$30,000 Prizes at GMAT Club Olympics July 8 -19, 2024

A GMAT Competition is an amazing opportunity to get motivated, attempt never-before seen and brand new questions, rank among your peers, and win very helpful and valuable prizes! If you are a hard worker and dedicated, this is a great opportunity to convert your hard work into an expensive course while studying and improving your score all along!

You don't have to be the best in every question by the way, just attempting all 80 questions will likely put you in the Top 100 or much better if you get them right Please click the JOIN THE COMPETITION button to REGISTER. 



Important Dates

July 1st: Registration Opens. YOU MUST REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE
July 8th: Competition Begins at 7 AM PST/10 AM EST/7:30 PM IST
July 19th: Last day of Competition
By July 23rd: Winners Announced

How do I Participate?
First, you need to register.
Then on July 8, you will be able to start competing by attempting questions with the timer and posting explanations to never-before-seen questions. You and Your Team will receive points for a number of activities as well as opportunities for bonus points. See below the point earning table for details about activities and points. Team and Individual points earned will be reflected on this page below in your Dashboard.


What Do You Mean "Team-Based"?
This competition is team-based, which means one of the 4 teams will win and all winning team members will receive prizes.


What Prizes are Available?
Big thanks to our sponsors (see the full list of sponsors below) we have lots of prizes for both the winning team and also the Top 3 players in each team.


Manhattan Prep GMAT LIVE ONLINE Course - $1,899 each | 2 Courses Available | Total Value: $3,798
Manhattan Prep's Complete Live Online Course features: 

• Top-Ranked GMAT Instructors
• Small, Personalized Classes
• Practice That Mimics Exam Day
  You Get All of This...
  
  • 27 hours of live instruction
  • 6 full-length GMAT practice exams
  • Access to on-demand, interactive video lessons
  • Access to two 5-hour -Foundations of GMAT Math Workshops
  • All the GMAT Strategy Guide Set
  • Higher Score Guarantee
  • Foundations of GMAT Math and -GMAT Verbal Guides
  • GMAT Advanced Quant eBook
  • The Official Guide for GMAT Review
  • Test simulation booklet
  • GMAT Navigator™ practice tracker with full solutions for the main Official Guide

Experts' Global GMAT Preparation Online (Course) - $125 | 8 available | Total Value: $1,000 | Question Sponsor | Total Value: Priceless

Experts' Global GMAT Full Access Online Course Includes: 

• 100 bite-size videos + exercises
• 15 Full mock tests
• 4,000 practice questions
• 2 study plans
• Video + text explanations
• Rigorous analytics
• Weaknesses diagnostic

Last-minute Application Review Package AND $1000 credit towards other packages - $2,000 | 1 available | Total Value: $2,000

The Last-Minute Application Review Package is aimed at applicants who are ready to submit their application and, 2-3 days before the deadline, would like a last-minute professional review to fine-tune it. There is no limit to the number of iterations of feedback.




GOALisB Essay review session - $500 | 4 available | Total Value: $2,000
Elevate Your MBA Application with Expert Essay Writing Services from GOALisB

Includes:

1. Applicant submits draft essays (one school) to be reviewed and edited by GOALisB experts.
2. Our experts revert with the review within 72 hours on email.
3. Get one session of 45 minutes for essay review discussion
4. Submit revised essays for editing.

One-hour strategy sessions valued at $350 per hour OR essay revision services - $350 each | 4 available | Total Value: $1,400

Get an hourlong Zoom consultation with a Gurufi personal statement expert where you collaborate to build a detailed outline of your personal statement. That consultant will revise the draft you then produce and provide detailed, substantive assessment and critique. Additional rounds of revision are included.




mbaMission's onTrack 6-month access | 1 available | Total Value: $1,199

onTrack by mbaMission is an innovative, on-demand MBA application experience that delivers a personalized curriculum for you and leverages interactive tools and technology to guide you through the process of creating your best possible applications. Via your 6-month plan, access 450 VIDEOS, 50 LESSONS, & 15 ESSAY SAMPLES, all carefully curated for your target business school programs. To learn more, visit https://ontrack.mbamission.com/.





Applicant Lab license - $349 | 3 available | Total Value: $1,047
Created by a Harvard MBA with 20+ years of admissions experience, ApplicantLab is an online platform that provides expert guidance for applicants to top-tier MBA programs at an affordable price that levels the playing field.





Admissions Concierge - MBA Resume Crafting Workshop $1,125 | 1 available | Total Value: $1,125
MBA resume crafting workshop (including 1:1 consulting and resume writing/editing)





Essay review sessions - $500 | 2 available | Total Value: $1,000

Get your B-school application reviewed by an ARINGO Senior Consultant! Winner will share application materials and it will be reviewed by an ARINGO Senior Consultant and will receive constructive feedback on content, flow and school fit.  Free Test Drive not eligible for Stanford, INSEAD or HEC Paris.





Full application review for 1 school for Round 2 (not round 1) - $1,000 | 1 available | Total Value: $1,000

Some applicants simply want a boost of confidence before hitting the submit button. This package is for folks who weren't or aren't able to do a full package with me. With this service I will review a completed application and provide an adcom-style write up, including my own thoughts on what can be made stronger in the limited time we have before application submission. After receiving the feedback, we will schedule a 30-minute call to discuss.





one-hour strategy session 1:1 with Dr. Shelle and one 75-minute review for essays/resume | 1 available | Total Value: $1,000

Strategy session includes Dr. Shelle’s review of an 11-page questionnaire that you will fill out and a one-hour feedback session via phone or Skype in which she helps you identify ways to strengthen your professional, extracurricular and academic record in order to present a stronger profile in the MBA admissions process.

