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Mark Skoskiewicz

Mark Skoskiewicz holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a Major in Finance from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, (he received additional minors in Philosophy and History). At IU, Mark was an undergraduate economics instructor teaching supplemental small group sessions for the department’s introductory economics course. During his junior and senior years, he was a private economics, finance, and accounting tutor. After Indiana, Mark spent 8 years working for Marakon Associates before creating MyGuru in 2009 while earning his MBA at Northwestern Kellogg to make it easier for parents and students to find high quality yet affordable tutors. While Mark wants MyGuru to always be known as a source for excellent tutors, we also aim to be a thought leader on how to improve academic performance through shifts in mindset, well-defined study plans, improved study habits, and even stress reduction strategies. Mark believes these ideas are a powerful, critical complement to working with an expert private tutor. Mark currently shares insights, advice, and information about how to improve academic performance in MyGuru’s improving academic performance blog and in an eBook Plan, Prepare, Perform: A Personalized Approach to Test Preparation.

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Should You Consider an Online MBA? Part II

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on November 20, 2017 9:28:07 AM CST

study-online-results-body.jpgIn a recent post, we explored why, in general, one should consider pursuing an online MBA. Our argument was that an online MBA program should at least be considered by most potential MBA students because:

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Tags: GMAT, MBA rankings, online gmat tutoring, online MBA

You’ve taken the GMAT. Should You Consider an Online MBA?

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on November 16, 2017 5:13:12 PM CST

Should you consider an online MBA? Well, that depends on your situation.

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Tags: GMAT, MBA rankings, online gmat tutoring, online MBA

GMAT Question of the Day #343  - YES/NO Question

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on May 18, 2017 11:22:00 AM CDT

This week's GMAT Question of the Day relates to question #343 from the Official Guide for GMAT Review, 2017. It is a typical AD/BCE, YES/NO Question.

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Tags: GMAT quant, GMAT prep

GMAT Question of the Day #311 - Data Sufficiency

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on May 11, 2017 11:22:00 AM CDT

For today's GMAT Question of the Day, we have an AD/BCE Value Question, relating to question #311 from the Official Guide for GMAT Review, 2017. See below for a clear, step-by-step example and explanation.

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Tags: GMAT quant, GMAT prep

GMAT Question of the Day #116 - Reducing Unnecessary Calculation

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on May 4, 2017 11:22:00 AM CDT

This blog post relates to question #116 from the Official Guide for GMAT Review, 2017.

What intimidates most students here, and sends them spiraling into a black hole of unnecessary calculation, is the first line of the table: 10.8% of 37. It’s not as bad as it looks, but we’ll come back to that…

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Tags: GMAT quant, GMAT prep

GMAT Question of the Day #114 - VIC (variables in choices)

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on April 27, 2017 11:22:00 AM CDT

This blog post relates to question #114 from the Official Guide for GMAT Review, 2017.

This is a classic combined rate problem with a VIC (variables in choices) twist. The authors of the OG provide the straightforward algebraic solution, and, with the proper background in rates problems like this, you shouldn’t have any trouble understanding what they’re up to. However, VIC problems with only one or two variables are begging to be back-solved.

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Tags: GMAT quant, GMAT prep

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