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Michigan Tech’s MBA admissions team is hosting a webinar to help you BEAT the GMAT on February 9, 2011. Learn more and sign up today.

Change is imminent. Technology and the workplace aren’t the only things that are changing. The GMAT, the test that evaluates how prepared a potential candidate is to be admitted into MBA school is changing as well.

In June 2012 the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) will officially implement a new section, integrated reasoning, into the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). The upgrades to the test are part of the continuous improvement process of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), owners of the exam.

The changing business environment is being impacted by technology and is creating an information rich environment. The GMAT test upgrades are designed to prepare candidates for the changing workplace that is more complex and information driven.

Test Changes

The current GMAT test consists of a quantitative, verbal, and two analytical writing sections. However, on the new version of the exam, one of the writing sections will be replaced with the integrated reasoning section.

• Changes take place in June 2012 for the 2013-2014 class.
• Replaces one of the essays and part of the analytical writing section
• The scale (200-800) remains constant.
• The length of the GMAT exam (3.5 hours) remains constant
• The new integrated reasoning section of the test is 30 minutes

The changes are in alignment with the changing workplace and should give candidates a prospective of what they are preparing themselves for in the world of management.

Michigan Tech’s MBA admissions team is hosting a webinar to help you BEAT the GMAT on February 9, 2011. Learn more and sign up today.

Most established business schools recognize the GMAT test as the top indicator of success for graduate school candidates. The Tech MBA Online Admissions Team has put together a list of tools to help prepare candidates for the GMAT test and to help them get the most out of your study time. There are many resources that you can use to prepare for the test including: practice exams, iPhone apps, self-study books, and informative blogs. Try not to limit yourself to using just one or two, instead explore all of the options for GMAT preparation.

Upcoming Webinar: Beat the GMAT – February 9, 2010 at 2pm EST hosted by the Tech MBA Online program.

GMAT Prep Resources

Blogs

1. The Official GMAT Site: The official GMAT resource website. The website provides information about testing centers, books, and other resources. Test Centers: There are 400 test centers that are generally open 6-days a week. You can to to MBA.com to access the list of test centers to identify a location close to you.

2. Graduate Management Admission Council: The GMAC is the organization that is responsible for the GMAT test. This website is a great resource for testing trends, data, scores and updates to the GMAT assessment test.

3. BeattheGMAT.com:  Beat the GMAT is an online community that empowers people to learn, share, teach, and support each other through the MBA admission process.

Practice Tests

4. Free Veritas Prep GMAT Practice Test:  The Veritas Prep GMAT Simulator™ allows you to practice for the exam under realistic conditions. It is a computer-adaptive test (CAT), just like the real GMAT exam, and delivers questions of varying difficulty based on your performance – as you answer questions correctly, you receive more difficult questions.

5. Prepare for the GMAT Exam:  MBA.com provides a list of resources to prepare for the GMAT test: free software, test prep checklist and analytical writing Assessment.

6. Kaplan 20-Minute Workout (GMAT): A short GMAT test prep exercise by Kaplan that allows you to test yourself and compare your scores to other test takers that day.

iPhone Apps

7. Veritas GMAT Practice Quiz (Free) iPhone App:  – The Veritas Prep GMAT Practice Quiz iPhone App lets you practice all five GMAT question types and do it on your own terms with multiple customization features.

8. Beat the GMAT Flash Cards:  – A free set of nearly 300 GMAT Flashcards, covering math and verbal concepts. This popular flashcards set has been downloaded over 100,000 times.

Books

9. The Official Guide for GMAT Review (Hard Copy) – The Official Guide for GMAT Review (12th Edition) is published by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

10. The Official Guide for GMAT Review (Kindle Edition): The Official Guide for GMAT Review (12th Edition) is published by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) is delivered wirelessly for those to need to study on the go.

Videos
11. Grockit TV GMAT Test Prep (YouTube): Grockit video courses are free to watch in YouTube. The short videos give provide valuable incite about typical GMAT questions.

Next Generation GMAT: Note if you are considering the GMAT, the test format is changing in 2012: All the resources listed above are designed for the current test structure. (Link to article about new testing format)

Over 267,000 people took the GMAT test in 2009, which is the highest number ever in the history of the test (Source: Graduate Management Admissions Council). Of those test takers, 51% took the GMAT at an international location. MBA programs are becoming more competitive and getting into the school of your choice requires a good score on the test.

What are you doing to prepare for the GMAT? Have you looked for a mobile app to help you study? There are a number of apps that you can use on your iPhone, IPad and Android devices to help you prepare for the GMAT. Here are a few recommendations–check them out!

Watermelon Express ($24.99)

Watermelon Express leverages the power of technology, social collaboration, and data analytics to build the smartest and most convenient educational tools for students and test takers across the world. Watermelon Express consists of not only a management team and developers, but also students, publishers, affiliates, and marketing partners in the community. Each one of these contributors provide their own unique approach towards education.

Over 40,000 students across 64 countries have used the Watermelon Express iPhone, desktop, and/or web app within last 12 months. This vibrant community of individuals is well on their way to achieve their career goals.

GMAT Practice Quiz (Free)

As the world’s largest privately-owned GMAT Prep and admissions consulting provider, Veritas Prep maintains a large network of instructors, consultants, and students. The Veritas Prep GMAT Practice Quiz iPhone App has been downloaded more than 50,000 on the iTunes store!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the app, it lets you practice all five GMAT question types — Data Sufficiency, Problem Solving, Sentence Correction, Critical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension — and do it on your own terms with multiple customization features.

GMAT Club (Free)

The GMAT Club Apple application is specifically designed to help you prepare for GMAT on the go. Simply take one question at a time and the application will remember which questions you have taken as well as show you detailed statistics. Keep your prep fun – shake your iPhone to get the next question and if you get it wrong, you’ll get buzzed!

The application from GMAT Club, a large community with 90,000 members and 700,000 GMAT&MBA related posts, has 111 HARD 700+ level GMAT quantitative questions.

Be prepared for the GMAT, and feel confident using your mobile device to help you study.

The MBA Association will hold study sessions for the GMAT exam from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 4, and again at 4 to 5:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 18. The first session is quantitative and the second is verbal. Both sessions are in Fisher 231 and are sponsored by the School of Business and Economics and Graduate Student Government. For more information, contact Pelinuor Bekwone at ppbekwon@mtu.edu .