“Who” vs. “Whom” on GMAT Sentence Corrections
In his play “The Life and Death of King John”, William Shakespeare famously wrote, You are the hare of whom the proverb goes, Whose valor plucks dead lions by the beard. In “King Henry VI”, he wrote: To whom God will, there be the victory. The good news is, you don’t have to interpret Shakespeare […]
GMAT Math Tip – Trapezoids
For whatever reason, trapezoids tend to freak students out on the GMAT. Maybe it’s because the formula for finding the area of a trapezoid doesn’t “look” like all the other quadrilateral formulas. Maybe it’s because trapezoids have a bizarre looking shape. Whatever the reason, I’d like to make your life a whole lot easier as […]
President’s Day – Trivia
Happy President’s Day from Dominate the GMAT! Now you may be thinking to yourself, what does President’s Day have to do with my GMAT prep? Well…admittedly, not much. (technically, I guess doing well on the GMAT will help you get into a better business school, which will help you to earn more dead presidents in […]
GMAT Mixture Problems (Algebraic Solution)
Mixture problems (dry or chemical) are a common type of word problem tested on the GMAT. They all work essentially the same way and are relatively easy once you know what you’re supposed to do. In my video lesson “Problem Solving — Common GMAT Word Problems,” I teach a non-traditional strategy for solving mixture problems […]
Writing the Issue Essay in 30 Minutes
The GMAT “Analysis of an Issue” essay will be the first task you’ll have to tackle on test day. You’ll have 30 minutes to compose a response to a statement or directive and answer the question(s) given to you by the test-makers. The following guidelines and tips should serve you well: TIMETABLE Read question (2-3 […]
4 Things You Must Know Before Taking the GMAT
So, you want to go to business school. To get in to the school of your choice, you need a good score on the GMAT. But just because you’re educated and got good grades in undergrad, that doesn’t ensure that you’ll ace the GMAT just by showing up on test day. Before taking the GMAT, […]
GMAT Idioms
Merriam-Webster defines an idiom as “an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either grammatically or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements.” While a phrase like it’s raining cats and dogs is therefore an idiom, that’s not what we’re talking about […]
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