Cases when it is necessary to supply a new word in GMAT Sentence Correction: On GMAT Sentence Correction, your job is to correct grammatical mistakes, resolve ambiguities, and cut unnecessary verbiage — all without changing the meaning. Therefore, it would always be a bad idea to fill in more words that are not there, right? […]
Master this devilish distinction on GMAT Sentence Correction “GMAT Sentence Correction is a question type where even one’s everyday sense of language might lead one astray.” The sentence above is self-referential, insofar as it contains a very natural sounding grammatical mistake. The word “where” is used incorrectly. Here’s the scoop. Relative Pronoun A relative […]
Consider the following geometry Data-Sufficiency Questions. All are related to the diagram below: 1) Is quadrilateral ABCD a square? (1) AB = CD (2) A = 90º (A) Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked. (B) Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 […]
A question posed by some folks preparing for the GMAT is: is it enough just to study GMAC’s Official Guide, or should I use other GMAT books? Here’s what I would say to that. If you are the type of student who regularly scores well the above the 95th percentile on standardized tests, and if […]
In the last post, we learned about the breathing and its ability to stimulate the relaxing effects of the PNS, as well as a little about mindfulness, and its ability to reduce stress and enhance your performance on the GMAT. In this post, we are going to take on directly the juggernaut of your stress: your […]
For many, one advantage of taking the GMAT over the Revised GRE is that they do not have to cram such polysyllabic franken-words as juxtaposition, tendentiousness, and didacticism. That doesn’t mean that a shaky grasp of vocabulary will hold you in good stead come time for the GMAT. There are certain words you must know, […]
So, when you are faced with a GMAT Sentence Correction question, the proper thing to do is to read the prompt carefully, and then read all five answer choices carefully, right? WRONG! That is an absolute trainwreck approach, guaranteed to cost 5+ minutes per question. You can’t afford to work that slowly on the GMAT! […]
The GMAT Sentence Correction will ask you about several sentences involving comparisons. Why? Because, in the business world, people compare things all the time. Microsoft is a bigger company than Apple. The United States has more debt than does China. Caterpillar’s stock, like DuPont’s, pays a dividend. Nobody else put a hybrid on the market […]
The following is a Table Analysis practice question, which will be part of the GMAT Integrated Reasoning section. The following two tables show the same data ranked in two different ways. (On the real GMAT, you will have sortable tables embedded in the page with the question.) Note that “tertiary education” means all education following […]
Recently, in a GMAT forum, someone asked: “I am facing this problem with plugging numbers on the DS section. I realized this happens when I miss plugging in some specific numbers that just turn around the answer of the question. When I plug in, say, 2, the statement is sufficient, but plug in -1/2 and […]
Probably one story you have in your head is how good your life will be if you get the GMAT score you desire and get into the school you want. You may also have a competing story, about how unpleasant it would be if you didn’t get that score or had to go to this […]
GMAT Math will ask you about absolute values. Mastering the GMAT algebra skills to answer them requires sophisticated understanding. Somewhere along the line, perhaps in middle school, you probably learned: |positive| = positive and |negative| = positive In other words, the equation |x| = 5 has the solution: x = 5 or x […]
Focus on this difficult question type One common question on GMAT Reading Comprehension is something along the lines: “In this passage, the author argues all of the following EXCEPT that . . .” What strategy can we use to take on this frequent and difficult question? Think as the test-maker thinks Think about the […]
Here are five quick tips to make you much more effective at interpreting and solving GMAT problems involving percents, one of the most common GMAT questions. Percents and Decimals Fundamentally, a percent is a fraction out of 100 – it is per centum (Latin for “per 100”). It’s easy to change a percent to […]
