Two Minutes of GMAT Quant: A Breakdown (Part 3)
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Ready for the long awaited conclusion of how to tackle a quant problem in two minutes? We’ll finally get to the point where you can submit an answer! If you haven’t been keeping up, catch up here. Read more
GMAT Sentence Correction Tests Good Grammar, Not Good Writing
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There’s a type of sentence known among linguists and grammar mavens as a “garden path” sentence. These sentences earned this name by leading readers “down the garden path” — you think the sentence is going in one direction, but halfway through, you suddenly realize that it’s saying something else entirely. Here’s the classic example: Read more
Taking the new mini-GMAT for EMBA? Here’s how to prep! – Part 2
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Last time, we talked about the IR and Verbal sections of the new Executive Assessment (EA) exam for EMBA candidates. Today, we’re going to dive into Quant and also talk more about your overall study. Read more
Think Like an Expert: How & When to Work Backwards on GMAT Problem Solving
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What does it take to be a GMAT expert? It’s not just content knowledge (although of course that’s necessary). A GMAT expert knows how to quickly identify patterns and choose quickly from a variety of strategies. In each of these segments, I’ll show you one of these expert moves and how to use it. Read more
Taking the New Executive Assessment for EMBA? Here’s how to Prep! – Part 1
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The Executive Assessment exam was launched in March 2016 to provide a more streamlined version of the GMAT for EMBA candidates at certain schools. Follow that link for logistics.
I’ve spoken with multiple students who are planning to take the exam and they all have the same question: How should I prepare for this test? Read more
GMAT Grammar Biweekly: Noun Modifiers
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If you’ve been following these posts, you already have one kind of noun modifier safely stashed away – opening modifiers. Let’s expand your repertoire using the same sentence: Read more
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a Tough Passage (part 2)
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In the first installment of this series, we deconstructed a challenging Reading Comprehension passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. Pull up that page, as I’m not going to repeat the full text of the passage here.
I also gave you the first problem to try. Let’s talk about it now!
Here’s the problem again: Read more
Five Simple Tips for GMAT Word Problems
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This article won’t teach you how to solve GMAT word problems from scratch. (Check out our Word Problems Strategy Guide for that!) However, it will suggest five easy changes that’ll help you save time, earn points, and reduce stress. Make just a few small changes to how you solve word problems, and watch your Quant score improve. Read more
How to Review Easy GMAT Quant Questions (And Why They’re Important)
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If you’re already comfortable with most of the Quant content (big if, but hey, let’s play the hypothetical game), then you’ll find some of the questions in the GMAT official guide book are relatively easy. Even if you’re struggling, there will be a few questions that you get right and understand without much difficulty. Let’s talk about how those can be powerful tools.
Imagine you come across this problem: Read more
Easy Answers Are Lousy Answers on the GMAT
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The number one rule in my GMAT classes is this: we stay in control of the test, not the other way around. Many GMAT questions have both a right answer, and an answer they hope you’ll pick — and those often aren’t the same! Learn to recognize the “too easy” answers that the test writers want you to pick, and stay far away from them. Read more