Williamsburg Spelling Bee on the Recession Activities Blog

May 18, 2009

Quick Photo Post

May 4, 2009

From the NYC Spelling Bee (photos by Gina Rini) and Chelsea Mind Games.

The contestant above is trying to descramble “A BARD SOB” into the name of a country. (Hint: Rihanna).

Manhattan GRE Blog

Decision Fatigue on the GRE - A few months back, the New York Times published this fascinating article on the subject of “decision fatigue”. The article became a big topic of conversation here in the Manhattan GRE office. If you don’t have time to read the full article, I will give a quick summary: the more decisions a human makes in [...]
Idioms for Reading Comp: The Other Meaning of “Save” - We find that there are some words that people never look up because they are “unknown unknowns” — that is, you don’t even know what you don’t know! Did you know that even the simple word save has another meaning? Save – but or except. As a verb, of course, save means keep safe, store [...]
Compliments from the Forums: 400 Point Improvement - The Manhattan GRE Forums are a great way to share your study experiences and hear from others about what’s worked for them. Check out this recent post from MGRE student Megan: After meeting standardized tests with incredible amounts of failure and being pretty certain I would never get admitted into my desired top graduate school [...]