Arlene Connolly - 101 Ways to Score Higher on Your GMAT: What You Need to Know About the Graduate Management Admission Test Explained Simply

101 Ways to Score Higher on Your GMAT

What You Need to Know About the Graduate Management Admission Test Explained Simply

By Arlene Connolly

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101 Ways to Score Higher on Your GMAT: What You Need to Know About the Graduate Management Admission Test Explained Simply

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101 ways to score higher on your GMAT : what you need to know about the Graduate Management Admission Test explained simply / by Arlene Connolly.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-60138-252-8 (alk. paper)

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1. Graduate Management Admission Test--Study guides. 2. Management--Examinations, questions, etc. 3. Business schools--United States--Entrance examinations--Study guides. 4. Universities and colleges--United States--Graduate work--Examinations--Study guides. I. Title. II. Title: One hundred and one ways to score higher on your GMAT.

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Introduction

As you read this book, you may have an undergraduate degree in business administration and want to advance your career, you may be thinking about going back to school, or maybe you would like to change careers. In all three cases, going to business school to earn your Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree may be the step you need to take in order to increase your earning power and achieve success and satisfaction in your career. At the same time, it will also involve a significant investment of time and money, and you will need to plan and prepare carefully if you decide to take that step.

This book is intended to help you focus on your motives for going to graduate school and visualize what a career in management entails in todays world on various levels. It will also show you how to go about applying for admission and why finding the school that is right for you and financing your education in the right way are so important. In addition, it provides a picture of what graduate school will be like, whether you study on a full-time or part-time basis, attend classes here or abroad, or want to pursue an online MBA.

Special attention is given to the nature, importance, and scoring of the two standardized tests you will be required to take as part of your admission application the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Valuable information is also provided about preparing for these exams and getting through both test days successfully. At the same time, you will be shown how to develop your job-hunting skills in a professional manner and use them throughout your career.