Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week.

9/24/12 – New York (Wall St.), NY – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/24/12 – Philadelphia, PA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/24/12 – Online – MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed – 7:30 – 9:30 PM

9/24/12 – Online – Free Trial Class – 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM

9/25/12 – Online – GMAT Preview – 8:00 – 9:30 PM

9/25/12 – Houston, TX – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/25/12 – San Antonio, TX – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/26/12 – Evanston, IL – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/26/12 – Dallas, TX – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/26/12 – San Francisco, CA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/26/12 – Online – Free Trial Class – 8:00 – 11:00 PM

9/26/12 – West Hollywood, CA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/27/12 – Online – Thursdays with Ron – 7:00 – 8:30 PM

9/29/12 – Washington D.C. – Free Trial Class – 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM

9/29/12 – Online – Free Trial Class – 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

9/30/12 – Boston, MA – Free Trial Class – 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

9/30/12 – Chicago, IL – Free Trial Class – 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

9/30/12 – San Francisco, CA – Free Trial Class – 2:00 – 5:00 PM

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page.

Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week.

9/17/12 – New York, NY – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/17/12 – Ann Arbor, MI – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/17/12 – New Orleans, LA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/17/12 – Berkeley, CA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/18/12 – New York, NY – Free Trial Class – 1:00 – 4:00 PM

9/18/12 – Denver, CO – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/18/12 – Santa Monica, CA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/18/12 – San Bernardino, CA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/18/12 – Online – Free Trial Class – 8:00 – 11:00 PM

9/19/12 – New York, NY – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/19/12 – Arlington, VA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/19/12 – Columbus, OH – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/19/12 – Evanston, IL – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/19/12 – Tempe, AZ – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/19/12 – San Diego, CA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/19/12 – Online – Free Trial Class – 7:00 – 10:00 PM

9/20/12 – Chicago, IL – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/20/12 – Moscow, RU – How To Approach Difficult Problems (Online Workshop) – 9:30 – 11:00 PM

9/22/12 – Boston, MA – Free Trial Class – 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

9/22/12 – Santa Monica, CA – Free Trial Class – 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

9/22/12 – New York, NY – Free Trial Class – 2:00 – 5:00 PM

9/22/12 – New York, NY – Free Trial Class – 5:30 – 8:30 PM

9/23/12 – London, UK – Free Trial Class – 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

9/23/12 – Atlanta, GA – Free Trial Class – 5:30 – 8:30 PM

9/23/12 – Santa Clara, CA – Free Trial Class – 5:30 – 8:30 PM

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page.

Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week.

9/10/12 – Online – Free Trial Class – 8:00 – 11:00 PM

9/10/12 – Washington, D.C. – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/10/12 – San Francisco, CA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/10/12 – Bellevue, WA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/11/12 – Durham, NC – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/11/12 – Chicago, IL – Free Trial Class – 6:30 -9:30 PM

9/11/12 – Online – Essay Writing Workshop – 9:00 – 10:30 PM

9/12/12 – Minneapolis, MN – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/12/12 – Santa Clara, CA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/12/12 – Glendale, CA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/13/12 – Boston, MA – Free Trial Class – 6:30 – 9:30 PM

9/13/12 – New York, NY – GMAT Preview – 6:30 – 8:30 PM

9/13/12 – Online – Thursdays with Ron – 7:00 – 8:30 PM

9/13/12 – Online – Free Trial Class – 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM

9/15/12 – Online – Free Trial Class – 1:00 – 4:00 PM

9/15/12 – Austin, TX – Free Trial Class – 1:00 – 4:00 PM

9/15/12 – Online – GMAT Preview – 2:00 – 3:30 PM

9/16/12 – Washington, D.C. – Free Trial Class – 2:00 – 5:00 PM

9/16/12 – Chicago, IL – Free Trial Class – 2:00 – 5:00 PM

9/16/12 – Online – Free Trial Class – 4:00 – 7:00 PM

9/16/12 – Irvine, CA – Free Trial Class – 5:30 – 8:30 PM

9/16/12 – San Francisco, CA – Free Trial Class – 5:30 – 8:30 PM

9/16/12 – Online – Free Trial Class – 7:00 – 10:00 AM

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page.

Here is some exciting event news we wanted to pass along to you. We’re going to be participating in the QS World MBA Tour in New York on 9/15/12. We’re also going to be conducting a special seminar called ‘Breaking 700: Strategies for the New GMAT’. Want to learn more? Check out the event on the QS World MBA Tour website.

