GMAT Reading Comprehension

GMAT test takers have a variety of ideas and suggestions about how to tackle the challenge of GMAT Reading Comprehension.  Some like to skim, or to speed read, or to read the first paragraph carefully and skim the rest.  Perhaps there are individual test takers for whom each of those is a valid approach.  For […]

Learn tips for simplifying your approach to GMAT Reading Comprehension   Introduction Of course, on any GMAT question, eliminating wrong answers is always to our advantage.  There are myriad methods of eliminating answers in the Quant section: because of the constraints specified in the question, the answer must be negative, or greater than 7, or […]

Learn what to read now to best prepare yourself for GMAT Reading Comprehension Not surprisingly, one of the very best ways to prepare for GMAT Reading Comprehension is simply to read, preferably from a high-quality reading list of GMAT-style material.  If you have only a few weeks between now and the GMAT, you probably should […]

Get the most out of reading for the GMAT Not surprisingly, one of the best ways to prepare for GMAT Reading Comprehension is simply to read.  Not surprisingly, one of the best sources of reading as you prepare for business school is a weekly news magazine called The Economist.  The Economist is one of the […]

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 […]

We are now taking on the final question in this set—a detail question. Even though the answer to these questions are stated in the passage, they can sometimes be troublesome and tricky. I guarantee you won’t feel tricked at the end of this video. If you’d like to see how we evaluated the passage, head […]

Happy Tuesday! 😀 This week we tackle an inference question from the Official Guide for GMAT. We already looked at the first question associated with this passage, which you can watch here. And here’s this week’s board!    

We continue our series, working through the GMAT Official Guide Reading Comprehension questions. In this video, we tackle an Inference question. 😀    

The next video in the series, we take on an inference question in the Official Guide to the GMAT. This is the second video in the series, breaking down how to approach reading comprehension questions associated with the passage on Winters v. United States. This week’s board:    

Undeniably, the best way to expand vocabulary and knowledge is by reading. We can’t rely on the conversations we have and we can’t rely on vocabulary word lists. So if you are looking to boost your verbal score, don’t just use practice problems. Expand your practice and studying to high quality news articles from trusted […]

Hello! Another Tuesday means another matter from the real world! This week, I’m giving you an overview of key terms you should know when it comes to labor and wages. That way, if the GMAT throws any of these concepts at you on test day, you’ll be well prepared to handle it. 🙂 Leave me […]

Hello! We’re back to the “Real World Matters” series, where we review key concepts that could show up on your GMAT AND will help you in business school! This week, pull out your old economics textbooks or just watch this video for a supply and demand refresher :). As always, leave me a comment or […]

Success comes through preparation. I can see that you want to succeed. You ended up here, looking for more information about a specific type of question in the reading comprehension section of the GMAT. The Detail Question is one of the most common questions that you will see in reading comprehension, making it an important […]

Hello! This week marks the start of a new series called “Real World Matters”. We’ll explore real life situations where you can apply your GMAT knowledge. These videos will introduce you to terminology and context that could show up on your test. That way, you’ll be ready for anything the GMAT throws at you on […]

What is the difference between these two GMAT tasks? Some GMAT Reading Comprehension passages or AWA questions will have a “compare and contrast” type question.  Others will ask us to compare “the pros and cons” or “the benefits and liabilities” or “the advantages and drawbacks” of a particular decision or plan or strategy.  Students sometime […]

When you are asked to infer on your own, how far can you go in your own direction?  Not far at all!  How far can your inference go from the text?  Not far at all!   The art of inferring on the GMAT On the GMAT Verbal section, Reading Comprehension will ask you to infer […]

Understand the power of this underappreciated approach to RC! Cognitive vs. Affective Most discussions of preparing for the GMAT focus overwhelmingly on cognitive skills: learning, understanding, remembering, thinking strategically, deducing, etc.  Most GMAT strategies and skills are cognitive in nature.  While affective considerations are clearly less important, they merit some attention.  Human beings are profoundly […]

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 […]

Consider the difference between these two seemingly similar questions:   1) According to the passage, Company X’s revenue has declined over the past five years because of (A) the advent of new competitors with a technological edge (B) the rising cost of raw materials (C) gross misspending at the managerial level (D) a combination of […]