Collective Nouns
Collective Nouns as Antecedents A collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where the objects can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts, etc. For example, in the phrase “a gaggle of geese,” gaggle is a collective noun. The important understanding for the GMAT is that while the group is […]
The ONE Key to Success in Business
What is the one quality all successful people have in common? If you’re looking to go back to business school, my guess is that you’re interested in being successful. Certainly the word success means different things to different people. For some people it’s all about making a certain amount of money. For others it’s about […]
Get Ready for the “NEW” GMAT
Next Generation GMAT with Integrated Reasoning I heard it said once that the only constant in life is change. That may be true, yet it seems like nobody really likes change. Why, then, would the GMAC up and change the GMAT after so many years when the GMAT seems to have been doing its job […]
GMAT Grammar – What is an Ellipsis?
GMAT Sentence Correction Grammar Rule: ELLIPSIS What is an ellipsis, why should you bother to know it, and how is it tested on the GMAT? Let’s get this out of the way right up front: We’re not talking about an ellipse, which in geometry is a plane curve that’s the slice of a cone (and […]
“A number” vs “The number” – GMAT Sentence Correction
GMAT Subject-Verb Agreement Rule Subject-verb agreement is one of the most important and most commonly-tested points of grammar on GMAT sentence correction questions. In fact, it should be among the first things you look for when evaluating the underlined portion of a sentence on the GMAT, and the “bracketing technique” we teach is incredibly useful […]
Finding the Area of Shaded Regions
Annulus In the world of GMAT geometry, the more advanced problems combine geometric figures. You may know the rules of triangles or quadrilaterals or circles individually, but what if a couple of figures appear combined in the same question? Often those questions come in the form of finding a shaded area, and a particular type […]










