GMAT – FAQ
Why should I prepare for the GMAT?
Studies indicate that applicants who prepare for the GMAT score substantially higher than those who don't.
In addition to the admission process, GMAT scores are also used in the process of awarding financial assistance
to students. A good GMAT score can save you thousands of dollars in tuition.
The importance of GMAT scores in the admissions process is likely to increase. That development is
reflected in recent comments by Dean Feldberg of Columbia Business School, who stated that it is the school's
objective to raise average scores of incoming students to 700 over the next few years.
I have to take the GRE. Will your course help me?
Currently, we are not offering a separate GRE course. However, due to the similarities between the
GRE and the GMAT, and the fact that they are both administered by ETS, GRE takers will also benefit from
attending our course. The GRE is advantageous for foreign applicants, because quantitative/analytical/verbal
scores are separated.
A lower verbal score will not affect the overall score. Since the GRE is also designed to measure also
the verbal abilities of American Literature students, schools often nearly disregard the verbal score and
focus solely on the quantitative and analytical sections (unless you apply for literature or a similar
subject, of course). If you are given the chance to take either the GMAT or GRE, we highly recommend taking
both and deciding afterwards which one to submit.
I have studied mathematics/physics. Should I still take the course?
Although some of the standard quantitative techniques we teach might be repetitive for you, many
parts of the course focus on more advanced and lesser-known techniques to speed up the accuracy of your
answers. The course contains many aspects commonly neglected in the studies of mathematics at university.
For example, do you know how to find out the remainder of a number when divided by 17?
Is the information on this website somehow available in a printed form?
The following files are available for download. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF-files.
Please refer to the FAQ to learn how to download this useful, free software from Adobe's website
www.adobe.com.
How long before I plan to take the GMAT should I take the weekend course?
We recommend that our students take the test about three weeks after the weekend course. It is
important to leave enough time to study on your own, with our assistance, but over-studying can result
in GMAT burnout. Of course, the optimal time between the course and the test date will vary for each
test-taker. Carefully analyze how much time you are willing to devote to studying after the course.
Also keep in mind the most opportune time to take the exam according to your application plans.
Is one weekend really enough time to learn everything I need to know for the test?
Conventional prep courses that spread their classroom time over a course of several weeks are
problematic because students forget what they have learned from week to week. They also waste
valuable teaching time by having students take practice tests while in class. At Manhattan Review,
we believe that a weekend is enough time to prepare our students because of the personal attention
we give to each student. Also, our materials are finely tuned to be both taught and learned in a compact
span of time. The successes of our past students, is a testimony that a weekend course is indeed enough
time to adequately prepare for the GMAT.
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