Doing the Most with the Least on Data Sufficiency
Your goal on data sufficiency is to achieve the greatest results with the information you are given. For this reason, you should begin each data sufficiency question with the goal of choosing answer choice D—“Each statement ALONE is sufficient.”
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Automatic Conclusion on Plan Questions
One of the major types of Critical Reasoning Questions on the GMAT is the “Plan” Question. A Plan question features a PLAN and a GOAL, rather than the premises and conclusion found in most critical reasoning questions.
Test takers are rightfully taught to seek out the conclusion in the stimulus, and this technique usually pays off, but in the case of the plan type of question … [ Read more ]
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle—Part III
Break GMAT practice problems down to their essence so that if you see a similar problem on test day, you can apply the method to the new problem.
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Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle—Part II
It used be said that kids were taught the 3 Rs: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. Anyone who is under the age of 40 probably grew up with a different 3 Rs: REDUCE, REUSE, and RECYCLE.
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Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Good for … Your GMAT Score
“Grammar” becomes easier when you reduce the portion of the sentence that you focus on.
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GMAT Tip: Diagnose Your Data Sufficiency Difficulties – Part III
After learning to diagnose your own mistakes on data sufficiency questions, here’s how to act on that diagnosis.
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GMAT Tip: Diagnose Your Own Data Sufficiency Difficulties
Learn how to navigate the trap-and-reward system for Data Sufficiency.
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GMAT Tip: Proficiency in Data Sufficiency
Here’s how to avoid the two mistakes in solving data sufficiency problems.
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GMAT Tip: Avoiding Errors With Four Common Words
“Among,” “between,” “like,” and “as” are four words that bedevil many GMAT test takers.
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GMAT Tip: How to Deal With a Critical Reasoning ‘Paradox’
When tackling “paradox” questions on the GMAT it helps to analyze the argument before taking on the question and answer choices.
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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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