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Preparing for the GMAT

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Overview

Prepare to take the GMAT business school entrance exam. Get study tips and sample questions to increase your GMAT score.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Welcome to the GMAT
  • GMAT basics and structure
  • Understanding the exam's difficulty adaptation
  • Understanding GMAT scoring
  • Understanding GMAT registration and score policies
  • Deciding between the GMAT and the GRE
2. GMAT Preparation and Strategies
  • Choosing GMAT study materials
  • Establishing a baseline GMAT score and setting your goals
  • Creating a GMAT study plan
  • Sample GMAT study plans
  • Reviewing questions
  • Test-taking strategies
3. GMAT Quantitative
  • GMAT Quantitative overview
  • Data sufficiency basics
  • Data sufficiency testing numbers
  • Elimination technique
  • Estimation technique
  • Backsolving technique
  • Translation technique
  • Adding numbers technique
  • Variables in choices technique
4. GMAT Arithmetic Concepts
  • Integers: Factors, multiples, and remainders
  • Integers: Even, odd, and primes
  • Order of operations
  • Number properties
  • Fraction basics
  • Adding and subtracting fractions
  • Multiplying and dividing fractions
  • Decimals
  • Mental percents
  • Taking percents and increasing by percents
  • Percent change
  • Ratios and proportions
  • Exponent rules
  • Fake exponent rules
  • Roots
  • Scientific notation
5. GMAT Algebra Concepts
  • Multiplying expressions
  • Linear equations
  • Linear equations with two variables
  • Quadratic identities
  • Quadratic equations
  • Linear inequalities
  • Absolute value inequalities
  • Functions
  • Function graphs
  • Coordinate geometry
  • Distance between points
  • Equation of a line
  • Solving incomplete points and equations
  • Parabolas
  • Sequences
6. GMAT Word Problems
  • Systems of equations
  • Mixtures
  • Rate problems
  • Work problems
  • Interest problems
  • Discount problems
  • Profit problems
  • Overlapping set problems
  • Conversion problems
7. GMAT Geometry Concepts
  • Point, lines, segments, and planes
  • Angles
  • Parallel lines
  • Polygons
  • Triangles
  • Pythagorean theorem
  • Special right triangles
  • Area of a triangle
  • Congruent triangles
  • Similar triangles
  • Quadrilaterals
  • Circles
  • Circle proportions
  • Boxes and cylinders
8. GMAT Data Analysis Concepts
  • Median, mean, mode, and range
  • Standard deviation
  • Permutations
  • Combinations
  • Basic probability
  • Either/or probability
  • Simultaneous events probability
  • Probability word problem example
9. GMAT Verbal: Reading Comprehension
  • Introduction
  • Reading critically
  • Basic question technique
  • Answer choice traps
  • Primary purpose questions
  • Main idea questions
  • Detail questions
  • Critical reasoning questions
  • Function questions
  • Analogy questions
10. GMAT Verbal: Critical Reasoning
  • Critical reasoning basics
  • Strengthen the argument
  • Weaken the argument
  • Find the assumption
  • Draw a conclusion
  • Resolve the paradox
  • Bolded phrases questions
  • Find the flaw
  • Evaluate the conclusion
11. GMAT Verbal: Sentence Correction
  • Sentence correction basics
  • Sentence correction technique
  • Sentence components
  • Agreement
  • Sentence fitness
  • Modification
  • Word pairs and parallelism
  • Comparisons
  • Verb tense
  • Diction and idiom
12. GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment
  • Essay basics
  • Reviewing a sample GMAT essay prompt
  • Understanding essay scoring criteria
  • Identifying assumptions
  • Intros, conclusions, and body paragraphs
  • Language, grammar, and writing mechanics
13. GMAT Integrated Reasoning
  • Integrated reasoning basics
  • Graphical interpretation questions
  • Table analysis questions
  • Two-part analysis questions
  • Multi-source reasoning questions
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Vince Kotchian

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