Defining Your MBA Career Goals

[View this email in your browser]( This Week's Trending Articles [Defining Your MBA Career Goals]( by [Stacy Blackman Consulting]( If you're applying to business school in the fall, you know it's time to get serious about defining your career goals. For most applicants, career exploration is the impetus for considering an MBA. Before you get started on your applications, you'll need to spend time evaluating your MBA career goals for realism and passion. [Online GMAT Exam Experience and Tips]( by [M]( In 2020, GMAC began offering a GMAT online exam. If you’re curious what the experience is like, we have a firsthand account from our GMAT test prep expert Pete Rossman, who took the online-proctored test to give you an idea of what to expect on (virtual) test day. Check out the video below, along with tips for your GMAT at home experience! [Essay Advice – University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School]( by [V]( Point MBA]( Wharton’s 2021-22 essay prompts are out and offer a fresh twist on last year’s questions! As in prior years, their prompts are direct and allow enough word count to paint a robust picture of who you are and why Wharton is right for you (and vice versa). As such, I often recommend that my clients tackle this application first. The deadlines are also early in each round, which lends additional credence to this approach. This Week's Featured Forum Discussions [Can you answer this GMAT Critical Reasoning Question?]( Flagpole Army Base in Oregon and Klondike Army Base in Alaska are similar bases with similar duty loads. Despite the similarities, Klondike always has had more men than Flagpole has. Clearly, each soldier at Klondike must have to perform a smaller share of the duties, and therefore soldiers at Klondike must have more free time than do soldiers at Flagpole. In evaluating the argument, it would be most useful to know which of the following? A) Whether those recruits who are in a position to choose, choose Flagpole over Klondike. B) Whether the officers administering the Flagpole and Klondike bases have had similar training. C) Whether the morale level at Klondike is higher than the morale at Flagpole. D) Whether regular furloughs from Klondike are longer than furloughs from Flagpole, to account for added travel time. E) Whether similar numbers of soldiers are stationed at comparable bases throughout the country. [Can you answer this GMAT Problem Solving Question?]( According to the graph above, if 80 percent who were under 18 years old and living in the United States in 1970 are still living in the Unites States in 2020, the number of the people will be approximately what fraction of the number of people 50 years old or older living in the United States in 2020? Hall of Fame I Beat the GMAT Success Story [Priority List for a Solid 730 (95th Percentile)]( by akbariqbal akbariqbal was able to surpass his expectations by hitting the 95th percentile on the GMAT. His clear summary outlines the aspects of his GMAT study plan that enabled him to join the elite. Follow us for the latest Beat the GMAT News and Events! Copyright © 2021 Beat The GMAT, All rights reserved. Beat The GMAT Membership Our mailing address is: Beat The GMAT 3900 W. Alameda AvenueBurbank, CA 91505 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.