GMAT Tip: Patience is a Virtue on Sentence Correction Questions
Quickly eliminating an answer because it sounds wrong could turn out to be a big mistake.
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GMAT Tip: Tackling the Toughest Data Sufficiency Questions
If you can narrow your answer choices on a data sufficiency question down to two, finding the correct one requires a little work.
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GMAT Tip: ‘Why’ Can Be as Important as ‘What’
Answer choices can tell you if a question requires a calculation or a rough estimate, and where you might go wrong.
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GMAT Tip: Understanding Rate Problems
A single tough rate problem can wreak havoc on your GMAT score, but not if you understand the basics.
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GMAT Tip: Looking for Clues Where You’d Least Expect Them
On sentence correction questions, the GMAT often hides clues far from the underlined portion that needs to be fixed.
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GMAT Tip: Using Minimums to Maximize Your Score
To tackle “minimum/maximum” questions, test-takers need to rely on reasoning, not math.
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GMAT Tip: One-Word Clues in Critical Reasoning Questions
Critical reasoning questions often contain a single word that makes all the difference.
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GMAT Tip: A Tricky Probability Question
If a GMAT probability question refers to “simultaneous” events, it’s a trick. Instead, calculate the probability of consecutive events.
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GMAT Tip: Pacing Yourself on Test Day
Managing your time on test day involves setting a pace, not watching the clock too much, and venturing a few guesses if you are falling behind.
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GMAT Tip: Don’t Rush to Judgment
On multiple-choice questions, answer A is frequently a trap-so obviously “correct” that many test-takers choose it, or so obviously “wrong” that many eliminate it.
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GMAT Tip: When Details Really Matter
Ignoring the details contained in critical reasoning questions to shave a few seconds off your test time can be catastrophic.
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GMAT Tip: Critical Reasoning Strategy
Some of the knottiest GMAT critical reasoning questions ask for an answer that will strengthen an argument. This strategy can help.
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GMAT Tip: Becoming Above Average on Average Problems
Calculating averages typically involves adding and dividing, but many GMAT average questions can be done without any division.
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GMAT Tip: Digging for Clues in Answer Choices
In multiple choice questions, only one choice is correct, but the others can be equally valuable.
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GMAT Tip: Answer Clues Hidden in Plain Sight
Data-sufficiency questions often include information about the correct answer that has nothing to do with math.
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GMAT Tip: Answer the Right Question
It’s easy to be tripped up by the simplest GMAT questions. Here’s how to spot the troublemakers and answer them correctly.
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GMAT Tip: Mastering Common Sentence Structures
Parallel structure sentences are among the easiest to identify and correct, once you master a few basic skills.
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GMAT Tip: The Key to Transition Words
Transition words such as “also” and “therefore” and numerical words such as “first” and “second” often help reading comprehension.
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GMAT Tip: Dealing With Functions
Three simple rules will remove a lot of the confusion surrounding algebraic functions.
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GMAT Tip: ‘Must Be True’ vs. ‘Could Be False’
On GMAT inference questions, close isn’t good enough. Correct answers have to meet the “must be true” standard.
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