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As we move rapidly into the spring, it’s a great time to ask yourself, “What will I do this summer?” With unstructured time and less supervision, summer vacation is one way some students begin to set themselves apart from their peers and prepare for college in high school. Are you going scuba diving with your family in Australia?

The Verbal Section on the GMAT requires you to read and resolve 41 questions in 75 minutes. There are three types of question you will see, each focused on testing a different skill than the others: Sentence Correction, Critical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension. Of the 41 questions you will face on test day, approximately 13 will be Sentence Correction, 11 will be Critical Reasoning, and 17 will be Reading Comprehension.

The business school resumé is an absurd and challenging genre of writing. It suffers from severe constraints and yet, to be of value, requires an enormous amount of time and thought. It takes hours to create. But it is unlikely that it will be considered for more than 30 seconds.

Every year, thousands of high schoolers ask themselves: Can I get into an Ivy? The answer? Probably not. That’s just statistics.  Most people— even most highly qualified people— will not get into an Ivy League School. In 2016, more than 240,000 students applied to Ivy Leagues. Yet, only about 23,000 were accepted across the eight schools (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, UPenn, and Dartmouth).

Do you ever feel like you’re in classes with students who don’t need to study, but who still succeed? If you’ve seen this, or even if you are this person, it’s important to know that everyone will need to be excellent at studying in order to continue to succeed. The ability to study and learn in productive ways is necessary for good results.

Studying for the GRE test is a daunting task. It’s difficult to think far in advance, to assess where you’re starting from, to actually learn the material, and to make sure you stay on track. And what about fitting in GRE prep to the rest of your busy schedule?

Now that the 2016-2017 admissions cycle has slowed down, we’ve all had a chance to reflect upon the past season. And now juniors in high school are able to look forward to the next admissions cycle! So what’s new? The Common App prompts.

Especially when you’re planning to apply to medical school, the concept of “free time” is almost laughable. Beyond academics and standardized testing, medical schools will expect to see that you’ve devoted significant extracurricular time to three areas: patient interaction, medical research, and community service.

Hi, my name’s Travis and I’m an MCAT tutor with MyGuru. One of the services I provide for students is helping them create a study schedule for the MCAT. In fact, study planning might be the most important part of the MCAT preparation process.

College visits are the best ways to learn about a given school - the culture, classes, student life, majors, location, and yes, the weather! There is only such much information that can be gathered from the internet and marketing brochures.