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Executive Gmat Preparation In Europe

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Business School Review
Executive GMAT preparation
in Europe
Manhattan Review is a
Joern, how did Manhattan Review start?
“Right from the start, the driving
When I was a doctoral candidate at Columbia
boutique international firm
principle behind Manhattan Review's
Business School a few years ago, my review
sessions for quantitative business courses proved
GMAT preparation and MBA
dedicated to highly effective
to be highly popular. Some of my MBA students at
Admissions services has been to bring
the time then asked me to assist their friends with
part of the Ivy League Business School
GMAT preparation and MBA
their GMAT preparation, as they were dissatisfied
experience to the test preparation
with the offerings of conventional test prep
Admissions services, offering
classroom and MBA applicants.”
companies. I started private tutoring and from
there, developed the idea of a full GMAT
classes all over Europe.
preparation course.
ipants who live in countries where no quality
GMAT preparation is available. Even though
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What is unique about Manhattan Review's
support after all our weekend classes is available
GMAT prep classes?
via email and phone, they fly in and want to make
interviewed Manhattan
Right from the start, the driving principle behind
sure to get the preparation they need to take the
Manhattan Review's GMAT preparation and
exam in the most time-efficient manner.
Review's Academic Director
MBA Admissions services has been to bring part
of the Ivy League Business School experience
Do you have any statistics on your
Dr. Joern Meissner to get
to the test preparation classroom and MBA
students’ success?
applicants. Our teachers have already succeeded
On average, participants who have taken the test
some inside information
in a business education environment before they
after taking our course show an improvement of
get hired by our firm, so they can share their
over 90 points. We base these numbers on the
regarding GMAT it’s
expertise with our students and provide a compact
reports of those students who inform us of their
and effective review of GMAT concepts. We
exam scores. This number may have a slight bias
preparation approach.
found that MBA candidates connect best with the
since those with higher scores are more likely to
instructors who come from a top-ranked business
report their results. Otherwise, it is hard to bench-
school background.
mark our students’ improvement due to the lack
of hard data, but it is safe to say that a substantial
Your most popular offering is a weekend
percentage of our course participants score over
course. Why do you think this format is
700 points. Many of them are so appreciative
so beneficial for students?
of the quality of our course material and our
Two major factors make our classes so successful.
instructors that they call us directly to let us know
First, we are able to fly in the best teachers,
that they are recommending the course to their
educators who are superior to those locally
friends and colleagues.
available. Second, our focused curriculum
enables us to prepare our students well in a very
Do you have a special tip for people
short amount of time. It is worth noting that
starting their preparation?
the preparation continues with us well after our
We have a lot of useful information about the
participants complete the weekend course. We
GMAT on our website, so my recommendation is
provide extensive material that participants work
to visit us on the net. We offer two free guides
through after the class. We also track their progress
‘GMAT in a Nutshell’ and ‘MBA Admissions in a
through tests that they need to submit back to us,
Nutshell’ as free downloads, which will provide
so we can further assist them with recommenda-
excellent starting points for their GMAT prepara-
tions and suggestions for studying.
tion and their MBA application. They can also take
an evaluation test for free! That's a great way to
Do you also offer other course formats?
practice and receive some feedback from our
Yes, we also offer a GMAT boot camp in London
GMAT experts about their preparation strategy.
that takes place over a full week. This course is
most beneficial for those who feel that they lack
Information about Manhattan Review's
Joern Meissner
the necessary fundamentals or those who prefer to
GMAT prep classes and free downloads
work in a controlled environment to stay
can be accessed on the internet at
motivated. This class is quite popular with partic-
http://www.manrev.com.
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