Weekly Top 5 GMAT MBA Articles August 10, 2012

Weekly Top 5 GMAT MBA Articles

August 10, 2012

Too many articles and not enough time? Top 5 GMAT / MBA articles this week, hand-picked by the team here at 30 Day GMAT Success, and delivered directly to your inbox.

1Mission Admission: Should I Retake the GMAT?
The GMAT is not the only metric that admissions officers consider. But if you feel you want to retake the GMAT only do so if you are confident that you’ll increase your score by 20 points at least.
[via mbaMission.com]

2MBA Admissions: 3 Reasons It’s a Good Time to Apply
According to recent numbers, the numbers of candidates applying to bschools is declining. When fewer applicants apply a higher percentage of applicants get it, which means it’s a good time to apply.
[via Accepted.com ]

3GMAT Verbal: Does that Word Mean What You Think?**
** Do you know the different between economic and economical? When taking the GMAT, make sure your understand the little differences in similar words with different meaning.
[via kaplangmat.com]

4Dial the Right Area Code for Reading Comprehension**
** “While attempting the Reading Comprehension exercise on the GMAT remember how you use a phonebook to look up numbers. To look up a number you don’t go through the entire directory. You find the directory for the State the person or business is located in which makes it so much easier to find the number. Similarly with the reading comprehension, get acquainted with the paragraph and then come back to particular passages that you believe had the information.”
[via BeattheGMAT.com]

5 GMAT Tip of the Week: Fall in Love with the Correct Data Sufficiency Answer, Bachelor-Style **
** You need to be just like the Bachelor — not with people that you date but with the statements on Data Sufficiency!
[via VeritasPrep.com]