{"id":2215,"date":"2010-02-01T17:51:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T01:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2010-02-26T09:53:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T17:53:08","slug":"veritas-prep-gmat-tips-don%e2%80%99t-be-an-idiom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/veritas-prep-gmat-tips-don%e2%80%99t-be-an-idiom\/","title":{"rendered":"Veritas Prep GMAT Tips: Don\u2019t Be an Idiom!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Galvin is the Director of Academic Programs at Veritas Prep, where he oversees all of the company\u2019s <\/em>GMAT preparation<\/em><\/a> courses.<\/em><\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve noted in this space previously, the authors of the GMAT are much more mechanics than they are artists (though their questions are, in most cases, masterpieces) in that their job is to create a standardized test, and not a random assortment of challenging questions.\u00a0 To be an effective assessment for the purpose of MBA admissions, each question needs to be unique on the surface, but almost identical to others in its underlying composition.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, you can avoid a common GMAT study trap that seems to ensnare most ambitious examinees.\u00a0 Many look at the Sentence Correction section and fear, then attempt to memorize, the myriad idiomatic elements of the English language.\u00a0 However, if you were to look at the \u201cidiom lists\u201d that circle around the Internet, you\u2019d see that students hold themselves responsible for dozens if not hundreds of obscure idioms, and in doing so miss a critical concept about the GMAT - it\u2019s a standardized test!\u00a0 The authors of the test need to include two missions in their composition of new questions:<\/p>\n