Written by: Charu Sudan Kasturi Published by: OZY MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Cara Rogers knows she’s not a typical MBA aspirant. The 40-year-old dance teacher first thought about enrolling in a business administration program last year because she’s planning to open a creative arts academy. Rogers has savings to help fund her education, and no children to worry about. But … [Read more...]
Why The GRE Could Become The Preferred Exam For MBA Admissions
Written by: John Byrne Published by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Ever since Educational Testing Service began promoting the use of the Graduate Record Examination as an alternative to the GMAT in 2011, the GRE had largely played second fiddle to its more widely accepted cousin. Slowly but steadily, however, the GRE has been gaining market share and … [Read more...]
MBA Applicants Frustrated With At-Home GMAT Exam
Written by: Nathan Allen Published by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: When the Graduate Management Admissions Council announced this week that it would open registration for the first-ever at-home GMAT, the reaction from would-be test-takers was largely … frustration. The reason? GMAC’s conditions. Test-takers are not allowed to use a pen and scratch paper, … [Read more...]
Interim GMAT™ Exam – Available Online Mid-April
Written by: Graduate Management Admission Council Published by: Graduate Management Admission Council MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: We all recognize that this is challenging time with test center closures happening all around the world. And our biggest priority is ensuring we continue to fulfill our mission providing solutions for schools and candidates to discover and … [Read more...]
The GRE Can Now Be Taken At Home
Written by: John Byrne Published by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: If you’re unable to take the GRE at a test center due to the coronavirus, the Educational Testing Service is now allowing you to take the test at home. ETS announced that prospective students can take the GRE on their own computer while being monitors by a human proctor online. Click … [Read more...]
Students Spent $1 Billion On Test Prep Last Year: Was It Worth It?
Written by: John Byrne Published by: Forbes MBA News Digest Comment: What will test prep revenue do as more and more programs make admission testing optional or not required at all? Extracted Content: But a good deal of the $1 billion was also spent on tutors, classes and software platforms by applicants to get into graduate school, particularly the elite MBA programs that effectively … [Read more...]