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• The “Next Generation” GMAT Arrives June 5, 2012:  Aspiring business school students will face a more difficult GMAT in June with the addition of the Integrated Reasoning section.  Integrated Reasoning will present four question types designed to measure test takers’ ability to organize, synthesize, and evaluate information from multiple sources and in different formats.  Makers of the exam say it will test how applicants respond to the kinds of complex challenges they will encounter in business schools and as managers.  A Kaplan GMAT is available to discuss this in more detail. Also, visit www.testchange.com for additional resources.  And check out our new infographic on everything GMAT.
• MCAT Changes on the Way:  Beginning in 2015, the 43,000 aspiring doctors who apply to medical school every year are going to face a vastly revised MCAT.  Not only will the MCAT be longer, but they’ll have to learn more content for it, and earlier than their predecessors – a potentially tricky predicament for underclassmen already juggling busy class schedules.   A Kaplan MCAT  expert can discuss the impact on students.
• College Admissions Officers Increasingly Checking Out Applicants on Facebook to Learn More About Them: According to Kaplan Test Prep’s 2011 survey of college admissions officers*, nearly a quarter (24%) of respondents from the schools surveyed have gone to an applicant’s Facebook or other social networking page to learn more about them, while 20% have Googled them.  A Kaplan college admissions expert can discuss this trend and what it means for applicants.