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GMAT scandal targets 6000 cheaters

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

The Graduate Management Admissions Council, responsible for preparing the GMAT test questions, is questioning 6,000 business school students, who might have had access to GMAT questions beforehand. The GMAC sued Scoretop.com for publishing "live" GMAT questions. Scoretop featured a $30 VIP service, giving users access to live questions. Established GMAT preparation ...

50 Tips for first year College Students

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Ben Jones, a blogger for Massachusetts Institute of Technology admissions, penned an inspired piece, advising the students of 50 tips to navigate he next four years. The comment section is overflowing with praise, emotion, and nostalgia. The list applies to college students of any year, and provides a clear path ...

How to Cram for Exams

Monday, May 12th, 2008

In the 1977 movie Oh God!, Georges Burns, playing God, quips to John Denver about creating the world, "to tell you the truth I thought about it for 6 days and did the whole thing in 1." We have all crammed for tests because there is nothing like the pressure, imposed ...

Pseudo-Communicating

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Technology was supposed to set us free. Bring the world together with the ability to communicate with anyone, anytime. MIT psychologist, Sherry Turkle believes that gadgets are ushering in major linguistic change, dominated by text-messaging or instant-messaging argot. She argues that Western Society is entering the age of “linguistic whateverism”. ...

How to improve your GPA

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Your GPA is the deciding factor for your career and educational future. You are investing thousands of dollars in your education, you might as well be successful. Here is a list of tips and strategies, which will enable you to excel in your college studies and improve your GPA: Choose ...