Here is a blurb from the event page:

The QS World MBA Tour is known across the globe for its high quality MBA information fairs. With 21 fairs across North America this fall, New York City will be host to the biggest event. Taking place at the Hilton New York from 1-6pm, the fair will feature seminars and panels with Ivy League institutions, including Columbia, Wharton, Harvard and a fair with over 150 of the world’s top local and international business school. For the first time, Manhattan GMAT is hosting a special seminar that should not be missed. From 2-2:40pm, learn from the GMAT prep experts and come to a seminar titled ˜Breaking 700: Strategies for the New GMAT.’ If you’re interested in speaking face to face with admissions directors, obtaining application tips, gaining access to $1.2M in exclusive MBA scholarships and specialized GMAT seminars, this is the event for you. For more information and to register, click here: //bit.ly/MOUQ5n.

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Recently, Chris Ryan, our GMAT instructor and Vice President of Academics, realized that helping our students through the GMAT just wasn’t enough. “When I had students come up to me and tell me their GMAT score, I was thrilled,” said Chris, “but I wanted to help them more.”

Although Chris considers the two years he spent at Duke Fuqua to be some of the most incredible of his life, he realized that, had he had a leg up when he had arrived, he would have immediately felt more comfortable. Many of his former GMAT students felt the same way.

That’s where Eric Caballero came in. After Chris and his co-writer Carrie Shuchart received great feedback and reviews for their book, Case Studies and Cocktails, Eric wanted to help Chris bring his lessons for pre-MBA students into the classroom.

And so, on Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24, Manhattan GMAT will be hosting its first ever pre-MBA Boot Camp. This two-day course will provide enrollees with a refersher of Economics, Statistics, Finance, Pricing and Accounting, all applied in the context of a B-School case study. The course takes place in New York.

In addition, the course will be free if students provide feedback about their experience.

Inetersted? If so, email ecaballero@manhattanprep.com/gmat/ or check out more info here.

Got GMAT questions? Join us in our New York center on the evening of Thursday, August 19, for our monthly Manhattan GMAT study session. One of our instructors will be on hand to answer any questions, so come prepared to discuss OG problems, test-taking strategies, the finer points of grammar, or anything else giving you trouble. This event is open to the public”not just Manhattan GMAT students. So stop by and bring your friends.

All the details are available here. Hope to see you there!

Business school applications are a daunting prospect, and new questions pop up constantly. That’s why mbaMission founder Jeremy Shinewald will be holding regular Q&A sessions in our live online classroom, starting tomorrow at 6pm EST. Feel free to drop in at any point during the session”Jeremy will be available for the full hour.

If you can’t make it tomorrow, we’ll be holding another MBA Q&A in two weeks, on May 13. Stay tuned for future sessions as well.

What’s proper office etiquette? What type of drink do you order with what? Do I pay off my loans first or sock away some money for retirement?

We thought that these were excellent questions, and so were very excited when the guys from Gradspot.com came to our door saying that they were publishing a book about these and many other subjects, Gradspot.com’s Guide to Life after College. Basically, we wish that we had a book like this when we graduated from college (not THAT long ago . . . ).

If this sounds like a book you’d like too, pick up a copy or pass along one to your buddy/little sister/cousin/ex-girlfriend who’s graduating from college next month. They’ll thank you for it. 🙂

We’ve all heard various things about getting into business school. Is it true that only quant types get into Wharton and marketing types into Kellogg? Do alumni recommendations matter more than others? Is the third round really the dead zone in terms of getting into a selective school?

Well, if you want to know the real scoop on these and other issues, our admissions consulting partner mbaMission is holding Mythbusters events in Boston and Philadelphia next Thursday, March 18th, and online on March 23rd! All events are free and conducted by an experienced Admissions Consultant from mbaMission. Thanks to them for dispelling MBA Admissions myths everywhere!

If you live in DC, LA, or Chicago, we invite you to attend a Long Term Planning workshop led by our friends at mbaMission this Thursday, January 28th. The workshop will teach you how to create an admissions timeline, accelerate your personal goals, and weigh the differences between various MBA programs, along with other useful tips. We’re very excited to be able to host these events for our community. Keep in mind, however, that while these events are free, space is limited, so select your location below and register today!

For those of you who do not live in the cities above or who miss the event, mbaMission will be running more Long Term Planning Workshops in the coming weeks. Two will take place online, one in Philadelphia, and one in New York. View our full schedule of events to register.

Thanks to mbaMission for putting these events on!