How do you begin the AWA? Of course, as of June, 2012, there is only one essay, the Argument essay, on the GMAT. Suppose you are faced with the following AWA…
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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…
One of the most common types of graphs is statistics and in the quantitative sciences is a scatterplot. A scatterplot is a way of displaying bivariate data: that is, data in which…
Learn this powerful math trick for GMAT Problem Solving questions. First, try these two practice GMAT Quantitative section Problem Solving questions. 1) Bert left the house with N dollars. He…
This is the second post in the series of articles on real-life facts you need to know for GMAT Critical Reasoning. Here's the full list (we'll update it with links…
For the GMAT Verbal section, on CR and RC, you are not expected to have specialized expertise in the topics they discuss. Sometimes, though, it is particularly helpful to have…
Consider these two practice GMAT Quantitative problems: 1) Given f(x) = 3x – 5, for what value of x does 2*[f(x)] – 1 = f(3x – 6) 0 4 6…
As readers of the blog know, I recently took the GMAT. This is a brief description of the testing location and the experience of going to take the test, for those…
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…
Understand this very tricky grammatical structure for GMAT Sentence Correction. Practice Question First, give these two SC questions a try. 1) Why the various Generals of the Army of…