GMAT Prep Guide for the Math and Verbal Sections

Once you learn the fundamentals, you will learn strategies and techniques to apply your knowledge to complicated GMAT questions. We've developed these advanced strategies over the last 8 years by consulting with leading GMAT tutors and college professors. Our developers are GMAT tutors in New York City who make over $150/hour teaching to investment bankers and professionals looking to get into top business schools.

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• Identify Trick Questions: Take hundreds of sample questions to directly reinforce our techniques to beat the GMAT's most challenging questions. All questions feature in-depth explanations so that you can learn from your mistakes.
  

• Use of graphics and visuals. 800score's course is unique with its heavy use of cartoons, animation and graphics to help teach complex concepts. Here are examples from the course:
  
  

  800score Three-Step Method to Sentence Correction questions:

  Grammar is about the structure of sentences. 800score uses structural graphics to teach you how sentences work and make it interesting.

  Abstract concepts should be taught using graphics to help you visualize concepts and strategies. The 800score Reading Comprehension 5-Step Method 1. Classify the Passage Is this a persuasive essay or a descriptive one? Is it science or humanities? 2. Break down each paragraph Look for main idea, tone and transitions. 3. See the Organization Make a mental road map of the essay and/or draw out a map structure on your dry erase scratch paper. 4. Find the Big Idea Look for unusual language that makes an important point. Pay special attention to the first and last paragraphs. 5. Diagnose the author's purpose Look for intention in the essay.

  
  

GMAT Prep Guide Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to the GMAT (Free)

	1a. What is the GMAT and what does it test?
	1b. GMAT scoring and graduate schools
	1c. How the GMAT CAT works
	1d. Pacing strategies for the CAT
	1e. General strategies for the CAT

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Ch. 2: Reading Comprehension How to actively read texts for tone and bias How to read quickly and efficiently How to analyze essay structure The 10 major question types Additional practice questions Ch. 3: Critical Reasoning How to analyze arguments Types of arguments How to spot Logical Fallacies and Statistical Fallacies 7 Critical Reasoningquestion types Additional practice questions Ch. 4. Sentence Correction Review of grammatical rules using graphical instruction 150 Idioms frequently used on the GMAT 8 types of sentence correction errors Typical sentence correction question How to identify trick sentence correction questions. 3-step technique to sentence correction questions Additional practice questions Ch. 5: Mathematics Comprehensive math review of all subjects on the GMAT Basic math Algebra Geometry Probability Additional practice questions		Ch. 6: Math Word Problems How to read math questions A. Percentages B. Interest, discount, and markups C. Progressions D. Uniform motion E. Ratio and proportion F. Grouping and counting G. Data interpretation H. Symbols I. Progressions 4-Step technique to word problems Math review Standard deviation Additional practice questions Ch: 7: Data Sufficiency Data sufficiency strategies Main data sufficiency trick question types. 4-Step technique to data sufficiency questions Additional practice questions    Start Your Preparation Today Get the Complete GMAT Prep Course: Essay Section Guide including real essay questions & explanations. 5 Complete GMAT CAT Tests with complete explanations. Exclusive Test Pacer training system built into all practice tests. GMAT Prep Guide complete guide to the Math and Verbal sections. 24-Hour Tutor email support for rapid answers to your questions. Bonus 50-page section on writing application essays to business schools.