We’ve just released our first eBook, and it’s on Integrated Reasoning! It includes: An overview of the section as a whole, including scoring Overviews and strategies of/for each question type Practice questions of each question type Recommendations for what and how to study to do your best on this new section! And it’s free! So [...]
Barron’s GMAT 16th Edition Book Review
There is no reason for a GMAT student to ever use Barron’s. That it is very stark and unequivocal piece of advice. But Barron’s does such a poor job of attempting to impart GMAT wisdom that I feel I must warn the masses by being as plain as I can: avoid this book. That Barron’s [...]
GMAT Math: Special Properties of the Line y = x
The 45º angle Fact: All lines with slopes of 1 make 45º angles with both the x- and y-axes. Conversely, if a line makes a 45º angles with either the x- of y-axes, you know immediately its slope must be . This first fact is true, not only for y = x and y = [...]
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[Guest Post] Choosing an MBA Location: Mainland Europe
A great guest post from our friends at BusinessBecause.com, enjoy! Business education, teaching methodology, language and culture varies massively across Europe. Of course it’s a hugely diverse continent, with several hundred b-schools across divided between it’s 50 countries and 23 ‘official EU languages’ spoken (although others are also used). Europe plays host to a quarter [...]
How the Integrated Reasoning Section Differs from GMAT Quantitative and Verbal Sections
Think about what distinguishes an effective manager from a pencil-pusher. The dutiful pencil-pusher can verify: A is a fact, B is a fact, and C is a fact. The effective manager can say, well, if we know A & B & C, it would not pay to do G, but it would be beneficial to [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction: The Power of “al”, the Adjectival Ending
Fact: the suffix “-al” is one of the standard adjectival ending in English. A host of complex and interesting adjectives end in “-al”, including adjectival, mercurial, floral, diurnal, banal, nominal, cardinal, terrestrial, vestigial, perennial, and epiphenomenal. Incidentally, those would all be good words with which to have at least passing familiarity on the GMAT. Fact: [...]
Formal Logic and GMAT Critical Reasoning
I’ll begin with a typical GMAT Critical Reasoning question. As a case study, consider this question from the OG13e, CR #115 (OG12e, CR #114): Guidebook writer: I have visited hotels throughout the country and have noticed that in those built before 1930 the quality of the original carpentry work is generally superior to that in [...]
GMAT Grammar and Logic: Spoken English vs. Written English
Don’t reproduce spoken-English mistakes in GMAT Sentence Correction It’s logical, but … Consider the following sentences. 1) Unlike the full gram of potassium found in a baked potato, a banana has only about 600 milligrams. 2) So upset with the low wages set in the new contract, management had to hear a long litany [...]
How will the Integrated Reasoning Section be Scored?
Some fast facts about the GMAT’s new Integrated Reasoning section. Fact: Right now, the GMAT has a Verbal Section (75 min), a Quantitative Section (75 min), and two Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) essays (Analysis of Argument and Analysis of Issue, 30 minutes each). Fact: Right now, your GMAT score report tells you: (a) V score, [...]
GMAT Trick: “Drawn as Accurately as Possible”
Using the information given in diagrams to your advantage The following sentences appear in the directions to the GMAT Problem Solving questions. A figure accompanying a problem solving questions is intended to provide information useful in solving the problem. Figures are drawn as accurately as possible. Exceptions will be clearly noted. Many GMAT-takers underestimate [...]
