Welcome to Busted Ceiling
Hello friends. Thanks for stopping by. Our aim here is to provide a forum for potential grad school students to learn more about preparing for grad school. It’s a daunting process, but one that can be tamed with the right information and preparation. Really, we just want to provide a source of accurate info, because there is a lot of bad info floating around these days.
Our core focus is GMAT & LSAT prep, as well as admissions advice, but we’ll comment on a host of tangent issues. Feel free to comment or discuss on our forums. We’ve got a nifty RSS plug-in pulling in relevant stories every day, and promise to post new blogs weekly, at least. Finally, if you’ve got any ideas for us – please email us at admin @ bustedceiling.com.
July 26th, 2010
Don’t buy this book.
Here’s why:
This is from http://www.mba.com/mba/thegmat/testday:
“The test administrator will provide you with a booklet of five (5) noteboards. If you fill up your noteboards during the test, please raise your hand; the administrator will collect the noteboards you have and give you replacements. You may not remove the noteboards from the testing room during or after the test and you must return them to the administrator after the test.”
In case you can’t read the text, Bob says that you have to work out math problems in your head on the actual exam because there is no scratch paper. I guess he missed the part about the five (5) noteboards. I don’t think Bob, his editor or REA have ever seen a GMAT question, much less taken an exam.
I’ve noted in the past how utterly misinformed any GMAT prep book not named Kaplan, Princeton Review or Manhattan GMAT is, but Bob Miller takes it to a whole new level. That Border’s is charging $17.95 for this is a crime. In fact, I’d like to start a class action against them. Email me (kevinv at bustedceiling dot com [no spaces...]) if you’ve been victimized by Border’s or Bob Miller.
April 18th, 2010
This time of year causes much consternation for MBA and law school candidates, and one of the greatest causes is the dreaded wait list. Most applicants have a rudimentary understanding of what they are, but to be frank, no one really knows how they work. ”How many people is the school going to take?” “How can I get off?” ”Is there anything else I should be doing?”
Let me see if I can help out a bit.
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February 9th, 2010
Everyone has a skeleton in their closet. When filling out MBA apps, these can be of grave concern. Do you ignore it? Mention it, but quickly scoot past it? A recent article from the Daily Pennsylvanian tells us that Wharton encourages its applicants to learn from it (or, if you are like me, them).
