Concision is a good thing on GMAT SC, but can you have too much of this good thing? As a general rule on GMAT Sentence Correction (and in life!), wordy is bad. For example: 1) Buck Mulligan, who was a somewhat chubby person but who bore his weight with a kind of dignity, came from [...]
Ranking the Rankings: The Best MBA Programs 2012
This article is for those who peruse and take very seriously the graduate (MBA) program rankings released by various entities and individuals. How do I rate the rankings? The same 20-25 schools are listed regularly so it seems we’re just shuffling the deck every year with the same cards. The US News and World Report [...]
GMAT Grammar: Adverbial Phrases and Clauses
Understand these complex grammatical forms so you can master them on GMAT Sentence Correction What is an adverbial phrase? What is an adverbial clause? What’s the difference between them? Do they have to contain adverbs? Points of Grammar: An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. We can [...]
GMAT Reading: The New York Times
Listen up – prepping for the GMAT doesn’t totally have to suck. You don’t need to memorize hundreds of grammatical rules only to remember a tenth of them when you are struggling through a 60-word Sentence Correction on the Spanish Inquisition. Prepping for the GMAT means taking that part of the brain I call your [...]
Comparing Ratios on the GMAT
Among other things, this post is a case study of an OG DS question: OG 12th Edition, Data Sufficiency Practice Problem #23 Here is the problem that appears in the OG: 23) If p1 and p2 are the populations and r1 and r2 the number of representatives of District 1 and District 2 respectively, the [...]
GMAT Grammar: The Subjunctive Tense
Would that you understood this complex form, lest you be confused on GMAT Sentence Correction! Some of the more difficult GMAT Sentence Correction questions will involve the subjunctive. What is the subjunctive? Verb Moods In addition to tenses (past, present, future) and number (singular vs. plural), verbs also have “moods”. English has three verb [...]
Should I Take the GMAT Before It Changes?
Fact: On June 5, 2012, the current format of the GMAT will vanish and the “next generation” GMAT will replace it. Fact: the “next generation” GMAT will have only one AWA essay question, instead of two, and will have the new Integrated Reasoning questions. Fact: The ordinary Verbal and Quantitative sections aren’t going to change [...]
Time Management Tips for the GMAT
The First Five Questions Myth A popular story that has been bandied about so much in GMAT circles that it has taken on a patina of truth is that the first part of the test is the most important. Many claim that the GMAT algorithm “knows” your score after only the first five questions, and [...]
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[Guest Post] Choosing an MBA Location: Asia
Here’s a great guest post from our friends at BusinessBecause.com, enjoy!: It’s always been common to see the brightest youth of Asia jumping onto planes and flocking to the West to pursue post-graduate business courses from internationally recognized b-schools. But today, you’re just as likely to see MBA candidates from the west embarking on the [...]
GMAT Official Guide Practice Problem: Francine’s Trip
OG 12th Edition, Problem Solving Practice Problem #149 Here is the problem that appears in the OG: During a trip, Francine traveled x percent of the total distance at an average speed of 40 miles per hour and the rest of the distance at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. In terms of [...]
