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The New GMAT-Focus Edition is Comin’ to Town

GMAC's new GMAT-Focus Edition dust has barely settled and we have thoughts. This fall, a new GMAT-Focus Edition will be joining the GMAT-EA-GRE trifecta of standardized admissions tests for entry to business school, providing an additional choice to test takers. And...

What to do After your Tech Layoff

Despite the new job numbers ballooning, there is no ignoring that nearly 200,000 tech employees have been laid off since the start of 2022. Four of the largest tech companies (Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft) announced a total of more than 50,000 job cuts in...

Concerned about standardized testing? Bara Sapir, CEO/Founder of CTP and on the National Test Prep Association (NTPA) board, was recently quoted in Help In Homework's article. Below is the text: HIH - What are your concerns about standardized testing? Bara Sapir -...

The GRE and GMAT – All the Options you Need to Know

Up until recently, students seeking an MBA had only one test option to be submitted for their respective programs: the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). This changed a few years ago, in 2006, spearheaded by Stanford University, when most business schools...

CTP’s Authoritative Wordle Personality Assessment Quiz

Because it's a pandemic, the world is going cray, and Wordle is a great thinking game, for Fun Friday, we're presenting this quiz for students and the general public. Enjoy! This Authoritative Wordle Personality Assessment Quiz accurately indicates how your Wordle...

To Take the EA, GMAT or GRE—That is the Question

Applying to business school can be nerve-wracking, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when testing protocols are a shifting target influenced by public health needs. In a normal year, business schools require applicants to submit standardized test scores, either...

Coronavirus Pandemic, Anxiety, and the Test Taker

As we deal with this pandemic, student’s lives especially, are strewn into the unknown: The College Board is canceling SAT locations. High schools are closing. Colleges such as Harvard, Berkeley, and New York Law School, are holding classes virtually and their students are being sent home. Here are my top 7 recommendations that any student can integrate to counter this chaos while training their mindset for an upcoming high-stakes exam such as the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, or USMLE.

Score Disparity Between Diagnostic and Official GMATs

Scoring your Best when it Counts the Most You’ve studied, poured over forum postings and blogs, religiously entered your incorrect answers on an Excel sheet to learn from your mistakes, replicated (to the best of your ability) testing conditions, practiced on the...