Acing the GMAT

MBA programs are receiving greater numbers of applicants each year. Most top programs such as Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and Wharton say they have no "cut-off" score; yet, the average score of admitted applicants is above 700. Plus, according to Business Week, the average GMAT score has risen 20 points since 1995.

Taking a test prep course means taking control of your future. Savvy students are working hard to give themselves the advantage.

Taking a GMAT course at the Olin Center ensures that you will receive the instruction, practice, and feedback necessary to improve your score significantly. The GMAT is an incredibly difficult test but the good news is that the GMAT tests the same set of skills every time. Taking our GMAT course prepares you for each section, increasing your proficiency, confidence and, ultimately, your score.

Our instructors

Our instructors are experienced teachers who can familiarize you with the test content, give you the knowledge to succeed, and increase your confidence. Going into the test assured and well prepared is integral to your success.    

The GMAT Test - An Overview

The GMAT is an adaptive test meaning the computer selects the degree of difficulty of each question based on your answer to the previous question.

Test Structure

Section                                 Length                           Total Questions

Quantitative                        75 Minutes                        37

Data Sufficiency

Problem Solving                                                         

Verbal                                  75 Minutes                         41

Reading Comprehension

Critical Reasoning

Sentence Correction                                                

Analytical Writing Assessment

(AWA)                                    60 Minutes                        2

Analysis of an Issue

Analysis of an Argument                                    

Here's how the Olin Center can help you

Quantitative

Our course offers a comprehensive review of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis. We also familiarize you with question types and problem-solving strategies such as back-solving and estimating. Most importantly, we show you how to identify what information you need to solve a problem so that you can immediately identify correct answers or eliminate incorrect ones. Also, we teach topics such as advanced probability and combinations and permutations. These skills are necessary to answering the most difficult corrections correctly.

Verbal

The sentence correction problems test your knowledge of grammar and style. This means that more than one answer may be grammatically correct, but one is stylistically superior.

Can you identify and correct the mistakes in the sentences below?

Each one of Hemmingway’s wives Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gellhorn, and Mary Welsh were accomplished in their own ways.

A survey by the National Organization of Women showed that in 2000 there were 245,782 female lawyers, almost 40 percent of the nation’s lawyers, twice as much as 1985.

At the Olin Center we systematically train you how to determine and correct the most common errors so that you don’t choose an answer “just because it sounds right.”

The critical reasoning section presents you with a series of arguments and asks you to assess each argument. When practicing this section we show you how to determine exactly what you need to know to answer each question.

Writing Assessment

Our teachers efficiently cover the basics of analytical writing and proceed to more advanced skills. When it comes to writing, there is always room to improve your score and as our students you will receive detailed feedback. Over the last 14 years, we have helped many motivated yet inexperienced writers to move from rudimentary essay-writing techniques to a skilled, confident, and nuanced approach. We have helped experienced writers focus on the particulars of exemplary analytical writing.

Superior GMAT scores are essential to contend for matriculation at top schools. At the Olin Center we provide small classes, which allows for individual attention. Our instructors not only have excellent test scores--they have the teaching ability to help you markedly improve your own score.

Olin Center GMAT Course

The Olin Center offers a Part-time Program - consisting of more than 30 hrs* of in-class time.

* in addition to a total of 6 hours of diagnostic testing offered the Saturday before and after each course.

Our classes are small, with a maximum of 15 students per room. In workshop style classes, our instructors teach you everything you need to know to take the GMAT, both content and strategy.

Tests and materials

As part of the course, each student takes two computer-adaptive exams. In addition, all students receive:

• The Official Guide to the GMAT

• Olin Center supplemental materials
• Designated student access account of up to one year of online practice tests.
• Access to dozens of additional tests and drills.
• Up to one year of admission to our resource library containing numerous references on how to choose and apply to business school.

Additional Support

Through our University Admissions Counseling Service, the Olin Center offers three hours of application assistance free of charge to every student in our class.

We also offer Guided Study Hours with the teacher at times convenient to the student.

Please call the Olin Center for details on this unique opportunity.

Our Guarantee*

We strive to offer educational programs of the highest quality to our participants.  We expect that you will improve your test score substantially.  If, at the end of the course, you feel you need additional instruction in the particular test preparation area you chose, we will give you credit to attend, free fo charge, a subsequent seminar within one year of the end of your original course.

* Repeat policy does not apply to full-time international student program, non-native English speakers placing below the required placement test score, students enrolled in ESL or TOEFL classes, or students in one-on-one tutoring.

Best value

Shop around and compare what the competition offers. Compare class hours, available materials, and guarantees. You will see why our students have said that the Olin Center offers the best value in test preparation anywhere.

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To register for the GMAT exam visit www.mba.com