Past Participles on GMAT Sentence Correction

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Check out these two sentences:
The horse raced past the barn.
The horse raced past the barn fell.
Believe it or not, both sentences have good grammar. But one of them makes a lot more sense than the other one! Let’s break them down and understand why. Read more
The GMAT Official Guide 2018 Edition, Part 3

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The GMAT Official Guide 2018 books have landed and I’ve got the scoop for you! (If you’d like, you can start with the first installment of this article series.) Today’s post focuses on the Verbal questions in the big OG. Read more
The GMAT Official Guide 2018 Edition, Part 2

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The new GMAT Official Guide 2018 books have landed and I’ve got the scoop for you! (If you’d like, you can start with the first installment of this article series.) Today’s post focuses on Data Sufficiency. Read more
Un-Educated Guessing on the GMAT: Problem Solving Edition

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Do you remember that feeling of being in math class and the teacher asks a question that you really should know, but you don’t, and then you hear your name called to answer the question? Maybe your heart starts racing, your mind blanks even more, and in an attempt to avoid embarrassment, you just start talking, desperately hoping you land somewhere close to the answer.
As a high school teacher, I saw this all the time from the teacher side. And I would smile and thank the student for trying, but usually while thinking “just go ahead and admit that you don’t know!” Read more
The GMAT Official Guide 2018 Edition, Part 1

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The GMAT Official Guide 2018 books have landed and I’ve got the scoop for you!
In this multi-part series, I’ll start by discussing additions and changes to the new Quant problems in The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2018, aka the OG. I’ll follow that up with a discussion of the new Verbal questions from the big OG. I’ll also be providing you with the new question numbers, in case you already have OG 2017 and are looking for a list of just the questions that are new to the 2018 edition. Read more
How to Handle GMAT Stress Without Freaking Out

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Have you spent months studying for the GMAT? Taken a class? Done private tutoring? Do you have an error log? Do you have a strict study schedule? Have you done everything absolutely right and the looming test is still FREAKING YOU OUT?!?! Read more
How to Improve GMAT Reading Comprehension Skills

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I’ve had multiple conversations recently with different students about how to improve GMAT Reading Comprehension skills, and each person had a somewhat different angle or issue going on. I realized, though, that these students all had something in common—and, therefore, there was one particular thing that they all needed to do to get better at RC. Read more
Get the Most Out of Your GMAT Study Group (Part 2)

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Last time, we talked about how to set up a GMAT study group, as well as the first of two great reasons to have a study group in the first place: Your study group will help you to keep you motivated and on track.
Today, we’re going to talk about the second great reason: Your GMAT study group will help you learn more than you would learn on your own. Read more
Why Do We Care about Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions?

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GMAT Data Sufficiency questions can seem a little mysterious. (If you’re just getting started, or if you need a refresher, here’s a great article on the basics of Data Sufficiency.) These problems are more like logic puzzles than math questions. That makes Data Sufficiency a good opportunity for those of us who want to score well on Quant, but don’t like doing math! However, you might have some questions about Data Sufficiency as you start to understand the problem type a little better. Here’s one of them: why do we categorize Data Sufficiency questions into “yes/no” and “value”? Read more
GMAT Sentence Correction: Modifiers and Meaning

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Meaning. Important in life, important in GMAT Sentence Correction questions.
I realized recently just how much the GMAT loves switching between verbs and modifiers derived from verbs (we nerds know these as ‘participles’) in SC. For example: Read more