, but in a long skinny shell with two 10-foot oars. It isn’t that hard, except you’ve got to do a few things

With deadlines for MBA applications about six months away, you might think there's not much you can do to prepare right now other than take the GMAT or GRE. Even if you’re planning to apply to schools next year, you may think that your profile as a candidate is already set in stone.

But the truth is, you can always improve—and whether you’re a few months or years out, you’ve...

I’m surprised that so many students who want to go to graduate school don’t feel the need to take a test-prep course. Most of them are well worth the investment.

I can’t stand standardized tests. They test only one thing: test-taking ability. But they are here to stay, and students who want to earn their MBA , or other top professional program from...

Hot off the press,  Kellogg's full-time MBA program now accepts the GRE.  As does Cornell's Johnson School.  Here's the updated list as of September 7, 2011. It's always great to check; it wasn't on the Kellogg website until I emailed and -- voila! There's no harm in asking!

More and more business schools are accepting the GRE in lieu of the GMAT these days. In response to a query I received from the academic adviser to students at one of the world's top undergraduate schools, I thought I would put together a handy table for you to identify which schools accept either the GRE or GMAT. Below you can see that many do, ...