Don’t let the sun distract you from your goal of achieving a high GRE score. Instead, use the positive energy to your advantage and get ahead by making an effective study plan and sticking to it. Here is some advice on how to study for the GRE from expert Cat Powell, summarized from her article on Manhattan Prep.

Leaving your family and loved ones behind to study for an MBA is a difficult step many students take in the hope of a better future. With no airport in Gaza, but an Israeli permit to travel through Jordan, Palestinian Amany Haniya proved her determination to study for an MBA at Edinburgh Business School, and reflects that in the end the challenges she faced were worth it. This diary summary from The Economist presents a few things you should keep in mind before you apply to top MBA programs.

It might seem like a relief to hear that the most important study skills needed to succeed at grad school have actually been put into practice since kindergarten. In this Magoosh article summary, we take a walk down memory lane and remind ourselves of how to study like children, making the process both rewarding and fun.

Here is a summary from Veritas Prep on the Integrated Reasoning GMAT section, and some tips you can use when you practice trying to solve its questions.

So you’ve graduated with an MBA degree but you are still searching for the right position? The more interviews you go to; the more methods you will learn to use successfully. The article summary below from Carmine Gallo offers some job interview tips on how you can prepare better for your next interview.

After serving with the Israeli Defense Forces, and travelling across South America for six months, Evgeni Tsenter came to realize the power of leadership and how it is strengthened by the diversity of knowledge offered by students of different cultures. That is why he chose to study for an MBA at HEC Paris. Here are a few reminders of the opportunities top MBA programs present, taken from Evgeni’s diary excerpt in The Economist.