GMAT Strategies: The “WIBNI” GMAT Math Trick
GMAT Math Strategy to make hard questions easier As you know, our approach at Dominate the GMAT is to train you to out-think the GMAT test makers and get more right answers at all costs! When you’re faced with a difficult GMAT problem solving question, one of our coolest, most powerful GMAT math strategies is […]
Keith Richards, Toronto Canada
Was it strange to have the Dominate the GMAT logo as my desktop wallpaper for the months I was studying for the GMAT? To have the theme music that plays at the start of the instructional videos on my iPod to listen to before taking the test? Not really — that’s how important Brett’s course […]
Shortcut for Finding Square Roots on the GMAT
GMAT Algebra Tip: Finding Square Roots Quickly I recently had a student submit the following question: Question: I just came across a problem where I was asked to find the side of a right triangle, x, where the base is 7 and the hypotenuse is 25. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, I solved to find that […]
Allan Nicome, Centreville VA
Before signing up for this class, I took a GMAT prep class with Manhattan GMAT and I felt some of the necessary skills weren’t emphasized enough. I also wasn’t given enough harder questions with that course. Your video lectures have made the topics easy to understand, and in just a short time I’ve now been […]
Christi, USA
This course has been priceless in my preparation for the GMAT. I was studying on my own one day and became very frustrated with GMAT Sentence Corrections. I decided to do a YouTube search and came across a video that Brett had posted. It was so beneficial that I went straight to his website and […]
Don’t Fret GMAT Integrated Reasoning…Yet!
Why You Shouldn’t Worry About the New IR Section Everyone is trying to figure out what to make of the new GMAT section, Integrated Reasoning, which debuted in June 2012. More specifically, if you’re like most of my students, you’re probably trying to figure out how much weight to give it in terms of study […]
GMAT Data Sufficiency – Tip of the Week
GMAT Data Sufficiency Strategy (with a sample GMAT Geometry application example) GMAT Tip of the Week for the Week of August 20, 2012 This week’s GMAT tip* concerns choosing between answer choices D & E on GMAT data sufficiency questions. Check out this video to learn more: GMAT Tip of the Week: One of the […]
How Long Should I Study for the GMAT?
Suggested GMAT Study Time “How long does it take to study for the GMAT?” That’s a question I often get from my perspective students. The answer, of course, varies from student to student and depends on a number of factors including the score you’re ultimately trying to get, your base knowledge in the major GMAT […]
GMAT Quiz – True or False
Think you’re ready for the GMAT? Try these ten basic — but deceptively tricky — math and verbal sample GMAT questions. Post your questions and share your answers in the “comments” area at the bottom. Good luck! True False Question If the ratio of domestic stamps to foreign stamps in a collection is 1:5, then […]
Nick Rodrigues, Denver CO
I have never been a great test taker, and it had been almost 15 years since I last studied the concepts tested on the GMAT. Brett’s course helped me dust off the cobwebs, and, after completing the course, my GMAT score rose nearly 100 points and I was accepted into both graduate programs that I […]












