Today’s episode is all about GRE & GMAT test prep for graduate school admissions with test prep nonprofit, Smart with a Heart. We’re joined by Nafeez Amin (President of Sherpa Prep & co-founder of Smart with a Heart) and Smart with a Heart board members, Nick Maynes (West Point graduate, Berkeley Haas, Harvard Kennedy School, Chairman & Treasurer of SWAH) and Lindsey Chrismon (West Point graduate, current student at Harvard Business School, Secretary of SWAH board of directors). Our guests bring nearly two decades of combined experience in GMAT & GRE prep to the conversation to provide practical tips & advice for approaching graduate school testing with confidence. Dive in with us as we compare test curriculum structures, how to play to your strengths, key differences to consider, and more!
Main Topics
Smart with a Heart background & Nafeez, Lindsey & Nick introductions, impacts of test prep on their journey from military to business/grad school (2:16)
How Sherpa Prep & SWAH work together (7:58)
Curriculum structure, struggles course attendees have encountered & how the program has successfully helped overcome them (12:33)
Playing to your strengths during test prep (16:55)
Key differences between GRE & GMAT, who should take which one & why (20:25)
GRE vs LSAT for law school admissions (31:26)
Overcoming adaptive nature of questions in standardized tests, anticipated changes to GMAT & GRE format (34:21)
Nafeez’s journey to career in test prep (42:18)
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