Essay Review: If you have already drafted your essays for one application and would like us to read them and provide detailed feedback about their strengths and how to improve them, this service is ideal. We will read your materials and hold a one-hour telephone feedback session with you as part of the allotted two hours.







GMAT Club Forum Quiz (1-month access) - $29.99 each | 500 licenses available for the winning team | Total Value: $15,000.
- No ads or distractions
- GMAT-like UI
- Take multiple questions in a Quiz session
- Timer auto-start
- Adaptive Algorithm
- Thousands of questions


Total Prize value: $30,000+



Will Everyone Win Prizes?

• Everyone on the winning team will!
• The team that gets the most points at the end of the competition, will win. Every member on the winning team will receive GMAT Club's Adaptive Quiz for 1 month. That's a $30 value!
• The top 3 players on each of the 4 teams will have a choice of the top prizes (the winning team's 3 top users will have the first pick), and then the next 9 will choose their prizes based on the point ranking
• Top 10 users will receive a certificate with their ranking in the competition
• The remaining prizes will be distributed among the users based on the points earned. Each user is limited to 1 prize. We have a lot of prizes and expect over 500+ people getting something (Full disclosure: the majority of those, will be getting Quiz for the winning team). In other words, 9 people from non-winning teams will also win prizes based on the above.

How Many Teams Are There?
There is a total of 4 teams: Team Red, Team Blue, Team Orange, and Team Green


Can I Choose My Team?
No, the assignment is random. You will be given your team name when you Join the Competition. Also, your avatar will reflect your team's colors should you forget your team color/name.






Earning Competition Points:
Here is a detailed explanation of how you can earn points and bonus opportunities that exist.
Every day, GMAT Club Moderators will post 3-5 new questions (we will provide their listing in this topic) and we will identify them in the forum to make them easy to find.
Important: Questions will be posted ONLY at 7 AM PDT / 10 AM EDT / 15:00 BST /19:30 IST

Competition Points	Action Required	Eligible Questions
10 Points per timer	Timer Taken & Correctly Answered Question (awarded within 24 hrs)	New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting July 8
Bonus 1: 10 Competition Points	Taking the Timer in the first 120 minutes (2 hours) of question posting time (Points awarded within 5 mins of posting)	New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting July 8
Bonus 2: 10 Competition Points	Posting an explanation (Points awarded within 5 mins of posting)	New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting July 8
Bonus 3*: 100 Competition Points	Getting a Kudos from a moderator for a posted Explanation (Points awarded within 24 hrs )	New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting July 8
Bonus 4: 50 Competition Points	Taking 30 timers in one day (Points awarded at Noon PST the following day)	Any questions in the DS/PS/CR/SC/TPA forums (RC,MSR, Graphs, Tables are not eligible) taken during competition days

Max daily Competition points per person per question: 130
Max daily timer Bonus: 50
*The kudos are at the discretion of the moderators that may choose to give them or not to for any reason or no reason at all


When will the Competition Questions be Posted?

• We will start posting questions on Mon July 8 and will end on July 19
• Questions will be posted Monday through Friday (no questions on Sat or Sun)
• The 50-piont bonus for taking timers is active on the weekend however.
• Questions will be posted in the PS, CR, DS, and TPA forums (no RC, MSR, Graphs or Table questions)
• Questions will be posted at 7 AM Pacific Standard US Time

How will I find the Competition Questions?
Competition questions will be posted in the second post of this discussion (currently being held) and they will also bear the competition badge/icon such as this example:




Can I see Other Replies? Can I edit mine?
You will not be able to see other user's replies to the competition questions. They will be hidden until the following day. 24 hours after posting, the OA will be revealed and other user's answers will become visible. Note that you will not be able to edit your posts/explanations once you submit, so make sure you proof-read your work. There are no exceptions to this rule.


Any Other Questions?
Please post them here, just reply in this topic. Thanks!






Competition Rules & Fine Print:

• When you join the competition, you agree to abide by these rules
• GMAT Club reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this competition at any time.
• Any registered user can participate. Registration is required; only points earned after registration will be counted.
• Experts, Instructors, Tutors, Moderators, and Administrators are not eligible to earn points (though they can still participate in the competition - their points will not be used)
• Please make sure to post your replies and solutions to the questions as text. You can use diagrams and images if appropriate for the question such as Geometry but please do not post hand-written or typed up notes as the answer. The answer should be typed with text and not a screenshot/photo/image. These explanations will NOT receive moderator Kudos
• Please do not give Kudos to competition posts you cannot read
• Choices of Prizes will be available to the users with the highest scores first; if multiple users are eligible, we will draw randomly
• Cheaters and users try to illegitimately gain points will be excluded and may be deactivated
• All moderator decisions are final and are not eligible for public discussion. These guys work hard, please be kind
• Prizes are not transferable and cannot be sold or bartered; they will be void if traded
• Prizes must be activated/claimed by Sept 1, 2024 or they will expire
• No refunds will be provided
• GMAT Club reserves the right in its sole discretion to determine who wins prizes, for what activity, and other prize decisions
• This is a very unique and complex competition and we appreciate your support; we may modify it if we notice irregularities or ways we can optimize it