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Apr, 07, 2010
My blog’s sponsor and English language GMAT content provider has provided me with the following post on Reading Comprehension. If you have not done so, consider taking a free trial of Knewton GMAT.–Adam —————————————————————————————- Speeding up your Reading Comprehension Kalyan Dudala is one of Knewton’s expert TAs, so he’s full of ideas that can supercharge your […]
Apr, 07, 2010
As a member of AIGAC, (the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants), we are excited to announce the first ever AIGAC Graduate Admissions Virtual Summit. The AIGAC Summit, taking place on April 28, 2010, is a free, online event addressing many of the issues faced when putting together a graduate school application. Admissions experts from […]
Apr, 04, 2010
This is another post from Taichi Kono, author of two textbooks on TOEFL and one on TOEIC and a highly experienced TOEFL, TOEIC, and GMAT instructor. Most of his posts will be in Japanese. This post is on GMAT sentence correction. His other posts can be found here.-Adam ——————————————————————————————— 河野塾代表の河野太一です。年来の友人である Adam Markusさんのご厚意で、”The Official Guide for […]
Apr, 03, 2010
Imagine a situation where you have been admitted to three graduate schools (MBA, MPP, MPA, MS, MA, PhD, LL.M, or anything else) for Fall 2010 and the programs are offering you the following scholarship packages:School A, your top choice, has offered you nothing.School B, your second choice, has offered you a 50% tuition waiver.School C, […]
Apr, 01, 2010
It was announced earlier today that HBS would be radically changing its curriculum. According to Dean Light, “Case study is so 20th century, therefore as my last major act before I retire, I am happy to announce that we will be going 100% project based. This change may seem sudden, but I thought, well, why […]
Apr, 01, 2010
This is another post from Taichi Kono, author of two textbooks on TOEFL and one on TOEIC and a highly experienced TOEFL, TOEIC, and GMAT instructor. Most of his posts will be in Japanese. This post is on GMAT sentence correction. His other posts can be found here.-Adam ——————————————————————————————— 河野塾代表の河野太一です。年来の友人である Adam Markusさんのご厚意で、”The Official Guide for […]
Mar, 28, 2010
This is the fifth post from Taichi Kono, author of two textbooks on TOEFL and one on TOEIC and a highly experienced TOEFL, TOEIC, and GMAT instructor. He will now be a regular guest blogger. Most of his posts will be in Japanese. This post is on GMAT sentence correction. His other posts can be […]
Mar, 26, 2010
This is an updated and expanded version of a previous post. Now that 2nd round MBA results are rolling in all their joy, pain, and annoyance have more or less emerged, some people will find themselves in that netherworld known as waitlist. For some, the wait will actually end once 3rd round results are released, […]
Mar, 24, 2010
This is the forth post from Taichi Kono, author of two textbooks on TOEFL and one on TOEIC and a highly experienced TOEFL, TOEIC, and GMAT instructor. He will now be a regular guest blogger. Most of his posts will be in Japanese. This post is on GMAT sentence correction. His other posts can be […]
Mar, 24, 2010
This post is a greatly revised version of my previous INSEAD essay analysis. Most notably, it covers the two job related essays. that I have previously not written about. I am posting my analysis of INSEAD’s essays for the January and September 2011 Intake. The questions are taken from the PDF. INSEAD has continued to […]
