MarquisParker.com // Business Strategist, Admissions Coach, and Career Advisor

What’s good, folks. I just wanted to post a quick entry to announce a partnership I’ve made with an organization called TeachStreet, which provides tools and information for people take the GMAT and GRE exams. The following is the press release issued by TeachStreet to announce the partnership and provides details about the organization:

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TeachStreet press release:

Truth & Wisdom – My journey to a Stanford MBA and a career in business included as Featured Blogger in TeachStreet’s new GMAT Decision Engine

SEATTLE, WA – February 23, 2010 – MBA and Business blogger Marquis Parker and TeachStreet announced today that ‘Truth & Wisdom – My journey to a Stanford MBA and a career in business’ is one of the Featured Bloggers participating in TeachStreet’s new website geared specifically at students preparing for one of the most popular graduate school admissions examinations, the GMAT (http://gmat.teachstreet.com)/GRE (http://gre.teachstreet.com). The specialty site includes the most requested tools from test takers including:

* free tools to build an individualized study plan, customized to a student’s test date
* the world’s most comprehensive collection of top-tier local and online GMAT test preparation course providers, including Kaplan Test Prep, Manhattan GMAT, ed2go, Grockit, Knewton, Manhattan Review, PowerScore, Veritas Prep and more
* access to free GMAT practice tests and questions from GMAT Club, Grockit, JumboTests and Magoosh
* guides to the top GMAT test preparation books
* robust online GMAT forums, powered by industry-leader GMATClub.com
* aggregated information from 100s of top GMAT bloggers, including “Truth & Wisdom – My journey to a Stanford MBA and a career in business” (http://www.marquisparker.com/category/blog/) — in addition, TeachStreet announced it’s own test prep-focused blog (www.TestPrepFinder.com)
* all of the background information a test taker needs, including test format descriptions, scoring, point ranges, official testing websites, average scores for top colleges and more

“The test preparation space has been one of our most vibrant since we launched TeachStreet.com, but until today, we really only offered part of the solution, with robust class and course selection,” said Dave Schappell, founder and CEO of TeachStreet. “Working with great bloggers like Marquis Parker helps TeachStreet to offer the GMAT test taker a comprehensive starting point for all of their test-taking needs, while helping Marquis get more visibility for his fantastic content.”

To celebrate the launch, TeachStreet and Kaplan Test Prep announced the giveaway of two test prep courses, making it possible for students to win a Live Online GRE and Live Online GMAT course. For official entry details, visit http://bit.ly/gregmat.

“I’m excited to have my site included in the TeachStreet GMAT vertical website. My goal is to be a great resource for people approaching the business school journey and I always strive to get additional exposure for my site,” said Marquis Parker, author of ‘Truth & Wisdom – My journey to a Stanford MBA and a career in business’. “I look forward to finding additional ways to work together with TeachStreet”

About TeachStreet
Founded in June 2007, TeachStreet is dedicated to helping lifelong learners find great classes and teachers, empowering teachers with robust online tools to manage their teaching businesses, and enabling schools to more effectively generate leads for their classes. Featuring more than 150,000 classes and instructors in the Bay Area, Chicago, Denver, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland and Seattle, the free site provides the information that students need to make informed decisions about their learning experiences, including student reviews, teacher recommendations, pricing information, location, teacher training and more. TeachStreet is headquartered in Seattle, WA and backed by Madrona Venture Group. For more information, visit www.TeachStreet.com.