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Follow 3 Principles To Improve Your GMAT Score

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on May 5, 2014 2:17:00 PM CDT

Building GMAT knowledge.Improving your academic performance, and really any type of performance (i.e., athletic, musical, professional, personal – you name it), is a function of following three important principles:

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Ask 4 Questions Before Hiring a GMAT Tutor

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on October 25, 2013 10:43:00 AM CDT

4 Questions to Ask of a GMAT tutor

Your GMAT score is obviously a critical component of your business school application (although, I’d argue, perhaps not as important as many people make it out to be), and most folks need to invest a significant amount of time in preparing for it.  Certain GMAT preparation approaches can work better for some people relative to others. 

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GMAT Quant Strategies: Summing an Arithmetic Sequence

Posted by John Easter on May 15, 2013 8:18:00 AM CDT

Girl working on GMAT Quant problems.One of the more difficult GMAT problem types deals with summing an arithmetic sequence. Problem 157 in the 12th edition Official Guide is an example:

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GMAT Interviews: Breaking 700

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on December 3, 2012 2:51:00 AM CST

In this MyGuru interview, we talk to Amit, who used a private GMAT tutor to get his score up from ~700 to 730.

Amit offers advice about when to use GMAT prep classes vs. private tutoring (note - private tutoring doesn't make sense for everyone) and what his experience with private GMAT tutoring was like.

Ultimately, Amit scored a 730 on the GMAT, and is trying to get into schools such as: Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Kellogg School of Management, and University of Pennsylvania.




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GMAT Interview with a 760 Scorer

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on November 30, 2012 7:37:00 AM CST

Congratulations to Holly, who recently scored a 760 on the GMAT.

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A 5 Point Review of 2 Minute GMAT's Daily Email Service

Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on September 6, 2012 6:22:00 AM CDT

describe the imageA few months ago, the founder of 2 Minute GMAT contacted us at MyGuru about forming a partnership involving guest blogging and other shared marketing activities.  As a provider of customized, in-person and online one-on-one GMAT prep, we are always looking for high quality partners who offer products and services that nicely complement GMAT tutoring.  So, we took him up on the offer, but not before asking for a free trial of his product.

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