GMAT & MBA Basics
- MBA.com – official home page for all things GMAT, but you already knew that… they even have an official GMAT blog now
- GMAT PowerPrep software – the only two “real” GMAT practice tests available
- GMAT Focus — 24-question adaptive GMAT quantitative tests, written by GMAC. Despite the brevity, it’s arguably worth the price, as long as you don’t mind a few repeats from the Official Guide.
- Poets & Quants — outstanding MBA website, offering an unusually comprehensive analysis of the business school investment
GMAT Forums
- BeattheGMAT Forum – my personal favorite
- PaGalGuy GMAT Forum
- GMAT Club – forums contain some fun math problems, as well as the usual GMAT/MBA chitchat
- TestMagic Forum
MBA Rankings
- Which MBA online – MBA rankings and information from The Economist Intelligence Unit
- Financial Times MBA rankings – internationally-oriented business school rankings
- Business Week B-School Rankings – more MBA and undergrad rankings
- US News & World Report rankings – for fun, compare these rankings to the other three lists (and laugh at the differences)
NYC-area GMAT and MBA Applicant Blogs
- Ellipsing My Way… to Business School – a charismatic Dunkin’ Donuts addict does battle with the GMAT… and eventually wins
- Hari For MBA – yes, this is a shameless plug for an older blog written by one of my students in NYC, but I swear that it’s actually a great blog; check the archives from a couple of years ago for the details on his battle with the GMAT and applications
- A New Yorker’s MBA Journey Yo! – an entertaining, prolific NYC MBA blogger with more than 140 blog entries
- 2012 MBA Applicant – who wouldn’t love a GMAT/MBA blog written by a guy who posts pictures of himself passed out on a beach after hugging a giant chicken? Even the rabbits on his blog drink beer. Possibly my favorite MBA blog of all-time.
Other GMAT and MBA Applicant Blogs (non-NYC)
- Fortune 800 – blog written by a lovably quirky team of three applicants from the University of Michigan; you might want to steer clear of these guys if you’re a Spartans or Buckeyes fan
- Random Wok — documents an applicant’s journey to UCLA Anderson and his thoughts on markets and economics
- Just Ship — blog written by an introspective MBA applicant who decided not to get an MBA after all
Favorite blogs from NYC and afar… none of which have anything to do with the GMAT or MBA admissions
- Almost Arranged — written by an Indian-American woman (and MBA student) whose parents are desperately trying to get her hitched before she hits 30
- Oracle of Jerusalem — chronicles a young American’s adventures in Israel; despite his relative youth, his new coworkers welcomed him as “the oracle” when he arrived at his finance job in Jerusalem… pretty funny, since the guy has almost no ego whatsoever
- United Nations of Food (NYC) – an oddball blogger from New York City is trying to eat food from every country in the world, without leaving the five boroughs… good luck, dude
